Background

I'm a sole proprietor of my business. I started David Lawrence Architecture in January of 2000 so we're coming up on ten years. I got out of college in 1988 so I’ve been working in architecture for more than twenty years. I attended the University of Florida. While in college, I worked one summer for the late Dimeter Stoyanoff in Stuart, Florida. Dimeter was a sculptor and an architect. He was a creative, charming man with a thick Bulgarian accent. He was a good designer and great human being. I spent another summer working for my father, well-known Palm Beach Architect Eugene Lawrence.

I'm a second generation architect. I grew up visiting job sites as a child and was often put in my father's conference room with a roll of tracing paper and pens and told to play. Dad tried to discourage me from going into architecture because its tough but you don’t do this if you don’t have the skills and love it. Despite the challenges of this business, I love what I do.