This office-to-school conversation, designed to accommodate The Shefa School’s unique pedagogic model of dual-language, personalizes instruction for K-8 students, and provides an adaptable home where students can grow and thrive. The transformation of an abandoned 1920s office building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side created a vertical campus for elementary and middle school age students with learning disabilities.
The historic building’s 100-year-old framework presented both challenges and opportunities, guiding the design to vertically stack the school’s diverse program across 12 floors. To make the new program work, substantial renovations were needed. A third of each floor was rebuilt to accommodate a new core and elevators, and the two top floors were removed and reconstructed for a new gym and play roof. The terracotta façade and copper cornice were preserved and rebuilt.
By weaving together historic elements with innovative design, Shefa’s new home is more than a school; it is a community anchor that embodies the mission of empowering students to reach their fullest potential. The project demonstrates how architecture can elevate education and inspire a shared sense of purpose.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Dattner Architects is a women-owned design firm. This is a milestone for our practice, which was founded 60 years ago. Our long-standing commitment to equity and inclusion has organically fostered women to thrive and achieve at the highest level of leadership. Today the firm is led by 10 partners, half of whom are women; and the women are the majority owners. We are a firm that continues to evolve and advance.
Our core mission is unwavering, and it unites our work and our practice. We proudly take on the planning and design of the region’s most essential projects, creating architecture that enriches the urban experience, transforms environments, and strengthens communities.
Today Dattner Architects is over 100 people, 59% of whom are women, 41% BIPOC, and 17% LGBTQ+ all working together from one office in New York City. A steadfast dedication to our mission, a strong and varied portfolio of that spans sectors, and a thoughtful leadership transition plan allows our 60-year-old practice to continue to remain vital and vibrant—reflecting the diversity and relevancy of our practice.
"Driven to work at the urban scale, I initially sought out Dattner Architects because the firm had designed many of the civic spaces that were formative in my life," notes Gia Maneiro, Principal and Corporate President. "This passion fueled my career here—from junior designer to Principal—supported by the confidence, camaraderie and mentorship that defines the culture of the office. Raising my daughter solidified my commitment to leadership in the future of sustainable public architecture, and I could not be more proud to share in a majority women owned partnership that embodies these values."
Dattner Architects is certified as a WBE with New York City, New York State, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New York City School Construction Authority, and the City of Philadelphia.
We are honored to announce that The Architect’s Newspaper has selected Dattner Architects for the 2024 Best of Practice Award (XL Firm – Northeast). AN's Best of Practice program seeks to define an expansive meaning of excellence that not only considers the firm’s individual projects, values and culture but also inclusivity, social impact, sustainability, regional relevance, and technological innovation. This recognition highlights our commitment to addressing the complex challenges faced by the architecture industry today and acknowledges the collective efforts of our team.
As a mission-driven, women-owned design firm, we design impactful architecture that responds to the issues of our time. We have proudly taken on the planning and design of the region’s most essential projects, creating architecture that enriches the urban experience, transforms environments, and strengthens communities. Our approach involves integrating sustainable practices and prioritizing projects that serve the broader community, reflecting our dedication to inclusivity and social responsibility.
Dattner Architects has long fostered equity and inclusion, and we have championed employee professional growth and recognition. Our commitment to diversity includes a team of over 100 people, 59% women, 41% BIPOC, and 17% LGBTQ+.
Our innovative buildings have enriched NYC's urban fabric, positively impacting countless New Yorkers. We are humbled to see the warmth, appreciation, and life brought to our projects by those who inhabit, recreate, learn, and work in these buildings.
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https://www.archpaper.com/2024/06/announcing-the-winners-of-ans-2024-best-of-practice-awards/
Our entry for the adAPT NYC micro-unit housing competition -- one of four finalists -- is included in "Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers" at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition showcases innovative design solutions that explore ways to better accommodate New York City’s changing demographics and challenges a number of existing building codes and typologies. A number of programs and lectures accompany the exhibition during its run until September 15.
Our entry for the adAPT NYC micro-unit housing competition -- one of four finalists -- is included in "Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers" at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition showcases innovative design solutions that explore ways to better accommodate New York City’s changing demographics and challenges a number of existing building codes and typologies. A number of programs and lectures accompany the exhibition during its run until September 15.
Via Verde is part of the Center for Architecture’s Helfand Spotlight Series, which features current topics in New York architecture. The exhibition includes construction drawings, the green living guides that assist new owners and renters, and photography of all phases of the recently-completed building. The award-winning project will be on display January 31 - February 27, 2013.
Via Verde is part of the Center for Architecture’s Helfand Spotlight Series, which features current topics in New York architecture. The exhibition includes construction drawings, the green living guides that assist new owners and renters, and photography of all phases of the recently-completed building. The award-winning project will be on display January 31 - February 27, 2013.
Reporting in the New York Observer, Matt Chaban outlines The Durst Organization's plans to revitalize Pier 40, a site that Dattner Architects has been studying for years. The concept design, developed by Dattner Architects, calls for more efficient operations and added commercial and retail space. By consolidating parking on one level with car stackers, spaces could be increased and over 500,000 square feet given to commercial, retail, and recreational uses.
Reporting in the New York Observer, Matt Chaban outlines The Durst Organization's plans to revitalize Pier 40, a site that Dattner Architects has been studying for years. The concept design, developed by Dattner Architects, calls for more efficient operations and added commercial and retail space. By consolidating parking on one level with car stackers, spaces could be increased and over 500,000 square feet given to commercial, retail, and recreational uses.
