Fernando Fisbein Architects is a Brooklyn-based architecture and design studio founded in New York in 2020. The practice works across residential, cultural, civic, commercial, educational, and workplace projects, engaging both new construction and the transformation of existing buildings. Regardless of scale or typology, each project is approached as an opportunity to create places that respond thoughtfully to its environmental, cultural, and social context.

Rather than pursuing predetermined formal language, each project develops through observation, research, and close collaboration with clients, consultants, and builders. We see design as an iterative process that balances conceptual clarity with technical precision, allowing architecture to emerge from the specific aspirations of its users, the character of its site, and the opportunities inherent in each commission.

Our work is shaped by an understanding of context as both physical and cultural. We seek to build upon the history and character of a place while looking forward and addressing its future potential. Materiality, natural light, craftsmanship, and spatial continuity are central to our approach, creating environments that are enduring, intuitive, adaptable, and engaging over time.

The studio is committed to architecture that is intellectually rigorous, socially responsible, and environmentally conscious. Every project receives the direct involvement of Fernando Fisbein from concept through construction, ensuring continuity, close attention to detail, and a collaborative design process throughout. The result is architecture that is carefully resolved, responsive to its setting, and designed to support the people who use it every day.

  • Fernando Fisbein

    PRINCIPAL

    Fernando Fisbein is a licensed architect in the United States and Brazil, and a member of the American Institute of Architects. The studio is a certified MBE in New York State.

    Fernando holds a Master’s in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, New York, US, a Master’s in Art History from Escola de Música e Belas Artes do Paraná, Brazil, and a Bachelor’s in Architecture and Urbanism from the Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil.

    Prior to founding FFA in 2020, Fernando worked under the mentorship of Peter Eisenman, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Enrique Norten, Jaime Lerner and Marcos Bertoldi, in groundbreaking projects of multiple scales, complexities and processes.

    Photo by Sasha Israel

  • Luisa Moraes

    PROJECT MANAGER

    Luisa da Costa de Moraes is an architectural designer and urban planner with a multidisciplinary practice that includes exhibition design and curation. She holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture and Urbanism from the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil, with additional studies at the Fontainebleau School of Music and Fine Arts, France, and Parsons – The New School, New York, US.

    Her professional experience includes key roles in leading international architecture offices. She has served as project lead at Luiz Volpato Arquitetura and architect at Jaime Lerner Arquitetos Associados in Brazil, and designer at Konrad Brunner Arquitectos in Bogotá.

    She serves on the Strategic Council of Instituto Aupaba, advancing sustainable territorial development initiatives in Brazil, and from 2024 to 2025, she coordinated architectural operations and international delegations for the Women Entrepreneurs Forum, part of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance.

  • Brenda Pimentel

    JUNIOR DESIGNER

    Brenda Pimentel is an architectural designer and urban planner, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Her practice focuses on architecture, complemented by interests in visualization, graphic representation, and design competitions.

    She has received several notable recognitions, including an honorable mention in the 17th CBCA (Brazilian Center for Steel Construction) competition and a third-place award at the 2025 Aerogel Architecture Award in Switzerland, where she contributed to the project’s development and presentation.

    Her professional background includes roles at leading Brazilian architecture firms, such as Estúdio 41, where she worked on large-scale projects and design competitions, supporting the development of technical documentation and visual representation.

Awards

Frame Award 2026 in the Healthcare Centre category

11th Architizer A+Awards 2023

AIA Tri-State Design Merit Award

57th Annual AIA Long Island Archi Award Commendation

Archiprix International 2009

Opera Prima XX First Prize 2008