What is considered as an Institutional
building? Schools, Banks, Office Buildings, Colleges, Courthouses,
Fire Stations, Post Offices, Military Installations, Libraries,
Restaurants, Recreational Facilities, Religious Facilities, Shopping
Centers, Theaters, Government Facilities, Museums. These are
all the "core" buildings that a community must have
to support the citizens.
Can I as a single practicing architect
design Institutional facilities?
Yes, as you will see from the
list of completed projects of mine below, I have! However it
is also true that I have worked within a team environment in
other firms on large Institutional projects and I have worked
for the Government as well.
Can I as a single practitioner "team
up" with another office of architects who have specialized
knowledge of some particular area of Institutional design? Yes
again! I have done this myself. I am expected to hire the best
consultants available for my client if I do not know about a
particular specialized subject matter. The consultant is hired
for this specialized knowledge, such as a specialist who just
designs programming for a Post Office, or the individual who
knows more than any one else about tunnel ceiling ventilation
systems.
Will I as a single practitioner bring
you better service than a larger firm? I will bring you
a more personalized service. I will bring you an answer direct
from my knowledge, promptly and you will not be asked to wait
for some third party to get back to you as is common in larger
firms. If you want and enjoy direct contact with people you rely
upon, this may be a more comfortable path for you to follow.
Are Institutional projects unique
in their structure? You bet they are. Just talk to a Federal Judge
about how he wants a Court House designed and you will see first
hand what a demanding client is all about! Or what about a Post
Office where every part of the building is really just a piece
of a pre designed puzzle that you have to constantly reassemble
into new forms. All Institutional projects carry with them a
unique programing structure and set of spatial demands as a building
that exist only for this one building type.
Are these challenging projects for
me as an architect? Sure they are. Any time you have the opportunity
to help shape a communities identity and improve the way it's
citizens can live you have done a good days work by any standard.
Listing of completed
projects:
I was the consulting Senior Supervising
Architect for the New York City Office of Management and Budget,
City Charter Fixed Assets Project. This project included the
physical survey of over 2,700 facilities with values over $10
million each. These buildings varied from City Hall to The Metropolitan
Museum to the Bronx Zoo to all the schools, fire houses, jails,
parks, piers, terminals, hospitals, courts, police stations,
all municipal buildings, etc. for all eighteen city agencies.
I was the lead consulting architect to Parsons, Brinckerhoff,
Douglas & Quade, Architects & Engineers.
New U.S. mainmast Office, Saugerties,
N.Y. (Project architect for new 180.000 SF± main Post
Office with another architect, Kenneth Irving, AIA.)
Entrance Renovation, Phillips Technical
Center, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. ( Architect-Design for ultra hi-tech
entrance to research facility-with another architect-Neil Carnow,
AIA)
Library Renovation, Main Library, Ossining,
N.Y. ( Architect-Design for total renovation and expansion of
40,000 S.F. Library-with another architect-Neil Carnow, AIA)
Newburgh Public Housing, Newburgh, New
York (Total renovation of DHCR Housing high rise project building,
including all electrical, mechanical, bathrooms, public spaces
and grounds with another architect, Ehasz-Giacolone Architects,
P.C.)
Poughkeepsie Municipal Building, Poughkeepsie,
N.Y. (Designed the total renovation of 300,000 S.F. and three
alternate schemes with another architect-Maxwell Glantz, RA.)
92nd Street "Y" New York, N.Y.
(Designed 65,000 S.F. of office and client user spaces with another
architect-Maxwell Glantz, RA.)
Westchester Community Airport, White
Plains, N.Y. (Project manager for the design of new terminal
and parking structure for 2,500 cars -with Arnold Thompson, AIA.)
University of Illinois Airport, Champaign/Urbana,
Illinois. (Project architect for the design for new terminal,
parking lots, signage and all exterior site lighting with Arnold
Thompson, AIA.)
Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia,
Pa. (Project architect for the new terminal design, road way
lay out and parking facility design in conjunction with DMJM
and Arnold Thompson, AIA.)
John Wayne Airport, Orange County, California.
(Project architect for new terminal, parking and road system
design -with Arnold Thompson, AIA.)
