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PLANNED PARENTHOOD CUTS THE RIBBON ON THEIR SYA-DESIGNED BRONX HEALTH CENTER

PPGNY recently cut the ribbon on SYA’s modernized expanded Bronx Health Center. The state-of-the-art expansion will double the capacity for sexual and reproductive health care at this center. Honored to have Bronx Borough President Vanesa Gibson show up with an official citation marking this special day!

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SYA COMPLETES EXPANSION OF ANGELO GORDON’S GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS IN NYC

The 25,000 sf expansion is a bold new workplace direction for the esteemed global investment company, positioning them to thrive well into the future. We are proud of this latest collaboration with Angelo Gordon, a relationship that started over 20 years ago!

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Pace University's new Psychology Department and McShane Center are now open!

Pace University’s distinguished Department of Psychology and the Thomas J. McShane Center for Psychological Services have now moved into their new home designed by SYA! We are proud this uplifting facility will enhance cutting-edge research and clinical training, dramatically increase therapy services for the community, and encourage interaction between students and faculty.

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Chelsea Health Center wins National Preservation Award from National Trust for Historic Preservation!

We are thrilled and honored to announce the National Trust for Historic Preservation has awarded SYA’s transformation of the Chelsea Health Center the nation’s most prestigious national honor in historic preservation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award. Every year these coveted awards are bestowed to the best of the best in historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and the re-imagining of historic buildings for the future.

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Stephen Yablon Architecture's approach to adapting work space during COVID-19 is featured in Architectural Record

We’re excited that Stephen Yablon Architecture is prominently featured in Architectural Record’s recent article “Architects Revamp Workspace for Social Distancing.” In the article we discuss adapting our design, in response to the coronavirus, for a financial services company’s workspace about to start construction. To see the article, click here

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The new Makerspace @ Columbia is now open and joins the fight against COVID-19

Located in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Makerspace @ Columbia is the main makerspace for the entire campus and is available for use by all students. Centered on an open work area with the latest digital modeling and fabrication equipment, the creative workshop encourages exploration, cross-disciplinary research, prototyping, and discussion. SYA is proud that rapid response solutions for healthcare workers during COVID-19 are one of the first things to be created in the makerspace.

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SYA's expansion of Angelo Gordon's New York City Headquarters starts construction this summer

We are excited to create a state-of-the-art 25,000 sf expansion of Angelo Gordon’s New York City Headquarters! Expected to be completed by the end of the year, the new offices will be a new design direction for Angelo Gordon that will allow for continued growth and change. In response to COVID-19, SYA made design adjustments before start of construction to improve the health and safety of their workplace.

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Pace University's new Psychology Department and Thomas J. McShane Center is under construction

SYA is thrilled to create a new home for Pace University’s distinguished Department of Psychology and the Thomas J. McShane Center for Psychological Services! The new facility will be a modern and uplifting environment, enhancing the Department’s clinical training, cutting-edge research, and collaboration between students and faculty.

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Two new health centers for Planned Parenthood of Greater New York designed by SYA are now under construction

We are proud to help PPGNY deliver a consistent high-quality patient experience at all of their facilities. These new centers, one in Brooklyn and another in the Bronx, incorporate the clinical innovations and aesthetic branding introduced at our earlier Planned Parenthood Queens.

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Andrew Miller presents at this year's Health Experience Design Conference

Andrew Miller, SYA’s Associate Partner/Director, spoke at this year’s Health Experience Design virtual conference. He presented our firm’s state-of-the-art healthcare facilities in New York City and discussed potential design strategies that reduce stigma and encourage use of public health clinics. The annual conference focuses on accelerating the transformation of our health system with a diverse healthcare community of leaders in design, innovation, research, strategy, and technology.

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Stephen Yablon elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects

We are proud to announce that Stephen Yablon has been elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects! The Fellowship is the highest membership honor for exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society.

“I am incredibly honored.” said Stephen, “This is also a recognition of our amazing clients, excellent collaborators, and talented staff who work together to create architecture that enhances people’s lives.”

Congratulations to all the other new Fellows!

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SYA CELEBRATES 25 YEARS!

We are thrilled to celebrate our 25th Anniversary this year! It’s been a great ride!

SYA is proud to have enhanced the lives of so many people and their communities since 1995. Our work has included over 70 projects for more than 50 non-profit, public, and private clients. Happily, this work has been widely recognized with over 40 awards and numerous publications, exhibitions, and lectures.

This would not have been possible without fantastic partnerships with our wonderful clients, superb consultants, and excellent staff. We’re looking forward to many more years of creating great architecture to help people live better in our time!

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SYA'S CHELSEA DISTRICT HEALTH CENTER IS FEATURED IN “Public Works: Reflecting on 15 Years of Project Excellence for New York City”

Opening this Thursday! SYA’s Chelsea District Health Center is among one of the featured projects at “Public Works: Reflecting on 15 Years of Project Excellence for New York City.” The exhibition, presented by the Center for Architecture, highlights buildings that serve New York and inspire pride as lasting community assets. Register here!

