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Project • By MDSzerbaty Associates Architecture, LLC • Hospitals
SUNY College of Optometry 7th Floor Eye Center
The 7th floor University Eye Center at SUNY College of Optometry, located in a high-rise building overlooking Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan, serves over 60,000 patients annually. After years of heavy use, the clinical exam rooms required renovation, and the Eyewear Retail Center—which provides glasses and lenses—had become outdated and was partitioned off from public view. The existing 11,000 sq. ft. layout was inefficient for both teaching and clinical care, with long distances between waiting areas, bathrooms, testing rooms, and exam rooms causing delays and overcrowding.
Pavel Bendov / Arch Explorer
Working with doctors and administration, MDSA developed a plan that organized the 24 exam rooms into three “pod&r... More
Project • By Roger Ferris + Partners • Apartments
450 Washington
Situated on the edge of the Hudson River in Tribeca, 450 Washington was reclad in a warm limestone plaster and new brushed carbon finish windows, reinvigorating the site. The various forms of the building are stitched together with a grid that peels away as the building rises, taking advantage of the views of the Hudson River.
James Wing Photo
James Wing Photo
A central courtyard breaks apart the block, providing a space of refuge. A cantilevered canopy brings guests from the street through a new vegetated courtyard to the double height lobby. On the 12th floor, a rooftop terrace harnesses the impressive outdoor space and water views in the heart of Manhattan.
James Wing Photo
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Project • By IwamotoScott Architecture • Offices
Pinterest NYC
Pinterest's NYC offices (PINYC) are located on two floors of a building across the street from the New York Public Library on 5th Ave – a fortuitous adjacency, as the NYPL’s Picture Library (a catalogued repository of photos) was an initial inspiration for Pinterest for one of the founders.
Bruce Damonte
The workspace design takes cues from the recently revised Pinterest website – clean, clear and simple. The program includes: open Workspace, Meeting Rooms, an All Hands/Dining/Commons, Multi-Purpose Room, Pantry, Library, Work Lounges and a Roof Terrace. One of the key programmatic elements of the design brief for the space involved the creation of a central communication stair linking the two workspace levels... More