Ashokan Architecture & Planning, PLLC
Our Team

Brad Will, R.A., LEED AP

Brad is the principal in charge of AAP, having co-founded the firm in January 2002. His design experience ranges from custom homes to healthcare, public transit, schools, retail & office, senior living centers and multi-family units. Brad has been involved with award-winning residential projects, two major senior living centers, public design competitions, a new office high- rise, and pro bono assistance for non-profit organizations. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Architecture in 1984, and became a LEED Accredited Professional in 2004 with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

 

Peter Reynolds

Peter is the senior designer at AAP. He has assisted in the design of and occasionally built many residential projects, expanding into institutional and commercial design for schools and businesses in 1993.   Throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond, he has assisted in creating buildings of distinctive quality that demonstrate his attention to sustainable design practices and to the highest aesthetic standards. Peter is particularly skilled in understanding and communicating clients' goals in private design meetings, assisting in the conduct of public charrettes, and producing artistic perspective renderings. The sum of his regional work - before and during his tenure at AAP - is a prolific, tasteful, imaginative, and eminently practical portfolio of well-loved buildings, many of them widely known.   Peter has completed various published and award-winning projects on reliable budgets across a great range of design types and styles.   Peter is a Harvard University '78 graduate.

 

Stephanie Bassler, R.A., LEED AP

As Project Architect, Stephanie joined AAP in June of 2005 after working in New York City.   She has extensive residential, institutional and educational experience, working on projects as varied as the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Palm Beach Opera House, the Blue Mountain Middle School, Rockland County Courthouse, and the Church and Friary of St. Francis of Assisi in New York.

Stephanie is an expert in IT applications, networking, and CAD standards. She has a great interest in sustainable and green building design.   Stephanie received her Bachelor of Architecture from Rice University in 1994.   She is currently licensed to practice architecture in the State of New York, and recently earned her LEED  professional accreditation.

 

Jessica Farkas

   Jessica joined AAP in March of 2006.  As a member of our team, Jessica oversees all aspects of our in-house interior design coordination.  A graduate of Bard College, Jessica completed her interior design at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology with a 3.8 GPA.  She has over eight years of design experience, with a focus on green products and applications.

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Vincent Sickles

   Vincent is working with AAP as a summer 2007 intern, having completed three years of architectural training at Philadelphia University.  He has already contributed with skillful model making, virtual renderings, and general office and project-related duties.  Vincent will receive his professional degree in architecture in May, 2009.