1 St. Mark's Place
Morris Adjmi Architects · East Village · 2025
Facade installation is nearing completion at Real Estate Equities Corporation’s commercial office and retail building 1 St. Mark’s Place in the East Village. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the massing of the 9-story project features a rounded corner at the southwest and several setbacks along the west and south facades that will allow for outdoor terraces. The project is clad in a contextual dark tan brick from Belden Tri-State, large floor-to-ceiling windows, and curved glass windows at the southwest corner.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: Real Estate Equities Corporation; Program: Commercial Office, Retail; Location: East Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Tour: Swiss Institute
Construction has wrapped up at the new East Village home of the Swiss Institute, a New York-based non profit dedicated to contemporary art. Renovation of the 7,500 sf former bank building was led by Selldorf Architects and offers spaces for exhibitions, projects and public programs, a library, a bookstore, and a public rooftop. The opening exhibition, "Readymades Belong to Everyone," is the third edition of SI's Architecture and Design series.
Northwest corner from 2nd Avenue.
North facade from St Marks Place.
Entry on 2nd Avenue.
Bookstore operated by Printed Matter.
Ground floor gallery.
Ground floor gallery.
Ground floor gallery.
Stairwell with window looking onto the reading room.
Reading room entrance on the second floor.
Reading room.
Reading room.
Rooftop space.
View of the corner of 2nd Avenue and St Marks Place from the rooftop space.
Lower level gallery.
Architect: Selldorf Architects; Client: Swiss Institute; Program: Museum; Location: East Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 122 Community Arts Center
West façade from First Avenue.
Construction is wrapping up at 122 Community Center, the renovation by Deborah Berke Partners of a former public school that now serves as the home of four arts and community service organizations. The building was completed in 1894 by C.B.J. Snyder and operated as a public school until 1976. Since 1977, the original school building has housed arts and community organizations which will remain in the newly upgraded structure. Those organizations include: AIDS Service Center NYC, Mabou Mines, Painting Space 122, and Performance Space 122.
West façade from First Avenue.
Along with upgrading the existing school building for code compliance and improvements to each of the organizations' space, a five-story addition at the northern boundary of the site will add more public function spaces and a unified circulation system for the building. A perforated, crimped metal panel clads the new addition, partially screening the large windows behind. The lightness of the metal panel serves as the perfect foil to the heaviness of the original brick structure, reflective by day and light transmitting by night. A long canopy clad in a similar metal mesh will extend from the addition out to the sidewalk, announcing the building's new entry to the community.
Looking up at the northwest corner of the new addition.
Close-up of the northwest corner of the new addition.
Looking up at the entrance canopy of the new addition.
Southwest corner of the former public school building.
Architect: Deborah Berke Partners; Client: NYC Department of Design and Construction; Program: Space for Arts and Community Service Organizations; Location: East Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
