Category: Notebook

With school shootings happening with ever more frequency this year, SSP Architects Principals Jeanne Perantoni and Marcus Rosenau have joined with other experienced school-design architects in New Jersey to participate on the AIANJ Safe School Design Task Force. Together, Task Force members will explore ways that architects in the K-12 school design field can best […]

By Tammy Stouchko, Principal, SSP Architects While men in professional fields like architecture are automatically treated with respect it is not the same for women as they are forced to struggle to earn the respect of their colleagues, clients, and contractors. I started my career in interior design, which is dominated by women, but then […]

By Tammy Stouchko, Principal of SSP Architects With more people shopping online and increasingly taking out food rather than eating at a restaurant, storefront retailers and restauranteurs are increasingly using architectural lighting to enhance the in-person customer experience. Retailers are creating exterior lighting to draw the consumer into the store, and interior lighting to excite […]

Creating flexible, airy light filled environments that promote health and wellness has increasingly come to the forefront of architecture firms designing medical spaces. SSP is now on-call to meet the growing needs to design healing spaces for patients and their families, as well as caregivers. Whether its designing uplifting recovery room settings, providing greater accessibility […]

With the aging of New Jersey school facilities, coupled with the need to keep up with technology advances and health and safety requirements, the Regular Operating District (ROD) Grants for Capital Needs is urgently needed by most school districts this year. With the May 1st deadline fast approaching, the education architects at SSP are providing […]

Sonali Dalvi, Project Coordinator What woman do you admire most in the field of architecture, design, or art, and why? I like architect Lina Bo Bardi, who worked in Brazil for most of her life. Her design and architecture stand out to me because she always tried to create spaces that focused on functionality. The […]

Roxann Santangelo, Project Manager I admire any woman that can work and be successful in a field that has been dominated by men up until the last 20 years.  It was difficult to narrow down a specific woman architect, artist or designer having had an education where not too many women were recognized in a […]

Kristine Gerges, Project Coordinator I believe in women’s power to change the world’s mindset – for people everywhere to face their challenges and turn them into advantages. Women’s educational curiosity, coupled with the creativity offered by architecture, gives them a medium to showcase their skills and talents. It allows them to make an important impact […]

Jeanne K. Perantoni, Principal What woman do you admire most in the field of architecture, design, or art, and why? First, I would like to recognize female pioneers whose architectural contributions were often overshadowed by their husbands, who were also exceptional architects. This includes Denise Scott Brown, who with her husband, Robert Venturi, were among […]

By Jeanne Perantoni, CEO of SSP Architects With the first annual Student Mental Health Week starting on February 6th, it is an optimal time to boost public awareness about the importance of our public schools designing spaces that enhance mental health. Even before the added anxiety and stresses caused by the pandemic, numerous surveys and […]