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= Sarah E. Caples = Sarah E. Caples, also known as Sara Caples, is a prominent architect based in New York City, known for her work in designing architecture that addresses social, cultural, and community concerns. She is a principal of Caples Jefferson Architects PC, a firm she co-founded in 1987 with Everardo Jefferson. Their firm is renowned for its designs that blend social equity, education, and culture. She has taught at schools of architecture at CCNY, Syracuse, and University of Miami

Personal life:
She is a military service brat Married to Everardo Jefferson, who is her architectural partner as well

Education
Smith College and received a Master of Architecture from Yale University (1)

Firm & Co-Founder


Caples Jefferson Architects has been involved in various notable projects. These include the Heritage Health & Housing social services agency in Harlem, the expansion of Queens Theatre-in-the-Park, and the Weeksville Heritage Center, a new visitor’s building and campus built around a rediscovered freedmen’s preservation site. The firm has also recently opened the Louis Armstrong Center, a museum and administrative building complementing the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, New York.


 * The firm's design philosophy is anchored in three main principles: architecture must communicate, deal with social issues and cultural context, and have formal coherence. They aim to create architecture that resonates emotionally with the spirit, aspirations, and history of its users. Their projects are known for being sustainable and culturally significant, often serving as civic anchors in public spaces.

In addition to their architectural practice, both Caples and Jefferson have been involved in various educational and social justice roles. Caples has served on the boards of the New York Chapter of the AIA and its national Committee on Design. They have also been recognized for their contributions to architecture, with awards like the AIANY’s President’s Award in 2017 and the AIA’s New York State Firm of the Year in 2012. Their firm was listed among the ‘Top 50 Sustainable Firms in the United States’ by Architect Magazine in 2013.

Positions held:
Caples Jefferson Architects founded in 1987 in New York City by principal architects Sara Caples and Everardo Jefferson(1)

Design principle “When we founded this firm, we agreed we’d do three things,” explains Sara Caples. These grounding tenets supply a mission and a vision that, among other things, landed it on Architect magazine’s 2015 list of the top 50 sustainable firms. The first is that about 50 percent of Cap Jeff’s projects must engage people and places “that have been traditionally underserved by design professionals,” she says. Next, the firm uses a research-intensive methodology. And lastly, says Caples, “we see our approach as [one that creates] works that have coherence and meaning for the general public.” No cold glass-and-steel

Awards
2017

AIA New York President's Award 2015

2015
AIA NY COTE Institutional Award

Weeksville Heritage Center

Built By Women New York City Award

Weeksville Heritage Center

The City of New York

City Council Citation

Weeksville Heritage Center

2014
AIA New York State Best in NY State

Weeksville Heritage Center

AIA New York State Award of Excellence

Weeksville Heritage Center

Chicago Athenaeum

American Architecture Award

Weeksville Heritage Center

Municipal Art Society

MASterworks Best New Building

Weeksville Heritage Center

Historic Districts Council

Design Award

Weeksville Heritage Center

Mies van der Rohe Crown Hall Americas Prize Nominee

Building Brooklyn Awards

Best New Civic/Institutional Building

Weeksville Heritage Center

2013
Architect Magazine

Annual Design Review: Best Cultural Project, Citation

Weeksville Heritage Center

National Organization of Minority Architects

Honor Award for Excellence

Ranked Number 26 of Top 50 Sustainable Firms in the United States, by Architect Magazine

2012
AIA New York State Firm of the Year

Yale Alumnae Exhibition

City College of New York, Faculty Exhibition

2011
Municipal Art Society

MASterworks Award for Best Restoration

Queens Theatre-in-the-Park

AIL Design Award

special citation Best Use of Color

Queens Theatre-in-the-Park

2010
New York Construction

Cultural Project of the Year

Queens Theatre-in-the-Park

CWB Design Portfolio Award

Starr East Asian Library

2009
City of New York MWBE of the Year

NationalOrganizationofMinority Architects

National Awards for Excellence in Design, Citation

Marcus Garvey Houses Community Center

2008
Queens Chamber of Commerce

First Prize Award for Excellence in Design

Queens Theatre-in-the-Park

National Organization of Minority Architects

National Awards for Excellence in Design, Citation

Queens Theatre-in-the-Park

2007
New York Chapter AIA Design Award Citation

Weeksville Heritage Center

2006
NYC Department of Design & Construction (DDC)

Design Excellence Firm

New York Chapter AIA Design Award Citation

Intergen

National Endowment for the Arts Competition

Finalist

Art Commission of the City of New York

Design Award

Weeksville Heritage Center

2004
National Organization of Minority Architects

National Awards for Excellence in Design, Citation

Heritage Health & Housing Headquarters

National Organization of Minority

Architects

National Awards for Excellence in Design, Citation

Weeksville Heritage Center

New York Chapter AIA Design Award Citation

Heritage Health & Housing Headquarters

EXHIBITIONS

2010
The Architectural League of New York

“The City We Imagined/The City We Made”

2009
City College of New York, Faculty Exhibition

Schomburg Center

“New York City MWBE of the Year”

Video interview with Everardo Jefferson & Sara Caples

2008
Queens Chamber of Commerce Awards

Queens Theatre-in-the-Park

AIA Convention Boston, MA

“NOMA Member Projects”

Heritage Health & Housing Headquarters

2007
The Architectural League of New York

“New York: Fast Forward”

Various projects & video interview with Sara Caples

2006
Van Alen Institute New York, NY

Design Awards selected by the Art Commission of the City of New York

Weeksville Heritage Center

Center for Architecture New York, NY

“City of Culture”

Queens Theatre-in-the-Park

2004
New York Chapter AIA Design Awards

Heritage Health & Housing Headquarters

2003

AIA National Honor Awards Convention

Heritage Health & Housing Headquarters

2002
The Architectural League of New York

“New New York 3”

Marcus Garvey Houses Community Center

1999
American Museum of Natural History

New York Times Millenium Capsule Proposal

Buildings attributed:
Westville Heritage Center, Queens Theater in the Park addition and renovation, Marcus Garvey Community Center, Motion Pictures Editors Guild, Heritage Health & Housing Headquarters, Columbia University's Starr East Asian library renovation.

MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS
The Africa Center, New York, NY

Louis Armstrong House Visitor Center and Archives, Queens, NY, filed for LEED Gold

Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn, NY, LEED Gold

City of Culture exhibit, Center for Architecture, New York,

Sri Lanka exhibition, Asia Society, New York, NY

THEATRES
Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY

Renovation of the Apollo Theatre, NY

Renovation of the Fair Haven Auditorium, New Haven, CT


 * EDUCATION

Preschool and Pre-K

10 Bouck Court, Brooklyn NY for NYC School Construction Authority

Blue Feather School for Autistic Children, Brooklyn, NY

Shurtleff School and auditorium, Chelsea, Massachusetts with Finegold Alexander + Associates

Howard Haber Blue Feather School, Bronx, NY

Child Care Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College

(BMCC), New York, NY

Jennie Knauff Children’s Center, Bronx, NY

K-8
Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School expansion, Bronx NY

Neighborhood Charter School in Harlem new building, New York, NY

Neighborhood Charter School in Harlem swing space, New York, NY

Fair Haven Middle School, New Haven, Connecticut with Roth & Moore Architects

Brooklyn Blue Feather School, ADA renovations, Brooklyn, NY

Grace Church School renovation, New York, NY, with James Stewart Polshek & Associates

High School
Regina Pacis High School for Autistic Students, Brooklyn, NY

Higher Education
Faculty Housing on Bleecker Street, New York University, New York, NY

Academic Conference Center, Columbia University, New York, NY with Renzo Piano Building Workship & Dattner Architects

Various renovations to Mathematics, Lewisohn, Lerner Halls, Columbia University, New York, NY

Main Campus (scoping program), Columbia University, New York, NY

Borough of Manhattan Community College (energy conservation measure upgrades), New York, NY

Baruch College (energy conservation measures), New York, NY

Low Library curtains, Columbia University, New York, NY

Starr East Asian Library renovation, Columbia University,New York, NY

Marshak Science Tower renovation, City College of New York, NY

Life Sciences Building renovation, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

COMMUNITY CENTERS & RELIGIOUS CENTERS

First Corinthian Baptist Church, New York, NY

SpiritWorks for Marble Collegiate Church, New York, NY

Renovation of Beth Shalom Synagogue, Havana, Cuba

Marcus Garvey Community Center, Brooklyn, NY

Community Center, Brevoort Houses, Brooklyn, NY

Community Center, Cooper Park Houses, Brooklyn, NY

Community Center, Taylor-Wythe Houses, Brooklyn, NY

The Valley Center, Church of Saint John-the-Divine, New York, NY

OFFICES
212 Media, New York, NY

Plenty Magazine offices, Brooklyn, NY

Flaum Partners offices, New York, NY

Motion Pictures Editors Guild offices & training facility, New York, NY

Swing Space Headquarters & Broadcasting Studios, New York, NY

Headquarters, Heritage Health & Housing, New York, NY

Headquarters renovation, Hapag-Lloyd America Inc, Piscataway, NJ

DeSimone Consulting Engineers offices, New York, NY

Hapag-Lloyd America Inc. exterior renovations, Staten Island, NY

NY Macintosh Users Group, New York, NY

Gonzalez Associates, New York, NY

Miller & Pagani, New York, NY

RESIDENTIAL AND TREATMENT

￼120 Kingston Avenue Apartments, Brooklyn, NY

LaCorte Apartments, Brooklyn, NY

Bronx Citizens Committee Alcoholic Crisis Center, Bronx, NY

1753 First Avenue apartment building, New York, NY

Central Harlem Alcoholic Crisis Center Long Term Recovery Center, ￼New York, NY

Wilson Houses, entrance and lobby renovations, New York, NY

Whaler’s Point Condominiums, East Haven, CT

Pediatrics Department renovation, St. Luke’s hospital, New York, NY

URBAN DESIGN & INFRASTRUCTURE

Renovation of Exterior Spaces, Jacob Javits Building, New York, NY

NYU Warren Weaver Hall Cogeneration Plant and Urban Plaza, New York, NY

Fresh Meadows Residential and Retail Boiler Plants, Queens, NY

Cogeneration Plant, The Estee Lauder Company, Melville, NY

Lehman Houses Maintenance Building, New York, NY

Hazardous Waste Storage Building, Stonybrook, NY

Reference

 * 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caples_Jefferson_Architects <<< firms wiki page
 * 2) http://www.capjeff.com/ <<< their website but used as a source for their other wiki page
 * 3) http://www.capjeff.com/cjaprojectlist/
 * 4) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5747476e59827e0923564c9f/t/57a0c5e02e69cfb59e52584e/1470154211488/2015_YSOA_Constructs.pdf
 * 5) https://www.curbed.com/2017/11/2/16585866/caples-jefferson-profile-aiany-heritage-ball-2017

http://www.capjeff.com/awards-press/

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