General Info

About Studio ST Architects Studio ST Architects is a full-service, woman owned, architectural firm located in Manhattan that is dedicated to exploring the embedded logic of materials and structures to generate new spatial experiences. The firm believes in innovative and responsible design and is intrigued by computer technologies that are changing design and production methods and strives to apply these tools in creative ways. Studio ST has recently completed the renovation of the 14th Street Y and is currently designing the Kesher Synagogue in Englewood, New Jersey an 18, 000 square foot, $4.5 million new building. The firm has also completed many residential projects, ranging from high-end apartment renovations to lower budget real-estate developments. Among these are an apartment building in Brooklyn, a number of duplex combinations in Manhattan, and many single family homes. They are also committed to exploring low budget, innovative, sustainable designs such as their Off the Wall exhibition for the Jewish Museum, the Slice House and the Swell House. Studio ST's work has been published in numerous architectural magazines and monographs in North America, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. In 2008 Studio ST was selected by Wallpaper magazine as one of the World's 50 Hottest Young Architectural Firms and the Swell House was selected by Architectural Record as Best Unbuilt House for 2008. In July 2009 they were selected for the best 40/40 exhibition in Tel Aviv, Israel. Esther Sperber founded Studio ST Architects in 2003 after working at Pei Partnership Architects for more than five years during which she had the privilege of working closely with Mr. I M Pei. She was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. She graduated with a degree from the Technion and came to New York in 1997 to complete a master's degree in architecture at Columbia University.