Stephen A. Lesser

Lesser was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the son of Virginia Hirst Lesser, a painter and teacher of art and piano, and Dr. Alexander Lesser, a Hofstra University professor of anthropology. He was raised in Manhasset, New York and graduated from Manhasset High School, where he was editor-in-chief of the literary magazine and a member of the National Honor Society. He graduated from Columbia University in 1966 with a B.A. in Social Sciences. He received a Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in 1972.

Beginning in 1971, Lesser worked at several Boston firms, including The Architects Collaborative (TAC),{{Cite web|url=http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/TAC.html|title = TAC - Great Buildings Online}} and Perry Dean and Partners before joining Benjamin C. Thompson and Associates.{{Cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/benjamin-thompson-1|title=Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions|website=Answers.com}} There, he worked for two years on the Faneuil Hall Marketplace project.

In 1975, Lesser moved his practice to New York. He joined Richard Meier Associates where he honed his Corbusian style in residential and commercial buildings. He later joined Rivkin/Weisman, PC where he worked his way up to director. In 1986, he formed Nagel and Lesser, Architects moving to East Hampton. The practice included a broad range of residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Since 1994, he has been a sole practitioner.

Appointments: Columbia, guest lecturer in Architecture and Planning (1992–94)

New York Institute of Technology (1994-2004)

Guest Critic: Yale, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, NYIT, Columbia, Roger Williams University

Certified: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1975

Registered: Massachusetts (1975), New York, (1981), and New Jersey (1993)

Member: AIA/National, State and AIA Peconic Chapter

Architectural Review "Credit DuNord Offices" November 1982, pp 46–7

Yale Perspecta{{cite web|url=http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/publications/perspecta |title=Perspecta | YSOA | Yale School of Architecture |access-date=August 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515070621/http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/publications/perspecta |archive-date=May 15, 2012 }}

Architectural Record "The Dubai Bank" January 1983, pp 85–91

Progressive Architecture "Bavarian Emissary" September 1984, 100-105

The New York Times "From Blueprint to Imprint" November 21, 1993{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/21/nyregion/from-blueprint-to-imprint-winners-of-architectural-awards.html?scp=5&sq=%22Stephen%20Lesser%22&st=cse|title = From Blueprint to Imprint: Winners of Architectural Awards|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 21 November 1993|last1 = Kampel|first1 = Stewart}}

Newsday "A Carriage Trade" October 16, 1994, pp 26–27

American Institute of Architecture/Long Island Chapter:

Residential,(Shyer House 1993)

Institutional (Camp Blue Bay 1986) and

Young Firm (1993)

Architectural Record: Record House and Record Interiors

Beauxarch IV: Commercial Project (Viking Lines, 1986)

Lesser lives in East Hampton with his wife, Celia, who is an attorney. They have three children: Jonathan (born '95), Emma (born '93), and Alexandra (born '88). Jon attends the Ross School in East Hampton along with his sister Emma. Alexandra graduated Hampshire College in 2010.

• [http://www.stephenalesserarchitect.com/stephen-alexander-lesser-profile.shtml Stephen Alexander Lesser, Architect]
• [http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com/ Fanueil Hall Marketplace]
• [http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/TAC.html TAC]
• [http://www.answers.com/topic/benjamin-thompson-1 Benjamin Thompson]
• [http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/ Harvard Graduate School of Design]
• [http://architect.architecture.sk/le-corbusier-architect/le-corbusier-architect.php Le Corbusier]
• [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/21/nyregion/from-blueprint-to-imprint-winners-of-architectural-awards.html?scp=5&sq=%22Stephen%20Lesser%22&st=cse The New York Times]

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