Caples Jefferson Architects’ design for the Weeksville Heritage Center was featured in Vermont Structural Slate blog as case study.
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Principals, Sara Caples and Everardo Jefferson shared insights into their creative inspirations and design process during Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen. The event took place at their recently completed project, The Louis Armstrong Center in Corona, Queens and was hosted by Open House New York.
From celebrating architects of antiquity to honoring modern musical legends, it was an evening of surprises and enlightenment. Special thanks to Piedmont Blūz)—Queens locals—for their performance.
This conversation was hosted as part of Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen, an interview show where guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing that are important to them.
Stay tuned—you’ll be able to catch this amazing conversation on personplacething.org in the coming weeks.
Photos by Michael Lee
Copland House, the award-winning creative center for American music and the arts, based at legendary composer Aaron Copland's National Historic Landmark home in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley, today announced its selection of Caples Jefferson Architects to plan, design, and develop Bluestone Farm, its vast satellite venue on the New York-Connecticut border.
This project will honor Aaron Copland’s legacy by creating a vibrant space for creativity, learning, and community engagement. From state-of-the-art performance venues to artist studios and gardens, this expansion will welcome people of all ages and backgrounds into the exhilarating world of the arts.
As Principals Sara Caples and Everardo Jefferson explained their attraction to the project, "We love that the campus builds on the foundational legacy of Aaron Copland, whose compositions brought our nation’s music to new levels. We look to find ways, as Copland did, to create experiences that go deep into our art while providing accessible enjoyment to all. We’re excited by the game-changing possibilities that will result as Copland House’s compelling vision reshapes its new campus as a pivotal location for creation and performance. We’re deeply honored to be working on this verdant, hilly site, re-centering it in contemporary American sound."
Stay tuned as we bring this inspiring vision to life!
Caples Jefferson Architects has received an Honorable Mention in the American Architecture Awards for the Louis Armstrong Center. Presented by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, this recognition celebrates projects that demonstrate innovation, design excellence, and meaningful community impact. The Louis Armstrong Center reflects a commitment to preserving cultural legacy through architecture that inspires and uplifts.
For nearly three decades, The American Architecture Awards remain the United States' most comprehensive public program that promotes the best new design worldwide. The American Architecture Awards reflect the changing state of US design and reveal new design trends by today’s foremost practitioners, as well as representing the largest, oldest and most comprehensive awards program of its kind in the United States.
