Today they’re household names, but it started with a leap of faith: “I saw my chance and the Hashgachah. I reached out and asked if I could design the entire building

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qualified in design in Australia and arrived in America very soon after my marriage. My first job was in a tile store, which gave me some outlet for my creativity and skills. At one point, I was helping someone out with a small project, and we had him over for Shabbos. I remember him casually mention that a certain well-known organization was building a new flagship building.

I filed the information away, and then I realized that the chairman of the organization was someone whom my parents had helped out a lot when he was a kid. My father had really helped bring this person up. I saw my chance, and I saw the Hashgachah. I reached out and asked if I could design the entire building. Well, my application had to pass by an entire board, but this chairman pushed it through. I got the job.