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Article: Bourke directs architectural firm to center stage.(PROFILE IN CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN: David Bourke, chief marketing officer and managing principal, IA Interior Architects)(David Bourke)
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- Real Estate Weekly
- Article date:
- April 11, 2007
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David Bourke, chief marketing officer and managing principal of IA Interior Architects, admits New York once seemed to be the "500 pound gorilla" that required him to hone all the tricks he learned as a stagehand for his father's theatrical lighting business in Dublin, and later traversing the world for the firm.
"From day one when I arrived here, people were really supportive. Everyone had a strong desire to do something different. We were going through a rough patch in the industry and we really had to knuckle down and set the bar to a higher standard. Everyone worked around the clock to bring design to a high level," he said.
Yet Bourke has always ...