In the most recent episode of 60 Minutes, Chris Downey, an architect and consultant to architecture firms who is 59 years old, is talked about. In 2008, after a successful surgery to remove a brain tumor, he went blind two days later.
Downey decided to wait a few days for the stitches to come out before going back to work a month after he had surgery for cancer. Nine months after he went blind, the economy went into a recession, and he lost his job.
But he found out that a nearby company was planning a rehab clinic for veterans who had lost their sight. He was soon hired as a consultant for the project.
Chris Downey
60 Minutes: Who Is Chris Downey? Blind Architect Wikipedia and Bio
Chris Downey is an architect and consultant for architecture firms. In 2008, two days after a successful surgery to remove a brain tumor, he lost his sight. Even though Downey has done a lot after going blind, Wikipedia does not list him.
Soon after he lost his sight, Downey was hired as a consultant by Smithgroup, JJR, and The Design Partnership. They were building a rehab center for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Palo Alto and needed help with the design.
It was a smart move on their part because it was like putting one of their blinded veterans on the design team. He had important ideas that almost no other architect could offer because he had just lost his sight and could understand what the veterans were going through.
Downey quickly became known as a consultant for architects. He worked on projects like the Duke Eye Center and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Vision and Rehabilitation Tower to help people who are blind or have trouble seeing.
His job is to help both people who are completely blind and people who have trouble seeing.
Chris Downey Age – How Old Is He?
Chris Downey is 59 years old and has been blind for 14 years. He lost his sight when he was 45 years old. He went to the hospital after he noticed something was wrong while playing catch with his 10-year-old son Renzo.
The problem was found to be a tumor near his optic nerve, and it took nine and a half hours of surgery to get rid of it. His surgeon told him that he could go completely blind, but that he had never seen it happen.
Rosa Downey, his wife, said that when he first woke up from surgery, he could see.
But after that, things started to go wrong. The next day, half of what he saw went away. When he woke up the next morning, he could no longer see.
Chris Downey Net Worth Disclosed?
Chris Downey’s net worth is unknown, but it is thought that he is worth more than $1.2 million.
In San Francisco, CA, an architect’s first job can start at around $53,000, but the average salary for a Senior Architect is around $138,967 per year.
Even though he is blind, his architecture business is still doing well. In the past ten years, he has helped build museums, parks, and colleges for people who are blind or have trouble seeing.
In 2020, he helped Thinc and Grimshaw make plans for the sustainability pavilion at the Expo 2020 in Dubai.
