New GSA & NPS Projects Underway
Our team recently completed multiple site visits in the Boston area for several projects with the General Services Administration and the National Parks Service. We are continuing work on projects at the Charlestown Navy Yard as well as leading a feasibility study for a regional storage hub for NPS museum collections in the region.
2021 was an exciting year for Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center. After opening to the public in fall 2020, the library continues to be honored with multiple awards in across design disciplines. Most recently, Greenpoint Library received the AIA Tri-State Design Awards Silver Medal, the top award in the Regional and Urban Design category.
Below is a full list of each of the awards and their significance:
AIA Tri-State Silver Medal: Silver Medal, Regional and Urban Design (2021)
The Silver Medal is the highest honor given by AIA Tri-State, which recognizes regional excellence in design and impact on the built environment, considering factors such urban design, regional and city planning, and community development.
AIA New York State Design Awards: Institutional Merit Award (2021)
The AIA New York State 2021 Design Awards highlight works displaying architectural excellence, by New York licensed and registered architects. Submissions were selected over nine categories, with 24 total projects as recipients.
NYCxDesign Awards (Interior Design): Greater Good: Social + Environmental Impact Category (2021)
The NYCxDesign Awards focus on interior design, awarding projects over a variety of major design areas.
Architizer A+ Award: Finalist (2021)
The Architizer A+ Award recognizes the work of top architecture firms worldwide, highlighting architecture and spaces that exhibit great design and demonstrate excellence. Read more.
Fast Company Innovation by Design Award: Spaces and Places category Finalist (2021)
The Fast Company 2021 Innovation by Design Award honors the most innovative architecture by evaluating factors such as functionality, originality, beauty, sustainability, user insight, cultural impact, and business impact across 37 categories.
ASLA-NY: Merit Award, General Design (2021)
The American Society Of Landscape Architects New York (ASLA-NY) Design Award recognizes projects that demonstrate excellence in landscape architecture. Selections were contingent on design quality, design execution, innovation, community impact, and impact on the profession.
Urban Dove Team Charter School recently celebrated their newly renovated Brooklyn location and brand new gym. It was an honor to see students begin utilizing the new space. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work with this incredible organization from the early phases of strategic planning through construction.
Urban Dove is a sports-based high school for over-aged, under-credited youth that combines a rigorous academic curriculum with a hands-on, real-world vocational program. We partnered with the organization in 2019 to develop a strategic plan for the school to expand across all NYC boroughs and developed the team charter school in Brooklyn as a renovation to an existing building. We continue to work with Urban Dove as they expand and grow. Read more about the work Urban Dove is doing here.
We are working with the GSA and the Northeast Region of the National Park Service (NPS) on a macro-level diagnostic study for regional museum storage solutions. The final report at the end of 2020 will provide recommendations for the 76 park units in the region that, “manage, preserve, protect, exhibit, and store more than 36 million museum objects and archival items.” Our team is currently in the process of engaging with Curators, Superintendents and Facilities managers on site visits spanning the 13 states in the region.
We are wrapping up construction at Lawrence University in Wisconsin to renovate the second floor of the main campus library. The university is relocating their student services center, the Center for Academic Success, into the library to encourage engagement with the valuable educational resources and academic advisors.