Studio ST Architects

Studio ST Architects is a full-service, woman-owned, architectural firm located in Manhattan. They are a New York City certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE). The firm believes in innovative, sustainable and responsible design. They strive to combine leading technologies with evolving environmentally-friendly design and production methods, and apply these tools in creative ways. Studio ST Architects designs residential, multifamily housing and institutional buildings, including new synagogues and other places of worship from the ground-up. Their renovations range in scale from community centers, schools and high-end apartments to affordable real-estate developments, including duplex renovations and apartment combinations. Studio ST’s work has won awards and has been featured in architectural publications in North America, Europe, and Asia. Skokie Valley Synagogue won the 2023 Architizer A+ Awards and 2023 SARA National Design Awards. In 2008, Studio ST was selected by Wallpaper* as one of the “World’s 50 Hottest Young Architectural Firms.” The Swell House was selected by Architectural Record as “Best Unbuilt House” for 2008. In July 2009 they were selected for the best 40/40 exhibition in Tel Aviv, Israel. Esther founded Studio ST Architects in 2003 after working at Pei Partnership Architects for more than five years, during which she had the privilege of working closely with Mr. I. M. Pei. Esther Sperber writes and lectures on architecture and psychoanalysis, two fields of praxis that strive to reduce human distress and widen the range of human experiences. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Lilith Magazine, The Huffington Post, among others. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel she studied architecture at the Technion in Haifa and Columbia University in New York.