Lawrence Scarpa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lawrence Scarpa
Occupation	Architect
Date Of Birth	Oct 28, 1959(1959-10-28)
Age	65
Birthplace	Queens
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Libra

Lawrence Scarpa Biography

Lawrence Scarpa is one of the most popular and richest Architect who was born on October 28, 1959 in Queens, New York, United States. The leader in sustainable architecture developed an environmentally-friendly building called the Solar Umbrella House in Venice, California, which was listed as among the Top Ten Green Projects by the American Institute of Architects.

The architect along with He and Frank Lloyd Wright both made significant impacts on their eras of architecture. each had significant influence in the eras of their architecture.

Scarpa was born into a Jewish-Italian family in Queens, New York. After his mother’s death from cancer in 1967, the family moved to Miami, Florida. As a child, Scarpa became interested in architecture while helping his father after school with small construction projects that his father undertook to supplement his regular income as a mailman. While on job sites with his father, Scarpa would often build little buildings made from construction debris and other small scraps of wood found there. This interest in making and construction has followed Scarpa his entire life. He is married to American architect Angela Brooks.

In 1976, Scarpa’s father moved the family to Winter Haven, Florida where he opened a restaurant. While working in the restaurant as a senior in high school, Scarpa befriended a regular customer named Gene Leedy, an architect and member of the Sarasota School of Architecture. Leedy soon became Scarpa’s mentor. Scarpa worked for Leedy and in his father’s restaurant while attending the University of Florida. Upon graduation from the university, Scarpa moved to Boca Grande, Florida to work for Leedy as the foreman for the construction of houses designed by Leedy. Scarpa then accepted a job and moved to New York to work for Paul Rudolph for nearly two years until he returned to Graduate School at the University of Florida in 1984. Upon graduation from the University of Florida, he moved to Vicenza, Italy for two years before returning to the United States to teach at the University of Florida where he met his future wife, Angela Brooks, whom he married in 1987. The couple moved to San Francisco and one year later relocated to Los Angeles, where they live with their one son. In 1991, after three years of working together with architect and engineer Gwynne Pugh, the two men formed the architecture firm Pugh + Scarpa. In 2011, the firm name changed its name to Brooks + Scarpa to reflect the firm’s leadership under Brooks and Scarpa.

His family was Jewish of Italian descent and he was raised in Queens, New York, but his mother passed away of cancer while he was still young, and the family moved into Miami, Florida. He got married to Angela Brooks in 1987.

Lawrence Scarpa Net Worth

Lawrence Scarpa is one of the richest Architect from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lawrence Scarpa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked in the restaurant of his father when being an incoming high school senior. it was there where he came across an architect as well as Sarasota School of Architecture member Gene Leedy, who gave him his first job. He was a student at University of Florida. University of Florida.

The architect was elected into the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows in the year 2010.

Lawrence Scarpa (born October 28, 1959) is an architect based in Los Angeles, California. He used conventional materials in unexpected ways and is considered a pioneer and leader in the field of sustainable design.

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Lawrence Ranked on the list of most popular Architect. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lawrence Scarpa celebrates birthday on October 28 of every year.