Elizabeth Lowrey

Lowrey gained a Bachelor of Interior Architecture degree in 1983 from Auburn University.^[2] She was hired by Elkus Manfredi in 1988 as the firm's first employee, and became a principal in 2002.^[4]

Recent projects she has led have included an office for Third Rock Ventures,^[5] a headquarters for Draper Laboratory, the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, "boutique hotels" called The White Elephant in Nantucket and Palm Beach,^[6] the MassMutual Boston headquarters,^[7] and the Georgetown University Student Residences.^[8]

Lowrey has been named as "One of the Most Influential Bostonians" by Boston Magazine 2019–2024,^[9] and one of 10 Outstanding Women Leaders by Boston Real Estate Times^[10] She was a winner of the Suzanne King Public Service Award by Crew Boston 2022.^[11]

In 2018 she and David Manfredi were jointly awarded the Robert S. Swain Jr. Distinguished Service Award of the Real Estate Finance Association (REFA).^[12]

In 2019 she received an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art (MassArt).^[13][14]

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