Elga Killinger, AIA

Principal

Elga Killinger AIA is a Principal at Handel Architects serving dual roles as Project Architect and Project Interior Designer for some of the firm’s most high-profile work. Elga is currently leading the design of The Reserve at Strathmore Square, a new luxury senior living development in Bethesda, just outside of Washington, DC. She is also designing a new multifamily residential project in Jersey City called Harborside Plaza 4, and a new residential development on the waterfront of Alexandria, Virginia.

Recent previous work includes The Set and Coterie Hudson Yards, a luxury residential project in Hudson Yards for Related Companies; Inspir Carnegie Hill, a luxury senior living project on Manhattan’s Upper East Side; and The Central at 5th, a high-rise timeshare hotel managed by Hilton in the Special Midtown District. Other completed projects include Enclave at the Cathedral, a 430-unit multifamily residential building in New York’s Morningside Heights, and the renovation of the Dream Downtown Hotel, an award winning 316-room boutique hotel near New York’s Meatpacking District and the flagship for the Dream Hotels brand.

Elga joined the New York City office in 2004 after working for two years in the San Francisco office.

Elga holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and a Master of Architecture with a Certificate in Historic Preservation both from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a registered architect in the State of New York and a member of the American Institute of Architects.