Amir Kripper is founding principal of Kripper Studio, a minority-owned architecture (MBE) and design firm based in Boston. Raised in Uruguay, Kripper founded the multi-disciplinary firm to deliver concept-driven design for owners of commercial and residential buildings. Kripper’s efforts introduce unprecedented innovation and elegance to the real estate community, and they improve market share and profitability. Repeat and new clients support Kripper’s ambitious design agenda, in turn, allowing the eponymous studio to expand into urban planning, multifamily, and hospitality commissions while maintaining a continual retail and workplace practice. 

Kripper’s work has been published in Interior Design, The Boston Globe, Vacuum, Abstract, and Boston Common, among other publications. As a thought-leader on adaptive reuse and as an advocate for greater diversity, equity and inclusion Kripper’s columns have been published in Commercial Observer, Banker & Tradesman and Fast Company. Simultaneous to leading Kripper Studio’s design and technical development of all projects, Kripper has taught or served as a critic at Boston Architectural College, Northeastern University, RISD, Columbia GSAPP, and Harvard GSD.

Exposed to Bauhaus-style architecture from a young age, Kripper trained at the National University of Uruguay’s prestigious undergraduate architecture program before immigrating to the United States. He earned his Master of Architecture from Columbia University and subsequently worked at Polshek Partnership and Machado Silvetti. Today, Amir is a resident of Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he raises three children with his wife Dr. Carin Litani and serves on the community’s Design Review Board.