Stephen Charles Smith Architects, founded in 2017, is a full-service, bespoke architecture and interior design studio focusing on Residential, Commercial, and Mixed-Use projects. The studio strives to create thoughtful, elegant, contemporary architecture and design with careful consideration of construction and craft. 

Stephen is a Registered Architect in Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island, a Certified Interior Designer, a LEED AP, and has been an active member of the AIA community. At AIA CT, Stephen was Chair of the Emerging Architectural Community Committee, served on the Intern Task Force, and was a member of the Board of Directors. Stephen has also sat on the Board of Directors of the ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Program in New Haven from 2010-2015.

Prior to starting his own practice, Stephen was a Designer, Architect, and Project Manager at several leading architecture firms for over 10 years, including Rafael Vinoly Architects in New York, NY and Silver/Petrucelli + Associates in Hamden, CT. He has extensive experience across a broad range of building types and scales: private residential, multi-family housing, restaurant design, tall building design, retail, mixed-use, historic preservation, commercial interiors, cultural facilities, government offices, banks, libraries, schools and educational buildings, fire/emergency response, corporate headquarters, hotels, and furniture design.

When he isn’t in the office, Stephen is also an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of New Haven. In addition, he is the founder and director of the Architecture Summer Institute, a summer program for High School students, at the University of Hartford. Stephen previously taught Architecture at the University of Hartford, Barnard College, Harlem Academy, and has been an invited design critic at Pratt Institute, Connecticut College, Rochester Institute of Technology, and others.

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