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Being Secure and Feeling Safe: Building for the Jewish Community Today
Pittsburgh. Poway. Colleyville. Monsey. Riverdale. All names associated in our minds with recent sites of violence aimed at Jews, or antisemitic attacks on Jewish community buildings that have become known nationwide. And after October 7, the number of places sharing this distinction has grown beyond our ability to keep track.
Williamsburg Retail Revealed In Brownstoner
One in our portfolio of projects for Chicago-based developers, L3 Capital, 184-192 Bedford Avenue is kicking off. The two-story brick builidng is designed to fit into its central Williamsburg location. Congratulations to Building Studio Senior Associate, Anthony Watkins, who has been handling this and the other L3 projects.
Kingsbridge Armory as a Vertical Farming Center
The largest of its kind in the country and a treasured New York City landmark, the majestic Kingsbridge Armory has been unoccupied for over 25 years. A new proposal to use it as a center for vertical farming, conceived and advocated for by…
Riverdale Jewish Center
Riverdale Jewish Center, Bronx, N.Y. Originally built in 1958 and expanded in 1992, the Riverdale Jewish Center was an all-purpose community building, with a synagogue, auditorium, school and gym all …
Martinique Hotel
Martinique Hotel We are very excited to announce that partner John Field’s masterplan design for the Martinique Hotel was approved at the Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing of May 2, 2023. Located at the corner…
New York Cancer Center
The New York Cancer Center, in the Gravesend neighborhood of South Brooklyn, provides valuable support roles in the lives of its clients and their families…
Stern College Computer Science Department
We were very happy to complete a new academic at Stanton Hall, the main academic building for the Stern College for Women, located at 245 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. The entire ninth floor is devoted …
DDC Libraries
Libraries are community hubs, gathering places for neighbors young and old. We are lucky to work with Goldman Copeland Associates for the NYC Department of Design and Construction to do renovations and improvements …
Hurley Portfolio
We were happy to visit the sites of some of our work for the Hurley Group, Connecticut-based owner-developers of industrial, commercial, and residential buildings, with photographer Ian Christmann. Some of the results are …
Shore Hill Apartments
We are thrilled to share with you these photos from our recently completed renovation of the public spaces at Shore Hill Apartments in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
A New Synagogue Rises
While we have been working on this project for over a year, we can only now share its amazing progress. At over 300,000 sq.ft., this new synagogue for a town in Rockland County will be one of the largest synagogues in the country…
Michael Goldblum featured in Crain’s Business
Here’s a short opinion piece by partner Michael Goldblum that was published last week in Crain’s NY Business. He discusses one of our perennial struggles, the approvals process at the NYC Department of Buildings…
Starrett-Lehigh Building
Starrett-Lehigh Building is a force of nature, a true landmark in every sense of the word. We have already begun contributing to the future of this icon, and are pleased to be involved with some of the work discussed in this recent article from the NY Times…
BSA Acquires BGA
We are honored to announce that we will be starting off 2022 by merging the work and legacy of the award-winning Manhattan architecture firm, Bodewynn Gaynor Architects D.P.C. [BGA] into Building Studio…
Blackstone Parc
Fifteen years after being introduced to this site in Riverdale and working on four schemes for two developers, we are proud to share with you completed photos of our latest multifamily building, Blackstone Parc…
New Lobby Project
This former commercial bakery, a through-lot midblock building, was completely changed when it was converted into back-to-back apartment buildings in the 1970s. The lobbies, tied together across a narrow glazed bridge, are at different levels …
Reservoir Media’s IPO
Building Studio Architects is pleased to congratulate our friends at Reservoir Media on their recent IPO and new talent acquisitions! We worked with them on their relocated New York Office in 2019 and are …
BSA Free Arts NYC Company Day
This April, Building Studio teamed up with Free Arts NYC to give a company class day to aspiring architects. Michael created a fun and inventive program involving spacial relationships and understanding movement flow …
Kenwood Gardens
Kenwood Gardens is a six-story, Georgian-style, courtyard apartment with sixty-nine apartments. Built in 1925 by architect Leroy Ward, the seven-story H-shaped brick and terracotta building is Long Island’s oldest cooperative apartment building. The …
