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Creative and motivated designer with a passion for innovative design and clean details. Experienced in designing and managing a broad range of projects related to renovations and additions for commercial, residential, corporate, hotel, medical, entertainment, and retail. Relevant skills include experience with:

  • Extensive experience with AutoCAD (over 14 years) 

  • Thorough knowledge of Revit (creating schematic models, DDs & CDs)

  • Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, & Illustrator (CS5) 

  • Familiar with Rhinoceros 4

  • Site and landscape design

  • Extensive experience at free-hand renderings, sketches, drafting

  • Very good at physical model making

Summary

 

Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

  • Graduated summa cum laude with 3.91 G.P.A.

  • I am Registered Architect in State of NY

 

 

 

Education

 

Experience

 

Project Architect, Gallin Beeler Design Studio, Tarrytown, NY              7/2006 - Present

Involved in all aspects of project documentation and design including;

  • Schematic design, design development, structural design,

  • Code analysis, specifications, contract documents, permitting, entitlements, municipal filings,

  • Bidding, value engineering and construction administration.

  • Additional contributions include:

  • Creating graphic designs, client logos and property brandings,

  • Designing GB-ds’s stationery, announcements, award submissions, and

  • Updating the firm’s website.

 

Summer Intern, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Albany, NY                           5/2005 - 8/2005

Drafted construction documents, created presentation, and generated computer and physical models. The list of project worked on include the American Embassy in Oslo, the NANO-TECH competition in Albany, the Gen*NY*Sis -Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics at the University of Michigan, and upgrades to the New York State Capitol.

 
Engineer Assistant, LGA Engineering, Lakewood, NJ                                    2000 - 2002

Participated in designing infrastructure, grading, and utilities for company projects such as Town Center in Jackson, NJ; Hi-Tech Park in Neptune, NJ; The Enclave in Lakewood, NJ; Meadow West in Lakewood, NJ; Port Liberty in Jersey City, Transmission Line 203 KV from Nuclear Power Plant in Oyster Creek to Cedar Bridge, NJ

139 Fifth Ave: Responsible for designing a 5-story multi-family building with 28 apartment over 4 stories. The first floor includes a lobby, retail, an art gallery, and leasing office. The basement features tenant storage, fitness center, and entertainment room. The project also includes a new parking lot, roof terrace, and photovoltaic panel system.  It is anticipated to be modular construction for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floor.

163 Wolfs Lane: Responsible for designing a 5-story multifamily building with 27 apartment over 4 stories. The first floor includes a lobby, retail, gym, and parking garage. The basement has additional parking accessed by way of a car elevator. The project also includes a roof terraces with plantings.  The project has received all required Municipal approvals and is currently in construction document phase. 

North Bellmore Public Library: Responsible for supervising project during CA phase.  The renovation and expansion of North Bellmore Public Library transformed an out-of-date 1960’s building into a modern and sustainable facility.

The 12,000 square foot existing library received a gut renovation and 4,200 square feet of new space was added in a glass enclosed “wrapper” running around three sides of the existing building.

The design transforms the “closed-in” nature of the existing building into a pleasant light-filled environment with comfortable seating areas, a greatly expanded Children’s Library, state of the art technology and a variety of meeting spaces for use by the community.  

 
Washington Avenue Lofts:  Responsible for developing new mixed use development for Downtown Pleasantville that includes 23 residential units, retail space and two parking levels provided behind the building.  The two upper floors consist of studio, one and two bedrooms apartments while over 9,000sf is available on first floor for retail.  The apartment lobby extends down to the retail level, connecting directly to the village.  The contemporary design will dramatically increase the character of the street with improved scale and enhanced storefronts. The project is currently under construction. 

Pea Pond Road Residence: Responsible for the renovation and addition design that included a new kitchen, lounge room, mud room, an expanded master bedroom/bathroom suite, and new family room loft. This project dealt with intricate millwork details and new materials. The project won the 2013 Westchester Home Magazine design award for architectural detail.

 

The Park at Mount Kisco: Responsible for the renovation design of over 1,000 linear feet of the building’s façade to create a modern industrial appearance with distinct entrances for each tenant. Design work included upgrades to the site and interior tenant fit-outs. The design used simple extruded metal panels in varying shades of gray that accumulated at tenant entrances.
 
Urban Lobby: Responsible for the renovation design of the building’s vestibule that transformed the small narrow passage into an upscale lobby that reflects the urban texture defining NYC. The design incorporated a great amount of glass and light to make the small space feel bright and big.
 
Residence 24: Responsible for designing a large addition and interior restructuring of the client’s home. To breakdown the height of the house, situated on a steep slope, the addition grew into a series of smaller masses that extended down the hill. Project work included structural calculations.
 
Bedford Green on 117: Responsible for the renovation design of over 900 linear feet of the building’s façade as well as new site work and arranging new traffic patterns. The traditional yet contemporary design used stone cladding and pitched roofs to reflect a more substantial and traditional small town feel.
 
LaQuinta Inns & Suites: The project includes the renovation and rebranding of the 157 room hotel with a new entry sequence, reconfigured amenities, and landscaping. Additionally, the entire façade was renovated. The design had to maintain the hotel franchise’s branding requirements while also remaining modern with subtle accents.
 
Ambulatory Care Center: The project consists of gutting 20,000sf of Reader’s Digest’s old headquarters for the new Northern Westchester Hospital ambulatory care center. Responsible for creating a color pattern and theme to the floors and walls that evoked the sense of an autumn walk through the woods.
 
Other projects of note include: a private medical practice office, a medical CT scan room, and a dental office. 
 

Notable

Projects

 

Anna Karolina Spataro    T: 518.928.3469 

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