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C+GA is honored to be selected for the prestigious 2021 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability in Construction and Design. Recognizing innovations in design, financing, and policy that are ambitious, feasible, and scalable, the Ivory Innovations’ Advisory Board noted “Often, sustainability and affordability are competitive goals for housing development. However, C+GA is pioneering new approaches to
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C+GA is in the Top 10 for the Ivory Prize for Innovation in Housing Affordability! We are proud to be recognized as one of 10 innovators across the U.S. seeking to make housing more affordable, highlighting our work developing cost-effective, high-performance strategies through Passive House design. Check out our video highlighting two of our Passive
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Can New Prison Design Help America’s Mass Incarceration Problem? In Architectural Digest, C+GA’s Chris Perrodin and other architects weigh in on the role of architecture and design in criminal justice reform. As a member of the AIANY Civic Leadership Program, Perrodin co-hosted a discussion with prison abolitionists, restorative justice advocates and justice architects to speak
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Crystal Ng RA, LEED AP, CPHC named one of Crain’s New York’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2021! C+GA’s Director of Sustainability has been recognized for her innovative design solutions that contribute to more environmentally and socially responsible architecture. “I like the affordable housing realm because you can impact more lives and design some things
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Third Avenue Development in the Bronx’s Morrisania neighborhood received a 2020 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Award – Best in Green Affordable Multifamily Community Category! The LEED Platinum-certified project, designed to Passive House Standards, houses 30 affordable residences and the Little Scholars Early Development Center. Read more about the project and this year’s winners
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Beach Green Dunes II (BGDII) in Far Rockaway is the winner of two awards, recognizing the highly sustainable design of this multifamily 100% affordable Passive House-Certified Project. BGDII received an honorable mention in the 2020 Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) Passive House Project Competition – multifamily category. Read more on this year’s winners in gb&d. BGDII
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“We need public policy to drive higher standards of sustainability and equity, but, as architects, we can also steer the way. If we make all buildings healthier, more efficient, and more affordable, we will help mitigate climate change and its disproportionate effects, particularly on disadvantaged populations’ health outcomes.” In the Fall 2020 issue of Oculus, C+GA
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On Saturday October 24th, join C+GA Partner Mark Ginsberg FAIA, LEED AP for a virtual tour of Marcus Garvey Village in Brownsville, Brooklyn to celebrate Docomomo NY | Tri-State’s theme, The 70s Turn 50 for Docomomo US’ Tour Day 2020. In 2013, C+GA, for L+M Development Partners, renovated and transformed the 14-acre complex originally designed in the 1970s by a team
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C+GA is one of Engineering News-Record’s 2020 Top 100 Green Design Firms! We are proud to be recognized for our commitment to sustainable design and enhancing communities.
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C+GA’s Third Avenue Development in the Bronx received a LEED Homes award – affordable project from the USGBC! The annual awards program recognizes projects, builders and developers committed to creating healthy, sustainable and resilient homes. The LEED Platinum project, also designed to meet Passive House standards, demonstrates that quality housing can be both affordable and sustainable.
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Associate Crystal Ng RA, LEED AP BD+C, CHPC is C+GA’s Director of Sustainability! Since joining the firm in 2014, Crystal has led several of our Passive House and LEED projects, including Beach Green Dunes I, Third Avenue Mixed-Use Development, 1080 Washington and Cyrus House on Third Avenue. Crystal is developing and implementing C+GA’s sustainability, resiliency and wellness goals in
Continue ReadingC+GA remains concerned about the continued impact of COVID-19 on our NYC community and beyond. To prioritize the health and safety of our staff and clients, we have maintained our successful remote work environment, while re-opening the office for those able and comfortable being here. Social distancing guidelines are maintained, with staggered work hours and
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C+GA’s master plan, developed with the Manhattan Institute, for the Pelham Parkway Houses complex in the Bronx, is featured in the New York Post and the City Journal. “Re-streeting the Projects: An innovative plan to integrate public housing with surrounding communities”.
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The North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) Conference and Expo is coming up on NYC June 27-28. Don’t miss this exciting event, where Partner Mark Ginsberg will be speaking with John Woelfling, Ryan Lobello, and Lois Arena on the different options for designing Passive House certified Affordable Housing.
