--- title: "viaARCHITECTURE — Architects & Building Designers | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/viaarchitecture-pfvwus-pf~1704288197 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1704288197.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: viaARCHITECTURE category: ["Architects"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/0573777404cbfca5_4646-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "160 Broadway, Suite 700, New York, New York 10038, United States" latitude: 40.7101 longitude: -74.0013 phone: "(212) 227-5832" website: http://www.viaarchitecture.com rating: 5 review_count: 1 followers: 66 last_updated: 2026-09-22 --- # viaARCHITECTURE Original Houzz profile: [viaARCHITECTURE](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/viaarchitecture-pfvwus-pf~1704288197) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Architects - **Location:** New York, NY - **Serves:** New York City, Queens, Manhattan, Borough of Bronx, The Bronx, Long Island City, Coney Island, New York, College Point, Far Rockaway, Astoria, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Kew Gardens - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (1 review) ## About ### Houzz Badges - 1,000 Ideabook Saves Frederick Biehle Erika Hinrichs viaARCHITECTURE is an inter-disciplinary architecture and design studio, a partnership between Frederick Biehle and Erika Hinrichs. Founded in New York City in 1997, the firm allows them to engage a shared approach to making, a “thinking through drawing” that offers speculations on interiority, porosity and materiality. Founders Frederick Biehle, RA, FAAR, Professor of Architecture, Pratt Institute Erika Hinrichs, Chair, Undergraduate Architecture, Pratt Institute ### Services Provided - Architectural Design - Building Design - Home Remodeling - Architectural Drawings - Custom Homes - House Plans - New Home Construction - Home Additions - Home Extensions - Kitchen Design - Kitchen Remodeling - Floor Plans - 3D Rendering - Bathroom Design - Space Planning - Universal Design - Multigenerational Homes - Pool House Design & Construction - Drafting - Project Management - Handicap-Accessible Design - Basement Remodeling - Basement Design - Attic Conversion - Staircase Design - Deck Design - Garage Design - Laundry Room Design - Modular Home Additions - Prefab Houses - Visualizations ### Areas Served - New York City - Queens - Manhattan - Borough of Bronx - The Bronx - Long Island City - Coney Island - New York - College Point - Far Rockaway - Astoria - Elmhurst - Jackson Heights - Kew Gardens ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | viaARCHITECTURE | | Address | 160 Broadway, Suite 700, New York, New York 10038, United States | | Phone | (212) 227-5832 | | Website | http://www.viaarchitecture.com | | License Number | 018151 | | Followers on Houzz | 66 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/pages/viaARCHITECTURE/376963159151509 - X (Twitter) — https://twitter.com/viaARCH - LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/1755496?trk=tyah&trkInfo=idx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1423092936784%2Ctas% - Blog — www.viaarchitecture.com ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [viaARCHITECTURE](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/viaarchitecture-pfvwus-pf~1704288197) - **Website:** http://www.viaarchitecture.com - **Phone:** (212) 227-5832 ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 1 review** ### All 1 review **★★★★★ — 41 West, Dec. 2015** > As a builder in Naples, Florida, we recommend Frederick & Erika's team at viaArchitecture to anyone in the New York Metro Area, as well as anyone who owns in Naples, Bonita Beach, or Marco Island, who wants to either design and build a custom home, or wants to remodel a luxury home or condo. > Frederick & Erika understand that you want your own special place, that reflects your style and taste. It is imperative that you trust the team you have chosen to design your dream. viaArchitecture is a team you can trust and we highly recommend them. ## Selected projects - [Alberts Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/alberts-residence-pj-vj~2844895) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 13 - Description: Context/Program- Originally an existing Upper West side townhouse renovated in the 1970's with a program to refashion the spaces of the house so that they offered more than the functional needs for living; to address the quality and spirit of a home through design. A unique collaboration over five phases has created a house that is now a home. The initial project was for opening up the south facing garden elevation with a steel window system and a glass balcony. A second project addressed the pi… - [Miller Loft, Broadway near Astor Place](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/miller-loft-broadway-near-astor-place-pj-vj~896655) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 3 - Description: Context and Program- Full Floor Loft on lower Broadway for a young couple with two children and a collection of modern furniture. The design was intentionally minimal emphasizing the layered planes that apportion and subdivide the space. The nature of materials became a focus- rosewood paneling in the living-dining area, and teak in the bedroom. the plaster vaults of the ceiling was allowed to continue through and the bathrooms were considered as variations of white on white. see more@: http://a… - [Connors Duplex, West Village