About
Firm Profile
JZA+D is a full-service, multidisciplinary architecture and interior design firm, providing a “complete design” approach in each phase of architecture and interior design. The firm employs a collaborative design process, producing solutions that are modern and cost-effective, for projects ranging from office fit-outs and significant renovations, to hospitality and educational facilities, and new mixed-use residential buildings. JZA+D continuously pursues the perfect synthesis of art and engineering, to achieve “the harmony of the whole” in constantly seeking the right proportion, scale, and form.
AIA New Jersey Distinguished Service Award – Joshua Zinder, AIA – 2023
NJ BIZ Real Estate Leader in Real Estate, Construction, & Design – 2023
AIA New Jersey Architectural Firm of the Year – 2014
Design Philosophy
DESIGN EQUALS CHANGE
Design is an evolutionary process that requires many revisions and revisits along the way—with each change welcomed by the true designer.
TRANSFORMATION TAKES COLLABORATION
At JZA+D, we value collaboration is key to successful projects to embody not only the principles of beauty and balance, but also a sense of the client’s personality and unique identity.
ARCHITECTURE IS ART
Design becomes architecture when it joins the built environment as a harmonious form reflecting a balance of proportion, scale, context, and appropriateness.
GOOD DESIGN IS SUSTAINABLE
Keeping in mind each element’s possible impact on the surrounding environment, we design all projects to LEED ratings with attention to sustainable performance.
Awards & Recognition
AIA-NJ, Architectural Firm of the Year Award, 2014
JZA+D received the annual “Architectural Firm of the Year Award”. Over the past eight years, the firm has grown from a one-person shop founded by Joshua Zinder to an architectural firm employing 14 full-time employees with over ninety-five years of collective experience. The firm has utilized its talented architects and designers to complete over one million square feet of programming and test-fits for local corporate clients, both developers and tenants. This work resulted in approximately 40 built or in-progress projects in 2014. The firm is also involved in community service and is an active member of several local and national organizations, including AIA, USGBC, the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Real Estate Business Alliance.
AIA-NJ, Interior Architecture Merit Award – Waku Ghin, 2010
Award for Waku Ghin, a modern 8,000 square foot restaurant at The Marina Bay Sands Resort and Casino in Singapore. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2011 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design.
AIA-NJ, Design Merit Award – Quark Park, 2006
Quark Park, in Princeton NJ, was a collaboration between scientists and artists/architects to explain their science through art. Completed the design and installation of a large scale architectural sculpture “Emerging Light” in Quark Park in Princeton NJ. Collaborated with the Scientists from Sarnoff’s LED light division.