June 19, 2019
Ferry Point Park Comfort Station Receives SARA NY Design Award
BKSK is delighted to have received a 2019 SARA NY Design Award of Merit for Ferry Point Park Comfort Station – small projects category.
Acting as a front porch at the edge of 9.5-acres of Bronx waterfront, this small project with a big impact is designed for resiliency, durability and community use. The design uses utilitarian materials – standing seam and corrugated metal for their easy maintenance and low cost, but in a way that elevates them to reflect civic importance. The white building reflects the sky and serves as a background for seasonally changing plantings. View this year’s winners here .
May 8, 2019
529 Broadway Receives Engineering Excellence Gold Award
529 Broadway, New York NY, Architect: BKSK The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York awarded BKSK project, 529 Broadway a 2019 Engineering Excellence Gold Award in the Category C: Structural Systems.
The new 6-story commercial building at the corner of Broadway and Spring Street in the heart of Soho recalls an earlier predecessor on the site, the Prescott House, a large 19th-century hotel that was mostly reduced to a two-story taxpayer in 1935. Using state-of-the-art modeling software, the design team conceived a terra cotta rain screen and glass curtain wall facade system that transforms a seemingly punched opening masonry building (evoking the old hotel) into a glass curtain wall building reflecting the openness ratio of later cast iron buildings in the district. The terra cotta elements on the Spring Street elevation twist and dematerialize so that the facade culminates in a modern glass curtain wall with terra cotta accents and district-appropriate loft dimensions fronting on Broadway.
Click here to learn more about the program and view this year’s winners.
January 8, 2019
Harry Kendall joins Urban Design Council at the Museum of the City of New York
As a founding member of the Urban Design Council , Harry Kendall will contribute ideas to the institution’s programming and exhibition content to ensure that the Museum remains at the forefront of conversations in New York’s urban design. The Council represents a partnership between the Museum and urban design constituencies to preserve the vibrancy of New York City and the Museum.
The Museum’s mission is to foster understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in one of the world’s most influential cities and to engage visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city’s past, present, and future.
November 29, 2018
BKSK’s newest principal, Harpreet Dhaliwal
(clockwise from bottom right) The LEED platinum comfort station in Washington Square Park; the New York Hall of Science Playground; and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation headquarters. Each project conceived to express the mission and goals of our clients.
Below is a preview of two works-in-progress being shepherded toward completion by Harpreet.
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November 16, 2018
Ferry Point Comfort Station Receives Architecture MasterPrize
The Architecture MasterPrize awards program just announced their 2018 award-winners, and BKSK is thrilled to have received an honorable mention for Ferry Point Park Comfort Station – Small Architecture category.
Acting as a front porch at the edge of 9.5-acres of Bronx waterfront, this small project with a big impact is designed for resiliency, durability and community use. Click here to view this year’s winners.
October 13, 2018
NYC by Foot (or Ferry): Brooklyn Army Terminal
Open House New York was arts not-for-profit ChaShaMa’s Open Studios, opening up approximately 90 artist studios to the public to visit. Art, architecture, and a lovely ferry ride – not bad for $5.50 and an afternoon.
Visited by BKSK Business Manager, Robin Noble-Zolin
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