About

Verona Carpenter Architects is a full service architecture and interiors firm. Based in Manhattan, we work with clients around the country on education spaces, cultural institutions, workplaces, art spaces, retail, hospitality, and multi-family residential. We design inclusive places where people want to be -- building for the neurodiverse world we live in. We love helping clients from the earliest stages of a project, guiding them through site-selection and concept development all the way through move-in and into the post-occupancy stage. 

We design environments for experience, providing a vision that advances our clients’ values and missions through their built environment. In every project, from a lobby to a new school, we find opportunities within the constraints to create new possibilities for project stakeholders. Through our leadership we maximize resources and impact. And with the community of users always in mind, we design with humanity and for resilience. 

Irina Verona and Jennifer Carpenter each have more than twenty-five years of experience in New York and beyond, designing at every scale: objects, installations, buildings, and sites. Our firm approaches each project, big or small, with an open mind and a focus on strong communication. Teaching, writing, and advocating for a more accessible and inclusive world are key parts of our practice.

Verona Carpenter Architects is a New York City and New York State certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise WBE and is LEED-project capable. We are a signatory of Architects Declare, and we are one of just twenty New York City architecture firms selected for the NYC Department of Design and Construction’s Project Excellence team. We'd love to hear about your project - you can contact us here: https://www.veronacarpenter.com/contact