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American Scandinavian House
Owner/Client: Scandinavian Government
Description: The 6-story steel and metal panel American Scandinavian House,
located on Park Avenue South, provides a home to the Scandinavian community
here in New York City.
The building houses a full 200-seat auditorium/theatre that is well anchored in
Manhattan’s bed rock. Additional building features included gallery and exhibition space,
meeting facilities and multi purpose areas such as a full -service gift shop,
café and bookstore. The facility resembles a functional museum that rightfully
represents Scandinavian culture at its finest.
Value: $14.6 Million
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Owner/Client: Brooklyn Museum
Description: Recently achieving LEEDã Silver, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum is the sole
New York City museum to obtain any form of LEEDã certification to date. The project included the addition and renovation of the
existing 1977, 2-story building, which expanded the facility by 53,000 square
feet. The addition embraces the existing structure on its north and west
facades and contains gallery space for science and cultural exhibits,
educational workshops,
a new theater fit-out and a children’s cafe. Architectural features of the design create a
greater street presence with an undulating roof and façade supporting 8.1
million yellow porcelain ceramic tiles.
Value: $53 Million
Congregation Beit Yaakov
Owner/Client: Congregation Beth Yaakov
Description: A Sephardic Synagogue is a new, 4-story, 25,000 square foot synagogue located on
East 63rd Street surrounded by New York City’s most valuable real estate. Its reinforced concrete structure features a
Neoclassical Jerusalem stone exterior façade and both exterior and interior custom finishes; hand crafted bronze doors
and windows capped on the exterior by hand carved cornice stones, five types of
Jerusalem stone, custom bronze work, fixtures and a custom ornamental North
American white oak wood dome. A multipurpose room, dual kitchens and
administrative space complete the project. This landmark construction, at
nearly $1200 per square foot, was created through a complex synergy of design
and construction.
Value: $28 Million
Magen David Yeshiva
Owner/Client: Magen David Yeshiva
Description: A Yeshiva of 300,000 SF a Brooklyn development constructed for Jewish youth. More than a school and religious synagogue, this privately funded facility with
its steel skelton and panelized facade began the development of Mac Donald Ave.
Pre-construction and design development saved nearly 30% from its original
budget without eliminating a single square foot or design component.
Value: $40 Million
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Owner/Client: Brooklyn Museum
Description: The newly renovated west wing at the Brooklyn museum embedded a
structure originally built in the 1800’s to create new 160,000 SF gallery. The soaring ceilings of glass and plaster, and maple floors create a showcase
area to display the museums collections. The construction of the lobby area allowed the tie-in of the main building to
the new west-wing complex. In addition, all new mechanical inclusive of boilers, BMS and electrical plant
for the entire facility was upgraded along with the auditorium and theater, This extensive project was the lynch-pin to the Brooklyn Museums push into the
21st century.
Value: $52 Million
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
Owner/Client: Congregation Rodeph
Description: This fast-track project included additions and renovations to an
occupied school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The vertical addition of 40,000 square feet included a new
chapel and auditorium, major floor plan renovations of the two immediate floors
below as well as extensive mechanical and electrical upgrades. The project was
constructed in multiple phases to accommodate the various classes, meetings and
operations of the congregation.
Value: $8.5 Million
Thaw Conservation Center, Morgan Library
Owner/Client: New York City
Description: This state-of-the-art laboratory dedicated to the preservation of
works on paper - drawings and literary, historical and musical manuscripts.
Value: $4.5 Million
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