David Kriegel, Managing Principal
Principal David Kriegel has practiced architecture for 30 years. His responsibilities at Gran Kriegel include overseeing design as well as overall firm management. Long concerned with issues of sustainability, he has designed projects that range from award-winning private residences and academic facilities to acclaimed retail and commercial spaces. In all of them he combines an expressive use of natural materials with innovative design solutions. Two of his projects achieved prestigious AIA design awards, and his work has been published in Interior Design, The New York Times and Architectural Record. Mr. Kriegel began his career at Gran Associates in 1982. After 12 years with another firm, he returned as a partner in 2000.
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Christine Wentz, Associate Principal
Associate Principal Christine Wentz is a designer and project manager with a record of precision and productivity. She is highly conscientious and sensitive to client needs while maintaining a tight correlation between the client’s objectives and the design team’s output. Experience across building types and project sizes corroborates her keen grasp of the fundamentals.
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Kayoko Karatsu, Project Manager
Kayoko Karatsu joined Gran Kriegel Associates following work with a number of firms in New York, California, Colorado, and Japan. She is technically adept, having been responsible for cost estimating, plan checking, scheduling, coordination of documents and building inspections, code compliance, identifying site conditions and zoning envelopes. She has prepared paperwork and interfaced with governing bodies through myriad project types and circumstances.
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David Mendelsohn, Project Architect
David Mendelsohn joined Gran Kriegel Associates with diverse experience in the creative, technical and business skills that constitute architecture, from multiple software proficiencies to project design and management, billing, model-making and architectural photography. His projects range from civic buildings, theaters, libraries, market-rate housing, and healthcare facilities to classrooms and housing for people with developmental and physical disabilities. At Gran Kriegel, he has focused on capital repair projects for the New York City School Construction Authority and design for new supportive residences.
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Marjiorie Felice, Project Architect
In the 10 years following her masters degree, Ms. Felice has designed retail, hospitality, historic restorations, a church, senior housing, and high-end residences. She actively managed construction field operations, commissioning, and close-out for the restoration of the historic Corbin Building in lower Manhattan. At Gran Kriegel, Ms. Felice currently provides construction administration for close-out of a new school in Long Island City and for a mid-rise community residence in the Bronx.
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Michael Vanreusel, Project Architect
Michael Vanreusel is an experienced professional with
a history in institutional, educational and performance
spaces, and residential design. Large projects involving
intricate document coordination, design-build, and highvisibility
projects characterize his work to date. His museum
experience includes a new contemporary art museum
at the Presidio in San Francisco, the Contemporary Jewish
Museum in San Francisco, and the Staten Island Museum.
He contributed to the design and construction documents
for a new clinic in Haiti, rehabilitation of Brooklyn’s
PS 132, and several housing projects in New York City.
Early in his career, Michael co-founded a consortium to
design and build furniture with a focus on sustainability.
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Patrick Derosier, Project Architect
Patrick Derosier has programmed and planned a new charter school on Governor’s Island for two separate sites and is currently designing a school for autistic students in Manhattan leased space. He gained considerable experience in design for healthcare and healthcare technologies with major hospitals in Boston, and earlier achieved cross-disciplinary training through work with a specialist in modular construction and a firm consulting on the use of prefabricated and green building technologies, communicating practical applications to clients and customers.
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Brock Benninger, Designer
Brock Benninger joined Gran Kriegel following significant
experience as an intern with large design firms in Canada
and New York. He is skilled in whole-building modeling
with experience in Revit, Rhino, and the Adobe creative
suite. In one of his internships, he gained familiarity with
the concept of architect-led design-build, where the
architect is the designer and construction manager.
His first assignment at Gran Kriegel involves the restoration
of multi-family buildings from a delapidated state to
clean, functional, handsome affordable housing.
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Marc Prisco, Designer
Marc Prisco is a skilled designer who comes to us from
the illustrious architecture program at New York’s Pratt
Institute, where he honed his technical skills for five years.
At Pratt, his achievements earned a Presidential Merit
Scholarship, a Junge Memorial Scholarship, and a Lee and
Norman Rosenfeld Grant to study advanced architecture
topics in Rome.
Marc interned with Gran Kriegel prior to completing his
degree.
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Linda Eklund, Business Development
Linda Eklund is a marketing and business development specialist working with architects, engineers, and project managers to gain market awareness, commissions, awards, and market share. With Gran Kriegel since 2008, she has helped sustain the firm's core practice in supportive housing, public and charter schools and its expansion into federal work with the Coast Guard and Naval Facilities Command. Ms. Eklund's history includes marketing public transit with New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the TriMet light rail system in Portland, Oregon. She has worked as a journalist, a bilingual satellite coordinator for Italian TV in New York, a translator, and occasional line producer for documentaries.
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Sharon McClintic, Marketing Manager
Sharon McClintic is a marketing specialist who comes to Gran Kriegel after earning her MBA from Fordham University. Her background spans all aspects of marketing, from strategic marketing and planning, to branding, web design, print design, public relations, and website design and management.
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