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The Public Theater at Astor Place Façade Restoration Entry and Lobby Redesign

One of the first non-profit theaters in the country, The Public Theater defines its mission in terms of cultural and creative accessibility. Representing this mission in the building’s renovation design informed our approach to this historic landmark. Duncan Hazard, Management Partner The renovation restores a sense of procession and grandeur that had been lost in […]

Yale University Art Gallery Renovation and Expansion

Above all, it is about enhancing the experience of viewing art. The design prioritizes sequence, pace and context to orchestrate a smooth progression through the galleries, while leaving room for the unexpected discovery of works resurfaced. Richard Olcott, Design Partner For the first time in its history, the Gallery occupies all three buildings – Street […]

City University of New York Hunter College, Roosevelt House Renovation

The design of The Roosevelt House Renovation celebrates the history of the house while providing entirely new infrastructure to allow for twenty-first century education, research, and dialogue in public policy and human rights. James Polshek, Design Partner Roosevelt House, an integral part of Hunter College since 1943, re-opened in 2010 as a public policy institute […]

The Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Dickinson Law, Lewis Katz Hall

The architecture of the building springs from the idea that studying the law is not a solitary endeavor: study and practice depend on dialogue, discussion and debate, which, in turn, describe human interaction. Richard Olcott, Design Partner The architecture responds directly to the School’s desire to create a new identifiable campus center for student activity […]

New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study

The School comprises five floors of newly renovated space in an historic building on NYU’s Greenwich Village campus. The loft building lends itself to expression of the school’s mission through spatial flexibility and experimentation. Its original aesthetic is enhanced by “floating” program spaces within the larger floor plate at angles to the building façade, creating […]

New York University, Department of Journalism

We took cues from NYU’s School of Communication, placing emphasis on the tasks supported by the building. We focused on cross-fertilization within the space, creating an facility that provides a sense of openness amid NYU’s dense urban campus. Kevin McClurkan, Management Partner The full restoration of the historic arched windows and creation of student lounges […]

New York University, Economics and Politics Department

We worked with New York University to create a sense of campus by visually orienting academic spaces to the City. Joseph Fleischer and Kevin McClurkan, Management Partners On the upper floors, offices for graduate students and faculty feature abundant natural light and views into the full depth of all academic spaces. Clerestory glazing provides full […]

Yale University Art Gallery, Kahn Building Renovation

The restoration is more than an aesthetic improvement. It is also the fulfillment of a responsibility to architectural history. Mark Alden Branch, ’86 Yale Alumni, Executive Editor of Yale Alumni Magazine Acclaimed for its bold geometry, daring use of light and space and its structural and engineering innovations, Louis Kahn’s first significant building houses Yale’s […]

Brooklyn Museum Entry Pavilion and Plaza

The temporal collision between past and present allowed us to celebrate change and newness, and to help the institution recast itself as an open and accessible public place and a Museum for the twenty-first century. James S. Polshek, Design Partner The glass entry pavilion and new plaza create a revitalized public identity for the Museum […]