by studio98 | Oct 20, 2014 | In Memoriam
Dorrit was born in Vienna, Austria and fled with her mother and sister to the United States during the Holocaust. She started to work as a sewing machine operator in a New York sweat shop for $7 per week. In the ‘40’s, she worked as a Showroom Manager and model for a...
by studio98 | Sep 23, 2014 | In Memoriam
Art Gensler Jr., Gensler’s founder, is credited with elevating the practice of interior design to professional standing. He is a fellow of both the AIA and IIDA, and a professional member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Gensler Jr. graduated from Cornell...
by studio98 | Sep 23, 2014 | Past Honorees
Upon her graduation from the University of Texas, Lauren Rottet began her career working with Fisher-Friedman Associates. She then joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and eventually started her own firm, Keating Mann Jernigan Rottet, which morphed into DMJM Rottet....
by studio98 | Sep 23, 2014 | Past Honorees
Adrian Zecha is the founder of GHM and director and non- executive chairman of resort developer Amanresorts. Zecha was one of three founding partners of Regent International Hotels (RIH), where he was responsible for the development and financing of the company’s...
by studio98 | Sep 23, 2014 | Past Honorees
Danny Meyer launched his first New York project, Union Square Café, in 1985, pioneering a new breed of American eatery. He followed up with Gramercy Tavern (1994), Eleven Madison Park, and Tabla (both
in 1998). Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard opened in the spring of...
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