Haiti National Airport, Port A Prince,
Haiti. (Project architect for the design of terminal, parking
and road system expansion and renovation -with Arnold Thompson,
AIA.)
Jacksonville Airport, Jacksonville, Florida.
(Project architect for the new terminal, parking structure and
road system -with Arnold Thompson, AIA.)
The Classic, Stamford, Conn. (Project
manager, 7 story retail/residential building, by Caspi Development
Co.-with another architect-Nadler Philopena, AIA.)
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven,
N.Y. (Chief planner/designer for the revision of the master plan
of a 6,500 acre Federal Government science laboratory, consisting
of an analysis of site development and the facilities utilization
plan. This planning provided BNL's long range re-vitalization,
incorporating the existing constraints and extending the concepts
developed in the planning analysis so they could extent well
beyond the year 2,010- with Max Urbahn, FAIA.)
Basic Utility Airport Feasibility Site
Selection Study, Brookhaven, N.Y. (Project manager to locate
site for small airport within county of Brookhaven and establish
costs to purchase and develop land- with Max Urbahn, FAIA.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
World Trade Center Complex New York, N.Y. (Designed plaza and
public signage, designed building # 2 main lobby rehab, designed
P.A. Police Dept. at the Trade Center, designed P.A. furniture
standards, redesigned P.A. board rooms, executive directors offices,
staff offices, cafeteria, "oval room", and #1 building
observation deck alterations-Staff designer.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
Journal Square Transportation Center, Jersey City, N.J. (Designed
and renovated Police Department Training Academy, 30,000 S.F.-Staff
designer)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
Newark International Airport, Newark, N.J. (Designed alterations
to Terminal "C", alterations to Airport Administration,
Police, Crash, Fire, Rescue Building, alterations to terminal
"B"-Staff designer.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
JFK International Airport, Queens, N.Y. (Designed International
Arrivals Building cafeteria renovation, main passenger entrance
area renovation, Parking lots toll booth renovations, Site overhead
road graphics program, Police/Crash/fire/Rescue renovation and
architectural interface at the 150th Street and Sunrise Highway
cloverleaf entrance to the airport-Staff designer.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
La Guardia Airport, Queens, N.Y. (Designed renovations to all
parking lots, toll booths and roadway signage, designed alterations
to Butler Aviation hanger and the old F.A.A. building, designed
alterations to Eastern Airlines Terminal, designed alterations
to Main Terminal, and Police Station -Staff designer.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal, New York, N.Y. (Designed
the total renovation of the two main passenger lobbies, and Police
Station-Staff designer.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
Holland Tunnel, New York, N.Y. (Designed, with three other architects,
the Replacement Test Ceiling Contract, a one hundred million
dollar job -Staff designer.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
Port Authority Trans Hudson System, (PATH) (Task leader, Architect
for the total renovation of the Christopher and 9th Street Subway
Stations.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
George Washington Bridge Toll Plaza, Fort Lee N.J. (Project Architect
for the total renovation of all the toll facilities, and Police
Station.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
Goethels Bay Bridge, Staten Island, N.Y. (Project Architect for
the renovation of the toll plaza, and Police Station.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
(Designed new cargo building, Newark International Airport, Newark,
N.J. 40,000 S.F.- Staff Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
World Trade Center Complex, New York, N.Y. (Building components
including building envelope and windows.-Staff Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
Journal Square Transportation Center, Jersey City, N.J. (Police
Department Training Academy, building envelope and windows-Staff
Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
Newark International Airport, Newark, N.J. (Terminal "B"
building envelope, Police/Crash/Fire/Rescue Building envelope
and windows-Staff Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
JFK International Airport, Queens, N.Y. (International Arrivals
Building envelope and windows-Staff Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
La Guardia Airport, Queens, N.Y. (Main Terminal Building envelope
and windows-Staff Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal, New York, N.Y. (Building
envelope and windows-Staff Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Lincoln Tunnel Administration Building, Weehawken, N.J. (Project
architect for a study of the expansion/relocation and /or/ renovation
and addition to existing facility including; all administrative
functions, Police Department and jail, Fire Department, tolls,
maintenance, cafeterias, emergency response, and storage facilities.
This was about 350,000 S.F.)
