Category: Architects

Urban Land Institute has announced Marcus Garvey Village Extension as a Finalist for the 2024 Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing! This award recognizes unique yet replicable developments that offer or preserve deeper affordability. Marcus Garvey Extension Phase I was selected for modeling the sustainable development of large all-electric geothermal multifamily affordable housing. Building on the legacy of Marcus Garvey Village, the 1970s New York State Urban Development…

Yesterday from 12-1PM, we shut off all office lights, electing for natural light instead, as part of Building Energy Exchange’s Daylight Hour. This initiative promotes sustainability and saves energy while reminding us how easy it can be to decrease carbon emissions and energy consumption. Learn More

We’ve had a busy spring, and we are eager to share our new project openings, recent awards, team updates, and other office happenings! Among our highlights: 🏆HELP ONE wins Interior Design Magazine's 2024 NYCxDESIGN Award for Supportive Housing ⭐Fulton Community Re-Entry Center opens in the Bronx 📜Mark Ginsberg honored by IMPACCT BROOKLYN And so much more! Read our spring newsletter. Read More

C+GA’s sensitive restoration gives new life to this 1907 structure after multiple reincarnations—as a former church house, synagogue, nursing home, drug treatment facility, and minimum-security state prison. The transformed Center now provides a community resource, space for Bronx nonprofits, and a home for older justice-involved individuals with a holistic support structure and a significant onsite kitchen for Osborne’s Fresh Start culinary arts program. The ground-floor central space serves as a…

4697 Third Ave (Cyrus House) is featured in the NYC Department of City Planning’s “Principles of Good Urban Design,” a guidebook that offers New Yorkers a set of shared values and goals to advocate for quality design in their communities. 4697 Third Ave serves as the exemplar for the “Design of an Affordable Housing Building,” meeting four key principles of good urban design: 1. Enhancing People’s Daily Lives 2. Caring…

BKSK is excited to share this project publicly! Dezeen covers the Pavilion project overall, with mentions of the different components that will be build in phases. "The first phase of the design will have four structures, including a visitors centre with a cantilevered timber roof by New York City-based studio BKSK Architecture. The final structure for phase one will be a relatively simple structure with corrugated metal facing punctuated by voids…

C+GA is proud to be recognized with a 2024 Better Project Award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Better Buildings Initiative! These annual awards highlight select partners for innovative and industry-leading accomplishments in implementing and promoting practices, principles, and procedures of energy management. We have been honored for Melrose North, whose sustainable Passive House design integrates a solar photovoltaic array, high-efficiency heating and domestic hot water heater, Energy Recovery…

By Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC The Bedford offers a mix of supportive, senior and affordable housing, comprehensive onsite services, and numerous indoor and outdoor common spaces to promote community. This transit-oriented, 108-unit development embraces daylight, plants, fresh air, and natural materials to support residents’ well-being; while its photovoltaic array, two non-accessible green roofs, and energy recovery system help achieve LEED Platinum performance. Echoing the craftsmanship of surrounding Deco-era apartments,…