Eric Lam is the Principal of Redwood Design Studio Architect. Along with overseeing the firm’s day-to-day operations, he stays informed of every project while maintaining a hands-on approach to management. Eric’s professional expertise encompasses mostly hospitality design in which he has extensive experience leading projects from inception to completion. He has twenty years of experience designing numerous restaurants and hotel spaces as well as projects in other marketplaces. While he may be busy with client meetings or at job sites observing construction progress, he often spends leisure time in the great outdoors.
This restaurant is now an ideal gathering place in the heart of Manhattan, yet started with a challenging site … where, together with the client, we made miracles happen.
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We, as architects, can communicate through the built world that the needs of people and the needs of the environment go hand in hand.
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Architects create meaning with lines but also the space in between. I value boundaries because once they are set, the design can make the most of the space, which presents the exciting opportunity for a functional and visually pleasing solution. When I begin a project, I see lines and all the possibilities in between – like in Piet Mondrian’s painting “Broadway Boogie Woogie.”
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in western Pennsylvania is one of the very first architectural iconic buildings I ever visited. What you see in pictures is never the same as being there. On this visit, I felt the significance of scale and sensory connection.
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My firm rarely takes on home renovation but when I work with residential clients, I’m looking for chemistry. Just the other day, I helped a young family find their home.
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