Professional Profile: Toby Snyder 2017
Toby Snyder - 2017Name: Toby Snyder - 2017
Title: Senior Associate
Company: FXFOWLE
Location: New York
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Education: B.A. Geography, Clark University, 2000 / Master of City Planning, University of Pennsylvania, 2004 / Master of Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design, 2007
First job outside of real estate: Cartographer at “National Geographic Magazine”
First job in real estate or allied field: Urban designer at The Reinvestment Fund in Philadelphia
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Currently, I am a project architect/manager designing a new office building in Brooklyn. I plan to keep designing buildings that focus on ever more sustainable housing and work spaces for our cities.
How do you unwind from a busy day in real estate? Reading books and drawing with my two daughters
Favorite book or author: “A Winter’s Tale” by Mark Helprin
Favorite movie: “The Big Lebowski”
Last song you purchased/downloaded? Tribe Called Quest’s “The Space Program”
One word to describe your work environment: Nurturing
Rules to live by in business: Never be afraid to ask a question.
If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead) who would it be and where would you go? LeCorbusier and we’d go to a NYCHA housing project summer block party.
What is your dream job? I’d love a chance to solve the urban affordable housing crisis, through architecture.