FOUNDERS
David Bruce Lee, Founding Partner
David is a Founding Partner of FAME with 13 years of professional architecture and design experience. He is a Registered Architect in the States of California, Nevada, Florida, and New York and holds a Master of Urban Design from the City College of New York under the directorship of Michael Sorkin; a Bachelor of Architecture and a Minor in Sustainable Environments with Honors from one of the highest-ranked architecture Universities in the United States, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; and a diploma in music and architecture from Les Ecoles d'Art Américaines de Fontainebleau, France.
Marina Bourderonnet, Founding Partner
Marina is a Founding Partner of FAME with 13 years of professional architecture and design experience. She is a Registered Architect in the State of New York, an Interior Designer, and a LEED Green Associate and holds a Bachelor of Architecture from l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris Val-de-Seine; is trained in sculpture, life drawing, and art history from l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts; and studied film photography and architecture at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Marina has led the construction efforts of numerous large-scale projects.
Paris, New York, California
David and Marina have executed dream homes, luxury high-rises, and other buildings across five continents with work displayed in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City and The Museum of the City of New York. Their expansive portfolio includes million-dollar interiors; beach-front mansions; 60-story luxury residential towers in New York, Canada, and China; Montreal's largest restaurant; acclaimed art installations; galleries; offices; and even campus buildings. Between the two, they have won numerous design and architecture competitions at national and international levels. David's co-design for a housing tower in Mexico City garnished first place in the international competition and was subsequently published in the book Structuralism Reloaded. He was also part of the design team of the winning entry of the 2012 MoMA art installation competition. David and Marina's design for a Brooklyn Community Center was given an honorable mention, displayed in the Brooklyn Gallery, and also published.
The pair have also lectured at professional conferences and universities such as the Young Architect Conference, the Mediated City Conference, The New School for Design, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on the subjects of the design process, architecture, and urban design. David teaches architecture, interior design, and urban design at the university level, and the two are frequently invited to be guest panelists for design reviews.
Dedicated to helping clients and designers learn more about architecture and design, David and Marina host one of today’s top design podcasts, The Second Studio Design and Architecture Show™ which features interviews with building-industry leaders, design conversations, and guides to various architecture and interior design topics.