Name: Peter Olney, AIA, LEED
Title: Senior/Associate
Company: FXFOWLE Architects
Location: New York, N.Y.
Birthplace: Glen Cove, N.Y.
College: BA/Hamilton College; M.Arch., Syracuse University
First job outside of real estate: Worked in a fish market on Cape Cod.
First job in real estate or allied field: Summer intern, FXFOWLE Architects
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? FOXFOWLE is an architectural, planning, interior design firm committed to design excellence, social responsibility and sustainability with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I am currently working on the renovation and expansion of New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center where the project is in the construction administration phase. The completed project will include a new curtain wall, roof, mechanical and electrical systems and a 6.75 (294,000 s/f) green roof.
Hobbies: Golf, tennis and travel
Favorite book: Highly recommend Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," (1818)
Favorite movie: Any of the James Bond films
Keys to success: Balancing passion patience, persistence and precision
Person you admire most (outside of family): Swiss architect Le Corbusier
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Industrial designer Tags: