José Carlos Hernández

José received a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Design and Architectural Studies from NYU in 2019, followed by a Master of Science degree in Historic Preservation in 2022, with a focus in architectural conservation. As a graduate student, he completed a virtual reconstruction of McKim, Mead & White's old Pennsylvania Station. He received a Stanford White Award from the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art for this work and was featured in Architectural Digest.

José previously was a summer preservation design intern at Historic Building Architects in Trenton, NJ. He has worked as a web developer for the Skyscraper Museum and research assistant to the Department of Art History at NYU. His visualisation on the skyline of Billionaire's Row has been featured in major newspapers, including Guardian, the New York Times, and the New York Post. During his undergraduate studies, he served as President of the NYU Urban Design and Architecture Society. He currently serves as a student liason with the Association for Preservation Technology (APT) Northeast Chapter and is a lab manager at the Architectural Conservation Laboratory.