Dattner Architects’ firm leadership is helping to frame the profession's response to climate change in New York City. William Stein FAIA was appointed to the Urban Green’s Building Resiliency Task Force, created at the behest of the City of New York. The Task Force is reviewing current building codes and operational practices, and making recommendations on how they could be amended to improve building resiliency and to facilitate recovery. Kirsten Sibilia Assoc. AIA, LEED AP will co-chair the Communications Task Force for AIANY’s Super Storm Sandy response which will involve coordinating the efforts of collaborating organizations.
Dattner Architects’ firm leadership is helping to frame the profession's response to climate change in New York City. William Stein FAIA was appointed to the Urban Green’s Building Resiliency Task Force, created at the behest of the City of New York. The Task Force is reviewing current building codes and operational practices, and making recommendations on how they could be amended to improve building resiliency and to facilitate recovery. Kirsten Sibilia Assoc. AIA, LEED AP will co-chair the Communications Task Force for AIANY’s Super Storm Sandy response which will involve coordinating the efforts of collaborating organizations.
Dattner Architects is proud to announce the promotions of Catherine Selby AIA, LEED AP; Rachel Ehrlich AIA, LEED AP; Eric Epstein AIA, LEED AP; and Gia Mainiero AIA, LEED AP BD+C. For their enduring commitment and service to the firm Catherine has been promoted to Senior Associate and Rachel, Eric, and Gia have been promoted to Associates.
Dattner Architects is proud to announce the promotions of Catherine Selby AIA, LEED AP; Rachel Ehrlich AIA, LEED AP; Eric Epstein AIA, LEED AP; and Gia Mainiero AIA, LEED AP BD+C. For their enduring commitment and service to the firm Catherine has been promoted to Senior Associate and Rachel, Eric, and Gia have been promoted to Associates.
Renovations are underway at the Washington Heights Library. The 1914 Carrère & Hastings library will receive facility-wide upgrades to improve accessibility and information technology. The New York Daily News reports that "the revamp is making the library a place where the community will want to spend time." Principal-in-Charge Joseph Coppola said the approach is to make the library more accessible, welcoming, comfortable, and technologically up-to-date.
Renovations are underway at the Washington Heights Library. The 1914 Carrère & Hastings library will receive facility-wide upgrades to improve accessibility and information technology. The New York Daily News reports that "the revamp is making the library a place where the community will want to spend time." Principal-in-Charge Joseph Coppola said the approach is to make the library more accessible, welcoming, comfortable, and technologically up-to-date.
Brandon Klayko takes us down into the tunnels of the Number 7 Subway Line Extension in A/N Blog. The MTA photos are "showing quite a bit of progress since The Architect's Newspaper toured the site one year ago this month." The post includes a video of MTA Capital Construction's Shawn Kildare providing an update of building progress, a tour of the station including the entrance that will contain an inclined elevator. The station will be able to handle 35,000 passengers per hour during peak loads. Dattner Architects is the lead architect on the Parsons Brinckerhoff team.
Brandon Klayko takes us down into the tunnels of the Number 7 Subway Line Extension in A/N Blog. The MTA photos are "showing quite a bit of progress since The Architect's Newspaper toured the site one year ago this month." The post includes a video of MTA Capital Construction's Shawn Kildare providing an update of building progress, a tour of the station including the entrance that will contain an inclined elevator. The station will be able to handle 35,000 passengers per hour during peak loads. Dattner Architects is the lead architect on the Parsons Brinckerhoff team.
Susanne Schindler of Domus magazine casts an eye on affordable housing in New York and finds Via Verde contributing "significantly to redefining the ins and outs of social housing." Following a history of New York's affordable housing, Schindler examines some of the city's best examples with Via Verde as a "lightning rod in the debate of what design can contribute to affordable housing."
Susanne Schindler of Domus magazine casts an eye on affordable housing in New York and finds Via Verde contributing "significantly to redefining the ins and outs of social housing." Following a history of New York's affordable housing, Schindler examines some of the city's best examples with Via Verde as a "lightning rod in the debate of what design can contribute to affordable housing."
Alex Ulam examines Via Verde as an "exciting" residential building against the harrowing history of the South Bronx. The feature article in Landscape Architecture Magazine examines the how the building operates as a piece of urban landscape. Ulam interviews Dattner Architects' principal William Stein and Lee Weintraub of Lee Weintraub Landscape Architecture, the project's landscape architect, to get behind the range of landscape and green roof features, which plays a large role in the building's sustainability. Walk through the landscape features with Weintraub and Ulam in this video.
Alex Ulam examines Via Verde as an "exciting" residential building against the harrowing history of the South Bronx. The feature article in Landscape Architecture Magazine examines the how the building operates as a piece of urban landscape. Ulam interviews Dattner Architects' principal William Stein and Lee Weintraub of Lee Weintraub Landscape Architecture, the project's landscape architect, to get behind the range of landscape and green roof features, which plays a large role in the building's sustainability. Walk through the landscape features with Weintraub and Ulam in this video.
