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Paul Dannels AIA, principal
adjunct faculty: Lawrence Technological University
M.S., Architecture, University of Michigan, 1987
B.S., Architecture, University of Michigan, 1985
Paul Dannels is an architect and founding principal of SDI-Structures, where he has conceived the structural systems for buildings on behalf numerous aspiring and accomplished architects; including two winners of the internationally recognized Pritzker Award. His designs have twice been honored for their innovation by the American Institute of Steel Construction with IDEAS2 Awards, the industry's highest honor for buildings constructed with steel. Paul's clients value his ability to quickly grasp complex architectural design intentions and effectively render them in structural form.
Paul is the 2011 Secretary for AIA Michigan, and has served numerous non-profits in the Ann Arbor community including time as a Treasurer for the Center of Faith and Scholarship, The Interfaith Hospitality Network, and Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley.
He grew up in western New York, where as a teenager grand buildings like the Buffalo City Hall and Buffalo State Hospital captured his imagination. He studied engineering and architecture at the University of Michigan, and worked as a construction superintendent in northern Michigan before founding SDI with his business partner Andy Greco.