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In February 2012, [[Ronald A. Guzman|Judge Ronald A. Guzman]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] dismissed Gensler's complaint via Rule [[12(b)(6)]], ruling that the allegations Gensler made against Strabala do not constitute a violation of the Lanham Act or related state law.<ref name=GenslerRuling1>{{cite document|title=Memorandum Opinion and Order|date=February 21, 2012| author=[[Ronald A. Guzman|Judge Ronald A. Guzman]] |work=Gensler v. Strabala | url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilndce/1:2011cv03945/256636/47/0.pdf?ts=1329913307 | accessdate=2012-2-22}}</ref><ref name=CNS>{{cite news|title=Skyscraper Bragging Rights May Be in Reach | author=Bouboushian, Jack | agency=[[Courthouse News Service]] | date=February 28, 2012 | url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/28/44262.htm |accessdate=2012-3-8}}</ref> Gensler has appealed the dismissal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/trademark-lawsuits/illinois-northern-district-court/76467/m-arthur-gensler-jr-associates-inc-v-jay-marshall-strabala-individually-and-doing-business-as-2define-architecture/official-court-documents/|publisher=RFC Express|title=Court Documents|work=Gensler vs. Strabala |accessdate=2012-5-29}}</ref>
In February 2012, [[Ronald A. Guzman|Judge Ronald A. Guzman]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] dismissed Gensler's complaint via Rule [[12(b)(6)]], ruling that the allegations Gensler made against Strabala do not constitute a violation of the Lanham Act or related state law.<ref name=GenslerRuling1>{{cite document|title=Memorandum Opinion and Order|date=February 21, 2012| author=[[Ronald A. Guzman|Judge Ronald A. Guzman]] |work=Gensler v. Strabala | url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilndce/1:2011cv03945/256636/47/0.pdf?ts=1329913307 | accessdate=2012-2-22}}</ref><ref name=CNS>{{cite news|title=Skyscraper Bragging Rights May Be in Reach | author=Bouboushian, Jack | agency=[[Courthouse News Service]] | date=February 28, 2012 | url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/28/44262.htm |accessdate=2012-3-8}}</ref> Gensler has appealed the dismissal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/trademark-lawsuits/illinois-northern-district-court/76467/m-arthur-gensler-jr-associates-inc-v-jay-marshall-strabala-individually-and-doing-business-as-2define-architecture/official-court-documents/|publisher=RFC Express|title=Court Documents|work=Gensler vs. Strabala |accessdate=2012-5-29}}</ref>
The day after Gensler sued Strabala, SOM sued Strabala alleging that he was "falsely claiming credit for work that originated with the company, including the designs for three of the 10 tallest buildings in the world."<ref name=law360>{{cite news | author=Ugolik, Kaitlin |date= June 10, 2011 | publisher=Law360| title=Ex-Skidmore Architect Sued Over Building Design Claims | url=http://www.law360.com/employment/articles/250517/ex-skidmore-architect-sued-over-building-design-claims | accessdate=2011-06-11 }}</ref><ref name=SvSDocs>{{cite web| url= http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/copyright-lawsuits/new-york-southern-district-court/76456/skidmore-owings-merrill-llp-v-jay-marshall-strabala/official-court-documents/ | publisher=RFC Express|title=Court Documents|work=Skidmore, Owings and Merrill v. Strabala |accessdate=2011-10-19}}</ref>
The day after Gensler sued Strabala, SOM sued Strabala alleging that he was "falsely claiming credit for work that originated with the company, including the designs for three of the 10 tallest buildings in the world."<ref name=law360>{{cite news | author=Ugolik, Kaitlin |date= June 10, 2011 | publisher=Law360| title=Ex-Skidmore Architect Sued Over Building Design Claims | url=http://www.law360.com/employment/articles/250517/ex-skidmore-architect-sued-over-building-design-claims | accessdate=2011-06-11 }}</ref><ref name=SvSDocs>{{cite web| url= http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/copyright-lawsuits/new-york-southern-district-court/76456/skidmore-owings-merrill-llp-v-jay-marshall-strabala/official-court-documents/ | publisher=RFC Express|title=Court Documents|work=Skidmore, Owings and Merrill v. Strabala |accessdate=2011-10-19}}</ref> In December 2012, at SOM's own request Judge Geraldine Soat Brown of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] dismissed SOM's complaint with prejudice. <ref name=1:11-cv-03945-docket-67>{{cite web |date= Dec. 18, 2012 | title=ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE Entered by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP on 12/18/2012 (docket #67) |publisher=[[U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] ([[PACER (law)|PACER]]) |work=Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP v. Strabala ''(1:12-cv-05252)'' | url=https://ecf.ilnd.uscourts.gov/ | accessdate=2012-12-21 }}</ref><ref name=1:11-cv-03945-docket-69>{{cite web |date= Dec. 18, 2012 | title=MOTION FOR ENTRY OF DISMISSAL ORDER Signed by the Honorable Geraldine Soat Brown on 12/18/2012 (docket #69) |publisher=[[U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] ([[PACER (law)|PACER]]) |work=Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP v. Strabala ''(1:12-cv-05252)'' | url=https://ecf.ilnd.uscourts.gov/ | accessdate=2012-12-21 }}</ref>


