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Posted: February 19, 2019
2019 Women in Building Services: Robin Landow, Landow and Landow Architects
Name: Robin Landow
Title: Principal
Company Name: Landow and Landow Architects
How many years have you been in your current field? 27 years
List up to three CRE organizations that you are currently a member of:
- CREW New York
- AIA
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
Our firm has designed numerous additions and/or alterations to existing buildings needing to meet today’s standards. For healthcare clients, such as St. Mary’s Hospital for Children and Cabrini of Westchester, we have designed more patient centered environments responding to revised codes and innovations in care delivery. For education clients, such as SUNY Maritime, redesigned academic spaces now accommodate collaborative and decentralized learning. Corporate clients such as Renaissance and Silverline require more collaborative work spaces, guiding a change in the formal office model. For multifamily clients, such as Instrata, improved amenity spaces help attract new tenants. We have successfully developed innovative solutions to these challenging projects, often with operations continuing during construction.
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