Caples Jefferson Architects Explained

Caples Jefferson Architects
Foundation:1987
Founder:Sara Caples and Everardo Jefferson[1]
Location City:Long Island City, Queens, New York
Location Country:United States

Caples Jefferson Architects is an American design and architecture firm founded in 1987 in New York City by principal architects Sara Caples and Everardo Jefferson.[1] The firm focuses on architecture in a public, cultural & community context, and is unique for its dedication to designing approximately half of its projects in communities underserved by the design profession.[2]

Biography

Sara Caples attended Smith College and received a Master of Architecture from Yale University. She has taught at schools of architecture at CCNY, Syracuse, and University of Miami.[3] Everardo Jefferson attended Pratt Institute and received a Master of Architecture at Yale University. He has taught at schools of architecture at Columbia and Syracuse. Caples and Jefferson were invited to teach as the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professors at Yale University in Fall 2015.[4] In 2019, Jefferson was appointed Commissioner at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.[5]

The firm has garnered numerous awards, including the AIANY President's Award 2017,[6] AIA New York State Firm of the Year in 2012,[7] NYC MWBE Firm of the Year in 2009[8] and was a Mies van der Rohe Crown Hall Prize of the Americas nominee.[9] Jefferson was the 2020 recipient of the Rowena Award, designated by the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund at Pratt Institute.[10]

Work

Caples Jefferson's body of work includes projects: Weeksville 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.[11]

Weeksville Heritage Center is a cultural center and urban design project that was completed in 2014 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The elegant new Modern structure is a two-story, 23,000 sq ft space that includes art exhibition, performance, education facilities, offices and green spaces for staff, visitors and the local community.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] The L-shaped building frames the historic houses that once belonged to 19th-century African-American freedmen.[19] It is certified LEED Gold, and includes geothermal wells, and storm water gathering and percolation on site. Weeksville Heritage Center has been awarded multiple awards, such as AIA New York State's Design Excellence Award 2014 & Best in New York State 2014, Municipal Art Society's Best New Building 2014, Historic Districts Council’s Design Award 2014, and Chicago Athenaeum's American Architecture Award 2014.[13] [20] [21] [22]

In The Architect Newspaper, Allen Blake notes that "Caples Jefferson has performed an art of architectural archeology, excavating, revealing and framing history through spatial expression. […] [Weeksville] is a visual and sensory interplay between past and present."[12]

In 2010, Caples Jefferson Architects completed a 600 person reception room by the Queens Theatre in the Park, an addition to the 1964 New York World's Fair Site in Queens, New York. The project features a transparent "nebula room" which looks out upon the large observation towers surrounding it. "The 'transparent "nebula room' allows visitors to view the observatory towers...the reception room's festive atmosphere is created by the rich color palette derived from the area's culturally diverse surroundings."[23] This project received several awards including the 2010 New York Construction Cultural Project of the Year, a Queens Chamber of Commerce Award, a National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) National Award of Excellence in Architecture as well as the 2011 MASterworks Award for Best Restoration by the Municipal Art Society.[15] [16] [17] [18] [24]

Projects in construction or in design include: The Africa Center, Louis Armstrong House Museum, ongoing Columbia University projects, ongoing New York City School Construction Authority projects, and ongoing US Department of State projects.[11]

