About
Brian Lewis, AIA, NCARB, RA, LEED, AP has extensive experience in the design, management, and efficient delivery of complex and distinctive projects. Brian received his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Texas, including a Fellowship to Oxford University. His Honors thesis focused on the organically expressive modernism of Alvar Aalto. His museum work includes the Frederick Douglass Home & Museum, in Washington DC – his first independent commission. This project combined contemporary additions along with the historic renovation to the 1871 Capitol Hill residence of Frederick Douglass to create modern exhibition spaces for art and sculpture, and renovation of the original residence to include installation of Douglass family heirlooms, previously held in the Smithsonian. Brian's commercial work, which includes luxury retail projects for Louis Vuitton, Bulgari, North Fork Bank, as well as the Pierre Hotel, was acknowledged as a “BEST OF” in Interior Design Magazine. Additionally, he co-designed the two multi-award winning Wright and Cafe3 restaurants at the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum, which were awarded the AIA Gold Medal, Hospitality Design’s Gold Key Award, and the prestigious James Beard award. This is in addition to the design of furniture pieces for Ligne Roset, the design patent for a lighting collection for Swarovski, and the design and completion of dozens of luxury residential, hospitality, commercial, and restaurant projects in New York, Washington, San Diego, and Austin.
BRIAN LEWIS AIA
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