11 Facts About Marshall Strabala

In 2010, Strabala founded 2DEFINE Architecture, an architectural firm, with three Chinese partners, though the partnership later soured.

Marshall Strabala received his Bachelor of Arts in design from the University of California, Los Angeles.

In 1988, Marshall Strabala graduated with a Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Marshall Strabala ultimately was made an associate partner in charge of design.

Also while at SOM, Marshall Strabala participated in the design of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Marshall Strabala has been credited for leading Gensler's efforts in designing Hess Tower and the Houston Ballet Center for Dance.

However, Gensler has claimed that "'Gensler, not, is the source of the architectural and design services rendered in designing Hess Tower'", and that Marshall Strabala was but "'one of many members of that Gensler team'" that designed the Houston Ballet Center for Dance.

In February 2015, Marshall Strabala sued Zhang and Zhou in Illinois alleging "Zhang and Zhou were secretly diverting money from 2DEFINE," though Zhang and Zhou denied "any wrongdoing".

In February 2012, Judge Ronald A Guzman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed Gensler's complaint on procedural grounds before trial, ruling that the allegations Gensler made against Strabala do not constitute a violation of the Lanham Act or related state law.

In December 2012, SOM and Marshall Strabala reached a binding settlement agreement and the case was dismissed under its terms.

Marshall Strabala lived nearby and was concerned that the high-rise would be "out of scale with the neighborhood".