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C+GA is proud to share Park Avenue Green, the country’s largest passive house development, an affordable housing project in the Bronx, was recognized by YIMBY!
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C+GA has been listed in The Real Deal’s Top Architecture Firms by Borough in Queens and the Bronx!
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Join C+GA for the upcoming Pro Tour of the newly completed Park Avenue Green hosted by NESEA- Northeast Sustainable Energy Association on April 5.
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Partner Mark Ginsberg will be participating in a panel discussion at Citizens Housing & Planning Council‘s Housing Innovation Lab studying the possibility of basement apartments in NYC. Join the conversation this Thursday, 7 Feb!
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ANCResilience is developing benchmarks across 19 community functions to assist communities in evaluating and improving their resilience. Today marks release of the Buildings Benchmark for piloting, for which Partner Mark Ginsberg was an adviser. http://www.resilientalliance.org
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C+GA is thrilled to announce that Third Avenue Development has been selected as a finalist for the ULI New York Excellence in Affordable Housing Congratulations to all the nominees!
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C+GA’s Fall newsletter went out today, catch up on the latest updates here.
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Mark spoke at the Greenbuild International Conference in Chicago this month on Climate Adaptive Design with Laurie Schoeman of Enterprise Community Partners.
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Partner Mark Ginsberg presented with our client HELP USA at the HSU 2018 Policy Symposium on 6 November to discuss new design and development solutions for shelter housing.
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Partner Mark Ginsberg presented at a special Archtober event with Dattner Architects, Handel Architects, Building Energy Exchange and New York Passive House on 30 October on Large Multifamily Passive House Buildings in New York City.
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We are happy to share that Beach Green Dunes I was awarded the 2018 Passive House Institute US Multifamily Honorable Mention Award!
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C+GA is pleased to announce we are ranked on the national Engineering News Record Top 100 Green Buildings Design Firms List.
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Curtis + Ginsberg Architects are proud to share that we’ve been ranked on the national Building Design + Construction Top 150 Multifamily Architects / AE Firms List.
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Partner Mark Ginsberg teamed with The Fortune Society to host tours through Castle Gardens on 2 August to promote Spaces of Justice.
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C+GA is proud to announce that Van Tsao, AIA, LEED AP and Tobie Cornejo, AIA have been named Associates, expanding the firm’s leadership team as C+GA continues to take on exciting new projects.
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Curtis + Ginsberg Architects is thrilled to announce that we’ve been selected to design the new 170-unit NYCHA Morrisania Air Rights housing development in the Bronx for extremely low-, very low-, and low-income households along with a culinary business incubator and public art.
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YIMBY covered the official ground breaking for Beach Green Dunes Phase II. The 127-unit Passive House designed affordable housing development is anticipating full completion by December 2019.
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Curtis + Ginsberg Architects is honored to announce that Navy Green has won a 2018 National Housing Award from The American Institute of Architects in partnership with FXCollaborative. For the full list of this year’s winners, click here.
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Partner Mark Ginsberg presented at the Center for Architecture, along with several city, design, and development representatives, to discuss the new publication Designing New York: Quality Affordable Housing, featuring two C+GA projects: Frost Street Apartments and Navy Green.
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The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) hosted a Pro Tour with Curtis + Ginsberg Architects at the completed Beach Green Dunes in the Far Rockaways
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Curtis + Ginsberg Architects was listed as one of the top 30 prolific architecture firms in New York City over the past 5 years, and ranked top 3 of 5 in the Bronx.
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Project Architect Satpal Kaur is a content curator for six sessions at this year’s NESEA BuildingEnergy Boston conference. The sessions focus on funding, designing and planning for energy efficient projects.
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Lexington Gardens II was a featured case study for Kingston Block & Supply, whose brick defines the project’s dynamic facade.
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The Second Avenue Development was featured in CityRealty
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Beach Green Dunes I was featured in Affordable Housing Finance
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Beach Green Dunes I was featured in this month’s AIA New York Chapter newsletter In the News.
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