CPKC Stadium has become the reference point for a new generation of women’s sports venues. As a user-centered architect, my instinct is to look at its success and search for evidence that designing expressly around women created value that others can reproduce. The results are impressive enough to invite imitation, but before others follow, it […]
Eleni Stefania Kalapoda
Eleni Stefania Kalapoda is a New York-based architect and urban designer. As a project architect at Perkins Eastman, she worked on venue, entertainment and hospitality projects, including Resorts World New York in Queens. She is a juror for the 2026 Stadium Business Design & Development Awards and has served on international design juries including the FRAME Awards Grand Jury. She advises the ASCE/SEI 24 Flood Resistant Design & Construction Standards Committee, was a LEED v5 Subject Matter Expert for the U.S. Green Building Council, sits on the Autodesk Advisory Council and is a 2026 Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Emerging Leaders Fellow.
