Women in Architecture Leadership Breakfast with Lissa So

Lissa So, FAIA, is a founding partner at MARVEL, where she leads a visionary approach to designing cultural, educational, and public spaces that foster a strong sense of place and identity, demonstrating the transformative impact of designing with and for the communities they serve. Under So’s leadership, MARVEL has grown to 150 people and continues to address both local and global challenges by deepening community engagement and collective action through thoughtful, collaborative design.

Join us for networking, breakfast, and Lissa’s remarks about her journey as an architect.

Speaker:
Lissa Soo, FAIA, Founding Principal, MARVEL

About the Speaker:
Lissa So is a founding Partner of Marvel with over 25 years of experience. She is driven to build innovative architecture that effortlessly accommodates the user and creates uniquely beautiful spaces. So honed her expertise in theatre design renovating St. Ann’s Warehouse, a project that brought multiple awards and prestige to the Marvel office and has led to additional theatrical and cultural work. She completed the Lyric Theatre on Broadway, the home of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and led the design team for Theater Squared, a new regional theatre in the burgeoning cultural hub of Fayetteville, AR. In addition, So spearheaded 1 Clinton, a 36-story residential tower that houses the Brooklyn Public Library and the Northeast Bronx YMCA. This work in the Bronx has led to a collaboration with Phipps Neighborhoods to provide afterschool programs to underserved communities in efforts to promote women and minorities in architecture.