Daniel Heyden 2012
August 27, 2012 - Green Buildings
Name: Daniel Heyden, AIA, LEED AP, CHPC - Passive House
Title: Principal
Company: Design AIDD Architects
Location: 508 West 26th St., Suite 5C, New York, N.Y. 10001
Place of birth: Cham, Switzerland
Family: Married with son and daughter
College: Cornell University (Bachelor of Architecture) and ETH-Zuerich (teaching assistant at the Swiss Institute of Technology.
First job in field outside current one: Selling refreshments from food carts on the trains in Central Europe.
First job in current field: Working in Vienna on Affordable Housing for the Berlin International Building Exhibition.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Mostly multifamily housing and mixed-use development, from new construction to rehab to adaptive re-use, with a focus on sustainable development. More to come, only bigger and better.
Hobbies: Biking and hiking
Keys to success: Growing up in and designing affordable housing in Europe, I am inspired by the higher standard of design and construction for urban living abroad.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Architect Louis Kahm
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Environmental engineer