Stephen Alexander

Background

Lesser was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the son of Virginia Hirst Lesser, a painter and teacher of art and piano, and Doctor Alexander Lesser, a Hofstra University professor of Anthropology.

Education

Lesser was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the son of Virginia Hirst Lesser, a painter and teacher of art and piano, and Doctor Alexander Lesser, a Hofstra University professor of Anthropology. He was raised in Manhasset, New York and graduated from Manhasset High School, where he was editor-in-chief of the literary magazine and a member of the National Honor Society. He graduated from Columbia University in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences.

He received a Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in 1972.

Career

He is perhaps best known for his work on Faneuil Hall Marketplace project in downtown Boston, Master of Arts.

Education

Beginning in 1971, Lesser worked at several Boston, Master of Arts firms, including The Architects Collaborative (TAC), and Perry Dean and Partners before joining Benjamin C. Thompson and Associates. There, he worked for two years on the Faneuil Hall Marketplace project In 1975, Lesser moved his practice to New New York

He joined Richard Meier Associates where he honed his Corbusian style in residential and commercial buildings.

He later joined Rivkin/Weisman, Personal Computer where he worked his way up to director In 1986, he formed Nagel and Lesser, Architects moving to East Hampton.

The practice included a broad range of residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Since 1994, he has been a sole practitioner.

Teaching

Appointments: Columbia, guest lecturer in Architecture and Planning (1992-1994) New York Institute of Technology (1994-2004)

Guest Critic: Yale, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, NYIT, Columbia, Roger Williams University

Licenses

Certified: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1975

Registered: Massachusetts (1975), New York, (1981), and New Jersey (1993)

Member: American Institute of Architects/National, State and American Institute of Architects Peconic Chapter

They have three beautiful children: Jonathan (born "95), Emma (born "93), and Alexandra (born "88).

Alexandra graduated Hampshire College in 2010.

Achievements

• American Institute of Architecture/Long Island Chapter: Residential,(Shyer House 1993) Institutional (Camp Blue Bay 1986) and Young Firm (1993) Architectural Record: Record House and Record Interiors Beauxarch IV: Commercial Project (Viking Lincolnshire, 1986).