Vanessa Kassabian

Vanessa Kassabian currently serves as Principal and Global Design Leader at DLR Group, starting in April 2024. Prior to this role, Vanessa was the Director of the New York Office at MVRDV from September 2022 to April 2024. Vanessa has held significant positions at DLR Group | Westlake Reed Leskosky as Principal and Design Leader from August 2019 to August 2022, and as Principal at Condition Architecture from June 2017 to August 2019. Earlier experience includes a decade at Snøhetta AS as Director and Senior Architect, as well as project architect roles at OMA / REX and DAVIS BRODY BOND, LLP. Vanessa holds a Master of Architecture (MARCH) degree from Tulane University and a Master of Architecture (MArch) from Pratt Institute.