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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: July 11, 2011
Kristin Nelson 2011
Name: Kristin Nelson, AIA
Title: Associate
Company: Dattner Architects
Location: 1385 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
Birthplace: Houston, Texas
College: Harvard Graduate School of Design (MDesS); Virginia Tech (BArch)
First job outside of real estate: Coffee barista in Blacksburg, Va.
First job in real estate or allied field: Intern architect at Ayers Saint Gross, Baltimore, Md.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Dattner Architects is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in design sensitive projects primarily for the public realm. Our clients include a range of public agencies, and non-profit educational and cultural organizations in the greater New York City area. Our future plans include continuing to offer the same great client-centered focus and sustainable design expertise but to a larger geographical region.
Hobbies: Yoga, photography, sampling the city
Favorite movie: The 2002 documentary "Spellbound"
Keys to success: Responsiveness and organization
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Professional student
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