An Interview with David Graham, AIA

August 4th, 2009 in Designer Forum    1 Comment

As a founding Design Partner of Elness Swenson Graham Architects, Inc. (ESG), David Graham has innovated a city-building practice in which signature context-sensitive contemporary architecture serves to repair and expand urban fabric, shape civic public realm, and enhance the livability and vitality of neighborhoods.

His built projects have significantly expanded the range of typologies for urban residential, infill structures and mixed-use developments that interweave an understanding of traditional urban patterns with contemporary vigor. Graham’s initiatives and inspired collaborations have created a firm culture whose work has been recognized with more than 120 awards, including four national AIA awards and 70 chapter awards for architecture and urban design. This commitment to vision, excellence and collaboration was recognized by the AIA Minnesota 2007 Firm Award, bestowed in part for the firm’s “tremendous impact they have had on the Twin Cities and the region in the area of urban design and infill architecture.”
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