Hi,

I’m Galen Anderson, AIA a licensed architect in the State of Massachusetts.

I have been around design and construction my whole life. I was only a couple years old when my father who was a contractor took me to jobsites in a backpack. While OSHA would likely not approve of this, it gave me an early insight into the construction of wood framed homes.

When my father built our home I visited the project every day. By age 11 I was helping him build a timber-framed barn.

In high school, not knowing if I should pursue a degree in science like him and my mother, or a degree in art which I was more passionate about at the time, I followed my friends Tanner and Weston to Syracuse University to pursue a five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree.

Upon graduation I moved to Providence, Rhode Island where I was mentored by Doug Brown and Martha Werenfels while working for their firm DBVW. After four years of intense immersion into the architectural world of high end homes and multifamily development, I needed a break. I packed a truck full of tools and traveled the United States meeting strangers at bars and art galleries, and building everything from laundry rooms to solar equipment sheds to redwood decks. In between paid gigs I volunteered my time to construct stages at music festivals.

When the world was plunged into the pandemic, I struggled to make the organic connections that kept me busy. On a trip to visit my parents over the holidays, my childhood friend Kylie, also an architect, introduced me to the partners of the firm she worked at. Ken Feyl and Mark Yanowitz took a risk on me and my business Aelius Design (named for the Latin name of my Greek eponym Galen of Pergamon). My business flourished and since 2022 I have provided services to LYF Architects as my primary client.