Hoffmann Architects + Engineers, a design firm in Connecticut specializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors announced that Kristen T. Anderson, AIA, part of the firm’s New York City team, has been promoted to senior staff architect.
Anderson joined Hoffmann Architects + Engineers in 2019 as project representative, after completing a Bachelor of Architecture degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She quickly rose in the ranks and 2023, she gained licensure as a registered architect and received a promotion to staff architect. In recognition of her increasing experience, leadership and responsibilities, she has now been promoted to senior staff architect.
“Kristen’s eagerness to take on more responsibilities, her organizational skills and her initiative in taking ownership of her projects have earned her this well-deserved promotion,” said Juan Kuriyama, AIA, senior vice president and director, architecture, who manages the firm’s New York office. “We are looking forward to continuing to support Kristen in her professional development.”
Anderson has taken on project management responsibilities for several projects in the greater New York City area. Under her leadership, challenging enclosure projects move successfully from investigation through design and construction, with Anderson’s scrupulous oversight guiding project progress.
At the Dorie Miller Housing Cooperative, which opened in 1953 as New York’s first racially integrated cooperative housing complex, Anderson coordinated a team of six Hoffmann design professionals to conduct 136 close-up inspections, prepare contract documents and administer construction for a water infiltration remediation and facade repair project. She documented the work in compliance reports for the New York City Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP). The second phase of the six-building project is slated to begin in late 2025 / early 2026, with Anderson at the helm.
Her technical and aesthetic training enable her to design for improved performance and efficiency, while attending to exterior expression of newly renovated interior spaces.
As she advances in her career, Anderson makes time to give back to emerging professionals and future architects through her mentorship and guidance. A volunteer with the ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York, she has devoted many hours to mentoring high school students interested in design and construction careers. This year, she served on the jury for the 2025 ACE scholarship program.
At Hoffmann, Anderson supports junior team members in their career development through her ongoing involvement in the Emerging Professionals Group.
Founded in 1977, Hoffmann Architects + Engineers specializes in the rehabilitation of the building enclosure. The firm’s work focuses on the exteriors of existing structures, diagnosing and resolving deterioration within facades, roofing systems, windows, waterproofing materials, plazas/terraces, parking garages and historic and landmark structures. It also provides consulting services for new building construction, as well as litigation and claim support. Its technical professionals investigate and correct damage resulting from time and weather, substandard or improper construction, design defects, material failures, poor workmanship, structural movement and stress.