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SYA SELECTED FOR EXPANSION OF ANGELO GORDON'S NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS

A 25,000 sf workplace will establish a new office design direction for this leading global alternative investment firm – an environment that is considerably more open and flexible. We are delighted to continue our relationship with Angelo Gordon; a relationship that has spanned almost 18 years and resulted in bespoke offices in Europe and the U.S.

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PACE UNIVERSITY AWARDS SYA WITH NEW PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND THOMAS J. MCSHANE CENTER

SYA is thrilled to assist Pace University in creating a new home for its distinguished Department of Psychology and Thomas J. McShane Center for psychological services, the training clinic for their well-established psychology program. The new facilities will support cutting-edge research and clinical training, dramatically enhance therapy services for its community, and encourage collaboration between students and faculty in an uplifting environment.

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Chelsea District Health Center will be open for tours during Open House New York Weekend!

SYA’s award-winning Chelsea District Health Center will be open for tours on Saturday, October 19th as part of the annual Open House New York Weekend! Open House New York provides audiences with unparalleled access to the extraordinary architecture of New York, celebrating the best examples of design and planning throughout the five boroughs.

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HEALTHCARE DESIGN FEATURES SYA'S CHELSEA DISTRICT HEALTH CENTER

SYA’s Chelsea District Health Center is featured in this month’s issue of Healthcare Design. The renovated LEED Gold building “offers a fresh new take on a public health clinic, strengthening ties to the surrounding neighborhood.” Read the full article here!

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HOUZZ HIGHLIGHTS SYA'S SOUTH CAROLINA GUEST PAVILION AS A MODERN RESILIENT HOME

Houzz highlights SYA’s South Carolina Guest Pavilion in “Modern Homes Mix Coastal Resiliency with Outdoor Living,” for its innovative approach to coastal design. The article takes a close look at how architects have effectively incorporated flood-proofing into their designs.

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Stephen Yablon selected to present at Stanford Medicine X | Change

We are excited to announce that Stephen Yablon will speak about SYA’s recent healthcare work at this year’s Stanford Medicine X | Change in September! The conference brings together innovators throughout the globe who are leading change in healthcare, technology and digital health.

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STEPHEN YABLON'S OP-ED, “Architecture for a Multicultural Society,” IS FEATURED IN OCULUS

Excited about Stephen Yablon’s op-ed, “Architecture for a Multicultural Society,” in the Summer issue of Oculus, AIA New York’s quarterly publication. Check out how growing diversity might affect architecture!

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SYA'S Twin Brook Capital Partners wins a Lumen Citation Award

Our collaboration with Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design for Angelo Gordon’s Twin Brook Capital Partners in Chicago was recognized for its excellence and originality in lighting design with the Lumen Citation Award! The unique lighting creates a refined and comfortable work environment while maximizing the stunning city views.

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STEPHEN YABLON WAS A FINALIST FOR INTERIOR DESIGN'S HIP AWARD

We are proud to announce that Stephen Yablon was a finalist for Interior Design’s HiP Award in the Design Leader: Greater Good category! The award honors industry people and innovative products.

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SYA'S CHELSEA DISTRICT HEALTH CENTER WINS NYCXDESIGN AWARD FOR HEALTHCARE

We are thrilled to announce that SYA’s Chelsea District Health Center won the NYCxDESIGN award for Healthcare! Inspired by its unique park location, the renovation and restoration of the Chelsea District Health Center created a LEED Gold, state-of-the-art, free sexual health clinic.

And to top it off, our recently completed Mount Sinai Doctors, Ansonia was a finalist in the same category! SYA’s design of the new Mount Sinai clinic was influenced by the original interiors of the historic Ansonia.

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CHELSEA DISTRICT HEALTH CENTER SELECTED AS A FINALIST FOR THE NYCXDESIGN AWARDS

SYA’s Chelsea District Health Center was also selected as a finalist for the NYCxDesign awards! Inspired by its unique park location, the transformation of the Chelsea District Health Center created a LEED Gold, state-of-the-art, free sexual health clinic that supports New York City’s ambitious goals to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS.

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MOUNT SINAI DOCTORS, ANSONIA SELECTED AS A FINALIST FOR NYCXDESIGN AWARDS

We are excited to share that two of our projects, including our recently completed Mount Sinai Doctors, Ansonia, were selected as finalists for the NYCxDesign Awards! Winners will be announced on May 20th. Located in the landmarked Ansonia Building, one of the most iconic Beaux Arts buildings in New York City, Mount Sinai’s new clinic provides a grand setting for its signature leading-edge care.

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SYA’s Chelsea District Health Center Receives LEED Gold Certification

We are excited to announce that our renovation of the historic Chelsea District Health Center received LEED Gold certification! The new health center serves as a model for how to sustainably reinvent and reuse historic and obsolete medical buildings.

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SYA begins Constuction FOR Columbia University Engineering Department’s Innovation Hub

We’re thrilled to start construction for a new Innovation Hub for Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. The project is centered on an open work area with the latest digital modeling and fabrication equipment, inspiring cross-disciplinary research and design, creative prototyping, and open discussion of ideas. SYA’s design will enhance the “learn by making” model which is an essential and growing component of the engineering curriculum at Columbia University.

