Announcement

We’re thrilled to share that the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center has been featured as a case study in the NYC Department of City Planning’s Principles of Good Urban Design. Highlighted as an exemplary civic building, the project is recognized for demonstrating how thoughtful architecture and landscape design can strengthen community life, reflect neighborhood identity, and advance the City’s sustainability goals.

The case study showcases the library’s welcoming public spaces, its integration of indoor and outdoor environments across three levels, and its close collaboration with local environmental organizations. It also highlights the project’s innovative strategies—including energy-efficient systems, stormwater capture, and biodiverse outdoor programming areas—that contributed to its LEED Gold certification.

Completed in 2020, the library continues its long legacy as a community anchor in Greenpoint and a leading example of high-quality civic design in New York City.

View the case study here.

Images courtesy of @nycplanning on Instagram.

We’re pleased to share that our renovation and addition to Churchill House at Brown University received an Honorable Mention in the 2025 American Architecture Awards, presented by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Now in its 31st year, the program recognizes design excellence across the United States and international work by U.S. architects. This year’s honorees were selected from a competitive shortlist of 500 projects.

Read the announcement here.

Learn more about the project here.

At this year’s APTI Conference, Marble Fairbanks joined Shawmut Design and Construction and Brown University for a full-day exploration of adaptive reuse in Providence, as part of the Association for Preservation Technology’s 2025 Annual Conference “Revolution & Innovation: The Power of Water, Craft & Architecture.” The session brought preservation professionals to several sites across Brown’s campus, giving attendees an inside look at how design teams are innovatively revitalizing historic structures.

On campus at Brown, Tanya and Jason led a tour of Churchill House, exploring how its recent renovation and addition improve accessibility, strengthen the connection between the Department of Africana Studies and the Rites and Reason Theatre, and reimagine the 1907 building for contemporary academic and cultural life.

We are thrilled to contribute to these conversations and to present Churchill House as an example of transformation rooted in historic character, while expanding its capacity and equipping the Department of Africana Studies to continue to serve as a hub for sharing powerful narratives that bridge past and present.

This past weekend, Marble Fairbanks was proud to participate in Open House New York, the annual citywide festival that celebrates architecture and design across all five boroughs. Over the past few days, we welcomed visitors to two of our recent Brooklyn projects with the Brooklyn Public Library.

For the first time, we offered tours in partnership with the Center for Brooklyn History. Project Manager and Architect Tanya Gershon led tours of this landmark, recently renovated by Marble Fairbanks to enhance accessibility and public engagement. Visitors experienced the Othmer Library reading room and explored the newest exhibition while learning how design decisions preserved the building’s historic character and created welcoming spaces for research, learning, and cultural exchange.

At Greenpoint Library, Project Manager and Architect Jason Roberts guided visitors through a tour of the branch’s sustainable design strategies and community-driven spaces. From the ground-level bioswale to the rooftop pollinator garden, guests discovered how the building integrates landscapes at every level to support local ecology and environmental education. Jason shared how the project grew from deep community engagement and has become a vital hub for activism, learning, and social infrastructure in New York City.

We thank everyone who joined us for this year’s Open House New York and are looking forward to next year’s OHNY weekend.

Over the weekend, we had the pleasure of welcoming undergraduate and graduate architecture students from across the northeast into our office as part of the Architectural League’s 2025 Student Program.

The annual program connects students from fifteen regional schools with professional practices across New York City, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how design studios operate. During their visit, students toured our office, learned about our current projects, and heard directly from Katie, Peter, and Christina about their professional journeys and roles at Marble Fairbanks.

We were delighted to share our work and culture with such an engaged group, and we left inspired by their curiosity and thoughtful questions. Many thanks to the Architectural League and to all the students who joined us!

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