Join.T Design Studio is a boutique architecture and design practice. We work closely with each client to create spaces that are considered, well-crafted, and rooted in the specifics of site, program, and experience. Every project gets the full attention of the principal — from first conversation to final detail.
I spent over 17 years working at architecture firms across New York City — designing everything from luxury high-rises and large-scale affordable housing to religious centers, mixed-use developments, and senior living. I've led teams on projects with thousands of units, collaborated with world-renowned architects on developments like Hudson Yards, and helped grow a small firm from seven people to thirty.
That experience taught me how buildings actually get built — the code research, the coordination, the documentation that turns a design into something constructable. But what drew me to architecture in the first place was something more personal: the experience of being in a well-made space. The way light enters a room at a certain hour. The way a threshold announces a transition. The way materials feel honest or don't.
I started Join.T to focus on that. I wanted the creative freedom to work closely with clients on projects where the design is shaped around their life — not around production timelines or office overhead. I'm interested in experimental form and new technology, but I'm equally interested in craft: woodworking, joinery, the way a detail resolves at the corner. The studio is small by choice, because I believe the best work happens when the person designing your space is the same person you're talking to.
I also spent two years teaching architecture and BIM at City Tech (CUNY), where I earned my degree in Architectural Technology. Teaching sharpened how I communicate design — I believe if you can't explain it clearly, you haven't thought it through.
The name comes from the inverse of my first initial and last name:
Join from my last name, Joiner. T from Tyheem. The name is also a nod to the craft of joinery — the art of connecting materials through precision and intention, where every connection is considered and nothing is arbitrary. It reflects how we approach architecture: every joint, every detail, every transition between spaces is designed with purpose. Invisible effort, visible result.
Every project begins with the person who will inhabit it. We design around experience — the journey to and from a space, the volume you feel when you enter, the light at different hours. Architecture should serve the life inside it.
From the massing of a building to the detail of a cabinet pull, design quality should be consistent. Our interest in materiality, joinery, and honest construction carries through everything — it's in the name.
We study the site, climate, neighborhood, and culture before sketching a single line. Design that ignores its context is decoration. Design that responds to it becomes architecture.
Well-designed spaces are inherently more sustainable. We prioritize passive strategies, material efficiency, and long-term durability — buildings that perform well and last, rather than treating green design as an add-on.
We use advanced modeling, real-time visualization, and parametric tools — not as selling points, but because they let us study, test, and refine ideas before anything gets built. Better tools, better buildings.
We are deliberately small. Every client works directly with the principal. No hand-offs, no layers. The person who designs your space is the person you talk to — from first conversation to final walkthrough.
Over a decade and a half of practice across every project phase — from the first site visit to the last punch list item.
See your space before it's built — in detail, in context, in real light.
Construction-ready drawings that contractors can build from without guesswork.
We know what's possible on your site — and how to maximize it within the rules.
Efficiency and performance designed in from day one, not added after.
From concept sketches to construction administration — one team, start to finish.
We're also expanding into site selection and feasibility analysis — helping developers and property owners evaluate what's possible on a given site before committing to design. If that's something you need, let's talk.
Based in the Hudson Valley with deep roots in New York City. We take on projects locally — where we can be hands-on through every phase — and work remotely with local teams on projects across the wider region and beyond.