SHoP Architects is an architectural firm based in Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...

. The firm was founded in 1996 by five partners: Christopher Sharples (born 1963), Coren Sharples (born 1965), William Sharples (born 1963), Kimberly Holden (born 1966) and Gregg Pasquarelli (born 1965). Their educational and professional experience encompasses architecture, fine arts, structural engineering, finance, and business management. The firm's name is derived from the first initials of its partners (Sharples, Holden, and Pasquarelli).

The firm works on a variety of project types, from multi-story housing to academic and commercial buildings to master plans, and currently has multiple projects underway around the world.

SHoP has won numerous awards, including the 2009 National Design Award for Architecture Design by Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. The firm's work has been published and exhibited internationally, and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

Firm philosophy

SHoP’s unique business model arises from a desire to work laterally; the firm believes that great architecture demands that design, finance, and technology work together. To that end the firm uses a wide variety of computer-aided design technologies both to produce innovative architectural forms and to streamline the design and construction process and create efficiency and cost savings.

External links

• SHoP's official website