Ariel Aufgang is the principal at Aufgang Architects, a design firm based in Suffern, New York and founded in 1971. In 2002, Aufgang received a bachelor in architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, in upstate New York, and has a BS in building science from the institute. He is a licensed architect in New York and New Jersey and speaks Spanish. -MK