La Guardia Airport, Queens, N.Y. Staff
architect at Port Authority of New York & New Jersey for
5 years, worked on all aspects of airport; from parking terminals,
to roads, to passenger terminals, to hangers, to run-ways, to
signage & graphics.
JFK International Airport, Queens, N.Y.
Staff architect at Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
for 5 years, worked on all aspects of airport; from parking terminals,
to roads, to passenger terminals, to hangers, to run-ways, to
signage & graphics.
Newark International Airport, Newark,
N.J. Staff architect at Port Authority of New York & New
Jersey for 5 years, worked on all aspects of airport; from parking
terminals, to roads, to passenger terminals, to hangers, to run-ways,
to signage & graphics.
Branford Water Treatment Plant, Branford,
Conn. (The Branford Water Company, a project designer of 85,000
S.F. facility with pump station, flocculation tanks, settling
purification and holding tanks. This building was designed with
a 210 foot long x 12 foot high "Tromb" wall to heat
offices and laboratory areas-with Malcom Pernie Architects &
Engineers.)
Jackson Pike Waste Water Treatment Plant,
Columbus, Ohio. (Columbus Dept. of Public Service. The designer
of a 57,100 S.F. parts storage building on 2 stories -with Malcom
Pernie Architects & Engineers.)
Nyack Seminary College, South Boulevard,
Nyack, N.Y. (Project architect for the alteration of administrative
building and dormitory facilities. 3 buildings of about 90,000
S.F. total -with Schoelfield Colgan Architects)
Nyack Seminary College, South Boulevard,
Nyack, N.Y. (Project architect for the total redesign and rehabilitation
of a 4,964 S.F. church and rectory-with Schoelfield Colgan Architects.)
N.Y.C. Transit Authority Headquarters,
43rd and Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. (Project Manager for
contract documents for 160,000 S.F. of office space.-with another
architect-Henry Meltzer, R.A.)
Citibank, N.Y.C. (Project Manager for
the total overhaul of 286 bank branches in 14 months for the
installation of the automated teller Machine (ATM), which myself
and four other architects had developed for Citibank. This was
a 92 million dollar project in 1977.)
Harcourt Brace Jovanavich Inc., 1111
Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. (Designed 300,000 S.F. of office
space with another architect-John Bratichak.)
Northwest Orient-Hanger, Kennedy Airport
Queens, N.Y. (Designed 400,000 S.F. roof renovation with another
architect-John Bratichak.)
Keystone at the Crossing, Indianapolis,
Indiana. (Project architect for a major regional 285 acre shopping
center with 105 acres of retail, 24 acres of attached, single
and multi-family housing, and 156 acres of open space-with Maitland
Strauss Architects.)
Town of Pelham Manor, N.Y. (Project designer
with other architects and landscape architects for waterfront
public park conversion from a former town dump. This is located
next to the N.Y. Athletic Club property while working for landscape
architect, A.E. Bye.)
Alibi Inn and Tony's Restaurants Irvington
N.Y. (one colonial and one modern, total redesign and rehab.
with another architect-R. Markantonio, AIA.)
Community Center, Waterbury, Conn. (Associate
architect for the study of a 5 story Regional Black Community
Center in a renovated shoe factory, four stories of about 75,000
S.F. with CODA architects.)
Town Plan, Pound Ridge, N.Y. (Associate
architect and co-author for the town plan, based upon ecology,
funded by "PRUP", Pound Ridge United for Planning.)
(The citizens of Pound Ridge) and CODA architects.
Land Use Through Ecology, A Case Study
of Pound Ridge, N.Y. (Associate architect and co-author) (funded
by "PRUP".) and CODA architects.
Common Urban Household, Urban Design
Technique Complementing Natural Environment, Economic and Legislative
Measures for Medium Size Towns in New York State. (Associate
architect in a study done at Newburgh, N Y. to determine the
impact of Stewart Air force Base in becoming the fourth New York
City airport. This study won the Arnold W. Brunner Award from
the New York City Chapter of the A.I.A.) with CODA architects.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33
Liberty Street, N.Y. (Designed over 1,000,000 S.F. of offices,
computer rooms, vaults, warehouses etc. as staff designer for
over 7 years.)
