# Studio V Architecture

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{{Short description|Architecture firm in New York City}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Studio V Architecture
| type = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company)
| industry = architecture design, real estate
| founded = 2006
| founder = [Jay Valgora](/source/Jay_Valgora)
| hq_location_city = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), U.S.
| services = Architecture design and planning
| website = {{URL|https://www.studiov.com/}}
}}

'''Studio V Architecture''', styled as '''STUDIO V Architecture''', founded in 2006, is a [New York City](/source/New_York_City)-based architecture and planning firm led by [Jay Valgora](/source/Jay_Valgora). The firm executes projects across New York and throughout the tri-state region. Studio V has been highlighted for its [adaptive reuse](/source/adaptive_reuse) design of important New York City sites, including the $400 million renovation of [Macy's Herald Square](/source/Macy's_Herald_Square), named by ''Architectural Record'' the largest retail project in North America in 2012 and 2013,<ref>McGraw-Hill Dodge Analytics. [http://archrecord.construction.com/news/analytics/2012/1209-Retail-Construction-Forecast.pdf "Top 2012 Retail Projects"] ''[Architectural Record](/source/Architectural_Record)'' (September 2012) p.32</ref> and the [Empire Stores](/source/Brooklyn_Bridge_Park) on the Brooklyn waterfront.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/nyregion/brooklyn-takes-another-pass-at-revitalizing-an-abandoned-waterfront-warehouse.html?_r=0 |title= Another Pass at Revitalizing Abandoned Warehouse Space on the Waterfront|last1= Dunlap |first1= David |date= 2013-09-25 | website= [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref>

Among Studio V's awards are the Light & Architecture Design Award by Architectural Lighting,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.archlighting.com/entertainment-projects/2014-al-design-awards---yonkers-casino_o.aspx
|title=2014 AL Design Awards: Yonkers Casino, Yonkers, N.Y. |author=Madsen, Deane |date=2014-08-18 |website= archlighting.com |publisher= Hanley Wood |accessdate=2014-11-12}}</ref> the New York Design Award for Best Commercial Project,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newyorkdesignaward.com/nyc14/entry_details.asp?ID=12770&Category_ID=5874
 |title=Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=newyorkdesignaward.com |publisher= design100|accessdate=2014-11-13}}</ref> the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York's Lumen Award,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://iesnyc.starchapter.com/images/Lumen2014_Yonkers.pdf 
|title= Award of Merit: Yonkers Casino|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website= iesnyc.starchapter.com|publisher= StarChapter|accessdate=2014-11-05}}</ref> and the Award for Best Store Design of the Year in 2014 by ''design:retail'' magazine.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Havich |first=  Michelle |title= Best Store Designs of the Year, Winner: Macy's Herald Square |url= http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/designretail/201409/index.php#/70 |journal= Design:retail |location= New York, NY |publisher= Emerald Expositions |accessdate=2014-11-04 }}</ref>

The firm's work has been highlighted by national and regional institutions, including the [American Planning Association](/source/American_Planning_Association), [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects), [Urban Land Institute](/source/Urban_Land_Institute), [The Architect's Newspaper](/source/The_Architect's_Newspaper), [Municipal Art Society](/source/Municipal_Art_Society), [Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance](/source/Metropolitan_Waterfront_Alliance), and the [Rubin Museum of Art](/source/Rubin_Museum_of_Art).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aianys.org/2014-conference/education-seminars.htm |title= Education Seminars: Resilient, Accessible Design |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website= aianys.org |publisher= AIANYS|accessdate=2014-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://facade.archpaper.com/ny2013/meet-the-speakers/|title= facades+PERFORMANCE: Jay Valgora|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website= façade.archpaper.com |publisher= The Architect’s Newspaper|accessdate=2014-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://massummit2013.sched.org/event/fd02ab658792fd3e91fa0dc981fc06bb#.VGotRsmn8_c |title= 2013 MAS Summit for New York City: Urban Water |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website= massummit2013.sched.org |publisher= The Municipal Arts Society |accessdate=2014-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rubinmuseum.org/events/load/2318|title= The Rubin Museum of Art: Lost Horizon |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2013-09-13 |website= rubinmuseum.org |publisher= Rubin Museum of Art |accessdate=2014-11-02}}</ref>

