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With a wide range of award-winning projects in its portfolio, from residential and commercial interiors to housing and public parks, Joel Sanders Architect creates innovative and sustainable environments in response to today’s rapidly changing culture. Our medium-sized office, led by Principal Joel Sanders, guarantees that each and every commission receives direct and personal attention from the leader of the firm. At JSA, we pride ourselves on forging close collaborative relationships with our clients with the goal of creating budget-conscious, yet distinctive designs that express the specific needs and identities of our clients.

2008   AIA New York Design Honor Award - Yale University Art Gallery Media Lounge

2008   AIA New York Design Merit Award - Seongbukdong Residences

2008   United States Artists, Fellowship Nomination

2007   Architype’s Notable Projects - Fashion Institute of Technology

2007   MacDowell Fellowship (also in 2000,1999)

2005   AIA New York Design Honor Award - 2012 Olympic Equestrian Facility

2004   Boston Society of Architects Grant

2004   First Impressions, US General Services Administration

2003   Larry Kramer Initiative, Yale University

2002   Arcus Endowment

1994   Design Arts, NY State Council on the Arts

1994   41^st PA Design Awards Citation - Peekskill Artist’s Housing

1993   40^th PA Design Awards Citation - Kyle Residence

1993   Best Environments Award, I.D. Magazine

1993   Emerging Voices, Architectural League of New York

1992   ACSA Design Award – Nichols Installation

2008   Gangbuk Grand Park Competition, Seoul, Korea - Second Prize

2007   Seongbukdong Residences, Seoul, Korea - First Prize

2007   Ten Li-Ring, Seoul, Korea - Finalist

2006   City of the Future, The History Channel

2004   2012 Olympics Equestrian Center with Balmori Associates, NY - First Prize

2004   Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition - Honorable Mention

2004   JFK Security Pavilion Design Charrette

2003   F.I.T Competition, New York, NY - Second Prize

1989   East Hampton Airport Competition, New York, NY - First Prize

1988   Formica 2000X Competition - Third Prize

1987   Artemide Lighting Competition - First Prize

Books

Joel Sanders, Writings and Projects. New York: The Monacelli Press, 2005.

Stud: Architectures of Masculinity. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996.

 

Periodicals & Catalogues

AD Magazine, “Making Sense: The Mix House,” May/June 2008

Architect’s Newspaper, “Studio Visit: Joel Sanders Architect,” April 2008

Interior Design, “If You Could Change the World,” March 2008

Architectural Record, “Not Only a Craft: Yale University Art Gallery,” June 2007

Artforum, “Behind the Curtain,” February 2007

NY Times, “Restoring Kahn’s Gallery, and Reclaiming a Corner of Architectural History, at Yale.” Dec 11, 2006

Metropolis, “Northern Exposure,” December 2006

Dwell, “Putting the Motel in Hotels,” March 2005

Glamour, SF MoMA Exhibition Catalogue, 2004

I.D. Magazine, “The Pods Must Be Crazy,” May 2004

Vogue, “English Import: Charles Worthington Salon,” May 2003

Rosa, Joseph. “Joel Sanders,” Chapter in Next Generation Architecture, 2003

A+U, “Ergotectonics: Towards a Dwelling of the 21^st Century,” December 2002

New York Magazine, “100 Best Architects,” October 14, 2002

Architecture, “Folds, Blobs, and Boxes,” April 2001

 

Writings

PINUP, “Curtain Wars Revisited,” Fall 2006

Metropolis - 5th São Paulo International Biennial, “ID Architecture,” 2003

Intinum: Design Theory Reader, “Curtain Wars“, M. Taylor and J. Preston, 2006

Artforum, “Out of Site: Fictional Architectural Spaces,” November 2002

Inside Space, “Ergotectonics,” Bill Arning, ed., 2001

Gender Space Architecture,  “Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs,” Jane Rendell, Barbara Penner, and Iain Borden, eds., 2000

Artforum, “Frames of Mind,” November 1999

Architecture, “Male Space,” June 1996

Residential

2008   320 Central Park West, New York, NY

2008   San Francisco Penthouse, San Francisco, CA

2008   Aronson Penthouse, Philadelphia, NY

2008   House on Mount Merino, Hudson, NY

2007   Grant-Wood Townhouse, New York, NY

2007   Bedford House, Bedford, NY

2006   Blesso Loft, New York, NY

2005   Salisbury Pool House (unbuilt), Salisbury, CT

2001   Millenium Residence, New York, NY

2000   Vitale Loft, New York, NY

1999   Lee Loft, New York, NY

 

Commercial

2008   Valencia Lounge, San Francisco, CA

2007   Loftel, Goldman Properties, New York, NY

2007   95 Horatio, Rockrose, New York, NY

2006   Gering Lopez Gallery, New York, NY

2006   Metropolitan Tower (unbuit), New York, NY

2003   Charles Worthington, New York, NY

2001   Easy Hotel and Easy Cruise(prototype), Easy Group, London, UK

1996   Ziment Associates, New York, NY

 

Institutional

2008   GSA Federal Building, Ann Arbor, MI

2007   Yale University Art Gallery Media Lounge, New Haven, CT

2007   Campbell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

2007   Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse, New York, NY

2006   Ralph Metcalfe Federal Building, Chicago, IL

“2007 AIA Awards,” Center for Architecture, NYC, 2008

“CUT:Revealing the Section“ SF MoMA, 2008

“Figuration in Contemporary Design,” Art Institute of Chicago, 2007-2008

“Open House: Intelligent Living by Design,” Vitra Design Museum, 2006

“2005 AIA Awards,” Center for Architecture, NYC, 2006

“Glamour: Fashion, Industrial Design, and Architecture,” SF MoMA, 2004

“Bienal de Architecture,” Quito, Ecuador, 2004

“Ergotectonics: Joel Sanders, Architect,” US Exhibit, Sao Paulo Biennale, 2003

“New Hotels for Global Nomads,” Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2002

“Un-Private House,” Museum of Modern Art, June 1999; MAK Vienna, January 2000; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, May 2000; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, September 2000

“Homes for the Future,” Glasgow, June 1999

“Selections from the Permanent Collection,” MoMA, NYC, summer 1998

“Light Construction,” Museum of Modern Art, NYC & Barcelona, 1996