Sean O'Kane AIA, Architect P.C. is a seven person architectural
firm specializing in custom residential design, new homes additions,
renovations, and historic restoration. The firm, established in 1986,
is located on historic Main Street in Ridgefield, CT. The office staff
consists of three registered architects and three graduate architects
as well as an administrative assistant.
SEAN O’KANE A.I.A.
President and founder of the firm, Mr. O’Kane received
his BSC Architecture from Queens
University Belfast and his graduate degree in 1979 from Heriot Watt
University, Edinburgh Scotland. Mr. O’Kane emigrated to the USA
after graduation, working in New Hampshire on adaptive reuse and historic
preservation projects. In 1981 he moved to Ridgefield, CT and after
practicing in Rye with a firm for five years left to establish his own
firm. Mr. O’Kane is a member of the American Institute of Architects,
the Institute for Classical Architecture, and has been a registered
architect in Connecticut since 1983.
RICH ADAMSKI, R.A.
Mr. Adamski received a Bachelor of Architecture
in 1986 from the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities. Before moving
to Connecticut in 1993, he worked in a Minneapolis firm specializing
in the restoration of historical buildings. Mr. Adamski has been a member
of the firm since 1994 and is a registered architect in the states of
Connecticut and New York.
GEORGE REIN
A graduate of the Temple University School of Architecture
and Engineering in Philadelphia, PA in 1990, Mr. Rein has been with
the firm since August 2000.
EFI NIZAN
Efi Nizan received a Bachelor in Architecture from
the New York Institute of Technology in 1998. She started her training
with Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill in New York, and joined the firm
in 2001.
KRISTA WILLETT HILDEBRAND, R.A.
A graduate of Syracuse University School of Architecture
in Syracuse, NY, Krista is a registered architect in Connecticut and
New York. She has been with the firm since 2001 and has been registered
since 1983 and practicing since 1980.
CRYSTAL TOBIN
Crystal Tobin received a B.S. in Building Sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in Troy, New York in 2001. She is an Associate member of the American
Institute of Architects and has been with the firm since 2001.
BRIANA BLANKENSHIP
Briana received an A.A.S in Engineering Graphics with an Architectural Emphasis from Lake Washington Technical College in Kirkland, WA in 2003. She joined the firm in 2005
