Marble Fairbanks recently completed a Pre-Design Report for the new, 86,000 square foot Gateway Center at Hoosac at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, MA. This new mixed-use building will be situated at the “front door” of the Navy Yard and is adjacent to the historic Freedom Trail and Boston Harbor. It will feature space for an expanded USS Constitution Museum, a reimagined National Parks Visitor Center, and consolidated office space for the National Parks of Boston. Schematic Design of the new building is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2021.
Interior Design Magazine recently put out their first annual Women in Design to, “honor the talents and successes of female industry leaders.” The book profiles designers and their careers by featuring a signature project that is, “personally and professionally meaningful.” Karen is featured along with Marble Fairbanks’ Glen Oaks Branch Library in Queens. This library celebrates the diversity of the local community and is a beacon for the neighborhood. In the feature, Karen discusses that the messages from the library need to extend to design professions, “Until the profession includes representation that reflects our society, we’re missing critical voices in our work.”
In the recent article “Greenpoint’s New Public Library ‘Makes You Want to Move In,’” Justin Davidson takes readers through a history of Brooklyn Public Library’s newest branch library designed by our team at Marble Fairbanks. Davidson refers to the library as, “Greenpoint’s greenest building, a library enfolded in gardens, doing double duty as an environmental education center. It’s the sort of place that makes you want to move in.”
We are honored to be included in the November 9-22 printed version of the Magazine with President-Elect Joe Biden on the cover.
The Public Design Commission Awards featured Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center in their “Toward a Sustainable NYC” program. As a past recipient of the PDC’s Design Excellence Award in 2017, the awards program recognized Greenpoint Library for contributions toward achieving the goals of OneNYC and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Read more about the program on PDC’s 38th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design digital booklet here.
In the October 25th edition of the New York Times Marble Fairbanks with over 400 architects and design professionals and in solidarity with the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), participated in a full-page ad supporting the Architect’s Foundation Diversity Advancement Scholarship to uplift underrepresented minority architecture students for a more equitable future.