Metropolis magazine's Paul Makovsky follows up on the MoMA's "Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000" by interviewing the children of the designers featured in the exhibition. To find out what is was like to be the child of a designer or architect investigating ideas of progressive play Makovsky tracked down five children who shared their thoughts, including Ben Dattner, son of Richard. Ben reflects that he and his sister, Laura, "felt a unique send of ownership and pride" in their father's playgrounds.
Metropolis magazine's Paul Makovsky follows up on the MoMA's "Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000" by interviewing the children of the designers featured in the exhibition. To find out what is was like to be the child of a designer or architect investigating ideas of progressive play Makovsky tracked down five children who shared their thoughts, including Ben Dattner, son of Richard. Ben reflects that he and his sister, Laura, "felt a unique send of ownership and pride" in their father's playgrounds.
On Thursday November 15, 2012 CAMBA will honor Principal William Stein FAIA; the Hon. Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President; and Dr. Stanley Sherbell. CAMBA Night Out will take place at Galapagos Art Space, the Obie award winning cultural venue in DUMBO.
On Thursday November 15, 2012 CAMBA will honor Principal William Stein FAIA; the Hon. Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President; and Dr. Stanley Sherbell. CAMBA Night Out will take place at Galapagos Art Space, the Obie award winning cultural venue in DUMBO.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Councilmember Helen D. Foster came out today to celebrate the ribbon cutting and opening of the New Settlement Community Center. The Center is part of the New Settlement Community Campus that combines three schools, which opened earlier this year, a health clinic and outdoor play spaces, with an aquatics center, dance studio, green roof learning terrace, cooking classroom and multipurpose spaces.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Councilmember Helen D. Foster came out today to celebrate the ribbon cutting and opening of the New Settlement Community Center. The Center is part of the New Settlement Community Campus that combines three schools, which opened earlier this year, a health clinic and outdoor play spaces, with an aquatics center, dance studio, green roof learning terrace, cooking classroom and multipurpose spaces.
We are proud to announce that Via Verde has won a Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Award. The award is given to workforce housing developments that represent outstanding achievements in innovative financing, unique construction methodologies, strong public/private partnerships, and replicability to achieve workforce housing affordability. The announcement came today from the Urban Land Institute's Fall Meeting.
We are proud to announce that Via Verde has won a Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Award. The award is given to workforce housing developments that represent outstanding achievements in innovative financing, unique construction methodologies, strong public/private partnerships, and replicability to achieve workforce housing affordability. The announcement came today from the Urban Land Institute's Fall Meeting.
Via Verde and the Cordish Tennis Pavilion join the 2012 AIANY Subway Show, Design by New York, in the West 4th Street Subway Station. The exhibition includes 188 projects on view in the station until November 4. The Center for Architecture is hosting an opening reception on Wednesday, October 10 from 6-8pm at the Center. For more information, or to RSVP to the reception, visit the event page on the Center for Architecture website.
Via Verde and the Cordish Tennis Pavilion join the 2012 AIANY Subway Show, Design by New York, in the West 4th Street Subway Station. The exhibition includes 188 projects on view in the station until November 4. The Center for Architecture is hosting an opening reception on Wednesday, October 10 from 6-8pm at the Center. For more information, or to RSVP to the reception, visit the event page on the Center for Architecture website.
After last Friday's ribbon cutting, the 90-unit Concern Heights Apartments officially opened six-stories of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. The Concern Heights Apartments provides Concern for Independent Living's with its first mixed-tenant building, providing housing and supportive services to formerly homeless individuals recovering from mental illness and to low-income individuals and families from the community. Michael Hogan, Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health, praised the building and the program, predicting that it "will become known as the cornerstone of the revitalization of this Brooklyn neighborhood."
Beth Greenberg AIA, Principal, was interviewed by Association for Energy Affordability, one of the partnering organizations involved in this sustainable project, after the ribbon cutting.
After last Friday's ribbon cutting, the 90-unit Concern Heights Apartments officially opened six-stories of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. The Concern Heights Apartments provides Concern for Independent Living's with its first mixed-tenant building, providing housing and supportive services to formerly homeless individuals recovering from mental illness and to low-income individuals and families from the community. Michael Hogan, Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health, praised the building and the program, predicting that it "will become known as the cornerstone of the revitalization of this Brooklyn neighborhood."
Beth Greenberg AIA, Principal, was interviewed by Association for Energy Affordability, one of the partnering organizations involved in this sustainable project, after the ribbon cutting.
Dattner Architects is happy to participate in Open House New York 2012. Since last year we have broken ground, cut ribbons, and there is more on the boards; here is a chance to see what we have been doing. Feel free to stop by our office any time on Saturday October 6th from 10-5pm. You'll be glad you did, and we'll be happy to see you.
Dattner Architects is happy to participate in Open House New York 2012. Since last year we have broken ground, cut ribbons, and there is more on the boards; here is a chance to see what we have been doing. Feel free to stop by our office any time on Saturday October 6th from 10-5pm. You'll be glad you did, and we'll be happy to see you.
The Via Verde team is proud to have been selected as a winner of this year's Best New Affordable Housing Development Award for the Multi-Housing News Excellence Awards. Via Verde was selected for a number of criteria including financial performance, customer service, resident satisfaction and design excellence. The awards recognizing the multifamily industry’s most noteworthy people, companies and properties were bestowed last night at a ceremony in New York City.
