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Alda Çapi, AÇA — Albania

Alda Çapi is an Albanian - American licensed architect. They are also Founder of AÇA, an architecture and design practice based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working across borders, project types and scales.
 
AÇA’s work threads the needle between pragmatic, innovative, and poetic design. The studio is creative, agile, and dedicated. The practice strives for design excellence through projects that improve the quality of life and psyche of its users.

AÇA’s latest projects reframe the architecture of the work-live-socialize environments by reimagining programmatic relations, spatial typologies and the relation of architecture to the exterior environment.
 
With years of experience on award-winning residential, office, commercial, cultural, and institutional projects, Alda brings design excellence to her practice. 
The work has been published on various platforms and won several awards around the globe.

Alda received her Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Her work at Harvard was nominated for the Thesis Prize and was honored with Distinctions in several Design Studios. 

Alda received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree from Lawrence Technological University, Summa Cum Laude, and was honored with the Edward Donley Distinguished Graduate Award as the top graduate of the University. 

Alda has taught Architecture Studios at several universities, including California College of the Arts and University of California Berkeley.


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