ABOUT
Lopergolo + Bartling Architects is an architecture and design firm founded by Sara Lopergolo, FAIA and Erin Bartling, AIA.
We design buildings rooted in their geographic, cultural, and geologic context and look to historic building methods as well as new technologies as a means of innovation and sustainable design.
The world as we know it is rapidly changing and therefore the human experience is more important than ever. We believe in clarity and calm from the noise and creating spaces that enable collective engagement.
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Sara is a licensed architect with three decades of experience. Sara recently completed her 29 year tenure as partner at Selldorf Architect. She has worked on major projects including large-scale new construction and cultural facilities. Sara was Partner-in-Charge for the expansion and enhancement of The Frick Collection in New York City. She has significant experience with ground-up construction having served as Partner-in-Charge on large-scale projects such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Luma Arles, the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility in Brooklyn, Swiss Institute and 200 Eleventh Avenue, a 19-story residential condominium. Sara has also completed several galleries for David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth and Barbara Gladstone, as well as numerous exhibition designs for Corning Museum of Glass among others.
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.
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Erin is a licensed architect with 17 years of experience in new construction, historic restoration, and adaptive reuse across a variety of locations, scales, and project types. Most recently, Erin established her own practice in 2022 following 10 years at Selldorf Architects in New York City as an Associate and Project Manager.
The majority of Erin's work has been on projects within and around historic and existing buildings to great aesthetic and technical success. These include single family residences in Marfa, TX, Martha’s Vineyard, and NYC, and most recently the adaptive reuse of a 9,000 square foot warehouse in Long Island City, Queens. She has lead sustainability efforts on several projects, most notably as Associate in charge of a 100,000 square foot winery in France targeting net zero carbon emissions and innovative uses of historic building methods.
Erin received a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute where she also studied in Rome, Italy. She has been a visiting critic and lecturer at Pratt Institute School of Architecture, City College Spitzer School of Architecture, and Syracuse University School of Architecture.
OPEN POSITIONS
Lopergolo + Bartling Architects is a certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise.
