The expansion of Cornell University’s iconic 1973 museum, also designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, achieves its own presence without diminishing the authority of the original building.
Part of the ongoing transformation of New York’s Governors Island into a vibrant cultural destination, this adaptive reuse of an 1870s munitions storage warehouse supports local artists while providing generous space for public exhibitions and events.
Occupying an exceptional site just south of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, this competition-winning design is the first project of Fordham’s ambitious 24-year master plan to transform its Lincoln Center campus.
The Catskills are part of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York characterized by their forests and the great amount of water in the form of rivers, creeks and reservoirs. This region’s landscape inspired the Hudson River School during the mid 19th century1,2; under their three themes “discovery, settlement and exploration” their paintings depict the wild and changing beauty of these deciduous trees environments.
Standard Dose, a burgeoning CBD brand has recently opened a store in New York’s NoMad neighborhood. Designed by TUNA in collaboration with SR PROJECTS the space features a meditation space, tea bar, beauty counter and sink, and grab-and-go products.
The Wythe Corner Townhouse radically reimagines Brooklyn’s traditional townhouse typology. For this award-winning residence completed in 2016, Young Projects gut renovated an early-1900s townhouse, simultaneously erecting a luminous, hovering addition on an adjacent empty lot. Rather than expanding the original townhouse directly back on the ground level, or evenly on all three levels, Young Projects lifted the addition off the ground, propping it on pilotis to give the impression of a floating volume. A central double-height living room, curving staircase, and series of inner courtyards and rooftop gardens fuse the original townhouse to the raised addition, creating a home that is at once cohesive and unconventional.
When Exalt—a non-profit that supports teenagers who have become involved in the justice system—relocated their headquarters to Lower Manhattan, the organization hired CIVILVN to transform a cramped space in a 1901 office tower into a flexible and open facility that would empower participants to succeed in educational and professional environments.
To make the most out of the 4,000-square-foot space, CIVILIVN designed the new headquarters to seamlessly convert between an office and a classroom, tripling Exalt’s operational capabilities and helping the non-profit expand its reach to better serve youth across all five boroughs.
After 5 years of design and construction, ODA New York has completed Denizen Bushwick, 1.2 Million SF residential wonderland featuring 911 apartments, 20% affordable housing units, 15 mega-murals, 100,000 SF of outdoor space and a full suite of curated amenities. ODA designed the entire development, architecture, interiors and landscape design.
To date, Denizen is one of ODA’s largest projects, and one of the largest residential projects in NYC. With it, ODA envisions a more connected future for this area. Denizen is welcoming and inclusive of the community around it, while providing a sense of ownership and personalization for the people living there. In areas of rising urban density, ODA is working to create transparency and belonging through art, public space and community involvement.
Drawn to this historic Italianate residence, a landmark in Capitol Hill’s Harvard-Belmont Historical District, the new owners knew they needed a design firm that would respect the home’s historic exterior yet bring a modern sensibility to the interiors, which had long ago been compromised through a series of ill-conceived remodels. The palazzo-style residence—built in 1910 (one year after the famed Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and designed by Washington, D.C. architects Hornblower and Marshall)—had been commissioned by noted entrepreneur, lawyer, and railroad executive Samuel R. Hill. The five-story, 11,000-square-foot home is built entirely of cast-in-place concrete. Unique in construction, the house is thought to be the oldest of its kind on the west coast. Channeling the innovative spirit of the home’s original construction and owner, a strategy was devised to bring the home into the 21st century. The multi-phased approach involved preserving as much of the exterior of the house as possible while re-envisioning the floor plans of each of the five floors for contemporary living.