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Ms. Deborah Pierce, AIA

Pierce Lamb Architects

West Newton, MA
United States
02465-2185

Bio

With a professional rigor honed in public work, and the agility required in the private sector, Deborah leads the design team for each project. These complementary strengths, along with strong communication and organizational skills, characterize all her projects. Founding partner, project architect and firm manager.

Personal Statement: Architecture involves both design and problem solving. Good design can calm or stimulate us, help us work more productively, think more clearly, live more easily. Problems needing solutions can be technical, procedural, interpersonal, or programmatic. Finding the balance between all these variables is the challenge; achieving it in a manner unique to each project is the reward.

Specialties

Accessibility Compliance, Architectural Design, Demolition Services / Planning, Existing Facilities Surveys, Historic Preservation, Space Planning, Accessible Residences, Building Envelope Forensics and Upgrades, Downtown Revitalization

Affiliations

AIA Small Project Practitioners Advisory Group, Member 2006-2010, Chair 2009; Boston Society of Architects Small Firms Committee, Chair 1995-2005; BSA Women In Design Conference, Co-chair 2003-4, US Servas, MA Coordinator 2009-xx, Wellness Warriors Dragon-Boat Team 2008-xx

Interests

Dragon-boating, Kayaking, Stonemasonry, Watercolor, Collage, Oil-paintingInternational Cultural Exchange (US Servas)

Education

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
B. Arch., 1977
Architecture
1971 To 1977
Dissertation: A Pattern Language for Urban Town Centers
Advisor: Curt Lamb, MArch, PhD

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts, United States
B.A., 1971
Urban Studies, Sociology
1967 To 1971
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