==Principal background==
Valgora was born in the early 1960s in [Buffalo, New York](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York). He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University) in [Ithaca, New York](/source/Ithaca%2C_New_York) and a Master of Architecture degree from [Harvard Graduate School of Design](/source/Harvard_Graduate_School_of_Design) in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts), and was a Fulbright Fellow to the United Kingdom. Back in the United States, Valgora worked as a Senior Designer for Koetter Kim & Associates, and moved on to be Design Director at Rockwell Group. After taking a subsequent role as Design Principal at Walker Group/CNI, Valgora opened his own [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan)-based firm, STUDIO V Architecture, in 2006.

Valgora's work through his own firm has focused on the transformation of New York's waterfront, and the validation of the [East River](/source/East_River) as the city's “Next Central Park.”<ref>{{cite news |url= http://commercialobserver.com/2014/11/astoria-cove-architect-east-river-is-next-central-park/ |title= Astoria Cove Architect: East River is 'Next Central Park'|last1= Salinger |first1= Tobias |date= 2014-11-04 | website= commercialobserver.com | publisher = The Observer |accessdate=2014-11-15}}</ref> He is leading a team to design the [Empire Stores](/source/Brooklyn_Bridge_Park) on the Brooklyn waterfront, which will transform seven abandoned warehouses into a mixed-use tech campus with deployable barrier walls in the event of a superstorm.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/nyregion/brooklyn-takes-another-pass-at-revitalizing-an-abandoned-waterfront-warehouse.html?_r=0 |title= Another Pass at Revitalizing Abandoned Warehouse Space on the Waterfront|last1= Dunlap |first1= David |date= 2013-09-25 | website= [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.fastcompany.com/3029380/whos-next/coming-soon-to-brooklyn-a-bustling-silicon-valley-like-tech-hub-on-the-east-river|title= Coming Soon to Brooklyn: A Silicon Valley-Like Tech Hub on the East River |last1= Gayomali |first1= Chris |date= 2014-05-02 |website= fastcompany.com |publisher= Mansueto Ventures |accessdate=2014-11-03}}</ref> Valgora has also been working for four years to create the master plan for Astoria Cove, a waterfront community in Queens.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://commercialobserver.com/2014/11/astoria-cove-architect-east-river-is-next-central-park/ |title= Astoria Cove Architect: East River is 'Next Central Park'|last1= Salinger |first1= Tobias |date= 2014-11-04 | website= commercialobserver.com | publisher = The Observer |accessdate=2014-11-15}}</ref>

==Selected projects==
[[File:Empire Stores lobby.jpg|thumb| Studio V Architecture converted Empire Stores, the previously abandoned [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War)-era coffeehouse in the [Dumbo](/source/Dumbo%2C_Brooklyn) section of [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn) into a mixed-use development consisting of office, commercial, and retail space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/12/5/16736478/new-york-architecture-building-of-2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205152109/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/12/5/16736478/new-york-architecture-building-of-2017|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2017|title = Vote for NYC's best building of 2017!|date = 5 December 2017}}</ref>]]
*Halletts Point Master Plan in [Queens](/source/Queens), New York
*Astoria Cove Master Plan in Queens, New York
*[Macy's Herald Square](/source/Macy's_Herald_Square) Master Plan Renovation in [New York City](/source/New_York_City)
*Stella 34 Trattoria in New York City 
*[Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway](/source/Yonkers_Raceway) in [Yonkers, New York](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York)
*[Empire Stores](/source/Brooklyn_Bridge_Park) in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn) 
*[Foxwoods Resort Casino](/source/Foxwoods_Resort_Casino) Retail Concourse in [Mashantucket, Connecticut](/source/Mashantucket%2C_Connecticut)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.studiov.com Official website]

Category:2006 establishments in New York City
Category:Architecture firms based in New York City

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