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Christian Wassmann is wondering whether or not to sign a new lease. In Manhattan, with its breathtaking rents, this is no small decision. While getting the extra office space would give him more room (Wassmann and his project-basis employees are used to working in an office carved out of his apartment), it could also force him to take on some work he’d otherwise have the luxury of passing up. If this is the first growing pain for a young architect who has seamlessly transitioned from project architect for Steven Holl to principal of his own practice, it’s not so bad. Only 32 years old, Wassmann has a pedigree that explains his success. After moving to the United States from Switzerland, he began working for Steven Holl because Holl was (and still is) his favorite architect. He has also worked on side projects with another master of American design, artist Robert Wilson, for 10 years. Read more…
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Diana Lind is an urban advocate and writer. She is executive director and editor in chief of Next American City.
In 2011, Diana was a Van Alen Institute fellow. She is the chair of the program committee of the Ed Bacon Foundation and an adviser to the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster.
Born in Manhattan in 1981, Diana has received degrees from Cornell University (B.A., English) and Columbia University (M.F.A., Creative Writing). She is the author of Brooklyn Modern: Architecture, Interiors & Design (Rizzoli, 2008), which is in its third printing. She also edited Designing the Hamptons: Portraits of Interiors (Edizioni, 2006). She has published her writing in The New York Times, Architectural Record and many other publications.
She lives in Philadelphia’s Washington Square West neighborhood.