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The New Mount Sinai Doctors, Ansonia is Now Open

Located in the landmarked Ansonia Building, one of the most iconic and historic structures in New York City, this new clinic provides a grand setting for Mount Sinai Health’s leading-edge care on the Upper West Side. The interiors are a contemporary interpretation of the building’s historic interiors, featuring a black and white palette with brass accents. SYA’s design takes full advantage of the building’s unique features, including its street courts and corner turrets, to provide a variety of uplifting patient spaces.

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Chelsea District Health Center Selected as a Finalist for Interior Design Magazine’s Best of Year Awards

We are happy to share that SYA’s Chelsea District Health Center is a finalist for Interior Design Magazine’s Best of Year awards – winners will be announced on November 30th! Commissioned by the Mayor’s Design Excellence Initiative, SYA transformed the historic, outdated Art-Deco era public health center into a state-of-the-art ambulatory care facility inspired by a park pavilion.

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Oculus Features Stephen Yablon in its Fall Issue

Stephen Yablon is featured in “Agile Spaces”, the Fall issue of Oculus, the quarterly publication of AIA New York. In the article, “Designed to Heal” by Bill Millard, Yablon discusses how design excellence expresses high-quality care and that patient-centered care is one of the most important trends in state-of-the-art healthcare design.

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SYA Completes Columbia University's Engineering Headquarters

The art of engineering is the theme of the gallery-like Columbia University Engineering Headquarters. Images of new materials from electron microscopes are exhibited throughout the entire suite, showcasing the intricate beauty of engineering. The new offices are open and inviting, conveying Dean Mary C. Boyce’s vision for fostering interdisciplinary collaboration within the engineering school and with other university departments. 

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New Offices for Angelo Gordon's Twin Brook Capital Partners Open in Chicago

Spectacular city views and a sleek aesthetic form a lively Midwest hub for Angelo Gordon’s Twin Brook Capital Partners, located in the Loop along the Chicago River. The new 28,000 sf offices feature an impressive meeting and event area as well as a wide variety of work and social spaces that contribute to productivity and wellness.

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Newly Renovated Chelsea District Health Center Reopens

The Leona Baumgartner District Health Center in Chelsea reopened on Thursday in a grand ribbon cutting ceremony. Joining SYA and NYC DOHMH in the festivities were activists and elected officials including City Council Speaker Corey Johnson. Transformed into a state-of-the-art Article 28 medical facility, this welcoming and soothing center encourages patient use and expresses that the highest level of health care is available to all city residents.

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Stephen Yablon Presents at The New York Academy of Medicine

Stephen Yablon was honored to present “Building Health: The History and Future of New York City’s District Health Centers” at The New York Academy of Medicine’s Ninth Annual History of Medicine and Public Health Night on Thursday. He discussed the history of New York’s New Deal Era district health centers and how several of those buildings are being transformed to better address the health challenges of today’s city.

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Angelo, Gordon Selects SYA for European Headquarters Expansion

We’re always excited when a long-time client asks us back to help them grow. Due to the success of Angelo, Gordon Europe’s offices since opening in 2014, SYA is designing a new expansion to increase their space by fifty percent. Located on London’s Savile Row and serving as a hub for European operations, this project is expected to open May 2018.

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SYA Wins AIA QUAD Award for Planned Parenthood Queens

SYA won an Honor Award with Distinction in the 2017 AIA QUAD Design Award competition for Planned Parenthood Queens. The jury praised on the “serene yet upbeat use of color… the celebration of the stairs and the pops of color inspire wellness.” We are thrilled the project continues to be recognized, winning nine design awards to date.

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Stephen Yablon Chairs Jury for Van Alen Institute Flash Competition

Stephen Yablon was jury chair for the competition to design innovative mental health centers at “U Feel OK?”, Van Alen Institute’s 2017 Fall Festival. This fast-paced, one-day design competition invited multidisciplinary teams to propose designs that can change the way that New Yorkers perceive and directly engage with mental health care in their neighborhoods through street-level mental health centers, while also improving access to and awareness of existing resources.

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Stephen Yablon is Guest Speaker at NYC Dept. of Health Commissioner’s Luncheon

Stephen Yablon was honored to speak at the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene’s monthly Commissioner’s Lunch Lecture on Monday. He spoke about NYC’s historic and groundbreaking New Deal-Era District Health Centers, SYA’s award-winning transformation of two of them in Chelsea and Harlem, and how our work is part of a growing interest in how high quality architecture can affect well-being.

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SYA Wins Contract Magazine Inspirations Award for Planned Parenthood Queens

The Inspirations Awards recognize a commitment to social responsibility in commercial interior architecture and design. We’re thrilled that our client, Planned Parenthood of NYC, will receive a $3000 grant from award sponsor Tarkett as part of the award!

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Architectural Record Features Planned Parenthood Queens

SYA’s Planned Parenthood Queens is featured in Architectural Record’s “Design for the Public Realm: Healthcare,” by Miriam Sitz. It is one of five projects selected across the nation that “demonstrate that good design can be the best medicine.”

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SYA WINS AIANY HONORS AWARD FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD QUEENS

We are excited to announce that SYA has won an AIA New York Honors award in the Interiors category for Planned Parenthood Queens! We are especially proud to stand with Planned Parenthood by creating an uplifting, inviting environment for their patients and staff.

