S M A Stephen Moser Architects

Stephen Moser, AIA, NCARB, LEED Green Associate is principal of Stephen Moser Architects, an architecture and design studio based in the New York metropolitan area. While the firm's current work focuses primarily on residential architecture, it draws on Moser's broader experience in urban design, cultural and institutional projects, interior architecture, planning, and design competitions. His work embraces both contemporary design and the thoughtful stewardship of historic buildings and places.

His residences, renovations, and careful restorations of significant modern houses reflect their environments and respond to vernacular influences. Projects from the coastal Northeast to the Rocky Mountains have found inspiration in seaside saltboxes, mining structures, barns, and agrarian forms. Often the underlying structure remains visible, becoming an integral part of the architecture. Throughout his work there is a commitment to craft, proportion, and the joy of making.

Projects range from a family retreat in Aspen and the restoration and expansion of the Frank Lloyd Wright–influenced Tafel House in Scarsdale to the restoration of the Bauhaus-inspired William Landsberg House on Long Island, an artist's home and studio on Shelter Island, and numerous New York City apartment transformations that reshape space and light. Across scales, his work reflects a careful balance of architecture, interiors, landscape, and materiality.

Before founding Stephen Moser Architects in 2013, Moser spent more than seventeen years at Peter Marino Architect, where he led luxury residential and retail projects in New York, London, Paris, Milan, and Hong Kong. Earlier in his career, he worked with Weiss/Manfredi on award-winning urban and cultural projects, including the Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as parks, public spaces, and design competitions. His international experience also includes work with O.M. Ungers and Hans Kollhoff in Germany and architectural research in Europe supported by Cornell University's Eidlitz Traveling Fellowship.

Moser's work has been recognized by the AIA and The Plan Awards. Committed to advancing architecture beyond his practice, he serves as Co-Chair of the AIA New York Committee on Residential Architecture (CORA) and as a member of the Town of Mamaroneck Board of Architectural Review. He has also served on local planning and sustainability boards and regularly lectures and serves as a guest critic at schools of architecture, including Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse, Parsons, and NJIT.

He is a registered architect in New York, Connecticut, and Colorado and holds degrees from Cornell University and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Travel remains an important source of inspiration. Whenever possible, Moser travels with a watercolor set and sketchbook, using drawing and painting as a way to study architecture, landscapes, and the everyday structures that reveal the character of a place..

Helene Lee is an associate at SMA. Since joining the studio in 2016, she has worked on residential projects, civic-private designs, and competitions. She brings to each project her creative vision, a refined design aesthetic, and innovative ideas about space and form. She has a Master of Architecture from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, with a minor in philosophy with distinction, from University at Buffalo. Her interest in architecture grew from her early exploration of both physical and implied spatial occupancy through her background in ballet and modern dance.