Alex Levitsky is a registered architect, professional planner and directs operations of the northern division of Global Sports & Tennis Design Group llc.
Since the Global Consult Group’s team started Global Sports & Tennis Design Group in February 2000, Alex has worked on the design of hundreds of tennis courts including: stadium courts, field courts, training batteries, hard and soft courts, indoor and outdoor courts. Alex has designed facilities with clubhouses, indoor tennis buildings, tournament facilities, other sports fields, and grandstands. Clients have included club owners, universities, schools, resorts, counties and municipalities, other engineers and architects, and private residents.
Alex was awarded Distinguished Service Awards from the American Sports Builders Association (ASBA) in recognition of outstanding services to the industry and its members and he has been an invited speaker at the annual ASBA Technical Meetings 5 of the last 6 years. Since accepting an invitation to join the USTA Technical Committee in January 2003, Alex has represented the USTA on the Joint Editorial Board, the body responsible for revisions to the Tennis Courts: A Construction and Maintenance Manual, the official manual of the USTA & ASBA.
In the 1990’s, Alex worked with Sheldon Westervelt on the design of over 30 sports facilities, including projects in 10 states and 5 foreign countries.
Before his focus on tennis, Alex Levitsky was an accomplished planner and designer of multi-use facilities. Alex’s work included:
1994 – Administration of the completion of the first drafts of zoning regulations for five cities in Russia. The City Administrations of St. Petersburg and Irkutsk presented him with awards for his contribution to the project.
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1993 – Supervised the design of the first post Cold War development project in Volgograd, Russia. In the housing component, the Ambassador of the United States presented the keys to the units to each Russian family.
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Mid-1980s - Over 100 projects, including 19 mixed-use developments as designer with Nadaskay/Kopelson Architects in Morristown, NJ. 5 AIA award winners.
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1981 – Design of 2 international design award winning medical training campuses in Nepal.
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1980 - Master Plan for a campus that was presented to the King of Nepal.
In over 30 years of practice, Alex has been recognized more than 40 times for excellence in design and planning by local, state, national, and international authorities and associations.
Alex’s affiliations and registrations include:
- Registered Architect - New Jersey, Florida, Alabama & South Carolina
- Professional Planner - New Jersey
- National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Certification in 1996
- American Institute of Architects & New Jersey Society of Architects
- Construction Specifications Institute & American Planning Association
- United States Tennis Association Technical Committee & ASBA
- ASTM F08 Committee & U.S. Green Building Council
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