Studio V Architecture, styled as STUDIO V Architecture, founded in 2006, is a New York City-based architecture and planning firm led by Jay Valgora. The firm executes projects across New York and throughout the tri-state region. Studio V has been highlighted for its

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design of important New York City sites, including the $400 million renovation of

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, named by ''Architectural Record'' the largest retail project in North America in 2012 and 2013, and the

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on the Brooklyn waterfront. Among Studio V's awards are the Light & Architecture Design Award by Architectural Lighting, the New York Design Award for Best Commercial Project, the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York's Lumen Award, and the Award for Best Store Design of the Year in 2014 by ''design:retail'' magazine. The firm's work has been highlighted by national and regional institutions, including the

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and the

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Principal background

Jay Valgora was born in the early 1960s in Buffalo, New York. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from

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in Ithaca, New York and a Master of Architecture degree from

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in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was a Fulbright Fellow to the United Kingdom. Back in the United States, Valgora worked as a Senior Designer for Koetter Kim & Associates, and moved on to be Design Director at Rockwell Group. After taking a subsequent role as Design Principal at Walker Group/CNI, Valgora opened his own Manhattan-based firm, STUDIO V Architecture, in 2006. Valgora's work through his own firm has focused on the transformation of New York's waterfront, and the validation of the

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as the city's “Next Central Park.” He is leading a team to design the

on the Brooklyn waterfront, which will transform seven abandoned warehouses into a mixed-use tech campus with deployable barrier walls in the event of a superstorm. Valgora has also been working for four years to create the master plan for Astoria Cove, a waterfront community in Queens.

Selected projects

*Halletts Point Master Plan, Queens, NY *Astoria Cove Master Plan, Queens, NY *

Master Plan Renovation, New York, NY *Stella 34 Trattoria, New York, NY * Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, NY *

, Brooklyn, NY *

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Retail Concourse, Mashantucket, CT

References

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External links

Studio V home page
Architecture firms based in New York City