New York Design Architects, LLP was founded in 1996 and has grown to become the industry leader in retail and food service Architecture in NYC.
Practicing nationally, NYDA is most renown, for their NYC presence. Based in Tribeca, their office is positioned centrally to Manhattan’s municipal offices as well as all outer borough offices. This helps facilitate the “one stop shopping” approach that NYDA has become known for.
One stop shop
In NYC, everyone’s a specialist, particularly when it comes to the construction industry. An inexperienced owner or novice developer can easily be caught up in a maze of consultants, designers, branding experts, engineers, expeditors, city agencies, and project managers, causing the project to run amuck, each taking no leadership role and blaming the other for the project’s shortcomings.
New York Design Architects, LLP takes a different approach. Taking a leadership role, NYDA seamlessly assembles and manages the project team consisting of project managers, designers, architects, engineers, and filing representatives, and delivers a single point of contact to the client. It’s called “one - stop shopping”. NYDA makes this possible due to the multi-disciplined, talented and experienced team of professionals that are kept on staff.
The Partners
Giuseppe R. Anzalone, AIA
Raised in Brooklyn, NY, he attended Pratt Institute and later returned to Italy to complete his education in Rome.
In addition to Mr. Anzalone’s formal architectural training, his technical skills are on par with, and seamlessly mesh with that of the engineers that he coordinates with, making the process exceptionally fluid.
His past 22 years architectural experience in the aviation sector, and consulting on large scaled projects, has solidified his demanding standards in meeting time and cost constraints. A seasoned project manager, Mr. Anzalone currently acts as project principal on multiple active projects on a day to day basis in addition to the management of New York Design’s sizable staff.
Accomplishments include Past President of American Institute Of Architects, Brooklyn Chapter, and was Director at AIA New York State for 4 years currently on the Government Affairs Comitee for at the State level. Mr. Anzalone, regularly interacts with city and state officials on a variety of issues concerning public policy and political issues. Mr. Anzalone sits on various city committees, which, interacting with municipal agencies help shape the operating landscape of the NYC real estate market.
Joseph J Smerina, AIA
Brooklyn, NY native, Joseph J Smerina, AIA, has had a love for the Architecture and for the City of New York since childhood. Attending Brooklyn Technical High School and Pratt institute, he expanded his local Education by studying abroad in Europe.
Mr. Smerina, is a skilled artist and designer who trained with renowned architectural illustrator and children’s book author, Al Lorenz, during the creation of the book, “Illustrating Architecture”, before becoming the principal designer of New York Design Architects, LLP.
In addition to the day to day management of New York Design’s marketing and finances, Mr. Smerina acts as lead designer and project principal for several ongoing projects.
He is known for his problem solving capabilities, which he developed during his 20 years of work experience, in various roles including, Architect, Owner, Developer, and Contractor, on hundreds of projects of all sizes and complexities. He has worked on all sides of the table and understands that the needs of each team member must be met for a project to be successful.
Mr. Smerina is a member of the American Institute of Architects and possesses multiple licenses to practice Architectural in several States.
