Victor Body-Lawson, AIA, is principal of Body Lawson Associates Architects and Planners (BLA), an acclaimed architecture, interiors and urban design practice founded in 1993 and operating in the United States and globally. His international portfolio includes works in multifamily housing, religious and commercial buildings, historic preservation, interior design, and recreational and health facilities. A noted leader in responsive, collaborative community solutions with an emerging design signature, Body-Lawson is recognized for his ability to empower people in under-resourced communities through their public spaces and buildings. He is also an accomplished artist and visiting critic at Yale and Columbia. Current projects include the 740-unit affordable mixed-use campus, The Peninsula, Marcus Garvey Village in Harlem, and the acclaimed, recently completed Home Street Residences in The Bronx. From his groundbreaking Erobograph Apartments to his new and promising works in New Yorkti