Stephen Moser Profile
Stephen Moser is principal of SMA (Stephen Moser Architects). He has more than thirty-five years of experience in architecture, urban design, and design. He is a registered architect in New York, Colorado and Connecticut, a member of the New York Chapter of the AIA, and an accredited GBCI LEED Green Associate. He has degrees in architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Master of Architecture) and Cornell University (Bachelor of Architecture), where he was a recipient of the Sands and Alpha Rho Chi medals.
He is a past member of the Town of Mamaroneck Planning Board and Sustainability Collaborative and the Village of Mamaroneck Architectural Review Board. Stephen is a long-time supporter of the Architectural League, Storefront for Art & Architecture, National Trust for Historic Preservation and DOCOMOMO. He is engaged with the architecture education community, and is regularly invited to be a guest critic for studio reviews at Cornell, Columbia, and Syracuse universities, and Parsons School of Design.
Prior to forming his studio in 2013, Moser practiced for more than seventeen years with Peter Marino Architect in New York City, managing a diverse portfolio of contemporary luxury projects. Earlier in his career, Moser worked for Weiss/Manfredi Architects and Peterson/Littenberg Architects. At both firms, he focused on urban-scaled projects, including the award-winning Women’s Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery for Weiss Manfredi and the Clinton Special District Master Plan in New York City for Peterson/Littenberg.
Moser traveled to Milan, Hong Kong, London and Paris for Peter Marino projects. He worked for O.M. Ungers in Cologne and Hans Kolhoff in Berlin. He was a recipient of Cornell University's Edilitz Traveling fellowship and did research in Paris.
Studio
Helene Lee
Helene Lee is an associate at SMA. Since joining the studio in 2016, she has worked on residential projects, civic-private designs, and competitions. She brings to each project her creative vision, a refined design aesthetic, and innovative ideas about space and form. She has a Master of Architecture from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, with a minor in philosophy with distinction, from University at Buffalo. Her interest in architecture grew from her early exploration of both physical and implied spatial occupancy through her background in ballet and modern dance.
Alejandro Finol
Alejandro Finol is a project architect at SMA. Driven by a belief that architecture is a symbiotic mix between functionality and aesthetics, he strives to create architectural elements that evoke a sense of purpose, even in the smallest details. Prior to joining SMA, he worked at Gensler in Washington D.C on local and federal government projects, including libraries, offices, court buildings, and mobility centers. Alejandro earned his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University. He is a registered architect in Washington D.C. and New York.
Guido Garfunkel
Guido Garfunkel, an industrial designer with fifteen years of experience in the field of 3D architectural visualization, works with Stephen Moser Architect, creating renderings, 3D digital mapping, and animations for SMA projects. He has his own architectural rendering practice, Cromo3D, which he founded in 2014. Previously he worked as a rendering specialist in the offices of Peter Marino Architect and Rafael Vinoly Architects. He worked on projects by Jean Nouvel, Moshe Safdie, and Norman Foster, while at Archpartners, a boutique computer graphics studio.
Susan Hamad
Susan Hamad of Hamad Financial Consulting is SMA’s financial controller. With eighteen years of experience working with architecture/engineering firms, she has been with SMA since 2018, in charge of accounting, client and vendor invoices, staff payroll, office financial reports, and human resources. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from New York City Technical College in Brooklyn, NY.
SMA past staff, interns, and collaborators
Nicole Anderson, Marco Baldassari, Jackie Bang, Kiril Bejoulev, Ekin Bilal, Ottavia Boletto, Lauren Bordes, Georgine Botha, Isabel Branas, Evan Cerilli, Anthony Chan, Woosung Cho, Catherine Crocker, Michaela Delasanta, Ryan Griffin, Juan David Grisales, Giles Holt, Nikki Markim, Garrett O'Sullivan, Shari Rauls, Siddhant Seth, Burcu Turkay, Elizabeth Whittington, Chisato Yamakawa, Emma Zhu.