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NYU Langone Selects SYA to Design New Facility for Orthopedic Center & Initiative for Women with Disabilities

We’re excited to be selected by NYU Langone Health to design their new facility in Midtown Manhattan. The 15,000 sf space will house the Occupational and Industrial Orthopedic Center and Initiative for Women with Disabilities.

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National AIA Selects Stephen Yablon to Serve on 2017 Healthcare Design Awards Jury

We’re thrilled to announce that Stephen Yablon has been selected to serve on the National AIA’s Academy of Architecture for Health 2017 Design Awards Jury.

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Fast Company Selects SYA's Planned Parenthood Queens in "The Year's Most Optimistic Architecture"

Fast Company selected SYA’s Planned Parenthood Queens as one of seven projects in “The Year’s Most Optimistic Architecture”! Diana Budds writes, SYA “created a sophisticated, well-appointed space with ample daylight, vibrant colors, and modern touches that come together to make patients feel cared for.”

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Angelo, Gordon Selects SYA for New Chicago Headquarters

We’re excited that Angelo, Gordon & Co. selected SYA to design their new 28,000 sf office in Chicago which will house the headquarters of their Twin Brook middle market direct lending business. This is the latest project in our fifteen year relationship with the esteemed alternative investment company, which includes the design of multiple offices in New York and their European headquarters in London.

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Mount Sinai Selects SYA to Design a New Forward-Thinking Patient Facility in The Ansonia

For its new presence on the Upper West Side, Mount Sinai Health System has engaged SYA to design a new 16,000-square-foot space for ambulatory care, internal medicine, and dermatology services.This location, on the second floor of The Ansonia, is Mount Sinai’s first in this part of Manhattan and is intended to completely rethink the patient experience.

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Planned Parenthood of NYC Selects SYA for a Masterplan to Upgrade all NYC Facilities

Following the success of its new Queens building, Planned Parenthood of NYC retained SYA to create a masterplan to upgrade its facilities citywide. The plan, which will be implemented in phases, will help ensure a consistent patient experience and aesthetic identity that aligns with the organization’s mission throughout NYC.

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SYA Wins IIDA International Healthcare Award for Planned Parenthood Queens

We’re proud to announce that SYA has been named a winner of the International Interior Design Association Healthcare Interior Design Competition, which honors outstanding originality and excellence in the design and furnishings of healthcare interior spaces. SYA was recognized in the category of Ambulatory Care outpatient Clinics for Planned Parenthood Queens. View a gallery of all award winners here.

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Broadly, Vice's women's interest channel, features Planned Parenthood Queens

In “How to Design a $5 Million Planned Parenthood Clinic,” Broadly’s Gabby Bess describes the facility as “both minimalist and warm; a place that you would want to go, and perhaps wouldn’t even mind waiting in.”

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SYA Wins National AIA Healthcare Design Award for Planned Parenthood Queens

The American Institute of Architects and its Academy of Architecture for Health awarded Stephen Yablon Architecture a National Healthcare Design Award for Planned Parenthood Queens. The jury praised the design’s contextual response, clear execution, and orchestration of color and details, saying “the project achieved a high level of consistency and sophistication.”

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Planned Parenthood Queens Wins NYCxDesign Award

Presented by Interior Design Magazine and ICFF at MoMA, Planned Parenthood Queens won a NYCxDesign Award in the Health and Wellness category. See the complete list: http://bit.ly/1ZS2KMR

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Guest Pavilion featured on Architonic

The Guest Pavilion and SYA are featured on Architonic, the Swiss-based online design showcase and magazine.

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Columbia University Selects SYA to Design New SEAS Dean's Suite

We’re happy to announce we have been selected to design the Dean’s Suite for Columbia’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering. The new spaces will provide a welcoming and open environment that conveys Dean Mary C. Boyce’s vision for fostering collaboration and discovery between departments and across the university in educating tomorrow’s innovators.

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Planned Parenthood Queens Presented at AIANY’s “Consider Light”

Stephen Yablon presented Planned Parenthood Queens at AIANY’s Speed Presentation event, “Consider Light”, a showcase of ten of the best interiors presented by New York architects and designers.

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SYA in New York New Design Exhibition at Center for Architecture

Angelo, Gordon Europe and Planned Parenthood Queens are on display at the Center for Architecture’s “New York New Design” exhibition.

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Metropolis Magazine Features Planned Parenthood Queens

We’re thrilled that the Diane L. Max Health Center, Planned Parenthood’s first facility in Queens, is featured in this month’s issue of Metropolis Magazine. Praising the building’s design, editor Claire Barliant says visitors “will feel cared for, even pampered, at a time when they very much need it.”

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Angelo, Gordon Europe Featured in Designing Ways

SYA’s Angelo, Gordon Europe is featured in the February issue of Designing Ways, the magazine of the South African Institute of the Interior Design Professions. The bright and spirited London office is flooded with natural light, features custom furniture and contemporary art, and embraces its Savile Row location.

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Brooklyn Museum Selects SYA to Create New Education Division

We are thrilled to be assisting the Brooklyn Museum in creating a new home for its very busy and vital Education Division. The Education Division is central to the Museum’s mission, and the new spaces will provide a welcoming environment which will help visitors of all ages form meaningful personal connections with art. The facility will incorporate new state-of-the-art studios, a multimedia program space, a gallery, and offices.

