Your home will celebrate your life, delight you, and welcome others. We work for people who know how to be happy and can appreciate their lives — there is so much to celebrate, and your new home will be where you will want to host and gather family, colleagues, collaborators, and friends. Your renovation experience will include curiosity, learning, revelation, and pleasure. The process is as important as the result; looking at the space reminds you of an important milestone and achievement.
Allegra is a licensed architect with over 20 years of design and construction experience in and around New York City. She leads a team of talented professionals dedicated to a culture of clarity, kindness, and excellence. This firm is dedicated to creating a delightful experience for its clients on the path to a truly delightful new home.
Allegra’s latest innovations emphasize new apartment renovation typologies, a focus on her “Light-Views-Experience” design strategy, and a delightful complete renovation process for her clients.
Before starting her own practice, Allegra worked at a series of progressively larger firms doing innovative work, including work on a solar home in the Catskills, renovations of rental-to-coop 10-40 unit buildings in Harlem, residential and corporate renovations, and an expansion of JFK airport for Delta. Through her consulting work, Allegra has developed specialties in lighting and interdisciplinary branding and design.
Allegra became a registered architect in the State of New York in 2000. Her superpower is seeing solutions where others see obstacles.
Interior Designer
AKA since 2021
Superpowers: Create possibilities with beauty & multilayered strategic thinking
Undergrad – Display Design, Tsinghua University
Grad – Interior Design, Pratt Institute
At AKA: I lead the design and coordination for our complete renovations. I take what’s in your mind and run that through my artistic filter for exciting possibilities.
Design Manager
AKA since 2022
Superpowers: Warm communications & careful listener
Undergrad – Architecture, India
Grad – User Experience (UX) Design, Rutgers University
At AKA: I lead our Delight Process (UX!) and maintain our project management software and marketing efforts and do bidder outreach and management.
Architect-in-training
AKA since 2022
Superpowers: Detailed thinking & deeply curious
Undergrad – Civil Engineering, Iran
Grad – Architecture, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
At AKA: I am learning the culture of AKA and applying my expertise in Revit, research, and architectural details.
BIM Director
AKA since 2021
Superpowers: Project orchestration & problem-solving
Undergrad – Architecture, India
Certification – Project Management, Alison
At AKA: I train, guide, and supervise the BluEnt BIM team to manage project schedules and maintain quality assurance.
BIM Production
AKA since 2022
Superpowers: Adaptive & high-energy
Undergrad – Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow
Grad – Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
At AKA: I create the construction drafting sets, maintain and update the drawing standards
The AKA team consists of motivated individuals who share a passion for excellence and innovation. We have a culture of clarity, kindness, with a collaborative and inclusive environment that fosters personal and professional growth. Together, we strive to delight clients with exceptional experiences on their path to a truly delightful home, sharing common goals and making a meaningful impact.
