Simon Eisinger
Columbia University
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Jury
Thomas Beeby
Todd Halamka
Gintaras Lietuvninkas
Harold Schiff
Joseph Valerio
Wall study. © Simon Eisinger.
Simon Eisinger
Columbia University
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), earning a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, with Minors in Acoustics and Literature. Graduating in 1990, he was the recipient of the MIT Award for Excellence in Architecture and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society. On leaving MIT, Eisinger moved to Germany to work for Behnisch and Partners on the project team for the new German Parliament. He returned to New York for a Master of Architecture at Columbia University, receiving the 1993 SOM Foundation traveling fellowship and the 1994 AIA Medal for Excellence in the Study of Architecture. After Columbia, he worked in the office of Smith-Miller and Hawkinson, departing to travel extensively in Europe and the Near and Far East as part of the SOM Foundation fellowship. Returning again to New York, Eisinger worked at I. M. Pei Cobb Freed and Partners before joining Gabellini Associates. In 1997, Simon Eisinger established Lynch Eisinger Design Architects, which became a full-time effort two years later. He is a registered architect in the states of New York and New Jersey, and an accredited professional under the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.