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Community School District 22 in Brooklyn required this new school to accommodate its growing population. The 140,000 s.f. new construction serves 1,100 students. A central core includes an auditorium, gymnasium, kitchen and dining spaces. Two classroom wings, one serving elementary grades and the second for intermediate grades, are linked to the central facilities core. Traditional school construction materials, bric

This new 67-bed community residence consists of typical SRO units and two-bedroom apartments. The building will serve two populations, youths and adults with mental disabilities. They will be drawn from foster care, residential treatment facilities, and hospitals. Given the occupants’ diverse characteristics and needs, strategic planning was employed to separate the two groups yet permit the economies of shared

This new affordable housing project in Queens, NYC has just been completed. Gran Kriegel Architects led planning and design for two new affordable housing buildings in Related’s seven-building Marine Terrace project in Astoria, Queens. The pair of low-income rental buildings replace a row of single-story garages and provide a total of 53 units. The first building will hold 21 studio and single-bedroom apartment

The El Rio residence is a new 11-story supportive housing residence designed by Gran Kriegel Associates for Comunilife with funding from NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. in the West Farms area of the Bronx has a consistent plan on all apartment floors for a total of 65 efficiency units. The lobby, offices, a multi-purpose room, food storage, laundry and resident storage are placed on th

This new early childhood center is located on a through-block site and attached to PS 94X. Serving pre-k through grade 3, the 515-seat facility includes 24 classrooms, a multi-purpose room, cafeteria, library, and typical school support and administrative spaces. It is among the first projects designed under the NYC’s “Green Schools Guide” initiative for sustainable design with the equivalent of a LEED silver r

This new, 650-seat pre-K through 8th grade school in Long Island City opened in 2013. The 98,569 s.f building features a 300-seat auditorium, gymnasium, administrative offices, and five instructional stories above grade with classrooms and science labs. An accessible entrance and glazed gallery space open onto a 3,400 s.f. play-yard facing a new park to the south. Occupied for the 2013/2014 school year, 78Q is our se

John Gregorio Towers is 7 story, 78 one bedroom apartment building for senior citizens. Funded by HUD the project includes a central dining/multipurpose room served by a commercial kitchen. There is a tenant lounge on each floor and various activity rooms. The construction is load bearing masonry and precast concrete block. The building is located in a residential neighborhood just across the street from a public par

Under our term contract with the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Gran Kriegel is designing a new state-of-the-art media center for CUNY’s City College. The new center will be housed inside the college’s existing library. Client: City College, CUNY (via DASNY term contract) Location: New York, NY Back to College & University Projects Back to Government & Public Agency Work

Gran Kriegel provided schematic designs for this new affordable housing project in the Bronx. The designs will be used for the construction of a four story apartment building (5,100 s.f.) on a currently vacant lot at Elton Ave. Building amenities will include a landscaped rear yard, laundry room and community room Scope: 19-unit affordable housing project Adherence to Quality Housing Guidelines HPD Design Guidelines

This simple and elegant 100 sq ft pool house consisting of a shower and changing rooms and was constructed of redwood, stone and fiberglass. The project was the recipient of AIA design award. Client: Private Client Location: West Hartford, CT Back to Residential Projects