Contact Information

Address: 92 Fancher Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576
Phone: 914 764 1549
Email Address: carolacioppa@cioppaarchitectsllc.com

Profile: Carol A. Cioppa AIA LEED AP

CIOPPA ARCHITECTS LLC

Principal, Carol A. Cioppa, AIA NCARB LEED AP

Pratt Institute, New York City

Registered Architect: New York State, New Jersey, NCARB Certified

Professional Affiliation: Board Member - American Institute of Architects – President 2008

Commissioner – Chairman - Town of Pound Ridge Landmarks and Historic District Commission

Commissioner - Town of Pound Ridge Sustainability Task Force

First Vice President – Pound Ridge Garden Club

Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise

Ms. Cioppa is personally involved with all the aspects of each project at her firm CIOPPA ARCHITECTS LLC (CA) from initial concept to final completion. After almost 40 years in the field and 25 years as the managing principal of her own firm, Ms. Cioppa understands the importance of meeting the functional and budgetary needs of each client. Since she is trained both as an architect and an interior designer, she uniquely combines these two inter-related capabilities. With four decades of architectural, space planning and interior design experience and an acknowledged leader in the field, her projects have included many prestigious clients and commissions both in the commercial and residential field.

Carol Cioppa formed her own firm in 1980 and since then has been managing principal of the many prestigious CA corporate projects: The Rockefeller Group corporate offices; Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., Broadcast Operations and Engineering Headquarters & Studios; Sperry Fund Management Corporation Headquarters; Muss Development Company offices; Island Peer Review Organization offices; Stanford University School of Business Administration Offices, Student Cafeteria & Lounge; Prudential Reinsurance Company, and The Fremont Financial Corporation's New York headquarters. As Principal in charge of CA's project for the new Chancery Building for the U.S. Embassy in Cyprus, Ms. Cioppa worked closely with the architect of the building, the international firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates on developing an interior which was totally integrated with the building architecture. Extensive renovation of major residences in New York City as well as suburban and rural locations in the tri-state area include those for Harrison Ford, Ann Rockefeller Roberts, Joseph Baum, Mimi Sheraton, Christopher Kimball of Cook's Magazine Illustrated among many others.

Ms. Cioppa has received numerous honors. In 1995 she was selected as a member of the International Who’s Who of Professionals. She was awarded the International Certificate of Honor for outstanding achievement in the Field of Design bestowed by “Women in Design”. Her projects have received numerous awards and have been widely published. For her imaginative design of the Alma Desk Company New York showroom, she won the prestigious Lumen Award, an acknowledgment of her contribution to the art of lighting. She has been asked to serve on many panels and juries. Over the last two years she has served on the advisory board for the IDCNY and as a new product advisor for Acme Architectural Walls. She was a juror for the prestigious 1994 Lumen Awards for Lighting Design (she was a past recipient) for the IES. In 1982, '83 and '85, she was a guest critic at the Fashion Institute of Technology and in 1980, she was visiting critic at Pratt Institute.

Her study of American Architecture has resulted in an expertise which has led to numerous commissions to restore and sensitively renovate historic homes dating from the1760’s to the 1860’s as well as commisions in contemporary residences including buildings designed in the 1970’s & 80’s by Pound Ridge architect, Taskovitch. Her goal is always to maintain the integrity of the original house while enabling the owners to update to current requirements.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Although only a Pound Ridge resident since 1996, Carol has been active in many organizations in the community and in Westchester County. She joined the Pound Ridge Business Association in 1997 and has been actively involved coordinating events and community efforts between the PRBA and the Pound Ridge Garden Club which she was invited to join in 2000. On the Board of the Garden Club since 2001, Carol has been Publicity Chair, Corresponding Secretary Treasurer and is now VP & Program Chair. She was co-chair and co-creator of the 2003 First Annual Pound Ridge Historical House Tour of landmarked homes in the Pound Ridge Hamlet which was a joint fund-raising effort of both the Garden Club and the PR Historical Society. In 2003 she was appointed to serve on the Board of the Pound Ridge Landmark & Historic District Commission & is now the Chairperson. In January of 2004, she began her appointment to the Board of Directors of the Westchester/Mid-Hudson Chapter of the AIA, The American Institute of Achitects. She was elected to serve as the first woman President in 2008.

SUSTAINABILITY & GREEN DESIGN
In June of 2009, Ms. Cioppa received her LEED AP certification. As a LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Professional, She has the expertise to help clients select the best path towards a sustainable & energy efficient project. Part of the Pound Ridge Sustainable Task Force, this Commission is forging its way towards getting the Town (and eventually its residents) to becoming more energy efficient.