This spring’s L. Michael Goldsmith Lecture will feature guest speaker Annabelle Selldorf, founding principal of Selldorf Architects. In advance of the event hosted by the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center on April 23 at Cornell Tech’s Verizon Executive Education Center, Selldorf reflected on her work in the city, in the art world, and why the job of an architect is to care.

Credit: Photo: Katharina Poblotzki

Molly Sheridan: How does the career you’ve had compare with the architect you imagined yourself becoming when you were still in school?

Annabelle Selldorf: I started not knowing if I really wanted to be an architect. My father was an architect, and he worked very hard and never had any money. I didn’t get into architecture school in Germany, not one, but two years in a row, so I filled my time with internships. Ultimately, I applied to go to architecture school at Pratt and, surprisingly, was accepted.

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