With a new structure, the architects responded to their client’s passion for barns by incorporating into the design traditional qualities of barns—generous spaces, repetitive timber frame—while creating a complex interior for modern living.
When William Pedersen, FAIA, cofounder and principal design partner of Kohn Pedersen Fox, bought a 3-acre piece of waterfront land on Shelter Island, New York, in 1981, “Things were a little different on the island,” he wryly recalls.
The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center establishes a new 32,800-square-foot campus nexus for Parsons The New School for Design by uniting and radically reorganizing the street-level spaces of the school’s four buildings around a new urban quad.
For five years, Manhattan residents Cristina Grajales and Isabelle Kirshner rented a rustic former hunting cabin in Dutchess County, New York, for weekend getaways.
Project Specs Salt Point House Salt Point, New York Thomas Phifer and Partners << Return to article the People Architect Thomas Phifer and Partners 180 Varick Street New York, NY 10014 P 212 337 0334 F 212 337 0603 Principal: Thomas Phifer (registered architect) Project Partner: Greg Reaves (registered architect) Project Architect: Joseph Sevene (registered architect) Project Team: Christoph Timm, Jon Benner, Ina Ko, Kerim Demirkan, Katie Bennett, Matthew Jull Engineer(s): Structural Engineer: Seth Wolfe for Weidlinger Associates General contractor: Kevin W. Beck Photographer(s) Scott Frances 212 227 2722 Credit: copyright: Scott Frances 2007 CAD system, project management, or other
It would be easy to think of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s House at the Shawangunks—located a few miles west of the Hudson River in the hills near the upstate New York town of New Paltz—as a house designed for rock climbers.
Project Specs House at the Shawangunks New Paltz, New York Bohlin Cywinski Jackson << Return to article the People Architect Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 8 West Market Street, Suite 1200 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 570-825-8756 (phone) 570-825-3744 (fax) Peter Q. Bohlin, FAIA, Principal-in-Charge Julie Scotchie, Project Manager Todd Howard, Project Architect Lee Clark, RA Julia Dalton Engineer(s): E.D. Pons and Associates (structural) General contractor: Kira Construction Photographer(s): Nic Lehoux Photography Ltd. 866-599-2774 (office) 604-805-1811 (cell) nic@niclehoux.com CAD system, project management, or other software used: MICROSTATION the Products Structural system: Laminated Douglas Fir beams, Site found tree columns, Douglas fir rafters Exterior