==Local involvement==
==Local involvement==

Revision as of 01:59, 22 December 2012

Marshall Strabala
Marshall Strabala views Shanghai Tower model with Shanghai skyline in background (2010)
Born
Seattle, Washington U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
University of California at Los Angeles[1]
Organization2DEFINE Architecture
Notable workShanghai Tower, Houston Ballet Center for Dance, Hess Tower
AwardsChicago Architecture Club’s Burnham Prize, 1996;[2]

AIA Chicago Chapter Grand Projects Award;[2]

Affiliated Fellow (1997), American Academy in Rome[3]

Jay Marshall Strabala is an American architect who has participated in the design of notable buildings, including as a member of the team that designed the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. However, in June 2011, two of Strabala's former architectural firm employers sued him alleging that he had "misrepresented" his role in various projects, though one of the lawsuits was since dismissed.

Education

Strabala received his bachelor of arts in design from the University of California, Los Angeles.[1][2] In 1988, Strabala graduated with an Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design.[1][2]

Career

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

After graduating with his master's degree, Strabala worked at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) in Chicago, Illinois, for 19 years.[4] He ultimately was made an associate partner in charge of design.[4]

While at SOM, Strabala served as the studio head under lead architect Adrian Smith in working on the design of Burj Khalifa (Dubai, 2009), which is the tallest building in the world.[4][5][6] Strabala also worked under Smith as one of the two studio heads over the course of the project in designing the 828 m. tall Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (Nanjing, China, 2010).[4][7] Also while at SOM, Strabala participated in the design of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Hong Kong, 1997).[4]

Strabala left SOM in 2006.[4] In a 2007 interview, Adrian Smith said that Strabala was one of several architects up for partner at SOM who did not make it, in what Smith described as "a power move by the New York office."[8]

Gensler

Houston Ballet Center for Dance

After leaving SOM, Strabala joined the Houston, Texas, office of the architectural firm Gensler in 2006.[2][4] Strabala has been reported to have led the design of the 128-story Shanghai Tower while at Gensler and to have completed the "bulk of the design work".[4] Gensler, however, claims that the tower is not Strabala's design. According to Gensler in an unsuccessful lawsuit, "Gensler, not (Strabala), is the source of the architectural and design services rendered in designing the Shanghai Tower."[9]

Strabala also has been credited for leading Gensler's efforts in designing Hess Tower (Houston, 2010) and the Houston Ballet Center for Dance (2011).[10][11][12] However, Gensler has claimed that "'Gensler, not (Strabala), is the source of the architectural and design services rendered in designing Hess Tower'", and that Strabala was but "'one of many members of that Gensler team'" that designed the Houston Ballet Center for Dance.[13]

Strabala left Gensler in 2010.[4]

Formation of new firm

After leaving Gensler, Strabala started his own architectural firm, 2DEFINE Architecture, with offices in Shanghai, Seoul, and Chicago.[4] According to Strabala, he "continues to be involved in the Shanghai Tower project at the behest of the client".[4]

In 2012, Strabala and 2DEFINE have been assigned to work on the design of the Yingkou Convention and Exposition Center in Yingkou, China, projected to cost $68 million.[14][15] The project's architect of record and national partner will be the Dalian Urban Planning and Design Institute.[14]

Lawsuits

In June 2011, Gensler, sued Strabala alleging in a complaint that after founding his own firm Strabala publicly misrepresented his role in several projects while "'intentionally minimizing or entirely omitting the nature of Gensler's contribution.'"[13][9] Gensler claimed that Strabala's actions violated the Lanham Act and various state laws.[16]

