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Alejandro Cabrera
received his masters from the University of Buenos Aires, and went on to study in Zurich, Switzerland.
Alejandro is a Registered Architect (RA) in Argentina and holds SIA accreditation (Société Suisse des Ingénieurs et 
des Architectes, 
Society of Engineers and Architects, Switzerland and European Union).
Alejandro practiced architecture in Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland, before moving to the US and joining 
Greenberg/Farrow in New York as a Project Architect. There, he specialized in mixed-use projects 
around the US and in Dubai. In 2009, Alejandro joined Ali Tayar's Parallel Design where he has been 
working on high end residential projects in Manhattan and Beirut, Lebanon; as well as heading a 
furniture development project for a global manufacturer in Bern, Switzerland.
 


James Cohen
was born and raised in NYC. He received his undergraduate degree in Architecture from 
the University of Colorado in 2005. After college, James studied traditional furniture making at The 
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine as one of 12 students in a 9 month comprehensive 
program. After Maine, James moved to Brooklyn and worked as a fabricator for MADE LLC – a high-
end architecture design / build firm. In 2007, James started his own design / build company out of a small 
space in Red Hook, Brooklyn. As his business expanded, he moved into a larger shop space in South 
Park Slope where he works today designing and fabricating custom furniture, cabinetry and architectural 
millwork.
 

Alejandro and James teamed up in 2010 to prototype a line of well-designed, high-end, custom baby furniture, inspired by 
Alejandro’s first born child.
They were motivated by a shared desire to contribute to what they considered a creatively lacking market. The two quickly discovered a shared aesthetic and a compatible work ethic; both bringing their individual 
strengths and passion for quality to form an exciting and energetic new design / build venture, Wadaly.







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