Profile

Personal Greeting Laura Montllor, AIA Member Emeritus

Montllor Box Architects
Bronze Member
1000 points

Contact Details

Montllor Box Architects
Port Washington, NY

Bio

Laura Montllor, is an Architect, an age-in-place expert and a long-time advocate of inclusion and civil rights for people with disabilities. She is a founding member and the Executive Director of HomeFreeHome. HomeFreeHome is an all-volunteer group of architects who design accessible home renovation projects for people with disabilities and seniors. HomeFreeHome’s work has appeared in Exceptional Parent Magazine, Newsday and the Long Island Press. This year HomeFreeHome received a prestigious grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Laura was honored as one of the “Most Influential Women on Long Island” by the Long Island Press. For 25 years, Laura has been the principal of Montllor Box Architects in Port Washington, New York, a nationally publicized firm specializing in renovation of residences. Their work has been featured on various programs including HGTV’s Before and After Show and published in House Beautiful magazine. In addition, she written articles for various AIA publications, trade magazines and is a contributor to Newsday on Long Island. She has served as Housing Educator for the New York Association on Independent Living. Growing up in New York, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelors
1971 To 1976

Job History

HomeFreeHome.org
Executive Director
January 2006 - present

New York Association on Independent Living
Housing Educator
February 2010 - September 2010

AIA
small project practitioner
January 2000