JOURNAL

Congratulations to all finalists in this year's NYCxDesign Awards for Interior Design Magazine, Beyond the Boroughs! We are honoured to be included in the City Residence Transformation category.

Harper House, built in 1849 and transformed in 2024, is a historical monument in New York City and the music industry.

Read how, in a featured Architectural Digest article by David Sokol, “Tour a Glimmering Historic Home on Gramercy Park,” the owners of a Greek Revival structure become stewards of the SPAN-restored historical home.

Moderators Matthew Bremer (Architecture in Formation), Karen Stonely (SPAN Architecture), and Peter Zuspan (Bureau V Architecture), gather together for a second round of discussions on a series of topics, from firm challenges and available resources, to strategies for facing professional issues.

“Our clients are all intelligent people who welcome research, particularly when it comes to their home and the places they chose to reside in when traveling. They prioritize their concerns and passions for their domestic environments and we match up appropriate design responses with a regard towards biophilia. It could be as simple as maximizing natural daylight to prioritizing interior air quality.“ - SPAN Partners Karen Stonely and Peter Pelsinski in Interior Design Yearbook.

Partner Karen Stonely participated in the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee Student Winter Mentoring Session and worked with local students alongside other accomplished women practitioners to give advice to young women as they start their paths to becoming architects after they graduate.

Mansion Global discusses how to beautify any room with floor-to-ceiling art pieces in “The Magic of Wall Murals” by Jennifer Tzeses.

"The vantage point is crucial... Murals on walls, ceilings and even floors, have a boundless quality... Murals are wall art, so treat them the way you would art." — Karen Stonely, co-founder of SPAN Architecture in New York. Depicted is a mural installed by SPAN Architecture at The Ashland Residences in Brooklyn, New York, inspired by a flowered cornice pattern from the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

“When American socialite, philanthropist, and writer Brooke Astor needed a reprieve from the pace and prying eyes of city life, she retreated to her Maine estate, August Moon. Now, 15 years after her death, new life has been brought to the 200-acre property by SPAN Architecture, which renovated the pool house and tea pavilion and added a guest house and six-bedroom family home.” - Elia Essen, NUVO Magazine in “Home of the Week: August Moon House by SPAN Architecture”.

Partner Karen Stonely participated in the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee's 14th Annual Speed Mentoring event to offer guidance and advice to the mentees and to support this core WIA program to promote, elevate, and advance more women in our profession.

In episode 25 of Hotel Design, DESIGN POD, sponsored by Minotti London, Editor Hamish Kilburn, host of the podcast for design and architecture enthusiasts, meets Karen Stonely, Co-Founder of SPAN Architecture, to understand how she and her team capture wellness and wellbeing in design and architecture.

We're joined by Karen Stonely and Peter Pelsinski, co-founders and the creative force behind SPAN Architecture LLC, the internationally renowned, New York-based, architecture and design studio, to find out how they embed design for wellness at the core of their spectacular projects.