News: Green Buildings
Posted: November 21, 2012
Professional Profile: Laura Cabo 2012
Name: Laura Cabo, AIA, LEED BD+C
Title: Principal
Company: GUND Partnership
Location: Cambridge, MA
Place of birth: Minneapolis, MN
Family: All male: Husband (also an architect), two sons, and a furry one
College: BA from Trinity University, San Antonio, TX; and MArch from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
First job unrelated to your current field: Entrepreneurial start as CEO of Kiddie Day Camp at age 12
First job in current field: 400 person architectural firm; First project was 5 star hotel in the Grand Caymans
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Design environments that inspire, educate and delight
Hobbies: 5:30am boot camp, and everything to do with the Boston Celtics. When I retire, I will paint.
Favorite novel: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Favorite film: The Shining
Keys to success: Make lemonade out of lemons (Murphy never sleeps)
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): All those who have fought our nation's wars
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Foreign diplomat, covert CIA officer, or working in a garden
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