Dan Kaplan

FAIA, LEED AP
Senior Partner

I am a city-builder; my passion is the crafting of compelling buildings and spaces that add up to great and enduring neighborhoods.
As a senior partner, Dan serves in a design and leadership capacity for many of our complex, award-winning urban buildings. Adept at creating large-scale, high-performance buildings and urban designs, Dan approaches each project—from individual buildings to large-scale urban plans—with the viewpoint that it must contribute to a larger totality.

Dan was raised in Long Island by an interior designer mother who had studied under the seminal industrial designer Raymond Loewy and kept an active home studio, exposing him to design titles like Architectural Digest and Contract at a young age. After receiving his degree from Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Dan lived and worked abroad in Switzerland, studying the designs of his modernist heroes.

Dan plays an instrumental role in a variety of projects spanning the office, residential, mixed-use, and healthcare sectors. He has been recognized both nationally and internationally for his design excellence over the years by numerous organizations and publications, including the American Institute of Architects, Architectural Review, and the Boston Society of Architects.
Education
B.Arch., Cornell University
Professional registration

Registered Architect: NY, NJ, CT, DC, CO, DE, GA, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, OH, RI, VA
LEED Accredited by the US Green Building Council

Memberships/affiliations

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA)
Chair of Advisory Board, School of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University
Instructor, School of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University
Advisory Board, Visiting Instructor, and Guest Lecturer, Architecture School and Real Estate Program, Cornell University
Housing+ Symposium, AIA NY Chapter
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Advisory Board, Designer Pages
Max Protetch Gallery's New World Trade Center Exhibition
Senior Advisor, SKYCRAPER! Exhibit, Liberty Science Center
Urban Land Institute Mobility Project
YMCA of Greater New York Development Committee