LONG READS → DAY IN THE LIFE Issue 617 · July 6, 2016

Castles in the Air

A skyscraper and your dream house all start with the right design

Castles    in    the    Air
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Gabriel Einhorn is the lead architectural designer for AB Design in Rockland County New York. He’s been working in the field for almost 20 years.

 

What I do…

I design. Anything from yeshivos and shuls to retail development office complexes and shopping malls. Not to mention schools commercial spaces industrial facilities residential developments and single high-end homes.

What that means… 

Great architectural design starts with the ability to be a really good investigator and interpreter. You need to be able to read a client’s thoughts understand their expectations and interpret their needs. You need to know what technicalities to bear in mind — property size legal allowances the number of family members and of course the budget. There are a lot of options: luxurious versus basic the balabusta’s needs versus the designer’s demands a large expansive house versus a cozier smaller home modern versus traditional contemporary versus eclectic a complex floor plan versus a simple one wide-open spaces versus closed-off rooms… the possibilities are endless. What I do is combine functional needs beauty and practicality to make my client’s dream-come-true home or project.

The best part of the job is… 

davening in a shul I designed. But I have to admit it can make it hard to keep my eyes in the siddur.

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