Leroy Street Studio works with students to design a metal facade

BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Architect Leroy Street Studio Location New York, New York Completion Date July, 2022 Developer Asian Americans for Equality Community Partners Grand Street Settlement, AmeriCorps Stucco/EIFS Parex Brick Endicott Custom Metal Panels Juan Alfaro Design Windows Intus Storefront Systems Kawneer Roofing Systems Johns Manville Tile Daltile   Approaching 302 East 2nd Street

Stephen Weinryb

Stephen is the technical principal for HOK’s offices in New York and Philadelphia. With more than three decades of experience, he is a leader and educator in architecture, real estate development and project management. Stephen serves on HOK’s board of directors and chairs the global technical board, which includes the firm’s virtual design and construction initiative.

Kate Van Nelson

Kathryn joined Snow Kreilich after 14 years on the East Coast working on a wide range of project types from transportation, supertalls, translational research facilities and adaptive reuse. During which time, she represented the design team internationally both in Mumbai for the International Airport T2 Terminal to work alongside the local design-build contractors, and in

Victoria Ereskina

Victoria Ereskina is a Facades Design Professional at HOK with an educational background in mechanical engineering and architecture. She’s the lead THERM modeler at HOK, she analyses the performance of exterior wall systems in the metrics of the weighted overall U-value, condensation resistance at critical transitions, LEED Daylight Autonomy, irradiation with potential for photovoltaic capacity,

BKSK Architects installs terra-cotta facade on residential building

Brought to you by: Architect BKSK Architects Location New York, New York Completion July 2022 Developer Roe Corporation Construction Manager Hudson Meridian Construction Group  Interior Design Alyssa Kapito Interiors & BKSK Architects Terra-cotta Ceipo Ceramiche Brick Hebron Brick Company Glazing Guardian UltraClear Low Iron Residential windows and glazed doors: Zola Thermo Clad and Thermo Plus

Christy Vera Collins

A licensed architect, Christy has spent over 25 years leading sustainability and resiliency priorities and initiatives across a wide array of urban design and commercial architecture projects and teams. Before joining the Denver community in 2004, Christy lived and practiced in New York City. Her work has spanned multiple continents, and is currently focused squarely

Alexandra Durkee

Alexandra is a Director at Hines, responsible for sourcing development opportunities and managing the financing, design and implementation of development projects. Alexandra is currently project manager for 3500 Blake Street (“T3 RiNo”), a 238,000 SF ground up office development that Hines is partnering on with Ivanhoe Cambridge and McCaffery Interests. Alexandra is a member of

Francois Beaupre

Francois Beaupre is a Design Director at Island Exterior Fabricator, a custom curtain wall manufacturer. He has over 15 years of experience with façade design and has worked on several high-profile buildings in New York city and Boston. Beaupre holds a BEng from Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Montreal.

Inspired by Manhattanhenge, Scalar Architects transforms aging Kips Bay building with a sparkling facade

Architect Scalar Architecture Location New York City Completion Date September 2021 Composite Metal Panels PE by Alpolic Structural Fiberglass Enduro PVC Windows Drutex Taking the name of the solar phenomenon ‘Manhattanhenge’, Scalar Architecture’s recently completed facade intervention in Kips Bay brings a dynamic relationship between facade and sunlight to a 20th-century building. The brick and

SOM’s 28&7 black terra-cotta facade shines in Chelsea

Brought to you by: Architect Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Location New York City Completion Date February 2022 Design Consultants AJLP Developers GDS Development Management (GDSNY) Terra-cotta Shildan Group Windows Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope Construction Icon Adorned in a slick, black terra-cotta and glass grid, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) 28&7 opened February, 2022, near the northern end

Facades+ returns to NYC this April for its 10th anniversary

Facades+ largest event of the year returns to New York City on April 13 and 14. Featuring a full first day of in-person presentations, and a second day of virtual workshops, Facades+ will celebrate its 10th anniversary in the city where the conference series started. With Blake Middleton, partner at Handel Architects, serving as co-chair,

The Westly juts over its Upper West Side neighbors with a gravity-defying triple cantilever

Architect ODA Location Manhattan Completion Date Estimated spring 2022 Facade Consultant Thornton Tomasetti Facade Fabricator and Limestone Manufacturer GGL Enterprises General Contractor Urban Atelier Group Glazing Manufacturer Guardian Glass Real estate in New York City is a notoriously pricey commodity, and developers have long pushed buildings ever upward in a frantic bid to maximize their

Arpita Mitra

Arpita is a Boston-based architect and project manager with experience in residential, commercial, labs. and mixed-use projects. She is an advocate for sustainable construction and serves on Boston Society of Architects’ Mass Timber group and the ULI Climate Resiliency group. She has previously practiced in Seattle and New York City.

Facades+ is returning to San Francisco on March 23

After two successful events in Atlanta and Philadelphia to kick off the conference’s 10th anniversary year, Facades+ is returning to San Francisco on March 23. Featuring three panels in a morning symposium, and three afternoon workshops, this will be the conference’s last stop before a 10th Anniversary celebration in New York City on April 13. 

Facades+ is returning to Philadelphia this month

On March 8th, Facades+ returns to Philadelphia. It’s the second event of the Facades+ 2022 conference series, now in its 10th anniversary year, and follows a successful kickoff conference in Atlanta. Facades will visit San Francisco, New York City, and Toronto, among a total of 12 cities in 2022.  The morning program will feature three

Molly Forr

Molly began her career at Gehry Partners, where she spent seven years creating and realizing challenging architectural designs and building systems. As an AutoCAD Director, she oversaw drawing set production and the coordination and interface between 2D documents and 3D BIM data. At SURFACE DESIGN, Molly continues her focus on developing elegant design solutions and

Facades+ is returning to Atlanta for its first event of 2022

On February 25th, Facades+ returns to Atlanta for the third time. It’s the first event of the Facades+ 2022 conference series, now in its 10th Anniversary Year. Facades will visit Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York City, for a total of 12 cities this year.  The morning program will be delivered in a unique three-session