Projects

Finback (LIC)

Finback (LIC)

It seems like a new residential tower is being completed every day in Long Island City so, it only makes sense to give them beer! After our successful Gowanus build-out for this client, we all decided to get the band back together to do it again. The concept is always...

Bouldering Project

Bouldering Project

Sometimes serendipity plays an outsize role in whether we are awarded a job or not and in this case it took the confluence of both our sister firm being the architects of record on the former iteration of a Gowanus area Climbing Gym that was sold to new West Coast...

The Good Batch

The Good Batch

Architect Kushner Studios Contract Price $240,000 Program1,250 SF renovation included the first floor, cellar, front space, counter and small eating area, kitchen, and prep areas. Space was two stores to be combined into one. WHAT Commercial Renovation WHEREBrooklyn,...

250 Mercer St Penthouse B

250 Mercer St Penthouse B

The adjacent neighbor of a successful Rooftop Expansion Project we had recently completed had similar spatial goals and retained our design/build forces to fulfill their dreams. Taking over the initial architect work coupled with navigating the, at times, intractable...

Cast Iron

Cast Iron

This project tested our technical and professional skills to their limits as we met the extraordinary standards set by the architects, the clients, The building management as well as The NYC Department of Buildings. This building and apartment were designed by...

Mekelburg’s | Fine Foods and Craft Beer

Mekelburg’s | Fine Foods and Craft Beer

A new store in the heart of Fort Greene became an immediate break-out success with its custom bar made from reclaimed lumber sourced from a former bowling alley and custom steel accents. This project helped to develop Mekelberg’s brand and design aesthetic, which we...

Finback Brookyln

Finback Brookyln

Founded in 2011, Finback Brewery is a testament to the passion for brewing and experimentation. After an extensive search for the perfect location, the brewery finally found its home in Queens in 2013. We were privileged to be part of the team that helped bring this...

Cody & Wyckoff

Cody & Wyckoff

The interview process for this project was straight out of a movie. We sat in this empty, dimly lit, 13000 sf space in an oversized leather armchair surrounded by the client and his architects. We knew we could build this thing, but would they know was the real...

Hatchets And Hops

Hatchets And Hops

Yes, true it feels like the idea of combining alcohol with the throwing of dangerous objects would be a non-starter for some, but as we were to learn, and build, it's all much safer than we had imagined. It was an interesting project because of the unique nature of it...

Brooklyn Winery

Brooklyn Winery

This project was a turning point for our growing company. After an extensive review and bid process, we were chosen to build the new location for The Brooklyn Winery. The project combines all of the things we love to build, production facilites, event venues and food...

Evolve Health Center

Evolve Health Center

This holistic health center rises from the virtual ashes of a wholesale Asian food distributor who had roots in the community for over 30 years. A new, bright, community-centered, and socially relevant venture was matched by an equally progressive...

Strong Rope Brewery

Strong Rope Brewery

Yes, we have built quite a few breweries, and dare we say we are pretty good at it. When Jason Sahler approached us to help him build his second location on the Red Hook waterfront, we were wrapping up construction up the block, on President Street, for the Finback...

250 Mercer St Penthouse B

250 Mercer St Penthouse B

The adjacent neighbor of a successful Rooftop Expansion Project we had recently completed had similar spatial goals and retained our design/build forces to fulfill their dreams. Taking over the initial architect work coupled with navigating the, at times, intractable...

Cast Iron

Cast Iron

This project tested our technical and professional skills to their limits as we met the extraordinary standards set by the architects, the clients, The building management as well as The NYC Department of Buildings. This building and apartment were designed by...

447 West 18th Street

447 West 18th Street

This fanciful addition became the natural expansion of a newly built, luxury modernist condo, found in the High Line district. Using a common theme of wood, aluminum and glass, this little gem of an addition had all the bells and whistles one would expect. Glass...

16 Minetta Lane

16 Minetta Lane

This project represents the culmination of Partner Adam Kushner’s dream of a fully integrated design/build/development paradigm. Its deeply philosophical narrative draws from the project’s historical context of a house sitting over the mythical Minetta Brook. The...

139 West 13th Street

139 West 13th Street

Across the street and slightly to the west of our first and second project with this client, this renovation was a bit more modest, yet still quite striking. The focus was on finishes and efficient use of the space, with the "guts" of the building and its systems...

447 West 18th Street

232 East 6th Street

This project, a Design/Build effort like many in our portfolios, was for a client that spent much time working abroad and wanted to return to a comfortable East Village retreat. Arriving with a strong design sensibility, we helped to mold this vision and...

Lexington 72nd Street

Lexington 72nd Street

This project tested our technical and professional skills to their limits as we met the extraordinary standards set by the architects, clients and the department of building, This project was designed by internationally known architect Shigeru Ban. All...

159 Lexington Avenue

159 Lexington Avenue

"We began with the concept, that all rental apartments in Manhattan originate in an apartment for rent' advertisement in the Sunday paper. Expanding upon this we organized the building into a series of 'newspaper sections', Recognizing that all residents...

525 West 2nd Street

525 West 2nd Street

A smart tight & clever gut renovation of this clients classic West Chelsea loft apartment. Working closely with the client, who was also the interior designer, the project became a successful design-build venture. We were able to accommodate the...

61 East 77th Street

61 East 77th Street

In one of New York City's most unique apartment residences, a 47-foot bridge hovers nine stories above the ground, connecting the clients medical practice with an entrance on 78th st. to his modern duplex residence on 77th. "I want people to feel exposed...

304 E  65th Street

304 E 65th Street

Architect Kushner StudiosContract Price $1,200,000Program 2000 Sf Gut renovation of existing 3-bedroom apartment.WHATGut RenovationWHERELenox Hill, New York CityWHEN2013  

250 Mercer Street, Penthouse A

250 Mercer Street, Penthouse A

This complicated little project took a modest 350-square-foot studio and inserted two additional floors and roof terraces. Negotiating between the Landmark Commission, the Department of Buildings, building management, and neighbors proved to be a continuous...

Bouldering Project

Bouldering Project

Sometimes serendipity plays an outsize role in whether we are awarded a job or not and in this case it took the confluence of both our sister firm being the architects of record on the former iteration of a Gowanus area Climbing Gym that was sold to new West Coast...

The Good Batch

The Good Batch

Architect Kushner Studios Contract Price $240,000 Program1,250 SF renovation included the first floor, cellar, front space, counter and small eating area, kitchen, and prep areas. Space was two stores to be combined into one. WHAT Commercial Renovation WHEREBrooklyn,...

Mekelburg’s | Fine Foods and Craft Beer

Mekelburg’s | Fine Foods and Craft Beer

A new store in the heart of Fort Greene became an immediate break-out success with its custom bar made from reclaimed lumber sourced from a former bowling alley and custom steel accents. This project helped to develop Mekelberg’s brand and design aesthetic, which we...

Cody & Wyckoff

Cody & Wyckoff

The interview process for this project was straight out of a movie. We sat in this empty, dimly lit, 13000 sf space in an oversized leather armchair surrounded by the client and his architects. We knew we could build this thing, but would they know was the real...

Hatchets And Hops

Hatchets And Hops

Yes, true it feels like the idea of combining alcohol with the throwing of dangerous objects would be a non-starter for some, but as we were to learn, and build, it's all much safer than we had imagined. It was an interesting project because of the unique nature of it...

Strong Rope Brewery

Strong Rope Brewery

Yes, we have built quite a few breweries, and dare we say we are pretty good at it. When Jason Sahler approached us to help him build his second location on the Red Hook waterfront, we were wrapping up construction up the block, on President Street, for the Finback...

Kushner Studios V. 3

Kushner Studios V. 3

This was the space that launched our business. At the risk of sounding cheeky, we launched out of the rear of a bus: Albeit one that was on the fifth floor of a dense Canal Street loft building. But as we wax nostalgic over the Buddhist monastery below us...

Bolero Restaurant

Bolero Restaurant

Who doesn't love to go out to eat? In this town, restauranting [yes it can be a gerand] approaches an almost Kabuki-esque level of scripted performance. With this in mind, for we live here too, the Bolero folks came to us with a vision for a unique Vietnamese...

Ginger & Spice

Ginger & Spice

This gut renovation attempted to insert a sensual palate of materials into a rather bland strip mall while balancing the modernist high-tech program requested in this Asian-themed restaurant. The cuisine also reflected this idea through classic dishes...

EN Japanese Brasserie

EN Japanese Brasserie

What was so incredible about this project was that it was truly a collaboration down the line by Architects, Designers, and of course our construction teams that joined forces with the overseas crew that were flown in from Japan. While we worked to create...

Racines 94 Chambers Street

Racines 94 Chambers Street

This restaurant was a gem of a project, a cross between one wine-loving partner and the other more food-centric chef. The outcome; a spare but crisply articulated room that allows the real stars of the show to shine: The food & beverages. Along the...

Force Majeure

Force Majeure

Being able to switch between cute and charming to clean and minimalist is one of our company’s strengths. We were tasked with creating a new space for a successful Creative Agency that did product and advertising campaigns for Spirits and Wines as well as...

Finback (LIC)

Finback (LIC)

It seems like a new residential tower is being completed every day in Long Island City so, it only makes sense to give them beer! After our successful Gowanus build-out for this client, we all decided to get the band back together to do it again. The concept is always...

Finback Brookyln

Finback Brookyln

Founded in 2011, Finback Brewery is a testament to the passion for brewing and experimentation. After an extensive search for the perfect location, the brewery finally found its home in Queens in 2013. We were privileged to be part of the team that helped bring this...

Brooklyn Winery

Brooklyn Winery

This project was a turning point for our growing company. After an extensive review and bid process, we were chosen to build the new location for The Brooklyn Winery. The project combines all of the things we love to build, production facilites, event venues and food...

Evolve Health Center

Evolve Health Center

This holistic health center rises from the virtual ashes of a wholesale Asian food distributor who had roots in the community for over 30 years. A new, bright, community-centered, and socially relevant venture was matched by an equally progressive...

Strong Rope Brewery

Strong Rope Brewery

Yes, we have built quite a few breweries, and dare we say we are pretty good at it. When Jason Sahler approached us to help him build his second location on the Red Hook waterfront, we were wrapping up construction up the block, on President Street, for the Finback...

Evil Twin Brewing

Evil Twin Brewing

We tend to attract off-beat clients, this comes with the territory when one serves the hospitality world and this project proved no exception as the owner's Jeep and Maria had a deep sense of un-ironic kitsch. Working together, We created their new brewing...

King’s County Distillery

King’s County Distillery

We are proud to be such a large participant in this milestone of a project. Besides designing it with our allied architectural forces, this is the first new distillery in New York City to open since Prohibition (and only the second one in the state at the...

Five Boroughs Brewing Co.

Five Boroughs Brewing Co.

We were approached by our client, the affable Mr. O'Donnell who along with his partners, gave up their successful day jobs in search of pursuing their dream job. Their goals were anything but myopic. They took a 15,000 Sf former and converted it, what...