Two of our projects are in the running for AIA Brooklyn and Queens People’s Choice Award! Please visit their site to cast your vote for the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center in Brooklyn and Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center in the Bronx.
Jason Roberts and Karen are presenting at Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)‘s Northeast Regional Conference in Boston. Their presentation, Parametric Planning: Designing the Design Process for Space Planning, will demonstrate how custom built tools led to the strategic master plan for Parsons School of Design. They will be joined by Nadine Bourgeois, Dean for Academic Planning at Parsons, for their talk presented today.
We are proud to announce that Karen will be honored at this year’s Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Leadership Awards Gala. The Oculus Award is given to an individual who demonstrates significant leadership in teaching and research, enhancing and furthering understanding of gender issues in architecture and related fields. Please visit gala.bwaf.org to find tickets and learn more about the great work of The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation.
Congratulations to Karen and the other honorees!
Demolition of Brooklyn Public Library’s Greenpoint Library is complete! The official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center will take place on October 23rd at 3pm.
Join us this Monday at 107 Norman Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to celebrate the beginning of construction with Brooklyn Public Library, Assemblyman Joe Lentol, and representatives from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
We are pleased to announce that the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture‘s official ribbon-cutting ceremony took place this morning, October 16th, in the newly renovated main reading room.
Designed through NYC DDC’s Excellence Program, this project spans three connected buildings at the Schomburg Center: the Schomburg Building, Langston Hughes Building, and Landmark Building. Work undertaken consists of exterior and interior renovations throughout the Schomburg Center including historic preservation and renovation work of the Landmark Building by McKim, Mead & White and an addition to the Schomburg Building. Additions include the gift shop and conference room as well as interior renovations to multiple research divisions and gallery spaces.
See more photos of the project on Curbed New York.