Thanks to the terraced rear yard, daylight reaches Myrtle Avenue’s supportive offices and gathering spaces in the cellar level.

For Hour Children Apartment House III, our goal was to design a building that could be both stately and welcoming since it serves the dual function of being a long-awaited home for the mothers and their families as well as the office headquarters of Hour Children.

In this era of hybrid work and remote connections, Andrea’s dedication to communication and detail makes her an invaluable addition to the leadership team.

Fifth floor plank has been installed at Weeksville Place!

Although hidden by the scaffolding, the steel V columns—a feature of the building entrance—are also in place. Stay tuned for updates as the building rises to its final 8 story height.

It’s so rewarding to see how an addition blends in and enhances an existing building and streetscape.

When the U.S. Department of Housing and Development introduced section 202 in the 1980s, our firm helped shape how the funding would be used to build new housing for seniors in NYC and the surrounding areas.

Working closely with Providence Houe we created a plan to renovate a pair of Bed-Stuy apartment buildings into a welcoming and safe home for women and gender expansive people impacted by the criminal justice system.

From Polly Pocket pink and baby blue to a bold combination of reds and yellows, the updated girl’s locker room now compliments the enthusiasm and energy the girls bring to the Dunlevy Milbank Community Center.

Despite the recent autumn rain, we enjoyed blue skies and the last rays of the warm season at our annual, end-of-summer party!

While daylight and ventilation are the obvious hallmarks of 4380 Bronx Boulevard Shelter, the design team took special care to ensure that the details were also environmentally friendly.

The façade restoration for the Charles B. Wang community Health on Canal Street included significant repair to the existing cast-iron to stabilize it for long-term life.

By emphasizing the Lobby and providing maximum views into every room from this area, the sense of interconnectedness is reinforced for the children who attend extracurricular and alternative learning classes.

Archer Green’s two residential towers are set back and further distinguished from the commercial podium using alternating dark and light grey brick patterns.

The analogy of the community connecting with and bolstering the educational wing is physically expressed in the building’s form.

Adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, Ocean wonders: Sharks! (OWS) required significant flood proofing further reinforced by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Construction of OWS was delayed for more than a year while design revisions were made to flood-proof the structure against future storm events of similar magnitude.

Within the courtyard connecting the Emerson Flats and the Old School, decades of soot and grime were washed away, and a new glass-and-steel lobby and stair enclosure was constructed. The buff brick was restored, and new aluminum windows were installed.

The new main stair for the addition at PS32K is spacious and day-lit with a vibrant yellow color scheme to designate the special connector.

While the existing slabs at the Barbara Kleiman Men’s shelter are being replaced, historic columns in the dining and recreation room are being protected for future restoration. The existing roof slab has also been demolished to make way for a new attic roof.

The main challenge was to provide ADA access to an upper elevator lobby 28” above the front entry, while maintaining NYCHA’s strict requirements for visibility and security.