Esin Pektas Engineering & Architecture

Esin Pektas Engineering & Architecture is a certified NYC Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) and a New York licensed Design-Build firm with over 22 years of experience in megaprojects, infrastructure, engineering, architecture, urban planning and construction administration.  EPEA is providing services in construction, architecture and structural engineering on projects in North America, Europe, and Asia. EPEA’s practice is focused on skyscrapers, transportation infrastructure, and airport construction.  

AWARDS/PRESS/PUBLISHED WORK : 

December 2024: North America Business Awards - 2024 Best Woman-Owned Engineering & Archtecture Firm Award

(Esin Pektas Engineering & Architecture (2024 Winner: North America Business Awards) - New World Report)

August 2022: M&A Today – Global Awards – 2022: Leading Design/Build Architecture and Engineering Practice - 2022 - New York City 

June 2022: Acquisition International: Best Female-Owned Business Enterprise - New York 2022 Award

(Esin Pektas Engineering & Architecture (2022 Winner: Influential Businesswoman Awards) - Acquisition International) 

March 2022: New York Build 2022 Panelist: What's in the Pipeline for Highrise Building  (Esin Pektas - New York Build )

August 2021: Robert L. Wesley – Inaugural Teaching Fellow at Gibbs College of Architecture 

(The Gibbs Spotlight: Esin Pektas - Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture )

June 2021: AIA New York LI WIA- Spotlight 

April 2021: USA Digital Construction Festival- Panelist: Digital Innovation Tools: 3D Scanning 

March 2020: NY Build 2020 - Speaker: "Building a Skyscraper in NYC

March 2020: Ambassador for Women in Construction (Esin Pektas, Principal - Esin Pektas Engineering & Architecture - New York Build )

December 2019: Best of Astoria  

May 2019: WBC - 2019 Outstanding Woman in Construction award 

March 2019: NY Build 2019 – Chairperson for Future Construction Summit 

March 2019: TEDx Talk: "Bringing the Rainbow to Construction"  (Esin Pektas: Bringing the Rainbow to Construction | TED Talk )

September 2018: U.S. - Italian Business Council Young Leader alumni 

March 2018: New York Build Expo 2018 - Moderator for Developing New York 

February 2018: New York City Construction Awards - Judge 

June 2017: Architectural Record: Architecture News (AIANY's “We Are All Neighbors" Explores the Implications of Resettlement and Relocation | 2017-05-29 | Architectural Record)

May 2017: American Institute of Architects (AIA) Center for Architecture Panel Discussion to Introduce Esin Pektas, Architect, Founder of “We Are All Neighbors”

(We Are All Neighbors: Refugees and the Architecture of Resettlement - 05.23.2017 - Center for Architecture) 

March 2017: NY BUILD 2017 AIA approved Continuing Education Workshop Speaker: Redevelopment of Existing Buildings 

February 2017: AVON Women of the Year Humanitarian Projects: “We Are All Neighbors” & “Built by Women for Women” 

January 2017: American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist/Scholar in Residence 

December 2016: NYREJ New York Real Estate Journal Ask the Expert Article on Green Roof Conversion in NYC 

October 2016: NYREJ Professional Services Expert Article on NYC DOB Local Law 11/98 (FISP) 

(Saving grace - The start of sub-cycle 8B for Formerly Local Law 11/98 (FISP) - by Esin Pektas : NYREJ )

January 2015: HABITAT Bricks & Bucks article on Fort Lee Northbridge Park 

March 2014: USGBC Green Building Council Storm Resistant LEED-Gold Home Design Competition Second Place Breezy Point, NY 

February 2014: HABITAT Around the Town article on 30 Main Street Brooklyn, NY 

November 2012: USGBC LEED Certification award for the DAS USA Showroom 

February 2009: Crain’s NY Business Medical Construction and Design Memorial Sloan Kettering ICU Design Award for DaSilva Architects 

May 2008: Golden Key International Honor Society US Presidential Inauguration Invitation to White House, January 2009) 

April 2008: CUNY CCNY Best Calculus Finalist Award 

May 2007: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission 2006 New York Lucy Moses Best Individual Landmark Restoration Award for DJLA (240 Central Park South)