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Ira's Story
Architect Ira Shapiro creates unique, innovative, and context-appropriate design solutions for each client’s unique project needs. He has successfully designed residential, commercial, historic restoration, corporate/business/medical interiors, adaptive reuse, and industrial projects in New York City, Westchester County, NY, and Fairfield and Litchfield Counties, CT. The firm has offices in New York City and West Cornwall, CT.
Mr. Shapiro has provided leadership in energy-efficient buildings, sustainable design, and green community practices. He is a founding member of
Columbia Building Green, a group of building professionals and concerned citizens in and around
Columbia County, NY, that advocates for and provides educational seminars to the public concerning green building practices.
Mr. Shapiro also provides: expert testimony in owner-architect and owner-contractor disputes and owner-tenant disputes related to
BOMA-calculated rentable and usable areas; ADA compliance services and defense of ADA-related lawsuits; forensic investigation of distressed or failed buildings; and owner representative services.
Prior to establishing his practice, Mr. Shapiro was employed by
IBM Corporation in its Real Estate and Construction Division where he was, by turns, project manager, territory manager, and regional director of design.
Education: Bachelor of Architecture, The City University of New York
Licensure: Connecticut and New York State
Publications
Ira Shapiro's architectural work and expert insights have been featured in many publications throughout his career.
Below are just a few of those publications:
- Serial Suer Targets Broadway Theaters, Forbes, February 19, 2018, contributor.
- Rethinking the Farmstead, Litchfield County Times, June 2007.
- Five High Ridge Park’s New Lobby Lovely, Rich News, August 1989.
- Home Work: The Quiet Success Story of Affordable Housing in Connecticut, Connecticut Housing Coalition & The Melville Charitable Trust, February 1998, contributor.
- The Ultimate Home Office, Time Life Books, 1998, contributor.
- Bathrooms Makeovers, Time Life Books, 1998, contributor.
- Environmental Design, Building Operating Management, November 1984.
- Integration of Design Elements Creates Productive Environments, Contract, July 1984.
- Environmental Design and Productivity, Impact, May 1984.
Publications
Ira Shapiro's architectural work and expert insights have been featured in many publications throughout his career.
Below are just a few of those publications:
- Serial Suer Targets Broadway Theaters, Forbes, February 19, 2018, contributor.
- Rethinking the Farmstead, Litchfield County Times, June 2007.
- Five High Ridge Park’s New Lobby Lovely, Rich News, August 1989.
- Home Work: The Quiet Success Story of Affordable Housing in Connecticut, Connecticut Housing Coalition & The Melville Charitable Trust, February 1998, contributor.
- The Ultimate Home Office, Time Life Books, 1998, contributor.
- Bathrooms Makeovers, Time Life Books, 1998, contributor.
- Environmental Design, Building Operating Management, November 1984.
- Integration of Design Elements Creates Productive Environments, Contract, July 1984.
- Environmental Design and Productivity, Impact, May 1984.
Publications
Ira Shapiro's architectural work and expert insights have been featured in many publications throughout his career.
Below are just a few of those publications:
- Serial Suer Targets Broadway Theaters, Forbes, February 19, 2018, contributor.
- Rethinking the Farmstead, Litchfield County Times, June 2007.
- Five High Ridge Park’s New Lobby Lovely, Rich News, August 1989.
- Home Work: The Quiet Success Story of Affordable Housing in Connecticut, Connecticut Housing Coalition & The Melville Charitable Trust, February 1998, contributor.
- The Ultimate Home Office, Time Life Books, 1998, contributor.
- Bathrooms Makeovers, Time Life Books, 1998, contributor.
- Environmental Design, Building Operating Management, November 1984.
- Integration of Design Elements Creates Productive Environments, Contract, July 1984.
- Environmental Design and Productivity, Impact, May 1984.
Ira's Story
Architect Ira Shapiro creates unique, innovative, and context-appropriate design solutions for each client’s unique project needs. He has successfully designed residential, commercial, historic restoration, corporate/business/medical interiors, adaptive reuse, and industrial projects in New York City, Westchester County, NY, and Fairfield and Litchfield Counties, CT. The firm has offices in New York City and West Cornwall, CT.
