Temple University

Sonja Bijelic is a registered architect and principal of ArchSTUDIO2227, a Philadelphia architectural firm. She is an award-winning architect with over 25 years of experience. Before founding ArchSTUDIO2227, she worked for Philip Johnson and John Burgee in New York and Hillier Architecture in Philadelphia as an associate principal. 

Sonja gained international recognition for adapting a 1916 Chester, Pennsylvania power plant into a high-tech headquarters and has received numerous awards for various projects throughout the United States, combining high design with historic structures. 

Sonja is fully dedicated to the city of Philadelphia and its urban living. ArchSTUDIO2227’s most recent projects explore innovative solutions for Philadelphia’s urban vacant lots, increasing community value in the existing urban context with new energy efficient-sustainable modern design.  Her research is focused on the correlation between building design & sustainability and technological innovations.

Graduate Architecture Engineering (MArch Equivalent per EHEA), University of Belgrade
March, New Jersey Institute of Technology
 

Selected Awards

2011, Grand Jury Award, Preservation Alliance for greater Philadelphia, Temple Performing Arts Center

2007, Best Overall Project from the Associated General Contractors of America of Metropolitan Washington DC, Virginia Capitol

2008, Best Institutional Project, GRACRE Project of the Year Awards Virginia Capitol & Extension

2008, AIA Richmond Chapter, Honor Award, Virginia Capitol & Extension Building

2007, Building Design & Construction “Gold Reconstruction Award”, Virginia Capitol & Extension Building

2007, Mid-Atlantic Construction Project of the Year - Restoration, Virginia Capitol & Extension Building

2007, AIA New Jersey Honor Award, Virginia Capitol & Extension Building

2007, AIA Pennsylvania Citation of Merit, Virginia Capitol & Extension Building

2006, AIA Philadelphia Chapter Recognition Award - Built Category Synygy World Headquarters

2006, Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Preservation Achievement Award

Synygy World Headquarters

2006, IIDA Philadelphia City Chapter Interior Design Award Synygy World Headquarters

2006, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Design Award, 10,000 Friends, Synygy World Headquarters

2005, Building Design and Construction Reconstruction Awards "Grand Award for Reconstruction" Synygy World Headquarters

2005 & 2006, Short-listed To Win The Leaf International Renovation, Interior Design Award, Synygy World Headquarters, Chester, Pennsylvania, (2005 Barcelona; 2006 Dubai)