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🏛️ Award-Winning Manhattan Architect | Pre-War Renovations | Upper West Side | DOB & LPC Expert | 20+ Years NYC Experience 🏆 Free Consultation

Your Manhattan apartment holds unrealized potential for light, views, and space. We help you unlock your home and guide you through every step of your renovation. Licensed NYC Architect | 20+ Years Experience AKA Insight specializes in pre-war and contemporary Manhattan apartment renovations. Our award-winning designs maximize your space. Complete Support from Concept to Move-In: Architectural design, Co-op/Condo applications, LPC and DOB filings, construction oversight, and consultant coordination. Service Area: Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Midtown, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Tribeca, SoHo, Harlem, and throughout Manhattan

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10/16/2026

People ask what I wanted most from this apartment. Not the storage. Not the home office. Not the unobstructed views… It is my hammock, a burst of turquoise slashing through the space, hung between two big windows facing the Hudson. My puppy leaps in with me, which makes it even better. This project won 3 awards >> follow to have the next posts land in your inbox!

BRONZE WINNER — Custom Exceptional Residential Design Achievements, Interior | Houzee Awards 2026 See the full project here: https://akadelight.com/case-studies/live-work-grand-four/

08/10/2026

FRIENDS - EXCITING NEWS!! We are 5 AWARD WINNERS!! For our complete home transformations from the Houzee Awards 2026! See the projects:

Live-Work “Grand Four”: Pre-war apartment transformed for work-at-home and entertaining https://lnkd.in/eaka-uUc
PLATINUM WINNER — Adaptive Reuse & Renovation, Interior | Houzee Awards 2026
GOLD WINNER — Best Use of Color & Textiles, Interior | Houzee Awards 2026
BRONZE WINNER — Custom Exceptional Residential Design Achievements, Interior | Houzee Awards 2026

West End “Grand Six”: Large pre-war apartment that integrates cove lighting and central air https://lnkd.in/ehBtbAxY
SILVER WINNER — Custom Exceptional Residential Design Achievements, Interior | Houzee Awards 2026
SILVER WINNER — Adaptive Reuse & Renovation, Interior | Houzee Awards 2026

The Houzee Awards, now in its 4th edition, is a pioneering award dedicated to the full spectrum of residential design and architecture. Entries are assessed on Innovation & Originality, Design & Aesthetic Look, and Functionality & Spatial Integration by an international Grand Jury composed of experts from various fields.

Thank you to Houzee Design Awards 2026 and their talented Jury: Olivier Dupuis, Zhijun H., Jun Jung, Debanjana Chatterjee, mohammad seymari, Isabelle Back, ZEHUA ZHANG, Ar. Swati Agarwal

Thank you to Team AKA past and present and our wonderful clients and collaborators.

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08/06/2026

Home from vacation and loving what they saw. Great feedback from our clients!

06/24/2026

Balanced composition matters more than strict symmetry. The art of sightlines, experience, sense of place. Not every molding needs to be complete. The result is a place of extraordinary presence. A place where you want to be.

03/31/2026

Gathering is my unlock. It's where I begin every design — starting with my own home.

We design every apartment to perform larger than it is: gathering, at any scale, feels effortless and personal.

is under construction - an apartment combination designed for gathering! Follow along.

03/09/2026

2Apts1Home is under construction!
The Vision is:

01/29/2026

Thanks to my colleague for loving this riveted column! She loves the details we expose and celebrate. She always says it feels like every space carries a piece of history, quietly holding everything up.

01/20/2026

Swipe to see the before. Same footprint.
Entirely new feeling!

01/16/2026

Starting 2026 with a blank canvas, Two Apartments One Home is starting construction soon!

>> Look for the orange X’s - those are walls to-be-demolished

12/29/2025

We called this the magic wall when designing! We transformed a wall into a cabinet (front and back), hiding large pocket doors that can divide the open plan.

With this design, we created versatility, storage, and a still life of family history and welcoming!

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