April 08, 2013 -
Upstate New York
Name: Bud Knapp, AIA
Title: Principal, Architectural Department Director
Company: SWBR Architects
Location: 387 East Main St., Rochester, NY 14604, 309 South Franklin St.,
Syracuse, NY 13202
Place of birth: Buffalo, NY - Left there when I was 1
Family: Married, 5 Children, 12 grandchildren
College: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona - Architecture
First job unrelated to your current field: Stock boy in luggage dept. at Sibley's
First job in your current field: Print boy and deliveries in architects office: Parks, Moran, Hall, Brennan and Sattelberg Architects
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Full service architectural, interior design, structural engineering and landscape architecture firm. We service multiple markets: College/University, K - 12, large scale housing, commercial, industrial and retail clients with our four studios. We are expanding our healthcare studio. Develop and grow our office in Syracuse.
Hobbies: Golf and fast cars. Built a Shelby Cobra replica and attend cruise nights and track days.
Favorite film: All of the James Bond movies
Favorite novel: "Hot Rod Magazine"
Keys to success: Repeat clients, keep them happy. Use the "KISS" principal whenever possible.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Building race cars and driving them. Originally went to college for Automotive Engineering.
Person you admire most (outside of the family): Charles Krauthammer