NY](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/connors-duplex-west-village-ny-pj-vj~905357) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 17 - Description: Context/Program- conversion of the top two floors and roof of a west village walk up to provide living and working space for a young film-maker. The program requirements were quite brief, simply to open the space and insert the idea of "loft" into the irregular configuration of a century old residential building. But to also include a bedroom that could be isolated from the rest of the apartment, an interior sanctuary. The concept began by reducing the space to its most essential terms, 3500 squ… - [Charles Street Loft, Manhattan, NY](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/charles-street-loft-manhattan-ny-pj-vj~960956) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 9 - Description: Context/Program- 14th flor south facing apartment in the third of three Richard Meier towers on the far west side of Greenwhich Village. A project of discreet interventions with furniture and cabinetry to offset the overwhelming whiteness of being. A deep red venetian plaster wall greets ones arrival and extends the length of the space to the open living room. Easils and wall panels are set up to accomodate an ever changing collection of contemporary painting. see more@: http://architizer.com/pr… - [POV/American Documentary](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/pov-american-documentary-pj-vj~1172598) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 11 - Description: Context/Program- a partial floor office for a Documentary Film not-for-profit in Dumbo, Brooklyn that could offer a positive work environment while being fashioned from a minimal work-letter budget. The idea of the office plan was to make it urban, where individual departments have their own areas and are separated by streets. Views cut through the offices to the perimeter windows. The wall of Emmy awards dominates the entrance. A second project added a screening room, where once again the const… - [Schachner Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/schachner-residence-pj-vj~1172665) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 6 - Description: Context/Program- a two bedroom south facing apartment requiring a cosmetic changeover. International in perspective, the clients are a professional couple, he a writer on food/wine/travel, she an executive of the cosmetics industry. Their space of living was to be opened up as much as possible, to loft its sneene of interiorty. The architecture was to be sedately controlled- muted colors, hard material surfaces, minimal expressiveness. A stone floor runs throughout mixing a honed finish against… - [Creative Capital](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/creative-capital-pj-vj~1172617) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 11 - Description: Context/Program- a full floor office for a spirited not-for-profit in lower Manhattan that takes full advantage of opportunities for light and openness. The project demanded certain specifics that were not necessarily compatible- an open feeling but with a provision for private interaction, a community sensibility but with allowance for more intimate encounters and exchanges. The solution was to use the center of the roughly square floor plan as the principal meeting/conference room, but to allo… - [Hunting Valley Residence, Northeastern Ohio](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/hunting-valley-residence-northeastern-ohio-pj-vj~896602) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 10 - Description: Context/Program- A 1949 estate home facing onto the Chagrin River in Northern Ohio renovated for a younger athletic family. The project was executed in four phases all of which intended to deformalize it, opening it to light and movement while still being able to display a growing art collection: The ground floor public spaces including an atrium, forma and informal living rooms, a dining room study and billiard room. The 2500 sf master bedroom suite including his and her bathroom and dressing r… - [Conway Residence, Shelter Island NY](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/conway-residence-shelter-island-ny-pj-vj~896646) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 6 - Description: see more @: http://architizer.com/projects/conway-residence-shelter-island-ny/ or check out our website: www.viaarchitecture.com - [Lerner Apartment](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/lerner-apartment-pj-vj~963485) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 7 - Description: Context/Program- a one beroom apartment in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan. The interior walls were removed and and relocated in order to shape a different spatial and perceptual limit. Frontality was introduced at the entrance, with the first set of colored plaster panels, which are then repeated in a shifting, layered sequence. The translucent doors to the bedroom reiterate this illusory depth. The main room of the apartment is the legible open area created by two overlapping L shaped spa… - [40Hudson Loft](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/40hudson-loft-pj-vj~963126) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 8 - Description: Frederick Biehle Erika Hinrichs viaARCHITECTURE is an inter-disciplinary architecture and design studio, a partnership between Frederick Biehle and Erika Hinrichs. Founded in New York City in 1997, the