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15 Things You Need to Know This Morning

15 Things You Need to Know This Morning

What You Didn’t Know About Bahram Kamali

Title: Principal, BBGM Architects & Interiors.
Years on the job: 16.
Company: Boutique architecture and interior design firm launched in ‘87; over 30 employees in DC.
Memorable project: Westin Virginia Beach hotel and condo – tallest building in Virginia at over 500 ft. Over 900k SF, 236-room hotel, 119 luxury condos, 35k SF of retail, 900 parking spaces and a conference center. 
Current projects: Watergate Hotel, Wharf Intercontinental, Hyatt Place and Hyatt House in Virginia Beach, Georgia Ave residential project and Charlottesville hotel.
Grew up: Iran and Canada.
Current home: Vienna.
Why DC: Transferred by previous employer (Canadian firm - DGA) from Oneida, NY to work on firm’s DC projects.  
Schools: National University of Iran and McGill University.
First job: Intern architect at Arcop Associates in Montreal.
Job in another life: Attorney.
Daily habit: Reading international news.
Favorite app: Viber.
Favorite movie: Bourne Ultimatum.
Favorite restaurant: DC Coast.
Favorite band: The Beatles.
Favorite vacation spot: Montreal.
Guilty pleasure: Reading too much news.
Bucket list: Traveling Europe and South America by car.
Family: Married 24 years; two daughters.
Hobbies: Skiing and reading.
Startling fact: Traveled all over Italy by car while in college.

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