Lori Ferriss

38, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Built Buildings Lab

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group

Boston

Ferriss is a nationally recognized leader in sustainable design, building reuse and climate-focused practices whose interdisciplinary career spans architecture, structural engineering and conservation. As co-founder and executive director of Built Buildings Lab, she advances research and design strategies that position existing and historic buildings as essential tools in addressing the climate crisis.

Her technical roots began at New York City-based structural engineering firm Silman, where she contributed to major cultural projects including the Harvard Art Museums with the Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the structural design of Grace Farms with design firm SANAA.…