Alison Landry

exterior image of entrance to building designed by Alison Landry
Headshot of Alison Landry

Alison N. Landry, AIA, is committed to public sector leadership that shapes more equitable, resilient, and dynamic urban environments.

At the New York City Department of Design and Construction, she serves as Associate Commissioner for Alternative Delivery and leads the agency’s pilot Design Build programs. As part of the city’s Covid-19 emergency response, Alison oversaw critical healthcare facilities including temporary hospitals and primary care clinics, leveraging alternative delivery tools to manage design and construction in record time. 

Previously, she was Vice President at the NYC Economic Development Corporation, where she oversaw the city’s first design-build streetscape in partnership with the NYC Department of Transportation and the Hudson Square BID, as well as numerous CM-build projects such as resilient infrastructure upgrades at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and a renovation of a historic theater on Staten Island for the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. 

She was formerly an associate at Handel Architects, where she led the design team for the NYC Parks’ Idlewild Nature Center in the Jamaica Bay, winner of a 2015 Excellence InDesign Award from the New York City Public Design Commission. She is a registered architect in New York and was a recipient of a Frederick O’Reilly Hayes Prize Award for outstanding public service. Alison received her Master's in Architecture from the Tulane School of Architecture in 2009.

WORK

interior image of office waiting room designed by Alison Landry
construction at work
exterior rendering of public space sidewalk and benches
cover image of the book "New Orleans Under Reconstruction: The Crisis of Planning"
people gathering at posters of prototyped designs