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.
In their last newsletter of 2021, Urban Omnibus named Jason and Acacia Thompson’s virtual tour of Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center one of their top articles of the year. Throughout the tour, Jason and Acacia, the Brooklyn Public Library System’s first Environmental Justice Coordinator, discuss the site’s unique history, highlight details of the library’s programming, and discuss the significance of the library within the community as an institution that promotes environmental awareness, education, and activism. Jason noted:
“Why we chose certain materials, why we oriented the building a certain way, why we chose the plants that we chose: we wanted to tell a story. In a lot of these cases, there are actually plaques on the walls and on the glass that describe what’s going on, so that people can understand why things were done the way they were done.”
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.
Over the summer, Marble Fairbanks moved our office location from DUMBO to Flatiron. We are grateful to have our team back together working in-person and for the return of client meetings in our new space. If you haven’t already stopped by, please come visit us at our new location or join us for lunch in Madison Square Park.
Our new address is:
27 W 20th St
Suite 1001
New York, NY 10011
The Beverly Willis Foundation celebrated the world premiere of Unknown New York: The City that Women Built, a new film by Beverly Willis, FAIA on June 6th. The film highlights projects throughout Manhattan led by women architects and designers. The film includes projects by Marble Fairbanks led by Karen Fairbanks. Learn more or buy a copy of the film.