The Via Verde team is proud to have been selected as a winner of this year's Best New Affordable Housing Development Award for the Multi-Housing News Excellence Awards. Via Verde was selected for a number of criteria including financial performance, customer service, resident satisfaction and design excellence. The awards recognizing the multifamily industry’s most noteworthy people, companies and properties were bestowed last night at a ceremony in New York City.
New Settlement Community Campus is featured in Edgeless School: Design for Learning, the Center for Architecture's exhibition which runs from October 1 through January 19. Dattner Architects' newest school will join eighteen other 21st century U.S. school buildings that blur distinctions between learning needs, approaches, and environments. Photos from the exhibit opening are posted on our facebook page.
New Settlement Community Campus is featured in Edgeless School: Design for Learning, the Center for Architecture's exhibition which runs from October 1 through January 19. Dattner Architects' newest school will join eighteen other 21st century U.S. school buildings that blur distinctions between learning needs, approaches, and environments. Photos from the exhibit opening are posted on our facebook page.
One day only! Here is your chance to see Via Verde - the new affordable, sustainable mixed-use residential development in the South Bronx. The collaborative competition winning project by Phipps, Rose, Dattner, Grimshaw opened for residents earlier this year. Join a lunch time tour on October 10 for Archtober's Building of the Day for a rare chance to go beyond the gates. Reservations required.
Check out CultureNOW's podcast interview on the building's history and innovations.
One day only! Here is your chance to see Via Verde - the new affordable, sustainable mixed-use residential development in the South Bronx. The collaborative competition winning project by Phipps, Rose, Dattner, Grimshaw opened for residents earlier this year. Join a lunch time tour on October 10 for Archtober's Building of the Day for a rare chance to go beyond the gates. Reservations required.
Check out CultureNOW's podcast interview on the building's history and innovations.
On October 9 at 6pm, join Jeff Dugan AIA, Principal at the Center for Architecture for "Building Great Schools: Finland to New York" where he'll join a panel discussing designing large schools for diverse groups. Client/Architect groups represent Kirkkojärvi School in Espoo, Finland and New Settlement Community Campus in the Bronx, NY.
On October 9 at 6pm, join Jeff Dugan AIA, Principal at the Center for Architecture for "Building Great Schools: Finland to New York" where he'll join a panel discussing designing large schools for diverse groups. Client/Architect groups represent Kirkkojärvi School in Espoo, Finland and New Settlement Community Campus in the Bronx, NY.
Riverbank State Park is featured in Mariana Mogilevich's article "The Architecture of Remediation: Riverbank Park" in Praxis: a journal of writing + building. Using the clean-up efforts of the Hudson River from the 1960s, Mariana examines the socio-political aspects of sustainable development that converged in the environmental, infrastructure, and public recreation programs of the Riverbank State Park ultimately designed by Dattner Architects and completed in 1993.
Riverbank State Park is featured in Mariana Mogilevich's article "The Architecture of Remediation: Riverbank Park" in Praxis: a journal of writing + building. Using the clean-up efforts of the Hudson River from the 1960s, Mariana examines the socio-political aspects of sustainable development that converged in the environmental, infrastructure, and public recreation programs of the Riverbank State Park ultimately designed by Dattner Architects and completed in 1993.
MTA Capital Construction has posted some amazing new photographs of the Number 7 Line Extension under construction on Manhattan's west side. Designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff with Dattner Architects, the extension provides a new station at 34th Street Station, with a new station entrance onto a public plaza, and four supporting systems buildings that provide power, ventilation and egress for the station and the running tunnel portions of the line extension.
MTA Capital Construction has posted some amazing new photographs of the Number 7 Line Extension under construction on Manhattan's west side. Designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff with Dattner Architects, the extension provides a new station at 34th Street Station, with a new station entrance onto a public plaza, and four supporting systems buildings that provide power, ventilation and egress for the station and the running tunnel portions of the line extension.
This Wednesday, Kirsten Sibilia will be on a panel about social media and developing relationships of value. Sponsored by the Subcontractors Trade Association, the panel will be moderated by Seth Horowitz, publisher of Engineering News Record's Regional Media, and also includes representatives from Gilbane, Skanska and The Berman Group. Event details and Registration
This Wednesday, Kirsten Sibilia will be on a panel about social media and developing relationships of value. Sponsored by the Subcontractors Trade Association, the panel will be moderated by Seth Horowitz, publisher of Engineering News Record's Regional Media, and also includes representatives from Gilbane, Skanska and The Berman Group. Event details and Registration
Today the New Settlement Community Center opened in Mount Eden section of the Bronx and was celebrated at a morning press conference by Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott. This remarkable complex is the result of a partnership between a leading non-profit, Settlement Housing Fund, and the NYC School Construction Authority. The facility includes three schools and 1000 students as well as a community center with a 25 yard pool, dance studio and outdoor classroom. The entire complex will be managed by Settlement Housing Fund, allowing the gymnasium complex, play yards and other large spaces within the school to be open for off-hour use by the local community.
Read more about the school from Settlement Housing Fund.
Today the New Settlement Community Center opened in Mount Eden section of the Bronx and was celebrated at a morning press conference by Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott. This remarkable complex is the result of a partnership between a leading non-profit, Settlement Housing Fund, and the NYC School Construction Authority. The facility includes three schools and 1000 students as well as a community center with a 25 yard pool, dance studio and outdoor classroom. The entire complex will be managed by Settlement Housing Fund, allowing the gymnasium complex, play yards and other large spaces within the school to be open for off-hour use by the local community.
