Spotlight
Destined to
Design
one-on-one with a legendary architect
Created by Richard Landry, AIA, in 1987, the Landry
Design Group, Inc. has worked with clients throughout the
United States, Europe, Asia, Canada and the Middle East,
and continues to raise the standards in high-end residential
architecture. Internationally renowned for their designs in
a variety of architectural styles and for their service-ori-
ented philosophy, Landry Design Group is producing resi-
dences ranging from classical estates to cozy rural villas
and cutting-edge contemporary structures. The firm’s com-
missions include work for such notable clients as Eddie
Murphy, Kenny G, Rod Stewart, Sugar Ray Leonard, Key- Richard Landry
shawn Johnson, Wayne Gretzky and Sylvester Stallone.
The Landry Design Group has received several national
the wide range of green products that are available. Green
and international design awards, including 25 Gold Nug-
products are often more expensive and it can be challeng-
get Awards and the coveted Builder’s Choice Award. Their
ing to inspire your client to spend more money on new
work has been featured in numerous publications and seen
green products. Because it is a new product, it is often hard
on ABC, HGTV, Travel Channel, E! Entertainment and
to explain the benefit of that product. Oftentimes the client
A&E television.
wants to be able to justify why they should spend more
Landry discussed how he began his career in architec-
money on this product. How is it a more efficient system?
ture, shared some industry insight and described a recently
Is it going to last longer? And there’s the sociological as-
completed project with DTM.
pect — that you’re doing something good for the planet.
When did you become aware of your passion for de- We’re currently working with green consultants in order to
sign and how did it manifest itself? assist us on this issue. I think that more and more architects
I think I was born with it. I remember people telling me are in tune with this, which is a big step forward.
that when I was six years old I would say that I wanted to
What are some of the challenges you work with?
design buildings. I didn’t even know what the word archi-
We always try to push the envelope with our projects
tecture meant back then. At a very young age I was sketch-
and come up with creative ideas; this in itself can cause
ing and taking art classes. I think I was born this way — I
some real challenges. We have good clients and we spend
was one of the lucky ones that knew at a very early age that
a lot of time educating them about the process and the op-
architecture was my destiny.
portunities. They become very supportive throughout the
rade
What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the whole process. Everybody has a sense of ownership in the
design industry today? project. To me, it is more a question of attitude and how do
Design T
One of the most important challenges is to be responsi- you deal with situations. With the right attitude, it becomes
ble to the environment and for designers to be cognizant of fun and that’s our motto, we want to have fun doing this.
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