SCF Architects, formerly Sierra Cardona Ferrer Arquitectos, is a Puerto Rican

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

, interior architecture and space planning firm. SCF was established in

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, in 1984. The firm's name is derived from the surnames of its three founding partners: Luis Sierra AIA,

Segundo Cardona Segundo Cardona FAIA (born 1950) is a Puerto Rican architect and developer. His work has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), by the ''Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico'' (Puerto Rico Col ...

FAIA and Alberto Ferrer AIA, all former design professors at the School of Architecture of the

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. Since its founding, the firm has completed more than 800 design projects in Puerto Rico and abroad. Among the most recent international awards received are the 2017 Public Space Award from the

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(UIA), for the Paseo Puerta de Tierra promenade in San Juan, and two awards for the

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’s Ray & Joan Kroc Community Center in Guayama, Puerto Rico: the 2014 Best Public Building Award from the

(UIA) and the IPC/IAKS (International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities) Distinction for Accessibility.

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SCF Arquitectos website
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