Stephen Alton Architect P.C. is a privately held corporation founded in 1993 in the United States with headquarters in New York City and a Representative Office in Shanghai China. The firm designs retail, residential and hotel projects worldwide. Alton and the collaborators at his firm possess a broad range of expertise in the fields of architecture and interior design, and have a background working with development of both large and small projects from inception through completion. They possess a deep-seeded philosophical and implemental commitment to each new project and are known as innovators in lighting design, planning, and for their unique and sensitive uses of materials. SAA’s projects include numerous multi-unit residential, hotel, retail, and mixed-use projects. Their portfolio also includes numerous residential projects, restaurants, and prototype designs. The firm’s projects have received several design awards and other forms of recognition in the USA and Europe. They have been featured on TV and in books and magazines including Terrance Conran’s on Design, Hamptons Havens (Bulfinch Press), Architectural Record, Interior Design, Elle Décor, House and Garden, House Beautiful, I.D. Magazine, Metropolitan Home, and Hamptons Cottages and Gardens and others.