Mary Maydan, principal + founder of Maydan Architects, a boutique architecture + interior design firm, joins us for Friday Five!

Mary Maydan is principal and founder of Maydan Architects, a Palo Alto, California based boutique architecture and interior design firm. Born in Tel Aviv, Maydan possesses a style that celebrates what it means to be modern. She founded her firm in 2004, and gained immediate recognition for her design of an ultra modern residence, which stood in sharp contrast to the traditional architecture that dominated Silicon Valley at the time. This project established Maydan as a leader and helped define her niche ? minimalistic contemporary architecture. But Maydan’s career began far away from floor plans, prior to founding Maydan Architects she was the U.S. Correspondent of the prestigious newspaper Globes, the largest and oldest financial newspaper in Israel. She lived in New York City, spending her time interviewing and writing feature stories that covered some of the most inspiring figures of our time. Maydan relocated to Silicon Valley after meeting her husband, and when they planned their first home she fell in love with design and the idea of making her own mark, as opposed to writing about others who did great things. Maydan?s high-end residential projects are driven by the thought that architecture should always be inspirational. She approaches each space as an artistic challenge, using her understanding of design, construction, and...