Silke Rapelius

About Silke Rapelius

Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel, Architects, DPC is one of New York’s most highly regarded full-service architecture and interior design firms. We have an outstanding portfolio of commercial and residential interior design projects, new residential and commercial buildings, and hospitality and historic preservation projects that keeps us in demand among top clients internationally. We approach every project with a spirit of shared ideas and free-flowing collaboration among all sectors we work in to achieve the best design possible on any scale. Our client roster includes Silverstein Properties, The Durst Organization, Tishman Speyer Properties, Equity Residential, Hyatt International, and Kushner Companies. We also have numerous public sector projects to our credit, primarily for the City of New York, as well as such prestige commissions as the Beekman Hotel and Residences and the restoration and design of the lobby and administrative office for the New York Foundling, a not-for-profit organization. Recently completed projects include TEN23, a luxury rental tower adjacent to New York’s elevated High Line Park, the 32BJ SEIU union headquarters, and, at the Grand Hyatt Istanbul, The Mansion meeting and event rooms and the restaurant 34. Current clients include God’s Love We Deliver, 4 World Trade Center, Bank of New York Mellon, and New York’s Union League Club, for which we are refurbishing the guest rooms. Founded in 1995, the firm has completed work on 40 million square feet of space. Top GKV projects have been featured in Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Interior Design’s Best of Hospitality, The New York Times, Interiors, Architectural Record, Contract Design, The New American Apartment, Building Design and Construction and Real Estate Weekly. The firm has garnered multiple industry awards for outstanding residential and commercial design.

Experience

1. Housing Council Member

   Uli New York

   Jul 2018 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Università Iuav di Venezia

  Architecture

  1988 — 1989

• Technical University of Munich

  Architecture

  1986 — 1988

• Universität der Künste Berlin

  Master, Architecture

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Construction Drawings
• Architectures
• Architectural Drawings
• Construction
• Renovation
• Sustainable Design
• German
• Leed Ap
• Design Research
• Architecture
• Comprehensive Planning
• Space Planning
• Residential Design
• Interior Architecture
• Mixed-Use
• Leed
• Residential Homes
• Urban Design
• Green Building
• Interior Design
• Submittals
• Architectural Design