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Posted: December 5, 2008
Daniel Jacoby, AIA, LEED Associate Principal/ Design Director, Interiors FXFOWLE Architects
Name: Daniel Jacoby, AIA, LEED
Title: Associate Principal/Design Director, Interiors
Company: FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS
Location: New York, N.Y.
Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
College: Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
First job outside of real estate: File clerk, ILGWU, New York
First job in real estate or allied field: Designer at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's New York office
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? FXFOWLE is a 31 year old architectural, planning and interior design firm committed to design excellence, social responsibility and sustainability with offices in New York and Dubai. I've recently completed the new headquarters for WSP Flack+Kurtz in New York, and am currently working on the renovation of the Kings County Criminal Court in Brooklyn, the new headquarters for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in New York and the interior renovation of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
Hobbies: Music, theater, film and travel
Favorite books: "A Single Man" by Christopher Isherwood; "Pictures from an Institution" by Randall Jarrell
Favorite movies: "The Wizard of Oz," "Letter to Three Wives," Amarcord"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Frank Lloyd Wright, or anyone who is completely self-invented
Keys to success: Stay focused and work very hard.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Art director in advertising
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