Della Valle Bernheimer projects are devised through research and a strong philosophical stance that no project should mimic one that came before it. While technical strategies and solutions may re-appear, each project’s parti is inherently related to the specifics and differences of site and client. While this is not an earth-shattering pronouncement, this lack of an overarching signature is, ironically, liberating. It breeds variety. The studio's imprint is visible in a consistent sensitivity to material, to invention, to utility, and to execution. We believe in consistency but not in homogeneity.

For more than a decade, Andrew Bernheimer has honed an affinity for executing subtle, exciting, and complex architecture within the constraints of real-world construction practices. With a diverse background in the world of high design and academia, Bernheimer’s focus is on the thoughtful translation of conceptualism into built form and on executing works of complexity and subtlety with a strong sense of economy and practicality. Thriving on project variety, Bernheimer has been fortunate enough to work for a diverse portfolio of public, institutional, non-profit, and private clients whose wide-ranging context and personalities has elicited a welcome variety of thought and response. Personally engaged in all DB’s projects, Bernheimer actively participates in the entire design process, all phases of documentation, and throughout construction. Bernheimer received a Masters Degree in Architecture with Honors from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College.Bernheimer is a licensed Architect in New York State, a member of AIA, NCARB Registered, and a member and supporter of the Architectural League of NY.

Jared Della Valle has a unique ability to transform thoughts into reality, with a strong intent on understanding the perspective of the trades, emerging construction technologies, and influential economic factors. Della Valle is also a founding partner of Alloy Development, a design-oriented real estate development company that seeks projects whose design creates economic opportunity. His experience as a developer helps DB communicate its design intent in anunpretentious manner that supports clients’ goals. Personally engaged in all DB’s projects, Della Valle actively participates in the entire design process, all phases of documentation, and construction. Della Valle has Masters Degrees in both Architecture and Construction Management, with Honors, from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from Lehigh University. Della Valle is a licensed architect in New York State, a member of AIA, NCARB Registered, a LEED AP, a member and supporter of the Architectural League of NY, and a supporter of the AIA’s New York chapter.

Recent publications include the New York Times, ARTFORUM, The Architect’s Newspaper, ARTNews, ID Magazine, Architecture Magazine, Oculus, Metropolis Magazine, Interior Design, Abitare, Boston Magazine, Ottagono, Architectural Review, and FRAME. Their work is the subject of a monograph published in 2009 by Princeton Architectural Press, entitled “Think/Make”. DB was selected as a winner of the Architectural League of New York’s 2002 Young Architects Forum and subsequently named a 2007 Emerging Voice by the League. DB has received numerous Awards from the AIA New York City Chapter (2002, 2003, 2007, 2010), the AIA Long Island Chapter (2008), the AIA New York State Chapter (2008), and the Boston Society of Architects (2010).

DB was also selected as a winner of Architect Magazine’s Annual Design Review (2009) and Annual Research and Development Award (2010), among others citations. DB designed the renovation/restoration of the former home of Paul Rudolph at 23 Beekman Place in NYC, which was selected as an Honor Award winner by the New York City chapter of the AIA. Affordable housing in Brooklyn completed in 2007 through the city’s New Foundations program received a special citation from the NYC AIA and a Nice Modernist Award from Dwell Magazine.

Taz Project Team: Andrew Bernheimer, Garrick Jones, Caryn Lee Farnum, Aaron Forrest