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Interior Design Magazine Features Angelo, Gordon Europe

For its annual art issue, Interior Design magazine featured SYA’s Angelo, Gordon Europe for its seamless integration of architecture and art. The bright and spirited London office is flooded with natural light, incorporates Angelo, Gordon’s preference for openness and transparency, and embraces its Savile Row location.

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SYA Selected for CUNY Medgar Evers College's Athletic Center

The $8M renovation of the historic Carroll Street Building, which includes the expansion of the Athletic Center, is the first phase of a $22M multi-phase major renovation of the entire 145,000 sf building. SYA prepared the master plan for the dramatic transformation of the building which includes major renovations, new infrastructure, and the creation of a new, more welcoming entry elevation.

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Planned Parenthood Queens Opens in New York City

Described as “The ‘North Star’ for the rest of the Federation” by Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the sleek, light-filled facility evokes the state-of-the-art care provided in its first location in Queens. The calm and spirited architecture offers an uplifting experience for patients and staff. To learn more, watch Even More Care in Queens and Diane L. Max Health Center Ribbon Cutting.

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD QUEENS RIBBON-CUTTING

Joining PPNYC and SYA in celebrating the completion of the new facility were Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, Assemblymember Catherine Nolan, U.S. Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Joseph Crowley, other elected officials, donors and community partners. Completed in May, the light-filled, state-of-the-art health and education center expresses the future of Planned Parenthood and offers an uplifting experience for patients and staff through its youthful, sleek, and joyous architecture. To learn more, watch Even More Care in Queens and Diane L. Max Health Center Ribbon Cutting.

“The ‘North Star’ for the rest of the Federation!” Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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Angelo, Gordon Europe's Offices Open on Savile Row

Angelo, Gordon & Co.’s new London offices evoke their excellent reputation in alternative investments and embrace the surrounding Savile Row streetscape throughout. Designed as a hub for their European business, the bright and spirited offices are flooded with natural light and incorporate Angelo Gordon’s preference for openness and transparency. White walls, bold color accents, warm materials, and distinctive art create a welcoming and crisp environment.

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"Building Health" at DDC Talks Lecture Series

Stephen Yablon, Suzanne Nutt, and Andrew Miller presented “Building Health,” at the January DDC Talks, a monthly lecture series open to the public and all city agencies. Our talk included the fascinating history of NYC’s historic New Deal era health centers and described SYA’s recent transformations of two of them under the DDC Design Excellence Initiative. We discussed our work in the context of major themes in the history of health care design, from the Greeks to the present day, as well the current growing awareness of the relationship between the built environment and public health.

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SYA to Create a New Home for Lehman College's Department of Social Work

SYA has been selected to design a new academic and administrative center for CUNY Lehman College’s Department of Social Work. Attuned to rapidly evolving societal challenges, the new facility will enable the department to expand their faculty and student body and prepare new social workers to be leaders and innovators in addressing social problems in the 21st century.

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Planned Parenthood of Queens Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony in May 2015

We are thrilled that construction of Planned Parenthood of NYC’s newest health center in Long Island City, its first in Queens, is nearing completion. A dramatic transformation of a lumber warehouse, it includes a new exterior which is a sleek, well-scaled addition to the neighborhood. The bright spacious interiors, with strategic color accents throughout, are shaping up and feel cheery, calm, and uplifting. SYA is proud to assist Planned Parenthood in creating a first class reproductive health facility for all residents of Queens!

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“Yona on the Beach” selected for Long List World Architecture News 2014 Urban Design Award

SYA’s “Yona on the Beach,” a new vision for sustainable coastal living and one of the winners of a MOMA/PS1 competition, has been selected for the long list of the World Architecture News 2014 Urban Design Award. The project was selected from 90 entries worldwide and will proceed into the next phase of jury deliberations.

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Planned Parenthood Queens Begins Construction

In June, construction began on the new Planned Parenthood of New York City center in Queens, the first in the borough. The project, an adaptive reuse of a lumber warehouse, will create a calm, reassuring and safe state-of-the-art reproductive health and education center. SYA is proud to contribute to ensuring that all Queens residents, regardless of income, have access to high-quality healthcare.

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SYA Selected to Renovate CUNY Performing Arts Center

The City University of New York has engaged SYA to renovate the Performing Arts Center, MAC Theater Arts Playhouse, and Theater Arts Studio at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn. The upgrades will strengthen the college’s performing arts programs and enhance an important community venue.

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Andrew Miller Promoted to Associate Partner

SYA is thrilled to announce that Andrew Miller, LEED AP, has been promoted to Associate Partner. Mr. Miller has been responsible for a number of SYA’s award-winning projects including Chelsea District Health Center, the Guest Pavilion in South Carolina, Angelo, Gordon Europe offices in London, Central Harlem Health Center, and Enterprise Community Partners.

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NYC's Chelsea District Health Center Begins Construction

Commissioned through NYC’s Design Excellence Program, construction has begun on the transformation of this historic New Deal era public health center. Once completed, the updated exterior facade and new, airy, state-of-the-art health care clinics will engage Chelsea residents and inspire healthy, active lifestyles. The project will be LEED Gold certified.

