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10-28-2018

Firmwide Promotions 2018

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Senior Associates (left to right): M. Carr, S. Tallini, A. Sakong
We are pleased to announce our new Senior Associates and Associates:

SENIOR ASSOCIATES

Max Carr, AIA, LEED AP, is a project architect on a new mixed-income residential building in Manhattan. With an integrated and far-sighted approach to a building's design, he directs projects through all phases of design and construction.

Sisto Tallini, AIA, LEED GA, brings a unique combination of conceptual thinking and a deep understanding of craft to translate the needs of the client and the design team into a successful built project. He is currently a senior designer on residential buildings in Manhattan and Arlington, VA.

Austin Sakong, AIA, LEED GA, has worked extensively on educational projects, including renovations, new building design, and master plans for K-12, higher education, and international institutions. As a project architect, he is overseeing construction administration for the repositioning of two flagship buildings on Pace University's campus in lower Manhattan.

Associates (left to right, top row): V. Diskina, C. Ringness, K. Petredis, J. Mrowiec-Chun, R. Barbarino (bottom row): S. Abeyaratne, T. Cukar, R. Karnik
ASSOCIATES

Viktoria Diskina, AIA, LEED AP, is an architect and urban designer with a focus on educational, institutional, and residential projects. She is a project architect/project manager on new mixed-income residential buildings in Manhattan and Washington, DC., and most recently, a project manager/design leader on a temporary ground mural art installation at 85 Broad Street in downtown Manhattan.

Cameron Ringness, AIA, LEED GA, is the project designer on two future museums for New York City–the Statue of Liberty Museum and the Children's Museum of Manhattan. Constantly sketching, visualizing, and exploring, she designs spaces for all ages and cultural backgrounds.

Kimberley Petredis, NCIDQ, LEED AP ID+C, is a project manager/senior interior designer on two new mixed-income, high-rise buildings in Manhattan. Her workspace planning, furniture and finishes, detailing and documentation–is informed by an understanding of materials, context, code, and cost management.

Justyna Mrowiec-Chun, CID, IIDA, LEED GA, is a designer on the new offices for Cornell's ILR School, and our future office space at 1 Willoughby Square in downtown Brooklyn. She excels at building successful client relationships throughout all phases of the design process.

Richard Barbarino, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, works through design both technically and aesthetically in all project phases, and places a high priority on materials selection, research, and detailing. He is an architect on a new mixed-income residential tower in Manhattan.

Shalini Abeyaratne, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is on the design team for new offices for Cornell's ILR School and a new security building for the Statue of Liberty Museum. As an architect and project manager, she brings project goals and initial ideas into reality, frequently exceeding spatial and functional requirements while maximizing aesthetic qualities.

Tyler Cukar, AICP, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP ND, is an urban designer/planner on multiple large-scale master plans in Philadelphia and New York City. He provides expertise in regional growth strategies, district revitalizations, and transit networks and stations–all with an emphasis on social equity and community building. He is the author of Orchestrated Urbanism: The Race Built City, an FXPodium white paper.

Rajas Karnik, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is a project architect on 1 Willoughby Square in downtown Brooklyn. He is responsible for taking projects from conceptual design to built form and overall coordination with the client, consultant team, and other agencies. He is a cofounder of FXOne, our LGBTQ group, and founder and president of Build Out Alliance.