NYU Langone Health, Science Building and School of Medicine
While teaching and research programs have historically been distributed across the campus, Ennead’s 2010 master plan proposed consolidating the academic programs on the southwest corner of the campus, organizing teaching, conference, administrative, and academic-life programs around a central courtyard. A new 18-story, 365,000-square-foot research tower anchors one side of the quadrangle and serves as a […]
Riverhouse, One Rockefeller Park
Our two main goals, at first glance, appeared to be irreconcilable: we wanted to maximize views of the River for occupants while surpassing the Battery Park City Authority’s rigorous sustainability requirements. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Riverhouse is the first LEED Gold-certified building in Battery Park City and the first residential use of double-glass curtain wall […]
Breaking Ground, The Schermerhorn
We have designed the building to convey a sense of dignity and pride for all who will live here. Susan T. Rodriguez, Design Partner The building’s structural rhythm and textural quality express the interior organization of the program into small residential units. Twenty studio units and a suite containing four single room occupancy units with […]
Hudson New York
It’s been open for five short days, but already the Hudson is turning into a playground for the fashionable and famous. The new Ian Schrager hotel at 356 W. 58th St. near Ninth Ave. an unlikely location for a hotspot has seduced the city’s tastemakers with its imaginative decor, multiple bars and leafy outdoor dining […]
General Theological Seminary, Chelsea Enclave
During the design development of Chelsea Enclave details like the texture, color and value of every brick and molding were researched extensively to create a seamless transition between old and new – a distinction already lauded by the NYC Landmarks Commission. Susan T. Rodriguez, Design Partner An historic landmark and one of the oldest seminaries […]
Department of Homeless Services, Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH)
We created an accessible, secure, dignified and private environment that responds inventively to the city’s progressive and innovative approach to tackling homelessness. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner The design for this safe haven promotes physical and psychological comfort by choreographing a spatial sequence that supports a non-threatening, orderly and dignified evaluation and assistance process. Throughout the […]
Queens Borough Public Library, Flushing Regional Branch
Transparency is employed as a metaphor for universal accessibility: the architecture demystifies the library experience by making the facility’s collections, functional organization and user activity visually accessible from the street, facilitating public access to information and learning. The design emphasizes the asymmetrical qualities of its triangular site. The Main Street façade is a glass membrane: […]
New York University, StudentLink and Global Services Center
The renovation of the 1916 industrial loft building creates a flagship facility for student services and key support programs of New York University, most notably the Student Link and Global Programs functions on the main floors. The spaces along the building’s perimeter are free of program to reinforce the historic shell as an envelope for […]
500 Park Tower
Offsetting the tower components is a very clever manipulation of mass; it is achieved by cantilevering a section twenty-five feet over the west end of 500 Park – a device that combines shoehorning and piggybacking with rather staggering ingenuity. Ada Louise Huxtable, The New York Times Sited on a restricted lot, the tower is cantilevered […]
Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
The largest of the City’s wastewater treatment plants, Newtown Creek exemplifies the enlightened collaboration of a public agency, architects and engineers to achieve both community acceptance and design excellence for a utilitarian project type. Richard Olcott and James S. Polshek, Design Partners The design and planning framework for Newtown Creek employs a “kit-of-parts”: structures and […]