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Daniel Sesil, Partner at Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA), has been with the firm since 1983. His extensive expertise lives in special design projects that answer to function and innovation. He specializes in long span, column-free spaces, high-rise buildings, creative solutions and research initiatives.

Dan is currently Partner-in-Charge of a wide range of projects, including the design of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts, the Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Expansion in New York, a new hospital building at Coney Island Hospital in New York, the New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Ankara, Turkey and the New Consular Compound (NCC) in Nogales, Mexico. Projects of his that are currently under construction include the Kimmel Pavilion at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York, a new building for SUNY’s Downstate Medical Center and a private residence designed using a complex geometric system and FRP paneled roof.
Dan has led the design of several of LERA’s landmark projects, including the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, AR, the Columbia University Medical Center Education Building in New York, the Newseum and Freedom Forum in Washington, DC, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the Miho Bridge in Japan, the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, and the Prada Soho boutique in New York.

A published author and frequent speaker at design and engineering events, Dan serves on the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (OBO) Industry Advisory Group, and is also a member of the Marquette University College of Engineering Thought Leaders Council. For his actions following the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, he received the Medal of Valor from The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Daniel Sesil, Partner at Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA), has been with the firm since 1983. His extensive expertise lives in special design projects that answer to function and innovation. He specializes in long span, column-free spaces, high-rise buildings, creative solutions and research initiatives.

Dan is currently Partner-in-Charge of a wide range of projects, including the design of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts, the Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Expansion in New York, a new hospital building at Coney Island Hospital in New York, the New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Ankara, Turkey and the New Consular Compound (NCC) in Nogales, Mexico. Projects of his that are currently under construction include the Kimmel Pavilion at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York, a new building for SUNY’s Downstate Medical Center…

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