Sara Lopergolo, FAIA

Sara is a licensed architect with three decades of experience and co-founder and partner at Lopergolo + Bartling Architects. Lopergolo+ Bartling Architects current projects include the Courtyard Revitalization and MoMI Lab at the Museum of the Moving Image and renovation of a 1900’s cigar factory to CPW, Center for Photography in Kingston, New York. Sara previously completed her 29-year tenure as partner at Selldorf Architects, where she was Partner-in Charge for the expansion and enhancement of The Frick Collection in New York City, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Luma Arles, the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility in Brooklyn and the Swiss Institute, amongst others. Sara has completed galleries for David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth and Barbara Gladstone, and exhibition designs for Corning Museum of Glass.

Sara is a Fellow of The American Institute of Architects. She received a Bachelor of Architecture from Syracuse University, and has studied and worked in England, Italy, and Japan.

She is currently Chair of Open House New York and President of the Advisory Board of Syracuse University School of Architecture. She is a visiting Professor at Pratt Graduate Architecture and Urban Design School. 

Erin Bartling, AIA

Erin co-founded Lopergolo + Bartling Architects with the mission to bring refined aesthetics and technical precision to every project. She draws on her two decades of experience spanning new construction, historic restoration, and adaptive reuse to deliver exceptional projects rooted in their cultural and physical place. 

Today, Erin co-leads our 10-person team and is deeply involved in our major cultural and residential projects. She brings forward-thinking design and sustainability expertise to many of our projects— such as the Center for Photography in Kingston, NY and a nearby muti-family development in the Hudson Valley.   

Prior to launching her own practice, Erin spent a decade as an Associate at Selldorf Architects. There, she led complex residential and cultural projects across the US and Europe, including custom single-family homes in Marfa, Martha’s Vineyard, and New York City. She also directed key sustainability efforts, most notably serving as the Associate in charge of a 100,000-square-foot winery in France that integrated historic building methods to target net-zero carbon emissions. 

Erin earned her Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute, where her foundational training included immersive study in Rome, Italy. An active voice in the architectural community, she regularly shares her expertise as a visiting critic and lecturer at Pratt Institute, the City College Spitzer School of Architecture, and Syracuse University.