Office

Established in New York City in 2004, SAS/Solomonoff Architecture Studio PC is an award winning office that has acquired a reputation for work that is carefully tailored, discrete, and precise, with an emphasis on designs that are both unexpected and practical. The firm’s work ranges in scope from adaptive reuse projects to new construction, and in scale from private townhouses to large museums for art. The firm emphasizes the integration of design concepts and construction detailing to create projects with a comprehensive sensibility.

SAS/Solomonoff Architecture Studio is a New York State licensed minority/women-owned business.

Staff

Galia Solomonoff, AIA / Creative Director
Argentinean-born Solomonoff is the founder and Creative Director of Solomonoff Architecture Studio. Before establishing Open Office and later SAS, Solomonoff worked with Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Bernard Tschumi, and Rafael Vinoly. She has directed award-winning proposals for architectural and urban design competitions in Europe and the United States, and received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. Solomonoff teaches at Columbia University’s GSAPP, and has taught at The Cooper Union, RISD, Princeton University, and Yale University where she was honored with the Louis Kahn Chair. Solomonoff holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from City College CUNY, and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University; she is a licensed architect in the State of New York.

Jonathan Garnett / Managing Director
Garnett joined SAS in 2004, and oversees the design development of the firm’s projects. His professional experience includes work in all phases of residential, commercial, and retail design. Garnett holds a Master of Architecture from SCI-ARC, and a Bachelor of Art from the University of Michigan. He has co-taught graduate design studio and serves as a guest critic at Columbia University GSAPP.

Eva Hagberg / Communications Director
Hagberg joined SAS in 2011 and is the Communications Director. Her writing can be found in publications such as Wallpaper*, Metropolis, the New York Times, Wired, and esquire.com. She has authored two books on contemporary architecture, Dark Nostalgia and Nature Framed. Hagberg received her Bachelor of Architecture from Princeton University.

Steven Harper, RA, LEED AP / Senior Associate
Harper joined SAS in 2008, and has led the development of residential, commercial, and retail projects including an 85,000 square foot office and production facility. His professional experience includes tenure at KPF’s New York office. Harper holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and is a licensed architect registered in the State of New York.

Bruce Hinternish / Finance Management
Hinternish joined SAS in 2012 and is in charge of the firm’s billing and bookkeeping.

Kate Patterson / Associate
Patterson joined SAS in 2008, and has developed commercial and residential projects, including a townhouse for two art collectors featured in New York Magazine’s inaugural design hunting guide. Patterson holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto.

Liduam Pong / Associate
Pong joined SAS in 2011, and has developed residential, retail, and competition projects. Prior to joining SAS, Pong founded a graphic design studio in Madrid, Spain where she worked with artists, commercial, and institutional clients including the National Library of Spain. Pong holds a Master of Architecture from the Pratt Institute.

Preeti Sriratana / Senior Associate
Sriratana joined SAS in 2009, and has developed residential and hospitality projects. His professional experience includes tenure at SOM's New York office, and Jean Nouvel in Paris. He is the Chair of APEX For Youth, a non-profit educational organization which creates opportunities for underserved youth in New York City. Sriratana holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois, a Master of Architecture from Columbia University, and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.

Cody Zalk / Associate
Zalk joined SAS in 2012, and has developed residential and museum projects. Prior to joining SAS, Zalk worked at SCAPE Landscape Architecture where he was a project designer and contributed to the publication Petrochemical America. Zalk holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies from Connecticut College and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University.