Read more about the school from Settlement Housing Fund.
Beth Greenberg AIA, Principal, will be an honored guest at the Professional Women in Construction - NY Chapter's grand networking event. The event, which features six other respected panelists, casts an eye to the future and what it holds for the construction-related industry. The event takes place Wednesday August 22, 2012 from 5:30 to 8:00 at Club 101, 101 Park Avenue at 40th St. For more information see the Professional Women in Construction website.
Beth Greenberg AIA, Principal, will be an honored guest at the Professional Women in Construction - NY Chapter's grand networking event. The event, which features six other respected panelists, casts an eye to the future and what it holds for the construction-related industry. The event takes place Wednesday August 22, 2012 from 5:30 to 8:00 at Club 101, 101 Park Avenue at 40th St. For more information see the Professional Women in Construction website.
The Museum of Modern Art exhibits "Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000" from July 29 through November 25, 2012. Sketches for Richard Dattner's Adventure Playground in Central Park are included. The exhibition catalog also includes "Habitot," a plywood and stainless steel modular play system, designed by Richard in 1972.
The Museum of Modern Art exhibits "Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000" from July 29 through November 25, 2012. Sketches for Richard Dattner's Adventure Playground in Central Park are included. The exhibition catalog also includes "Habitot," a plywood and stainless steel modular play system, designed by Richard in 1972.
Katharine Logan examines green infrastructure and environments as a key to better public health. Her article in Green Source, "Here's To Your Health!", identifies Via Verde as putting these principles into practice. Combining New York City's Active Design Guidelines, outdoor spaces, a fitness center, and the multiple benefits of green roofs, including garden plots, Via Verde is making "a significant impact," according to Bill Stein who was interviewed for the article.
Katharine Logan examines green infrastructure and environments as a key to better public health. Her article in Green Source, "Here's To Your Health!", identifies Via Verde as putting these principles into practice. Combining New York City's Active Design Guidelines, outdoor spaces, a fitness center, and the multiple benefits of green roofs, including garden plots, Via Verde is making "a significant impact," according to Bill Stein who was interviewed for the article.
The site specific art installation at the Brighton Line's Avenue U Station, Brooklyn Seeds, was named one of the best public artworks in the United States at the 2012 Americans for the Arts Convention. Brooklyn Seeds was created by Jason Middlebrook through the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Arts for Transit program. This new giant mosaic flower mural was a key element of our renovation of the Avenue U Station. The artwork climbs up the wall of the station. The piece was created using vibrant glass mosaic and ceramic tile. The plants are based on wildflowers that grow in unlikely places in urban neighborhoods, through cracks in the sidewalks, and in alleys and along walls.
The site specific art installation at the Brighton Line's Avenue U Station, Brooklyn Seeds, was named one of the best public artworks in the United States at the 2012 Americans for the Arts Convention. Brooklyn Seeds was created by Jason Middlebrook through the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Arts for Transit program. This new giant mosaic flower mural was a key element of our renovation of the Avenue U Station. The artwork climbs up the wall of the station. The piece was created using vibrant glass mosaic and ceramic tile. The plants are based on wildflowers that grow in unlikely places in urban neighborhoods, through cracks in the sidewalks, and in alleys and along walls.
Former industrial land along West Farms Road and the Cross Bronx Expressway has been rezoned for residential use. In a design by Dattner Architects for Signature Urban Properties and Monadnock, 1,325 housing units and 46,000 square feet of retail space could eventually populate the area. Jake Mooney's article in the New York Times "Rezoning Clears Way for 'Small City' in the Bronx" examines Gifford Miller's plans for the area. The former New York City Council speaker, who heads the development company, said the project is to create a "a vibrant residential community for low- to moderate-income folks who need a great place to live and access to transit to get to their jobs and their lives.”
Former industrial land along West Farms Road and the Cross Bronx Expressway has been rezoned for residential use. In a design by Dattner Architects for Signature Urban Properties and Monadnock, 1,325 housing units and 46,000 square feet of retail space could eventually populate the area. Jake Mooney's article in the New York Times "Rezoning Clears Way for 'Small City' in the Bronx" examines Gifford Miller's plans for the area. The former New York City Council speaker, who heads the development company, said the project is to create a "a vibrant residential community for low- to moderate-income folks who need a great place to live and access to transit to get to their jobs and their lives.”
The Brick Industry Association selected 97 Crooke Avenue as a Brick in Architecture Silver award winner. The supportive housing project uses brick from Belden, Yankee Hill, and Cunnigham.
The Brick Industry Association selected 97 Crooke Avenue as a Brick in Architecture Silver award winner. The supportive housing project uses brick from Belden, Yankee Hill, and Cunnigham.
Via Verde heads up the multifamily housing Building Types Study section in Architectural Record's July issue. Joann Gonchar AIA takes readers through a brief history of the competition winning project and through a tour of the building, its landscape, its overall sustainability, and how the project is contributing to the Bronx and to the evolution of affordable housing.
Via Verde heads up the multifamily housing Building Types Study section in Architectural Record's July issue. Joann Gonchar AIA takes readers through a brief history of the competition winning project and through a tour of the building, its landscape, its overall sustainability, and how the project is contributing to the Bronx and to the evolution of affordable housing.
