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.
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!
Marble Fairbanks is providing advisory support for the Manhattan Plan, a major citywide initiative with the NYC Department of City Planning to add 100,000 new homes in Manhattan over the next ten years. The plan seeks to expand housing opportunities while guiding growth in ways that strengthen and reflect the city’s diverse communities.
Led by Agency Landscape + Planning, the project team is hosting a series of conversations throughout each of the NYC boroughs throughout the Summer and into the Fall. These community engagement sessions will allow input directly from New Yorkers: residents, leaders, and experts, which, in concert with an infrastructure assessment, will inform priorities and strategies for the future of housing in Manhattan.
We are proud to collaborate with Agency, Hive Public Space, Karp Strategies, Partner & Partners, Buro Happold, and Sherwood Design Engineers on this effort to help shape a more equitable and accessible future for the borough.
As part of this year’s Discover Architecture program through the Center for Architecture, we had the pleasure of hosting Esther, a talented local high school student, in our office over the past few days. During her time with us, Esther immersed herself in a range of architectural topics, from touring local projects such as the Schomburg Center, Greenpoint Library, and Center for Brooklyn History, to hands-on experiences with Rhino tutorials and VR walkthroughs. It was inspiring to witness her curiosity and passion for architecture, and we look forward to seeing where her journey in the field takes her!