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SYA Selected for MoMA/PS1 Exhibition on Post Hurricane Sandy Housing in the Rockaways

SYA’s “Yona on the Beach” was one of 25 winning schemes in MoMA PS1’s “EXPO 1: New York, Rockaway Call for Ideas”, a competition for creative visions for the future of the coastal New York community that is still recovering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy. Members of the jury included PS1 director Klaus Biesenbach, PS1 curator Peter Eleey, MoMA curator Barry Bergdoll, and independent curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. The winning entries are currently exhibited at MoMA PS1’s new venue, VW Dome2, and is part of a programming series which addresses some of the ecological and sociopolitical challenges impacting contemporary life with art installations, lectures and a film program. To see SYA’s video submission, click here.

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SYA Shortlisted for UPenn’s Pennovation Center

SYA is one of 6 firms shortlisted for the University of Pennsylvania’s Pennovation Center. The $22M project is the first phase of the transformation of a former DuPont paint testing plant across the Schuylkill River from UPenn into a new “Innovation” campus that will foster collaboration between the university and entrepreneurs. This scope includes creating the new identity for the campus as well as the adaptive reuse of abandoned factories, landscape design, storm water management, environmental remediation and site way finding.

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SYA Featured in We Build The City

SYA’s work is featured in We Build The City, a new book that profiles public projects commissioned through NYC’s Design + Construction Excellence Program. This book celebrates the City’s commitment to the idea that great design reinvigorates public spaces and ultimately transforms people’s lives

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NYU Langone Medical Center’s New Miller Practice Opens

SYA transformed a former industrial building on the Westside of Manhattan into a new ambulatory care facility that will enhance medical center’s presence in a developing residential neighborhood. SYA’s contemporary, warm, and crisply detailed interiors express the world class care offered by NYU Langone Medical Center.

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Transforming the United Nations International School in Queens

The United Nations International School has selected SYA to transform and expand their K-8 school in Queens and create an inviting and energetic green campus. Our approach will be guided by their mission to provide “an international setting that fosters understanding, independence, interdependence, and cooperation.”

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Master Plan for CUNY’s Medgar Evers College

The City University of New York has engaged SYA to complete a master plan for the 166,000 square foot Carroll Building, one of the main buildings on the campus of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. The plan will identify strategies for updating the building to better serve the diverse academic and student life activities housed in the building, including a new athletic center.

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The Wall Street Journal features SYA’s Guest Pavilion

The Wall Street Journal featured SYA’s award-winning Guest Pavilion as an innovative design approach to raised coastal-living in the article, ”Built on Stilts: Beach Houses Reach New Heights”. Reflecting the increase in requests for hurricane-resistant design, reporter Candace Jackson surveyed raised homes recently built around the country and explored the benefits and design challenges of elevating homes in flood prone areas.

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Interior Design features SYA’s Sony Music Publishing Project

An article in the October, 2013 issue of Interior Design on the use of super-graphics featured SYA’s new offices for Sony Music Publishing. Created for the company that owns the rights to some of the most iconic songs of our times, the project incorporated custom wall graphics of cascading lyrics throughout the spaces.

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Stephen Yablon in AIA/Center for Architecture Panel

Stephen Yablon spoke at ”Living in a Fit Nation” as part of a panel of industry professionals that discussed how design, policy, and grassroots strategies can promote physical activity as part of daily life. The discussion was part of the AIA/Center for Architecture’s ”FitNation” exhibition, showcasing ways that changes in the built environment can contribute to healthier lifestyles by promoting physical activity as part of daily life. SYA'a award-winning Betances Community Center is part of the traveling exhibition.

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Betances Community Center in “FitNation” Exhibition

Included with projects from across the United States, SYA’s Betances Community Center is featured in the Center for Architecture’s “FitNation” exhibition, showcasing ways that changes in the built environment can contribute to healthier lifestyles by promoting physical activity as part of daily life Located in the Bronx, the award-winning Betances Community Center is a new model for community centers in public housing projects: Instead of a defensive approach, the light-filled and open facility is emphatically public, encouraging community use. The exhibition is traveling to architecture centers in the 18 cities included and beyond.

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SYA’s Guest Pavilion featured in Dwell, Houses We Love

The award-winning pavilion, a modern addition to a traditional beach house in South Carolina, “reimagines the stilt-house typology,” according to Dwell magazine’s Kelsey Keith. More about the pavilion’s superb hurricane resistance, its creative use of the space underneath as a shaded veranda, and its open airy interiors can be read in the article online here.

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Planned Parenthood of NYC Selects SYA for New Queens Healthcare Center

Planned Parenthood of New York City has commissioned SYA to design a new health center in Queens, New York. The 10,000 sq ft + facility will be the 90 year-old organization’s first in the borough, and will provide essential affordable reproductive health care and educational programs to the Queens community regardless of age, income, or circumstance.

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Rise: GSAPP Alumni Forum

As a member of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) Alumni Association Board, SYA Principal Stephen Yablon coordinated the 2013 annual GSAAP Alumni Forum. This year’s event was a panel discussion among global thought leaders on the relationship between climate change, extreme weather events and the built environment. Moderated by Andrew Revkin of Pace University and author of the Dot Earth blog of The New York Times, the panel included Susannah C. Drake, Klaus Jacob, Guy Nordenson, Jeff Orlowski, and Cynthia E. Rosenzweig.

