Stephen Grasso

About Stephen Grasso

Stephen is a second generation architect and Principal and Founder of Partners for Architecture, a full Service Architectural Firm dedicated to high quality design in Architecture, Planning and Interior Design.He possesses a long time passion for sustainability and feels he is incredibly fortunate to be able to not only practice as an architect, but gets to combine it with his passion for developing the built environment in a thoughtful and sustainable way. Long before sustainability was in fashion, Stephen graduated with a degree in Environmental Design from the School of Architecture at the University @ Buffalo in 1988. He then went on to obtain an architectural degree at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NYIn 2007, Stephen was approached to help launch the \'Mayor\'s Energy Task Force\' which later became known as Sustainable Stamford.Stephen is also a member of the \'Environmental Business Committee\' of Soundwaters where he has helped organize lectures on sustainability. He is also an organizer of Stamford Greendrinks as well as its annual \'Green Faire\'Recent Project Client List:Family Life Academy Charter School, Bronx, NYUnity Preparatory Charter School, Brooklyn, NYGerman International School, White Plains, NYBASIS School, Brooklyn, NYGrzic Residential Development, LIC, NYElmwood Country Club, White Plains, New YorkAKDO Showroom & Warehouse facility, NYCSouth Bronx Charter School for International Cultures & the ArtsCANCOS Tile, Showroom, NY, NY (Flatiron)Sterling Project Development Group, Queens, NYCharter School for Educational Excellence, Yonkers, NYThe Bronx Lighthouse Academy, Bronx, NYCatholic Academy, Stamford, CTUNICEF Child Friendly Schools, West AfricaKweskin Theatre, Stamford, Connecticut

Experience

1. Principal

   Partners For Architecture

   Apr 2000 — Present

   Full Service Architectural Firm

Education

• University at Buffalo

  B.A. Environmental Design, Environmental Design

  1984 — 1988

• University at Buffalo

  B.A. Environmental Design

• Pratt Institute

  B.Arch, Architecture

  1988 — 1991

Skills

• Architectural Drawings
• Renovation
• Adaptive Reuse
• Rendering
• Residential
• Construction
• Urban Planning
• Autocad Architecture
• Interior Design
• Master Site Planning
• Construction Management
• Green Building
• Revit
• Leadership
• Sustainability
• Construction Drawings
• Sustainable Architecture
• Architectural Design
• Leed
• Building Codes
• Urban Design
• Energy Efficiency
• Bim
• Green Technology
• Architecture
• Comprehensive Planning
• Space Planning
• Residential Homes
• Commercial Interiors
• Leed Ap
• Sketchup
• Zoning
• Autocad
• Site Planning
• Architectures
• Interior Architecture
• Submittals
• Facility Master Planning
• Design Research
• Sustainability Consulting