What is your professional experience and educational background?
- Partner and Principal in Charge of the Charlotte office with MBAJ Architecture in Charlotte NC, now named Boomerang, until 2003
- Vice President of Adams Architecture in Mooresville NC until 2018
- Currently President and CEO of Design Associated in Statesville NC
- Received my Bachelor of Environmental Design and then Architecture in 1985 from the University of Kansas
What are key projects that you have worked on at Design Associates?
- Godwin Corporate Offices in Dunn, North Carolina
- Piedmont Healthcare Endoscopy Center
- Eatabowl Restaurant - Mooresville
- Jewelers on Main
- Josh's Farmers Market
- Pursuit Church
What year did you start at Design Associates?
Design Associates was established in 1952 and Larry J Schaeffer continued the operations in 2018.
Are you Team Ethan or Team Franklin?
Team Franklin!!! see below. our job is to give Team Ethan a hard time.
Do you prefer CAD or Revit?
Who cares??? It will be my hand-sketched drawings that win the day.
Who is your favorite person to give a hard time at work?
That is clearly my son, Ethan, who is my office manager. He gave me a hard time the first 18 years of his life, and now it is time for me to give back with interest!!!!
If the office playlist was stuck on one artist forever, who would you pick?
Songs from Chris Tomlin all day long - and loud.
What is your favorite barnyard animal?
I will have to say the "cat" to get a couple extra point with my wife that loves cats!!!! besides they do keep the mice away and torcher them for fun. Your wrong, they are clearly a barnyard animal. have you ever seen a barnyard without a cat?