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The Chelsea District Health Center is shortlisted for World Architecture News Award

The project is one of six from around the world on the WAN healthcare sector / unbuilt awards shortlist. Emphasizing how a “healing environment can be created with a sense of play and excitement,” the panel praised SYA’s reuse of an historic building and design to LEED Gold standards.

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Announcing New Work

SYA has recently been engaged by NY Presbyterian Hospital to create two new facilities that will evoke its world class brand as a premier teaching hospital: the new Department of Radiology which includes classrooms and offices, and Workforce, the general health care facility for all NY Presbyterian employees.

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Two SYA projects on the longlist for World Architecture News Award

Central Harlem STD Clinic and Chelsea District Health Center have both been selected to go through the longlist for the WAN Healthcare Award 2012. 32 built projects and 25 unbuilt projects have been selected for the longlist from around the world and are featured on WAN’s website.

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Distinguished Alumni Award presented to Stephen Yablon

Washington University in St Louis presented SYA partner Stephen Yablon with the 2012 Award for Distinction for work that is “open, light-filled, carefully detailed, responsive to context, and focused on spaces that encourage social interaction.”

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SYA Speaks on Public Health Panel at NYC AIA

SYA was invited to speak on a panel at AIANY/Center for Architecture about the role of design in creating facilities that enhance public health in New York City and internationally. The firm discussed their work assisting the NYC Department of Design and Construction & Department of Health with new community health centers for under-served communities.

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Announcing New Work

NYU Langone Medical Center has engaged SYA to design a new healthcare facility that will extend their brand to a developing residential area in Manhattan’s West Side. Located in a former garage space, the adaptive re-use project will include physicians’ offices, exam rooms, GI procedure rooms and a recovery suite.

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SYA Published in Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture

SYA’s Betances Community Center and Boxing Gym is one of 200 notable buildings and spaces constructed in New York’s five boroughs since the new millennium featured in John Hill’s new guidebook. Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture.

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Guest Pavilion Wins Professional Builder Magazine Award

Stephen Yablon Architect’s Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina Guest Pavilion “Sunscreen” has been awarded a Design Award from Professional Builder Magazine. The project will be published in the 2012 awards edition.

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SYA Featured in Archtober

SYA’s Betances Community Center has been selected as Project of the Day for October 12 as part of AIA NY’s Archtober Architecture and Design month. Sign up for a tour of Betances by Stephen Yablon: archtober.org

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Stephen Yablon Architect Awarded Contract with CUNY

SYA was awarded an Architectural Design Services Requirements Contract with The City University Construction Fund for services for their 23 academic institutions.

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Stephen Yablon Profiled in Design Bureau

Stephen Yablon’s interview with Design Bureau magazine is featured in the Summer 2011 issue. Read the article here: “Fill In the Blank”.

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Stephen Yablon Architect Wins Two SARANY Design Awards

SYA’s Guest Pavilion in Sullivan’s Island, SC and the Central Harlem STD Clinic, New York, NY have been awarded Design Excellence Awards from the New York Chapter of the Society of American Registered Architects.

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Guest Pavilion Wins Custom Home Magazine Award

Stephen Yablon Architect’s Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina Guest Pavilion “Sunscreen” has been awarded a Grand Award from Custom Home Magazine. The project will be profiled in the May/June 2011 edition.

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Guest Pavilion in Charleston Home Magazine

SYA’s award-winning Sullivan’s Island, SC Guest Pavilion is featured in the Spring/Summer issue of Charleston Home.

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SYA Healthcare Projects Published in Medical Construction and Design

Stephen Yablon Architect’s Design Excellence Initiative projects for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene are featured in the March/April issue of Medical Construction and Design.

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Heyman Center Renovations at Columbia University

Columbia University has selected SYA as the designer of the renovation of the Heyman Center for the Humanities. The Center brings together the various departments in the Humanities at the University presenting events open to students and the public.

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Central Harlem Health Center Wins 3form Installation Award

The Central Harlem Health Center has received a Full Circle Award from 3form as part of the 5th Annual People’s Choice 3Form Installation Awards.

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Stephen Yablon Chairs AIA Detroit Awards Jury

SYA Principal Stephen Yablon led a jury that presented six AIA Honor Awards to Detroit area firms. Speaking at the awards ceremony, he stated “the winners elevated humble, sometimes overlooked projects to inspiring architecture.” The distinguished jury included Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, Robert Frasca, FAIA, and Wendy Evans Joseph, FAIA.

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SYA in Las Vegas and Boston Exhibitions

The Central Harlem Health Center is in two Design Excellence exhibits this month, at Healthcare Design.10 in Las Vegas as part of Contract Magazine’s Healthcare Environments Design Awards Competition and at Build Boston 2010 part of the Boston Society of Architects Healthcare Facilities Awards. For more information on the Boston Society of Architects award winners visit “Healthcare Facilities Design Awards Program 2010”. Read Contract’s coverage of the winning projects at “Live Long and Prosper: 2010 Healthcare Environment Awards Winners”.

