Lee Altman, AIA, LEED AP, is Director of Design Management at SCAPE. She draws on her experience in city government as well as her past work with architects, artists, scientists and public health professionals to form a multifaceted perspective in managing landscape, urban design and infrastructure projects. Within SCAPE, she works to develop firmwide project management systems and processes and facilitates peer learning across project teams.
Lee holds a Master’s in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University, where she received the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize, the GSAPP Honor Award for Excellence and the William Kinne Travel Fellowship. She currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the same program at Columbia. Lee also holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture with Honors from the Israel Institute of Technology.
Credentials
Registered Architect: Israel, New York
LEED AP
Accomplishments
Academic
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University GSAPP
Advisory Roles & Fellowships
Advisory Council, Transportation Alternatives
Advisory Board, “Oculus” Magazine, AIA-NY
Fellows Forum, Design Trust for Public Space
Fellow, Urban Design Forum
Select Awards
SARA National: Design Award of Merit – Urban Design, “BDC Redevelopment,” 2021
SARA-NY: Merit Award – Urban Design, “BDC Redevelopment,” 2021
The Architect’s Newspaper: Best of Design, Honorable Mention – Unbuilt, “Pensacola Waterfront Framework Plan,” 2019
ASLA-NY: Honor Award – Analysis, Planning, Research & Communications, “The Gowanus Lowlands,” 2018