About us
Branko Office for Architecture is an award-winning international architecture and design firm whose work is known for its artistic sensitivity and the emphasis on local craftsmanship.
The practice was founded by Setion Branko after 20 years of experience leading high profile projects throughout New York, the West Coast area and beyond.
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Our Team.
Setion Branko
Partner
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Setion Branko is an award-winning architect with 20 years of experience designing worldwide. He received a masters degree from Universita dégli Studi di Firenze in Italy and worked as part of internationally recognized firms leading complex projects throughout New York, the PNW area and beyond.
​His work is recognized for its classic-contemporary approach to design and has received the prestigious American Institute of Architects and Interior Designer Association Awards of Merit.
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Arlinda Branko
Director
New York Office
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Arlinda received a degree in Architecture from Pratt Institute followed by studies in Graphic design at Cooper Union. Prior to moving to New York she studied architecture at Universita degli Studi di Firenze in Italy where her interests identified with “From the Spoon to the City”—a movement born from architect’s desire to design both buildings and their contents.
Arlinda grew-up in the Ionian coast of Albania, an area known for the unspoiled beauty of the natural scenery combined with 600 BC archeological sites.
She brings 15 years of experience working for renown architecture firms and creative agencies throughout NYC and the PNW area. Her work spans from architecture to interiors, product and graphics. ​
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Toni Vrapi
Director
Los Angeles Office
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​Toni operates at the edges of architecture—not as a licensed architect, but as a devoted student of modernism and a champion of creative freedom. Trained in Accounting, he entered the design industry to pursue a more open and creative future, bringing discipline, clarity, and proportion to material and detail. For the past decade he has worked outside the profession’s formal bounds, exploring fabrication and craft to make work that feels genuinely contemporary while remaining accountable to history. His guiding belief is simple: innovation should extend tradition, not overwrite it.
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