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Guest Pavilion Featured in Charleston’s The Post and Courier

SYA’s new sustainable, beachfront guest pavilion is featured in The Post and Courier.“A modern wing inspired by the past”.

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Central Harlem Health Center Wins Contract Magazine Healthcare Environments Design Award

The Central Harlem Health Center has received an Award from Contract Magazine as part of the Healthcare Facilities Design Awards Competition. The project will be exhibited at HEALTHCARE.10 in November, 2010.

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Central Harlem Health Center Wins BSA Healthcare Design Award

SYA’s Central Harlem Health Center has received a Design Excellence Award from the Boston Society of Architects as part of their Healthcare Design Awards.

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SYA Featured in Interior Design

SYA is featured in the Crosslines section of Interior Design. The Columbia University Division of Student Affairs, Central Harlem STD Clinic, Betances Community Center, Chelsea District Health Center, and Sustainable Guest Pavilion are among the projects featured.

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SYA in The Architectural League Exhibit

SYA’s Betances Community Center will be part of the The City We Imagined/The City We Made: New New York 2001-2010 Architectural League exhibit on view at 250 Hudson Street in Hudson Square, May 8-June 26, 2010.

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SYA Featured in Oculus

SYA is featured in the Winter 2009/2010 Oculus issue, “Architecture Gets Fit”. The article “Clean Bill of Health” discusses SYA’s health care projects for the City of New York’s Design Excellence Initiative.

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New Center for Student Advising at Columbia University

Columbia University has selected SYA as the designer of the new Center for Student Advising in Alfred Lerner Hall. The Center for Student Advising is a brand new department which will unify advisors currently spread throughout the campus.

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SYA on Display in New York Now Subway Exhibit

SYA’s Enterprise Community Partners will be part of the New York Now Subway exhibit on display in the West 4th subway station and organized by the Center for Architecture/American Institute of Architects New York Chapter.

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Betances Community Center in Open House New York

SYA’s Betances Community Center will be open for tours on October 10 as part of the annual Open House New York weekend.

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SYA Speaks at The Architectural League

SYA’s Betances Community Center was selected by the The Architectural League to be included in the juried lecture series New York Designs: Public. Stephen Yablon, AIA, LEED AP presented the project. Watch a video of the presentation here.

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Enterprise Community Partners Wins 2009 SARANY Design Award

SYA’s Enterprise Community Partners has been awarded a Design Excellence Award from the New York Chapter of the Society of American Registered Architects.

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Betances Community Center and Boxing Gym on Exhibit

SYA’s Betances Community Center and Boxing Gym is part of the 2009 Design Awards and Building Type Awards Exhibition at the Center for Architecture in New York City from April 23, 2009 - June 30, 2009.

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SYA Wins AIA Award

SYA’s Betances Community Center and Boxing Gym has won a Design Merit Award from the New York Chapter of The American Institute of Architects.

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SYA Featured in The New York Times

SYA’s new sustainable offices for Enterprise Community Partners were featured in The New York Times Sunday, October 19, 2008 article “Inside an Office, Reflections of a City” by Claire Wilson.

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New Center for Student Affairs at Columbia University

Columbia University has selected SYA as the designer of the new Center for Student Affairs in Alfred Lerner Hall.

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SYA Wins New York Construction Award

SYA’s Betances Community Center and Boxing Gym has been awarded the Best Of Adaptive Reuse Award from New York Construction magazine.

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SYA Wins AIA Award

SYA’s Betances Community Center and Boxing Gym has won a Design Merit Award from the New York State Chapter of The American Institute of Architects.

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SYA Places Second in RIBA International Competition

SYA has won second place in an international competition sponsored by the Royal Institute of British Architects for a corporate headquarters in Preston, England. Six finalists were chosen from over 50 entries. Competition guidelines called for an ‘exceptional piece of architecture’, with a strong visual presence and the highest quality office environment. Visit RIBA’s website at riba.org for more information.

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SYA Receives City of New York’s Highly Prestigious Mayor’s Design and Construction Excellence Contract

The Department of Design and Construction of the City of New York has selected SYA and 23 other award-winning design firms for the second round of the highly prestigious Mayor’s Design and Construction Excellence Initiative. Selected from 139 submissions based solely upon design excellence and experience in public projects, the City of New York will use these architects through 2008 to design libraries, fire stations, health care facilities, and cultural centers throughout the five boroughs. SYA was originally selected in the first round of firms for this program in 2005 and is one of only 11 that were re-selected in the second round.

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SYA Designs Winning Scheme for Mixed Use Development Competition for Orange, New Jersey

SYA designed the winning scheme for the Jefferson Art Walk development, a 12-block neighborhood of abandoned industrial buildings and historic 19th century hat factories. Located in the Central Valley neighborhood of Orange, New Jersey, along the train line to New York City, this development will use the arts as the engine for urban revitalization. The plan done for the designated developer team, will include more than 500 condominiums, 75 artist live/work spaces, art galleries, retail shops, restaurants, a renovated vintage workingmen’s tavern, and a public greenway along a resurfaced stream.

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First Place Winner!

SYA was awarded first prize in a national design competition for the Boston Harbor Park Pavilion, expected to be the first building on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston.