Co-Founder & Principal
Shaneekua is a Principal at SLM Architecture, P.C. She leads and partners with a multifaceted team of talented designers and engineers. She oversees all projects from conceptual design, construction documentation through the completion of their multi-agency approval phases. Her belief is that quality design is not only based on knowledge and expertise but also the ability to evoke human emotion. She challenges designers to think of each project as a catalyst for change in the quality of life and standard of living. She has been able to build a team based on collaboration and mutual respect for creative thought.
Shaneekua is a native of East New York, Brooklyn. She has received a Diploma from Brooklyn Technical High School and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute. She is a Registered Architect in New York and New Jersey.
She maintains professional affiliations with the American Institute of Architects and the National Organization of Minority Architects. Prior to forming SLM Architecture with her husband Andrew, she worked for Danois Architects and Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Throughout her career, she has acquired expertise in multi-family housing, sacred building typologies, and educational facilities. In addition, she has worked in the non-profit community development industry as a project manager with oversight of real estate development projects for New York City’s low-income residents. Through longstanding relationships, expertise, and a collective approach she has designed over 5,000 units of new construction and renovated housing and multiple community facilities.