Principal Paul Bauer AIA, LEED AP presented the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage at the Center For Architecture on a panel "Taking Urban Infrastructure from NIMBY to YIMBY". The facility will house three district garages for the NYC Department of Sanitation ), with over 150 sanitation vehicles, personnel facilities for each district, and centralized vehicular wash, fueling and repair facilities. The panel explored how good design helped this NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) gain community approvals. Read the e-Oculus review.
Principal Paul Bauer AIA, LEED AP presented the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage at the Center For Architecture on a panel "Taking Urban Infrastructure from NIMBY to YIMBY". The facility will house three district garages for the NYC Department of Sanitation ), with over 150 sanitation vehicles, personnel facilities for each district, and centralized vehicular wash, fueling and repair facilities. The panel explored how good design helped this NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) gain community approvals. Read the e-Oculus review.
StreetSquash is one of ten community/recreation centers that Urban Land in ULX: The Power of Play" features as "model design strategies and partnerships for strengthening communities." StreetSquash provides recreational as well as academic exercise through squash courts and tutors.
StreetSquash is one of ten community/recreation centers that Urban Land in ULX: The Power of Play" features as "model design strategies and partnerships for strengthening communities." StreetSquash provides recreational as well as academic exercise through squash courts and tutors.
Celebrating "adventure playgrounds" in New York City from the mid-1950s, James Trainor focuses on Richard Dattner's playscapes and the way we view children's recreational options in the urban environment. A feature of the games themed Spring 2012 issue of Cabinet magazine, Trainor's "Reimagining Recreation" reminds readers that playtime does not have to be sterile.
Celebrating "adventure playgrounds" in New York City from the mid-1950s, James Trainor focuses on Richard Dattner's playscapes and the way we view children's recreational options in the urban environment. A feature of the games themed Spring 2012 issue of Cabinet magazine, Trainor's "Reimagining Recreation" reminds readers that playtime does not have to be sterile.
The Cordish Family Pavilion at the Lenz Tennis Center at Princeton University has won an Innovative Architecture & Design Award from Recreation Management. The jury praised its elegant simplicity.
The Cordish Family Pavilion at the Lenz Tennis Center at Princeton University has won an Innovative Architecture & Design Award from Recreation Management. The jury praised its elegant simplicity.
In today's Bloomberg, James Russell says, "Via Verde shows the power of thoughtful design to transform low-income housing," and that financing for affordable housing must be streamlined so we can have more innovative housing projects like it.
In today's Bloomberg, James Russell says, "Via Verde shows the power of thoughtful design to transform low-income housing," and that financing for affordable housing must be streamlined so we can have more innovative housing projects like it.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan noted Via Verde at the AIA Convention. At the May 18 plenary session he asked architects to support federal initiatives in advancing development of affordable housing. He highlighted affordable housing in New York City, specifically the renewal of the South Bronx and Via Verde.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan noted Via Verde at the AIA Convention. At the May 18 plenary session he asked architects to support federal initiatives in advancing development of affordable housing. He highlighted affordable housing in New York City, specifically the renewal of the South Bronx and Via Verde.
Our entry for the adAPT NYC micro-unit housing competition -- one of four finalists -- is included in "Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers" at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition showcases innovative design solutions that explore ways to better accommodate New York City’s changing demographics and challenges a number of existing building codes and typologies. A number of programs and lectures accompany the exhibition during its run until September 15.
Via Verde is part of the Center for Architecture’s Helfand Spotlight Series, which features current topics in New York architecture. The exhibition includes construction drawings, the green living guides that assist new owners and renters, and photography of all phases of the recently-completed building. The award-winning project will be on display January 31 - February 27, 2013.
Reporting in the New York Observer, Matt Chaban outlines The Durst Organization's plans to revitalize Pier 40, a site that Dattner Architects has been studying for years. The concept design, developed by Dattner Architects, calls for more efficient operations and added commercial and retail space. By consolidating parking on one level with car stackers, spaces could be increased and over 500,000 square feet given to commercial, retail, and recreational uses.
Dattner Architects’ firm leadership is helping to frame the profession's response to climate change in New York City. William Stein FAIA was appointed to the Urban Green’s Building Resiliency Task Force, created at the behest of the City of New York. The Task Force is reviewing current building codes and operational practices, and making recommendations on how they could be amended to improve building resiliency and to facilitate recovery. Kirsten Sibilia Assoc. AIA, LEED AP will co-chair the Communications Task Force for AIANY’s Super Storm Sandy response which will involve coordinating the efforts of collaborating organizations.
Dattner Architects is proud to announce the promotions of Catherine Selby AIA, LEED AP; Rachel Ehrlich AIA, LEED AP; Eric Epstein AIA, LEED AP; and Gia Mainiero AIA, LEED AP BD+C. For their enduring commitment and service to the firm Catherine has been promoted to Senior Associate and Rachel, Eric, and Gia have been promoted to Associates.
Renovations are underway at the Washington Heights Library. The 1914 Carrère & Hastings library will receive facility-wide upgrades to improve accessibility and information technology. The New York Daily News reports that "the revamp is making the library a place where the community will want to spend time." Principal-in-Charge Joseph Coppola said the approach is to make the library more accessible, welcoming, comfortable, and technologically up-to-date.