Selected design and renovation projects

Museums

Educational Institutions

Theatres

Community centers

Religious centers

Treatment centers

Urban design and infrastructure

Offices

Industrial

Residential

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Caples, Sara. “Introduction: Mixology.” Architectural Design October 2005: 7.
  2. Web site: As 'Gentrification' Turns 50, Tracing Its Nebulous History. Curbed. November 2014.
  3. Web site: Artist Architect. University of Miami. May 2014.
  4. Web site: Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professorship of Architectural Design . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407073335/http://architecture.yale.edu/faculty/louis-i-kahn-visiting-assistant-professorship-architectural-design . 2017-04-07.
  5. Web site: Commissioner-everardo-jefferson.
  6. Web site: Common Bond: The Center for Architecture Gala.
  7. Web site: Honor Award Past Recipients - American Institute of Architects, New York State. 22 September 2015.
  8. Web site: SBS - Newsroom - Press Releases . 2015-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151016200732/http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/pr/011209_celebrating_mwbe.shtml . 2015-10-16 . dead .
  9. Web site: IIT College of Architecture.
  10. Web site: Karen Stone Receives 2021 Rowena Award - News / RRK Fund.
  11. Web site: Caples Jefferson Architects: Work . Capjeff.com (Official website) . November 23, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113223846/http://www.capjeff.com/Work.php . 2014-11-13 . dead .
  12. Recovering Weeksville. The New Yorker. November 2014.
  13. "Historic Districts Council Design Awards." Historic Districts Council (2014).
  14. Web site: Nominated Works. Illinois Institute of Technology. May 2014.
  15. Caples Jefferson Architects. “Queens Theatre.” C3 No. 327 November 2011: 124
  16. “Queens Theatre.” Design Develop Construct Journal, Winter 2011: 165
  17. Nic Lehoux. "Queens Theatre in the Park: Breathing new life into Philip Johnson's World's Fair legacy." Detail July 2011: 358
  18. Gutierrez, Leonor. "Renuava Su Estilo Y Crece." Casas y Mas No. 148 September 2011: 60
  19. Web site: Black Radical Weeksville. Urban Omnibus. September 2014.
  20. Web site: AIA New York State Design Awards. American Institute of Architects New York. 2014. 2014-11-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20150223074835/http://www.aianys.org/awards/2014_design_recipients.html#. 2015-02-23. dead.
  21. Web site: Municipal Art Society of New York Honors Architectural Firms. The Wall Street Journal. August 2014.
  22. Web site: The 2014 Awards. . 2014.
  23. Web site: caples jefferson architects: queens theatre in the park. Design Boom. 2011.
  24. Hart, Sara. “Queens Theatre.” Architect Magazine April 2012: 98
  25. Web site: Mission.
  26. News: Louis Armstrong museum getting $15M upgrade. TimesLedger Newspapers. 30 September 2011.
  27. Web site: 10 Bouck Court.
  28. Web site: Complete Project List.
  29. Web site: Caples Jefferson Architects: Cultural . Capjeff.com . April 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120505204815/http://www.capjeff.com/Cultural.php . 2012-05-05 . dead .
  30. Web site: Caples Jefferson Architects: Education . Capjeff.com . April 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013011421/http://www.capjeff.com/Education.php . 2014-10-13 . dead .
  31. White, Norval. Willensky, Elliot. Leadon, Fran. American Institute of Architects. New York Chapter. “Queens Theatre.” AIA Guide to New York City 2010: 773
  32. News: Big Ideas for Apollo Theater Are Held Up by Internal Squabbles. The New York Times. 17 September 2000.
  33. Web site: Architecture Firm Directory - Caples Jefferson Architects. American Institute of Architects. 28 April 2012.
  34. Web site: Caples Jefferson Architects: Community . Capjeff.com . April 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013023929/http://www.capjeff.com/Community.php . 2014-10-13 . dead .
  35. Web site: Caples Jefferson Architects: Workplace . Capjeff.com . April 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013023903/http://www.capjeff.com/Workplace.php . 2014-10-13 . dead .
  36. Web site: New Home for the Eastern Region. Motion Picture Editors Guild. February 2004. 2012-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002143/http://www.editorsguild.com/v2/magazine/Newsletter/JanFeb04/janfeb04_ebreeze.html. 2016-03-04. dead.
  37. Web site: Eastern Region Office Relocates. Motion Picture Editors Guild. February 2004. 2012-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054058/http://www.editorsguild.com/v2/magazine/Newsletter/JulAug04/julaug04_eastern_breeze.htm. 2016-03-04. dead.
  38. Web site: Caples Jefferson Architects: Home . Capjeff.com . April 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013011426/http://www.capjeff.com/Home.php . 2014-10-13 . dead .
  39. Web site: Built by Women NYC highlights 100 of the best woman-built NYC projects.
  40. Web site: AIANY COTE 2015 Awards Winners Presentation - 12.7.15. 29 December 2015.
  41. Web site: October 2014 Enews. American Institute of Architects New York. 2014. 2014-11-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20141113060511/http://www.aianys.org/main/october-enews.shtml#article2. 2014-11-13. dead.
  42. Web site: MASterworks Awards - For Excellence in Architecture and Urban Design. Municipal Art Society. 2014.
  43. Web site: Building Brooklyn Awards™ - 2014. Building Brooklyn Awards. 2014. 2014-11-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20141109162909/http://www.ibrooklyn.com/go_brooklyn/building_brooklyn_awards_-_2014.aspx. 2014-11-09. dead.
  44. Web site: Caples Jefferson Architects: Awards . Capjeff.com . November 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109171100/http://www.capjeff.com/Awards.php . 2014-11-09 . dead .
  45. Web site: Professional Design Awards. National Organization of Minority Architects. 2013. 2014-11-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20141109160735/http://www.noma.net/article/34/happenings/spotlight/awards?search=Weeksville+Heritage+Center. 2014-11-09. dead.
  46. Web site: MASterworks Awards - For Excellence in Architecture and Urban Design. Municipal Art Society. 2012.
  47. Web site: Donoff . Elizabeth . July 27, 2011 . 2011 AL Design Awards: Queens Theatre in the Park Addition and Renovation, Queens, N.Y. . Architect Magazine.
  48. Web site: Queens Theater-in-the-Park, Corona, N.Y.: Project of the Year – Cultural. New York Construction. 1 December 2010.
  49. Web site: Caples Jefferson Architects: Publications . Capjeff.com . April 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120505215038/http://www.capjeff.com/Publications.php . 2012-05-05 . dead .
  50. Web site: Awards. Architectural League of New York. 2012-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206002534/http://www.aiany.org/committees/emerging/competition/ENYAcompetitions/SSS/awardstext.html. 2012-02-06. dead.

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