Mr. Shapiro has provided leadership in energy-efficient buildings, sustainable design, and green community practices. He is a founding member of
Columbia Building Green, a group of building professionals and concerned citizens in and around
Columbia County, NY, that advocates for and provides educational seminars to the public concerning green building practices.
Mr. Shapiro also provides: expert testimony in owner-architect and owner-contractor disputes and owner-tenant disputes related to
BOMA-calculated rentable and usable areas; ADA compliance services and defense of ADA-related lawsuits; forensic investigation of distressed or failed buildings; and owner representative services.
Prior to establishing his practice, Mr. Shapiro was employed by
IBM Corporation in its Real Estate and Construction Division where he was, by turns, project manager, territory manager, and regional director of design.
Education: Bachelor of Architecture, The City University of New York
Licensure: Connecticut and New York State
Ira's Story
Architect Ira Shapiro creates unique, innovative, and context-appropriate design solutions for each client’s unique project needs. He has successfully designed residential, commercial, historic restoration, corporate/business/medical interiors, adaptive reuse, and industrial projects in New York City, Westchester County, NY, and Fairfield and Litchfield Counties, CT. The firm has offices in New York City and West Cornwall, CT.
Mr. Shapiro has provided leadership in energy-efficient buildings, sustainable design, and green community practices. He is a founding member of
Columbia Building Green, a group of building professionals and concerned citizens in and around
Columbia County, NY, that advocates for and provides educational seminars to the public concerning green building practices.
Mr. Shapiro also provides: expert testimony in owner-architect and owner-contractor disputes and owner-tenant disputes related to
BOMA-calculated rentable and usable areas; ADA compliance services and defense of ADA-related lawsuits; forensic investigation of distressed or failed buildings; and owner representative services.
Prior to establishing his practice, Mr. Shapiro was employed by
IBM Corporation in its Real Estate and Construction Division where he was, by turns, project manager, territory manager, and regional director of design.
Education: Bachelor of Architecture, The City University of New York
Licensure: Connecticut and New York State
Publications
Ira Shapiro's architectural work and expert insights have been featured in many publications throughout his career.
Below are just a few of those publications:
- Serial Suer Targets Broadway Theaters, Forbes, February 19, 2018, contributor.
- Rethinking the Farmstead, Litchfield County Times, June 2007.
- Five High Ridge Park’s New Lobby Lovely, Rich News, August 1989.
- Home Work: The Quiet Success Story of Affordable Housing in Connecticut, Connecticut Housing Coalition & The Melville Charitable Trust, February 1998, contributor.
- Home Offices, Time Life Books, 1998, contributor.
- Bathrooms Makeovers, Time Life Books, 1998, contributor.
- Public Effort Build Plans To Put Up New Barlow Sign, the News Times
Ira's Story
Architect Ira Shapiro creates unique, innovative, and context-appropriate design solutions for each client’s unique project needs. He has successfully designed residential, commercial, historic restoration, corporate/business/medical interiors, adaptive reuse, and industrial projects in New York City, Westchester County, NY, and Fairfield and Litchfield Counties, CT. The firm has offices in New York City and West Cornwall, CT.
Mr. Shapiro has provided leadership in energy-efficient buildings, sustainable design, and green community practices. He is a founding member of
Columbia Building Green, a group of building professionals and concerned citizens in and around
Columbia County, NY, that advocates for and provides educational seminars to the public concerning green building practices.
Mr. Shapiro also provides: expert testimony in owner-architect and owner-contractor disputes and owner-tenant disputes related to
BOMA-calculated rentable and usable areas; ADA compliance services and defense of ADA-related lawsuits; forensic investigation of distressed or failed buildings; and owner representative services.
Prior to establishing his practice, Mr. Shapiro was employed by
IBM Corporation in its Real Estate and Construction Division where he was, by turns, project manager, territory manager, and regional director of design.
Education: Bachelor of Architecture, The City University of New York
Licensure: Connecticut and New York State
