Bio: - STUDIO V Architecture, founder + principal, 2006-present - Walker Group/CNI, principal-in-charge, 1998-2006 - Rockwell Group, design director, 1993-1998
Education: - Master of Architecture: Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 1988 - Bachelor of Architecture: Cornell University, 1985 - Fulbright Fellow, England: Architecture & Urban Design, 1990
Key Publications: - 08/2012 "Valgora holds the key to a Westwood-Audubon land swap" James Fink for Business First - 03/2009 "Queens getting a royal upgrade: Builders' plans for a paradise along river" Angela Montefinise for New York Post - 03/2006 "Patchwork City" Jaffer Kolb for Architect's Newspaper - 12/2003 "In Dumbo, Remaking a White Elephant; Brooklyn Waterfront Landmark, Long Abandoned, Awaits New Life" Glenn Collins for New York Times
Other Publications: - 09/2012 "Macy's flagship's $400M makeover creating stir" AP for CBS News Money Watch - 08/2012 "STUDIO V bets on a curving lattice porte-cochere for Yonkers" Tom Stoelker for A|N Blog for Architect's Newspaper - 01/2011 "Curtain Call for Curtain Wall in Queens" Tom Stoelker for Architect's Newspaper
Past Assignments: - March 2011: Lecture at Global Shop: The Retail Solutions Event, presented by DDI : "Innovative Retail Environments at the Industrial Edges of Cities" - October 2010: Lecture at AIA Buffalo Convention: "Designing at the Edge: Innovative Design for Waterfront and Industrial Sites" - March 2010: Lecture at Vision Long Island LEED-ND Conference: "Neighborhood Pattern & Design" - February 2009: Lecture at AIA Queens: "New Definitions of Public Space and the Queens Waterfront" - October 2008: Lecture at Center for Architecture, New York: + Housing Symposium: "Anable Basin: New Visions for Public Space" - June 2007: Lecture at Center for Architecture, New York: "New Waterfront Housing in Brooklyn and Queens"