Location

Selected Press and Publications

Post-Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Engineering Forthcoming, 2010. Columbia University, MIT Press
Layered Urbanisms: Gregg Pasquarelli / Galia Solomonoff / Mario Gooden Yale School of Architecture, W.W. Norton & Co., 2008
Perspecta, Defecting Fame by Galia Solomonoff, Issue 37: Famous, p 122-130, 2005
Latin American Architecture: Six Voices (Studies in Architecture and Culture, No 5) K. Frampton, M. Quantrill, M. Waisman, D. Barco, G. Solomonoff, M. L. Tribe, P. J. Rodriguez Texas A&M University Press
Bob, the Pavilion by Galia Solomonoff. SLUM Lab: Sustainable Living Urban Model, Fall 2011, ETH Zurich/Columbia University GSAPP/The City College of New York SSA: pp.89-91
La Gaceta de los arquitectos El elogio a la tenacidad by Galia Solomonoff, #85: Practica Profesional. Rosario: Colegio de Arquitectos de la Provincia de Santa Fe, December 2008. p.19
New York Magazine Warhol, Hirst, and Finger Paintings. David Hay, June 19, 2012 pp.139-143
Interior Design Ones to Watch: Solomonoff Architecture Studio. Alexa Stevenson, December 26, 2012
More Magazine Architects, May 2012
New York Times Paved, But Still Alive. Michael Kimmelman, Arts & Leisure AR1, 22, Jan 8, 2012
Metropolis Magazine Baby Rems. Paul Makovsky, January 17, 2011
New York Daily News East Side Story. Jason Sheftell, RE1-3, August 6, 2010
New York Times The Hunt - When 'Live-Work' No Longer Works. Joyce Cohen, RE4, April 4, 2010
New York Magazine The Next Garde, David Colman, p.100, May 21 2007
The Architects Newspaper Issue 13, Architects Turned Developers, pp.5-6, July 27 2005
dA Issue 04 The Public Operatives, ‘Open Office: Dia:Beacon’, pp.82-103, Summer 2004
Surface Magazine Emerging America, ‘The New Yorkers’, p.146, November 2004
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture Dia:Beacon, p.691, 2004
Architectural Record OpenOffice redefines practice, James Russell, pp. 56-59, December 2003
Casabella Miniere per la cultura, Marco Biraghi, pp.6-12, December 2003
Artforum Box Score: Dia:Beacon, Anthony Vidler, October 2003
Architectural Record Dia:Beacon, New York, James S. Russell, p.108, October 2003
Domus Dia:Beacon, The triumph of the big, Stefano Casciani, Todd Eberle, pp.62-73, Aug 2003
House & Garden The Testy Tastemaker, Mayer Rus, Vol. 172 No.8, p.116, August 2003
Art in America Dia:Beacon The Imperturbable, Nancy Princenthal, July 2003
New York Magazine Do the Dia, Alexandra Lange, July 7 2003
Houston Chronicle Abandoned factory becomes home for contemporary art, Claudia La Rocco, May 2003
The New Yorker The Mission, Calvin Tomkins, May 19 2002
New York Newsday Dia Art Foundation has New Home Upstate, Ariella Budick, May 18 2003
New York Magazine Soho on the Hudson, Mark Stevens, May 26 2003
New York Times A Museum Garden Multitasks, Anne Raver, May 29 2003
New York Times A New Museum as Unconventional as its Collection, M Kimmelman, p.E29, May 16 2003
New York Times An Old Box Factory is Heaven for New Art, Carol Vogel, p.E1, April 23 2003
Artforum Size Matters, Philip Noble on Dia: Beacon, Philip Noble, p.51, February 2003
Metropolis Dia:Beacon, Dia:Beacon, Dia:Beacon, Philip Noble, p.62, February 2003
New York Times Reborn Building to Aid the Arts, Rachelle Garbarine, Section 11, January 5 2003
306090 Journal of Emergent Architecture, Galia Solomonoff, 24 Hour Site, Undergraduate Studio Princeton SoA by Jonathan Solomon, Princeton Architectural Press, May 2002
XTREME Houses edited by Courtenay Smith and Sean Topham. Prestel Verlag, Munich 2002
Living in Motion curated by Matias Schwartz. Vitra Design Museum, 2002
A & D Artists Space, Architecture and Design Project Series, Defective Brick Project, Jenelle Porter, Dec 2001
TRANS Launcher, web-based panel discussion, moderated by Hani Rashid, #9, 10, 2001
New York Times It’s Time Once Again for Design-on-Hudson, William L. Hamilton, p.F3, May 17 2001
W The Building Blocks, Mayer Rus, photographs by Todd Eberle, pp.238-250, October 2000
Metropolis Dia ex Machina, Akiko Busch, October 2000
ArtNews Dia’s New Direction, Hugh Eakin, pp.134-137, June 2000
Interior Design Play Ball, Sheila Kim, pp.240-241, April 2000
Metropolis Art for Architecture’s Sake, John Sullivan, pp.67-71, December 1999
NhEW (NorthousEastWest) Tanja Jordan and Linda Taalman, Danish Architecture Center #13, 1999
Lofts New Designs for Urban Living, Rockport Publishers, Felicia Molnar Editor, Artist Studio, pp.80-84, 1999
Space, Art and Architecture Seoul, Jesse Reiser’s Studio work, November 1998
New York Times House Proud, Joseph Giovanini, pp.8-10, October 15 1998
Interior Design Downtown Deluxe, pp.86-89, October 1998
D la Republica della Donne Magazine Roma, N84, Energia Colorata, pp.80-86, Gennaio 1998
Weekend Knack Modern Interiors Magazine Brussels Open and Bloot, pp.68-76, N42, October 1997
Colossal Urbanism: Projects for New York and Tokyo Stan Allen, Columbia Books of Architecture, 1996

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