firm allows them to engage a shared approach to making, a “thinking through drawing” that offers speculations on interiority, porosity and materiality. Interiority Porosity Materiality Interiority- “Interior space constitutes the basis of architectural experience” said Le Corbusier in his seminal… - [Eagle Warehouse Loft](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/eagle-warehouse-loft-pj-vj~960996) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 9 - Description: Context/Program A 1200 SF long rectangular loft located in the historic landmarked Eagle Warehouse, facing the Brooklyn Bridge. The open rectangular volume of the loft has inserted into its center a constructed core that contains a kitchen on one side and a bathroom on the other. The bathroom is fragmented by pulling away a freestanding oval shower providing a path through and enclosing the powder room behind a separate door. The kitchen is conceived of as a deep wall and counter. The wall conta… - [Pied-a-Terre, East 57th Street](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/pied-a-terre-east-57th-street-pj-vj~906583) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 7 - Description: Context/Program- rear facing one bedroom apartment in a prewar building on East 57th street upgraded and converted into a pied-a-terre for a film agent from Los Angeles and Brooklyn. The renovation took the space back to the raw structure in order to reorganize the rooms while allowing for an open floor plan. All partitioning was created by the cabinetry made from walnut panels with maple trim. see more@: http://architizer.com/projects/cirrincione-pied-a-terre/ or check out our website: www.viaa… - [Rittberg Residence, Madison & 86th Street, NY](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/rittberg-residence-madison-and-86th-street-ny-pj-vj~905490) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 3 - Description: Context/Program- Combining two adjoining apartments in an historic doorman building at 86th and Madison Avenue into a larger "sanctuary". A new fireplace where there was none previously, a media room, a sprawling living room with serving island and tucked away (but not hidden) kitchen, a master suite and a guest bedroom with en suite bath. see more@: http://architizer.com/projects/rittberg-residence/ or check out our website: www.viaarchitecture.com - [Lizden Industries](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/lizden-industries-pj-vj~1172635) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 12 - Description: Context/Program- One full and one partial floor in a five story brick manufacturing building in West SOHO reinvented as creative studios, sales offices, and showrooms for a designer/manufacturer of silk fashions. As the clothing designers pattern must be placed onto the flat surface in order to be cut, so too does the figural pattern of this showroom unfold. Private spaces for each of the two partners can be recognized at opposite lengths by identical bent wood walls. The two exhibition showroom… - [Christadora Penthouse](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/christadora-penthouse-pj-vj~1172685) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 6 - Description: Context/Program Penthouse floor of the Christadora Apartment building in the East Village above Tompkins Square Park. The owner is a collector, which includes the things one would expect, like paintings, by a small number of artists he knew well; early modern furniture, but without a dining table or chairs; objects; ceramics; books; and photographs. What is unexpected is that it is a collection both happenstance and unyielding. Each piece is a representative, with an identical self conscious dis… - [River Road Poolhouse](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/river-road-poolhouse-pj-vj~1172700) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 5 - Description: Context/Program Part of the restoration, renovation and addition to an estate facing onto the Chagrin River, this was a separate sports facility containing an indoor swimming pool, a tennis court, and a selection of ancillary elements. it was updated and modified to include a kitchen and guest suite, sauna, steam room, weight room, hot tub and general entertainment area. A palette of new materials together with a more ambitious notion of patterning and use, something active, informal, and aware.… - [kwaspace](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/kwaspace-pj-vj~960896) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 11 - Description: Context/Program- One quarter floor of a converted Tribeca manufacturing building redesigned as a living working space for a single woman with a brand design firm. A design studio and apartment for a dedicated workaholic and creative strategist. This project makes real the term work-live. It is, in fact, two spaces, each with its own elevator lobby and entrance, conjoined by a 32 foot long sliding wall. The extruded work space borrows from the centralized living space for its intermittent program… - [Endless House, Garrison NY](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/endless-house-garrison-ny-pj-vj~896641) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 2 - Description: see more @: http://architizer.com/projects/endless-house/ or check out our website: www.viaarchitecture.com [See all 19 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/viaarchitecture-pfvwus-pf~1704288197) --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-22.*