In February 2012, Judge Ronald A. Guzman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed Gensler's complaint via Rule 12(b)(6), ruling that the allegations Gensler made against Strabala do not constitute a violation of the Lanham Act or related state law.[16][17] Gensler has appealed the dismissal.[18]

The day after Gensler sued Strabala, SOM sued Strabala alleging that he was "falsely claiming credit for work that originated with the company, including the designs for three of the 10 tallest buildings in the world."[19][20] In December 2012, at SOM's own request Judge Geraldine Soat Brown of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed SOM's complaint with prejudice. [21][22]

Local involvement

In 1999, Strabala, speaking as a private citizen as part of a community group, testified before the Chicago City Council Zoning Committee against a high-rise development at 840 Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois.[23] Strabala lived nearby and was concerned that the high-rise would be "out of scale with the neighborhood".[23] Despite opponents' efforts, and that the project would "flout existing law", the Zoning Committee amended the ordinance allowing the project to proceed even though it contradicted existing zoning ordinances.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Industry Folks: Marshall Strabala, Gensler" (PDF). Houston Construction News. January 2009. p. 22. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e Gensler (April 7, 2006). "J. Marshall Strabala Joins Gensler Houston As Director Of Design". officenewswire. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  3. ^ "SOF News, 1990s" (PDF). Society of Fellows News. American Academy in Rome. spring 2009. p. 15. Retrieved 2011-05-20. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Miller, JFK (December 9, 2010). "The Master Builder". that's Shanghai. Shanghai, China: Urbanatomy Media. ISSN 1672-8033. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  5. ^ Keegan, Edward (October 2006). "Adrian Smith Leaves SOM". Architect. American Institute of Architects & Hanley Wood. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  6. ^ Bernstein, Fred A. (August 12, 2008). "Rising in Dubai: Adrian Smith's vision of green: Tall and getting taller". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  7. ^ "The architect's architect". that's Shanghai. Urbanatomy Media. March 18, 2011. ISSN 1672-8033. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  8. ^ Makovsky, Paul (January 2007). "Parting Company". Metropolis. 26 (6). ISSN 0279-4977. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  9. ^ a b "Newswire: Gensler vs. Strabala". Architect. American Institute of Architects & Hanley Wood. June 10, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  10. ^ Hall, Christine (September 26, 2010). "Marshall Strabala Gives New Meaning to Supertall". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  11. ^ Glentzer, Molly (July 31, 2009). "Houston Ballet breaks ground on new downtown home". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  12. ^ Shields, Mitchell J. (2009). "Houston's New Home for Dance". Houston Ballet. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  13. ^ a b "Architect making false claims, former employer says". Chicago: WLS-AM. Sun-Times Media Wire. June 10, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  14. ^ a b Furuto, Alison (June 6, 2012). "Yingkou Convention and Exposition Center / 2DEFINE Architecture". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2012-7-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  15. ^ Sim, Randall (June 19, 2012). "Bulletin: Inspired venue". Mix website. Panacea Publishing Asia Limited. Retrieved 2012-7-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  16. ^ a b Judge Ronald A. Guzman (February 21, 2012). "Memorandum Opinion and Order" (Document). {{cite document}}: Cite document requires |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |work= ignored (help)
  17. ^ Bouboushian, Jack (February 28, 2012). "Skyscraper Bragging Rights May Be in Reach". Courthouse News Service. Retrieved 2012-3-8. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  18. ^ "Court Documents". Gensler vs. Strabala. RFC Express. Retrieved 2012-5-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  19. ^ Ugolik, Kaitlin (June 10, 2011). "Ex-Skidmore Architect Sued Over Building Design Claims". Law360. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  20. ^ "Court Documents". Skidmore, Owings and Merrill v. Strabala. RFC Express. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  21. ^ "ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE Entered by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP on 12/18/2012 (docket #67)". Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP v. Strabala (1:12-cv-05252). U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (PACER). Dec. 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  22. ^ "MOTION FOR ENTRY OF DISMISSAL ORDER Signed by the Honorable Geraldine Soat Brown on 12/18/2012 (docket #69)". Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP v. Strabala (1:12-cv-05252). U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (PACER). Dec. 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  23. ^ a b c Garza, Melita Marie (August 25, 1999). "Streeterville High-rise Passes Zoning Panel". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2011-05-31.

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