Brandon Klayko takes us down into the tunnels of the Number 7 Subway Line Extension in A/N Blog. The MTA photos are "showing quite a bit of progress since The Architect's Newspaper toured the site one year ago this month." The post includes a video of MTA Capital Construction's Shawn Kildare providing an update of building progress, a tour of the station including the entrance that will contain an inclined elevator. The station will be able to handle 35,000 passengers per hour during peak loads. Dattner Architects is the lead architect on the Parsons Brinckerhoff team.
Susanne Schindler of Domus magazine casts an eye on affordable housing in New York and finds Via Verde contributing "significantly to redefining the ins and outs of social housing." Following a history of New York's affordable housing, Schindler examines some of the city's best examples with Via Verde as a "lightning rod in the debate of what design can contribute to affordable housing."
Alex Ulam examines Via Verde as an "exciting" residential building against the harrowing history of the South Bronx. The feature article in Landscape Architecture Magazine examines the how the building operates as a piece of urban landscape. Ulam interviews Dattner Architects' principal William Stein and Lee Weintraub of Lee Weintraub Landscape Architecture, the project's landscape architect, to get behind the range of landscape and green roof features, which plays a large role in the building's sustainability. Walk through the landscape features with Weintraub and Ulam in this video.
Metropolis magazine's Paul Makovsky follows up on the MoMA's "Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000" by interviewing the children of the designers featured in the exhibition. To find out what is was like to be the child of a designer or architect investigating ideas of progressive play Makovsky tracked down five children who shared their thoughts, including Ben Dattner, son of Richard. Ben reflects that he and his sister, Laura, "felt a unique send of ownership and pride" in their father's playgrounds.
On Thursday November 15, 2012 CAMBA will honor Principal William Stein FAIA; the Hon. Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President; and Dr. Stanley Sherbell. CAMBA Night Out will take place at Galapagos Art Space, the Obie award winning cultural venue in DUMBO.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Councilmember Helen D. Foster came out today to celebrate the ribbon cutting and opening of the New Settlement Community Center. The Center is part of the New Settlement Community Campus that combines three schools, which opened earlier this year, a health clinic and outdoor play spaces, with an aquatics center, dance studio, green roof learning terrace, cooking classroom and multipurpose spaces.
We are proud to announce that Via Verde has won a Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Award. The award is given to workforce housing developments that represent outstanding achievements in innovative financing, unique construction methodologies, strong public/private partnerships, and replicability to achieve workforce housing affordability. The announcement came today from the Urban Land Institute's Fall Meeting.
Via Verde and the Cordish Tennis Pavilion join the 2012 AIANY Subway Show, Design by New York, in the West 4th Street Subway Station. The exhibition includes 188 projects on view in the station until November 4. The Center for Architecture is hosting an opening reception on Wednesday, October 10 from 6-8pm at the Center. For more information, or to RSVP to the reception, visit the event page on the Center for Architecture website.
After last Friday's ribbon cutting, the 90-unit Concern Heights Apartments officially opened six-stories of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. The Concern Heights Apartments provides Concern for Independent Living's with its first mixed-tenant building, providing housing and supportive services to formerly homeless individuals recovering from mental illness and to low-income individuals and families from the community. Michael Hogan, Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health, praised the building and the program, predicting that it "will become known as the cornerstone of the revitalization of this Brooklyn neighborhood."
Beth Greenberg AIA, Principal, was interviewed by Association for Energy Affordability, one of the partnering organizations involved in this sustainable project, after the ribbon cutting.
Dattner Architects is happy to participate in Open House New York 2012. Since last year we have broken ground, cut ribbons, and there is more on the boards; here is a chance to see what we have been doing. Feel free to stop by our office any time on Saturday October 6th from 10-5pm. You'll be glad you did, and we'll be happy to see you.
The Via Verde team is proud to have been selected as a winner of this year's Best New Affordable Housing Development Award for the Multi-Housing News Excellence Awards. Via Verde was selected for a number of criteria including financial performance, customer service, resident satisfaction and design excellence. The awards recognizing the multifamily industry’s most noteworthy people, companies and properties were bestowed last night at a ceremony in New York City.
New Settlement Community Campus is featured in Edgeless School: Design for Learning, the Center for Architecture's exhibition which runs from October 1 through January 19. Dattner Architects' newest school will join eighteen other 21st century U.S. school buildings that blur distinctions between learning needs, approaches, and environments. Photos from the exhibit opening are posted on our facebook page.
One day only! Here is your chance to see Via Verde - the new affordable, sustainable mixed-use residential development in the South Bronx. The collaborative competition winning project by Phipps, Rose, Dattner, Grimshaw opened for residents earlier this year. Join a lunch time tour on October 10 for Archtober's Building of the Day for a rare chance to go beyond the gates. Reservations required.
Check out CultureNOW's podcast interview on the building's history and innovations.
On October 9 at 6pm, join Jeff Dugan AIA, Principal at the Center for Architecture for "Building Great Schools: Finland to New York" where he'll join a panel discussing designing large schools for diverse groups. Client/Architect groups represent Kirkkojärvi School in Espoo, Finland and New Settlement Community Campus in the Bronx, NY.
Riverbank State Park is featured in Mariana Mogilevich's article "The Architecture of Remediation: Riverbank Park" in Praxis: a journal of writing + building. Using the clean-up efforts of the Hudson River from the 1960s, Mariana examines the socio-political aspects of sustainable development that converged in the environmental, infrastructure, and public recreation programs of the Riverbank State Park ultimately designed by Dattner Architects and completed in 1993.
