Even before this fall’s meltdown on Wall Street and the expected slowdown in new construction, many commentators were speculating that green retrofits would be the next frontier for sustainable buildings. Indeed, we’ve already seen a number of high-profile renovation projects announced here in the New York City area this year, including M1 Real Estate’s green makeover of the historic Argonaut Building. Up in the Bronx, Taconic and Denham Wolf are currently in the process of pursuing an unspecified level of LEED-CS certification for the landmarked American Bank Note Building in Hunts Point.
November 18th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedBeyer Blinder Belle
Monday LEEDoff: Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, 40 Centre Street
Beyer Blinder Belle’s Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse rehabilitation project at 40 Centre Street checks in at #19 in New York Construction’s 2006-07 Top Projects Started list. (I recently wrote about another Beyer Blinder Belle LEED project, which the firm designed with Jean Nouvel at 100 Eleventh Avenue). Led by construction manager Bovis with general contractor [...]
August 6th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Jean Nouvel & Beyer Blinder Belle: 100 Eleventh Avenue
French architect Jean Nouvel and Beyer Blinder Belle (whose sustainable portfolio includes a $193 million renovation of Cass Gilbert’s 1936 Thurgood Marshall Federal Courthouse in lower Manhattan, seeking a LEED rating) are currently in pursuit of an unspecified level of LEED certification at 100 11th Avenue in West Chelsea, across the street from Frank Gehry’s [...]
July 24th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued