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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