Stephen Alexander Lesser (born July 15, 1944) is an American architect, in practice in East Hampton, New York, specializing in modern residential and commercial buildings in the school of Le Corbusier.
Beginning in 1971, Lesser worked at several Boston firms, including The Architects Collaborative (TAC),[2] and Perry Dean and Partners before joining Benjamin C. Thompson and Associates.
He joined Richard Meier Associates where he honed his Corbusian style in residential and commercial buildings.
Appointments: Columbia, guest lecturer in Architecture and Planning (1992–94) New York Institute of Technology (1994-2004) Guest Critic: Yale, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, NYIT, Columbia, Roger Williams University Certified: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1975 Registered: Massachusetts (1975), New York, (1981), and New Jersey (1993) Member: AIA/National, State and AIA Peconic Chapter Architectural Review "Credit DuNord Offices" November 1982, pp 46–7 Yale Perspecta[4] Architectural Record "The Dubai Bank" January 1983, pp 85–91 Progressive Architecture "Bavarian Emissary" September 1984, 100-105 The New York Times "From Blueprint to Imprint" November 21, 1993[5] Newsday "A Carriage Trade" October 16, 1994, pp 26–27 American Institute of Architecture/Long Island Chapter: Residential,(Shyer House 1993) Institutional (Camp Blue Bay 1986) and Young Firm (1993) Architectural Record: Record House and Record Interiors Beauxarch IV: Commercial Project (Viking Lines, 1986) Lesser lives in East Hampton with his wife, Celia, who is an attorney.
Jon attends the Ross School in East Hampton along with his sister Emma.