Name: Scott Townsend
Title: Principal
Company: 3tarchitects & 3tstudios
Location: Albany, N.Y.
Birthplace and year: Norwalk, Conn., 1963
Family: Beautiful wife, Sheri; daughters: Shelby, Mackenzie; and son, Alex
College: BArch (Architecture), Mississippi State University
First job outside of real estate: At 14 I washed dishes in the evenings and cleaned the bar and restaurant on weekend mornings at the Val-Kin restaurant in Kinderhook.
First job in real estate: When he was little known, I was fortunate to have worked for Samuel Mockbee for a couple of years immediately after completing architectural school. He founded the Rural Studio, a well known school (in the architectural circles, at least).
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? 3t is an integrated studio that creates progressive design solutions. The firm strives to create projects that feel correct, are stimulating emotionally and intellectually, function properly and efficiently and are sensitive to the environment. Offering architectural design, planning and now marketing, graphic and full service interior design services, 3t is a business capable of serving all of the design needs of existing and new clientele.
Hobbies: Time outside of work is devoted to my loving wife, kids and extended family.
Favorite book: The novella by Tolstoy, "Death of Ivan Illyich"
Favorite movie: "Tucker, the Man & His Dream"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Deceased, Ghandi; alive, Neil Young
Keys to success: Albert Einstein had 3 rules of work: out of clutter, find simplicity; from discord, find harmony; and in the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Writer
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