Stephanie Halfen

Stephanie Dornbusch de Halfen is a Miami-based architect and founding principal of SDH_Studio Architecture + Design, an architecture and interior design firm founded in 2012. Halfen's firm is known for its focus on Tropical Modernism primarily in Miami, Florida and the Caribbean.

Career

Halfen designed a residential project in El Avila National Park in Venezuela, while studying. Later, she became an associate professor at her alma mater – the Universidad Simon Bolivar.
Halfen relocated to Miami in 2009 and founded SDH Studio Architecture + Design in 2012. It has been named Gold List Honoree in 2023 in Architecture, Interior Design.

Personal Life & Education

Halfen was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She graduated Summa Cum Laude in architecture from the Universidad Simon Bolivar and graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York with an Interior Design degree.