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Sara Elizabeth Caples: Selected Bibliography

About:

Sara Elizabeth Caples (M Arch, Yale) is a principal in Caples Jefferson Architects, founded in 1987 and located in Manhattan.  She has also worked at the firms of James Stewart Polshek & Partners and Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum. Caples Jefferson's recent work has focused on museum, exhibition, school, and community center projects such as the expansion of Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Park, Queens and a citation-winning competition entry for the Marcus Garvey Houses Community Center in Brooklyn.
 

Articles (Selected from 1993-2005):

2004 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards: Architecture.
Oculus, vol.67, no.1, pp.18-27, 2005
Eight honor awards and four merit awards for projects completed by members of the New York Chapter of the AIA.

Caples + Jefferson [interview]
Caples, Sara.; Jefferson, Everardo.; Collyer, Stanley., Competitions, vol.14, no.2, pp.42-51, Summer 2004

Caples Jefferson Architects: intergenerational housing design competition, Chicago
Reynolds, Jamie., Architecture, vol.92, no.10, pp.38, Oct 2003

Heightened experience: Caples Jefferson
Merkel, Jayne., Architectural design, vol.72, no.3, pp.[117]-124, May 2002
Profile of this New York architectural firm. With resume of career and projects.

Creating neighborhood stability by design: the new Williamsburg Community Center in Brooklyn
Lee, Joyce S., Competitions, vol.8, no.2, pp.24-33, Summer 1998
                Note:  Commission: Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg. Citation: Caples Jefferson

Caples Jefferson
Merkel, Jayne., Oculus, vol.60, no.1, pp.8-9., Sept 1997
Profile of this New York architectural firm.

Harlem housing, Caples Jefferson Architects
Cramer, Ned., Architecture, vol.86, no.3, pp.55, Mar 1997
                Note: Two projects: conversion of a nightclub into the Central Harlem Alcoholic Crisis Center, to be completed in 1998
                    and a rowhouse for a family spanning three generations, to be completed at the end of 1997.

Designing for children with AIDS
Landecker, Heidi., Architecture, vol.82, no.4, pp.89-95, Apr 1993
Five U.S. houses for children with AIDS. Architects: Chris A. Rador; Caples Jefferson
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Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library.
 

Web Site:

Caples Jefferson Architects  www.capjeff.com/site.html
Find the firm's profile, projects list, and links to full-text articles about the firm.
 
 
 
 

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J. Connorton
August 2005