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Nicholas Goldsmith
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New York City, NY
Design > Consultant


FTL Design Engineering Studio
Senior Principal
Privately-held
Nicholas Goldsmith is a Senior Principal at FTL Design Engineering Studio since 1978. Prior, he was a designer for Frei Otto in Germany. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the AIA and former Chairman of the Lightweight Structures Association.

Nicholas Goldsmith has been in charge of design for many of FTL's projects, including the award winning traveling facility for the Metropolitan Opera, the award winning Seabird Aviary at the Bronx Zoo, and a theater for AT&T at the Olympics.
  
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WORK EXPERIENCE
 
Company
Title:Senior Principal
Company Name:FTL Design Engineering Studio
Location:New York, New York
Start Date:Jan 1978
End Date:Currently working
Company Size:6-10
Company Type:Privately-held
 
 
Experience Level
 
Expertise: Design & Engineering of Innovative Structures
 
Skills: Design, Physical & Digital modeling, Structural Engineering, Detail Drawings
 
CREDENTIALS
 
Awards
 
Title:IFAI Outstanding Achievement Award
Awarded By:IFAI
Date:Nov 2008
Description:for the Charlottesville Amphitheater
 
 
Title:Du Pont Benedictus Glass Award
Awarded By:Du Pont
Date:Sep 2000
Description:for the Under the Sun Exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City
 
 
Title:AIA NY Design Award
Awarded By:AIA
Date:Jul 1997
Description:for the Russell B Aitken Seabird Aviary at the Bronx Zoo
 
 
Title:28th Bard Award
Awarded By:NYC
Date:Aug 1995
Description:for the Carlos Moseley Music Pavilion, a traveling opera house for the Metropolitan Opera and NY Philharmonic
 
License
 
Type:Architecture & Engineering
License Number:12 States
 
EDUCATION
 
School:Cornell University
Date Graduated:Jun 1975
Degree:B'Arch
Study Field:Architecture
 
GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
 
Group:Lightweight Structures Association, IFAI
Start Date:Mar 1981
 
Group:Fellow of the AIA
Start Date:Jan 1983
 
Group:IASS
Start Date:Apr 2006
 
GOALS AND INTERESTS
 
Career Goals: The history of building is a slow evolution from mass to membrane, from heavy stone structures to luminous, lightweight, flexible and environmentally responsible structures. The investigation of these new light and flexible technologies is at the core of FTL.
 
Personal Interests: Archeology, traveling, languages, cuisine and film