Adriana Perrone, AIA, NCARB

is an architect, designer, fabricator and owner of AP,A - founded in 2018. She is a licensed architect, gaining her experience working in New York, Brooklyn, Springfield, and St. Louis. She has designed and managed residential, commercial, retail, K-12, and higher education projects located across the country. With her diverse project and client background, Adriana is well-versed in the architecture and design industries. Through her work, Adriana is a committed advocate for urban renewal and preservation, where possible, and appropriateness of infill elsewhere.

Throughout her multidisciplinary career, Adriana has developed detailing and fabrication skills including welding, woodworking, and specialty finishing with a keen eye for craft. Her residential and retail work has extended across the country including the high-end markets of SoHo and the West Village, the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Adriana is licensed in New York, Missouri, and Illinois. She holds a Master of Architecture from Kansas State University receiving the AIA Henry Adams Certificate upon graduation. Adriana has been a guest lecturer and design critic at Syracuse University, The Sam Fox School at Washington University, Kansas State University, Drury University, and UC Berkeley. She was also named 30 under 30 by the St. Louis Business Journal for her expansive portfolio of work and commitment to educating and exciting communities about the role architecture and the built environment play in enriching our lives.

Adriana currently serves as Co-Chair of the AIA St. Louis Design Awards Program and has served as a committee member since 2018. Adriana is also a founding member of the AIA St. Louis Committee on the Environment (COTE®), the first chapter of its kind located in Missouri and the greater Central States Region. Through 2027, Adriana will serve as a member of the City of St. Charles Planning and Zoning Commission.

For the past 15 years, AP,A has worked closely with our partner firm, Andrew Becker Design, LLC, creating unique, custom components to enrich any space. Although ABD is now closed, I will continue to incorporate his tireless design vision and passion for excellence into every project.

 
 
 

 

APPROACH

Our HOLISTIC DESIGN APPROACH and attention to detail yield creative and thoughtful solutions while providing better experiences for our clients. We believe in FUNCTIONAL AND QUALITY LIVING and strive to incorporate timeless materials and details into each project. Our designs aim to reflect their unique contexts, needs, and circumstances, allowing each project to find its own identity through RESPONSIVE DESIGN EXPLORATION.

We apply these principles to a wide range of design and architectural typologies including residences, commercial spaces, custom component design, programming, graphics and much more.

 

 

TESTIMONIALS

Working with Adriana is a breath of fresh air and will undoubtedly provide new life and energy to any project! We have partnered with her for redesigning both exterior and interior spaces in our home and have been repeatedly amazed by her keen eye, attention to detail, correspondence, and holistic approach to design. She understood our vision for creating welcoming, light-filled, serene living spaces and worked to ensure that the end products were aligned with our vision. Her architectural and design expertise coupled with her strong communication and collaboration skills are a rare find!
— B + A O’Toole, September 2024
We worked with Adriana from out of state and couldn’t have been happier with the experience. Her design for our bathroom was creative, beautiful and functional. She listened to what we wanted and enhanced our vision at every turn. During construction, she was always available to answer questions and identify solutions. If you are lucky enough to work with her, it will be the best experience!
— Laura Baker, June 2022
Adriana was so awesome to work with and gave us such a great design! That was everything! We’re singing her praises at every opportunity.
— Justin Baker, June 2022
We appreciate you so much and all the times we were able to lean on you for advice...AP,A clients are the luckiest!
— SMR, December 2021
Undergoing home construction can be a stressful process. There are so many decisions! Adriana guided us every step of the way. We consistently relied upon her expertise, her candor, and her command of every detail. We could not be happier. Our outdoor project involved multiple problems and constraints that Adriana artfully figured out. Her design was spectacular and she provided all the details our contractor needed. Our family will enjoy the special, outdoor retreat she has created for us for many years to come! Thank you AP,A!
— Katie Stallman, November 2019
AP,A created a renovation and expansion plan for our kitchen, dining room, screened in porch, entryway, powder room and den. They took the time to truly understand our vision and space and came up with a thoughtful design that was incredibly aligned with our tastes and how we planned to use the space. Andrew and Adriana are both highly competent in design, 3D modeling and great communicators. We met with several contractors to get estimates for the plan and all the contractors were blown away by the level of preparation and detail AP,A provided. My husband and I LOVED working with them and would not hesitate to recommend AP,A to anyone for architecture and design services.
— S + H Harashima, August 2019
 

 

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Project Locations (Past & Present):
Hudson Valley, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Manhattan, NY
Elsah, IL
Seattle, WA
Pacific Palisades, CA
Oxford, MI
Stamford, CT
Darien, CT
St. Louis, MO
St. Charles, MO
Kansas City, MO
Springfield, MO

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