Professional Profile: Bud Knapp 2013

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