MARK E. STRAUSS, FAIA, AICP/PP, LEED

Senior Partner

Architect, planner, and urban designer Mark Strauss joined the firm when Jambhekar Strauss merged with FXFOWLE in 2000. Mark leads the firm's Planning / Urban Design work. A key aspect of his interest and talent lies in developing planning approaches to assist communities, institutions, and developers redefine properties in response to design, economic, transportation, and political concerns. He has developed a national reputation for the sensitive and viable repositioning of sites and communities.

Mark is advising the City of Philadelphia as part of their “Imagine Philadelphia”, which began as a series of workshops designed to elicit community input into a city-wide planning framework. His work in the Washington DC area includes planning and urban design services for a 2.6 million sf mixed-use development site. Additional projects under his direction include the redevelopment plan for Hunter’s Point South; the redevelopment plan for the Hoboken Railyards; and an on-call urban design and planning contract for Metro-North Railroad. He is also working with Taconic Investment Partners on their development plans for Coney Island.

Mark has melded his multi-disciplinary skills to improve the built environment and influence public policy. As an organizer of New York New Visions and the leader of the long term planning efforts for the alliance, Mark used his professional urban design and planning experience to develop a process that integrated diverse talents and skills. His energy and selfless leadership set the example and provided the essential impetus to influence the planning process in Lower Manhattan.

Mark was the 2006 President of the AIA NY Chapter. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Master of Urban Planning from City College.