James Wright, AIASenior Associate
James Wright joined Lee Harris Pomeroy Associates in 1993 as project manager and architect for institutional projects and was made an associate in 1994. Mr. Wright has over 15 years of design and management experience on large-scale projects involving new construction and renovation for both institutional and private clients. His skills in programming, team coordination, supervision and contract administration make him a central person in the delivery process of our projects.
At LHPA, Mr. Wright is also responsible for the firm's extensive transportation projects. He is currently managing the $35 million DeKalb Avenue Subway Station Rehabilitation, and the $50 million 14th Street/Union Square Subway Station Rehabilitation project, currently under construction. Lee Harris Pomeroy Associates was hired by the NY Transit Authority to provide a master plan to simplify and consolidate the 3-line circulation pattern at the concourse level and to upgrade the entire station complex including restoration and integration of historic finishes from original NYC subway stations dating back to 1904.
Mr. Wright also led our design team on the recently completed adaptive reuse of an old Con Ed substation in Brooklyn into the flagship building for New York City's Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, and the rehabilitation of the Pittsburgh Building for the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Prior to joining Lee Harris Pomeroy Associates, Mr. Wright was a project manager at Herbert Beckhard Frank Richlan and Associates for the classroom/library addition to the NYS school of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. He also worked at James Stewart Polshek and Partners for the renovation of the Iris and Gerald Cantor Auditorium‹a 460-seat multi-media theater and an art conservation facility at the landmarked Brooklyn Museum. Mr. Wright received a BA in Fine Arts in 1976 and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Colorado in 1981, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and serves on its Urban Design Committee.
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Lee Harris Pomeroy Associates / Architects
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New York, NY 10013 USA