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The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Dedicated to the research, collection, and preservation of information and materials related to the African Diaspora, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is among the world’s leading research centers predicated on preserving the history of the culture of the people of African descent. Located in Harlem, New York City, the Schomburg Center houses a vast…

Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center Introduction The design process for the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Center showcases the holistic research and design that is central to our firm. It also provided the opportunity for us to integrate unique design, programming, and fabrication methods that emphasize the library’s dual role as both a full-service branch library and a community hub for environmental awareness, activism, and…

This project, a new Student Center for Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, transforms both formal and informal work, meeting, and social spaces of the school. The student center becomes a nexus for the flow of the academic life of the building through the renovation of a large multilevel interior and slipping a new addition onto the campus that links the journalism school to the broader campus community…

Glen Oaks Branch Library serves one of the most ethnically diverse communities in Queens with a population of just under 20,000 from over 50 countries speaking at least 30 different languages. It is part of the Queens Library System which serves over 2.2 million people from its 63 branch locations and has the highest circulation rate in New York State.

Commissioned as part of the Museum of Modern Art’s Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling exhibition, Flatform is a panel system of flat stock stainless steel components that are cut, scored, and folded to form details of assembly without external fasteners…

This project combined research into three areas of interest:
1) new computerized fabrication techniques,
2) building information modeling (BIM) and construction
3) innovative approaches to creating the organization of an architectural

Tenrikyo Mission New York is a new 7,000 sf house of worship in Flushing, Queens for members of Tenrikyo, a religious organization founded in Tenri, Japan in 1838. Having previously designed two of their cultural outreach centers in Manhattan, Marble Fairbanks was asked by Tenrikyo to design this building for their religious ceremonies…

With over 30 degree programs, FIT is a comprehensive design, business and liberal arts school surrounded by one of the most vibrant metropolitan centers in the world. The new extension to FIT’s campus has the unique role of both reorienting the campus with a stronger connection to the city and revealing the diverse curriculum of the school…

The primary design challenge for this new restaurant was to transform a basement location into an open and light dining space. Given the short time frame for completion and limited budget, an integrated design and fabrication approach was taken to produce a unique result…

In 2001 the city identified 100 acres of the renewal area as a site for market rate housing, with a target density of eight units per acre. Marble Fairbanks (Housing Ecologies), together with Michael Bell Architecture (Stateless Architecture) and Mark Rakatansky Studio (Urbia), formulated a collaborative urban design proposal, with each group developing a sector of the site…

This project was the winning entry for a competition for a new school prototype in Chicago based on an organization that would take a large school and provide smaller schools within one building. Each school would operate independently, but still share common facilities and administration…

This project included a state of the art computer lab, multimedia presentation room, study cubicles, and gallery. The mandate was to develop a computer facility that would support state of the art hardware and software technology in an environment that would encourage creative and poetic solutions to engineering problems…