Architecture

MKDA Designs Office For Private Equity Firm Harvest Partners

Posted By Susan Piperato, 02/25/10

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Harvest Partners BoardroomNEW YORK, NY—Corporate space planning and interior design firm MKDA has designed 20,000 square feet of office space on the 25th floor at 280 Park Avenue on behalf of New York-based private equity investment firm Harvest Partners, which had expanded from another floor in the building.

The New Domino Mixed-Income Community Enters Public Review Process

Posted By Susan Piperato, 01/20/10

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Domino ProjectNEW YORK, NY—Taking a major official step forward, the 30% affordable, 2,200- unit mixed-income New Domino, is entering the formal public review process known as ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure).  The Williamsburg project creates 660 units of affordable housing and more than four acres of public open space with a broad riverfront esplanade providing acce

Scarano-designed Vere 26 in Long Island CityGarners Industry and Consumer Raves

Posted By Susan Piperato, 01/13/10

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26-26 Jackson AvenueNEW YORK, NY—With its icy blue glass curtain wall rising 12 stories, punctuated by a uniquely exposed geometric framework, Vere 26, a luxury condominium development at 26-26 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, and featuring 43 residences, plus ground floor retail space, is eliciting enthusiastic responses from the architectural community, cond

Corporate Interiors Firm MKDA Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

Posted By Susan Piperato, 12/23/09

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NEW YORK, NY—MKDA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary as one of New York City’s most distinguished corporate interior space planning and design firms. Milo Kleinberg, a noted fashion showroom designer in the 1960s, founded MKDA in 1959. His sons, Jeffrey and Michael Kleinberg, joined the firm in the mid-1970s.

Three Queens Synagogues Are Listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places

Posted By Susan Piperato, 12/17/09

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NEW YORK, NY—The New York Landmarks Conservancy and the Preservation League of New York State announced on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, the listing of three Queens synagogues on the National and State Registers of Historic Places: Rego Park Jewish Center, Astoria Center of Israel and the Free Synagogue of Flushing.

Costas Kondylis Design LLC Launched to Design Green Buildings in New York and Internationally

Posted By Susan Piperato, 12/03/09

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NEW YORK, NY—Award-winning architect Costas Kondylis announces the launch of a new enterprise, Costas Kondylis Design LLC (www.kondylis.com; 212-725-6898). Kondylis, Principal and Chief Architect of the firm, has partnered with Luxembourg-based private investment group Lynx Finances Group.

Landow and Landow Architects Announces Completion of Renovation of Legendary William Greenberg Jr. Desserts

Posted By Susan Piperato, 11/16/09

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William Greenberg Jr. DessertsNEW YORK, NY—Landow and Landow Architects announces the completion of the renovation on the much-loved William Greenberg Jr. Desserts located at 1100 Madison Avenue between 82nd and 83rd Streets in New York. The renovations began on July 6 and continued through August 31.

Baryshnikov Arts Center to Reopen the Jerome Robbins Theater As Most Technically Advanced Theater of Its Size in New York City

Posted By Susan Piperato, 11/16/09

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NEW YORK, NY—The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), will open the state-of-the-art Jerome Robbins Theater in early 2010, a newly renovated venue within the building that houses the Center’s existing facility at 450 W.

RMJM-Designed Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore Officially Opens

Posted By Susan Piperato, 10/21/09

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NEW YORK, NY and SINGAPORE—The RMJM-designed Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, the first collaboration of its kind in Singapore between two of the world’s top higher education institutions—Duke University in the U.S. and National University of Singapore—was opened on September 28th by the country’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

NYC’s First Large-Scale Exhibition Center, Designed by Montroy Andersen DeMarco, Drawing Crowds in Former Home of New York Times

Posted By Susan Piperato, 09/29/09

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226 West 44th StreetNEW YORK, NY—This summer, Discovery Times Square Exposition (TSX), New York’s first large-scale exhibition center, opened in the former home of the New York Times’ printing presses, announces Dan Montroy of Montroy Andersen DeMarco, the architect that designed the radically reconfigured space.   

Today, the 60,000-square-foot, multi-level space at 226 West 44th Street contains two major exhibit halls—now featuring Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition and Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia, learning centers, a special event space, a retail shop and a café.

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