MTA Capital Construction has posted some amazing new photographs of the Number 7 Line Extension under construction on Manhattan's west side. Designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff with Dattner Architects, the extension provides a new station at 34th Street Station, with a new station entrance onto a public plaza, and four supporting systems buildings that provide power, ventilation and egress for the station and the running tunnel portions of the line extension.
This Wednesday, Kirsten Sibilia will be on a panel about social media and developing relationships of value. Sponsored by the Subcontractors Trade Association, the panel will be moderated by Seth Horowitz, publisher of Engineering News Record's Regional Media, and also includes representatives from Gilbane, Skanska and The Berman Group. Event details and Registration
Today the New Settlement Community Center opened in Mount Eden section of the Bronx and was celebrated at a morning press conference by Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott. This remarkable complex is the result of a partnership between a leading non-profit, Settlement Housing Fund, and the NYC School Construction Authority. The facility includes three schools and 1000 students as well as a community center with a 25 yard pool, dance studio and outdoor classroom. The entire complex will be managed by Settlement Housing Fund, allowing the gymnasium complex, play yards and other large spaces within the school to be open for off-hour use by the local community.
Read more about the school from Settlement Housing Fund.
Beth Greenberg AIA, Principal, will be an honored guest at the Professional Women in Construction - NY Chapter's grand networking event. The event, which features six other respected panelists, casts an eye to the future and what it holds for the construction-related industry. The event takes place Wednesday August 22, 2012 from 5:30 to 8:00 at Club 101, 101 Park Avenue at 40th St. For more information see the Professional Women in Construction website.
The Museum of Modern Art exhibits "Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000" from July 29 through November 25, 2012. Sketches for Richard Dattner's Adventure Playground in Central Park are included. The exhibition catalog also includes "Habitot," a plywood and stainless steel modular play system, designed by Richard in 1972.
Katharine Logan examines green infrastructure and environments as a key to better public health. Her article in Green Source, "Here's To Your Health!", identifies Via Verde as putting these principles into practice. Combining New York City's Active Design Guidelines, outdoor spaces, a fitness center, and the multiple benefits of green roofs, including garden plots, Via Verde is making "a significant impact," according to Bill Stein who was interviewed for the article.
The site specific art installation at the Brighton Line's Avenue U Station, Brooklyn Seeds, was named one of the best public artworks in the United States at the 2012 Americans for the Arts Convention. Brooklyn Seeds was created by Jason Middlebrook through the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Arts for Transit program. This new giant mosaic flower mural was a key element of our renovation of the Avenue U Station. The artwork climbs up the wall of the station. The piece was created using vibrant glass mosaic and ceramic tile. The plants are based on wildflowers that grow in unlikely places in urban neighborhoods, through cracks in the sidewalks, and in alleys and along walls.
Former industrial land along West Farms Road and the Cross Bronx Expressway has been rezoned for residential use. In a design by Dattner Architects for Signature Urban Properties and Monadnock, 1,325 housing units and 46,000 square feet of retail space could eventually populate the area. Jake Mooney's article in the New York Times "Rezoning Clears Way for 'Small City' in the Bronx" examines Gifford Miller's plans for the area. The former New York City Council speaker, who heads the development company, said the project is to create a "a vibrant residential community for low- to moderate-income folks who need a great place to live and access to transit to get to their jobs and their lives.”
The Brick Industry Association selected 97 Crooke Avenue as a Brick in Architecture Silver award winner. The supportive housing project uses brick from Belden, Yankee Hill, and Cunnigham.
Via Verde heads up the multifamily housing Building Types Study section in Architectural Record's July issue. Joann Gonchar AIA takes readers through a brief history of the competition winning project and through a tour of the building, its landscape, its overall sustainability, and how the project is contributing to the Bronx and to the evolution of affordable housing.
Principal Paul Bauer AIA, LEED AP presented the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage at the Center For Architecture on a panel "Taking Urban Infrastructure from NIMBY to YIMBY". The facility will house three district garages for the NYC Department of Sanitation ), with over 150 sanitation vehicles, personnel facilities for each district, and centralized vehicular wash, fueling and repair facilities. The panel explored how good design helped this NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) gain community approvals. Read the e-Oculus review.
StreetSquash is one of ten community/recreation centers that Urban Land in ULX: The Power of Play" features as "model design strategies and partnerships for strengthening communities." StreetSquash provides recreational as well as academic exercise through squash courts and tutors.
Celebrating "adventure playgrounds" in New York City from the mid-1950s, James Trainor focuses on Richard Dattner's playscapes and the way we view children's recreational options in the urban environment. A feature of the games themed Spring 2012 issue of Cabinet magazine, Trainor's "Reimagining Recreation" reminds readers that playtime does not have to be sterile.
The Cordish Family Pavilion at the Lenz Tennis Center at Princeton University has won an Innovative Architecture & Design Award from Recreation Management. The jury praised its elegant simplicity.
In today's Bloomberg, James Russell says, "Via Verde shows the power of thoughtful design to transform low-income housing," and that financing for affordable housing must be streamlined so we can have more innovative housing projects like it.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan noted Via Verde at the AIA Convention. At the May 18 plenary session he asked architects to support federal initiatives in advancing development of affordable housing. He highlighted affordable housing in New York City, specifically the renewal of the South Bronx and Via Verde.
