Kirsten Sibilia 2011
June 27, 2011 - Green Buildings
Name: Kirsten Sibilia, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
Title: Chief Marketing Officer
Company: Dattner Architects
Location: New York City
Birthplace: New York
College: Parsons School of Design (BFA), Lang College (BA)
First job outside of real estate: Sales and marketing for Andrea Aranow Textile Documents, selling antique textiles as inspiration for new designs to the home furnishings and apparel markets.
First job in real estate or allied field: Marketing for Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Dattner Architects is a N.Y.C. firm known for design excellence and civic engagement. Our portfolio includes master planning and buildings for public agencies, educational and cultural institutions; historic preservation/adaptive reuse; sustainable architecture; interior design. Our work aims at the realization of our clients' highest aspirations accepting our shared responsibility for the built environment, including the need to build within available resources.
Hobbies: Bike riding, snowboarding, knitting
Favorite book: "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf
Favorite movie: (this year) "Midnight in Paris"
Keys to success: Integrity, vision and hard work
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Furniture designer or wildlife photographer