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Magnusson Architecture and Planning Announces Christopher Jones as Principal
MAP is Part of the Winning Proposal for the NYS Vital Brooklyn Initiative Site J
Three MAP developments win NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence Awards
Expanding the Leadership Team with New Associate Principals
Catholic Church opens low-income housing property in the Bronx
MAP is Part of the Winning Proposal for the Broadway Triangle RFP
New Affordable Housing Building Opens in The Bronx | NY1 News
Groundbreaking: Affordable Housing and a Public Library for Sunset Park
Queens Community Board Approves Our Design for LGBTQ Homeless Teen Housing
MAP Selected with Team to Redevelop Historic Greenpoint Hospital
Senior Moment: The Time Is Ripe for Lending on Housing for the Aged
MAP and Neighborhood Sustainable Planning at the Center September 22, 2018
Sara Bayer, Senior Associate to speak at BuildingEnergy NYC ’18
Brooklyn Neighborhood Set to Get 900 Affordable Apartments as Part of $1 Billion Plan
New York Passive House Inc.’s new E-book “From Small to Extra Large”
MAP Architect appointed Co-Chair of the YLG Communications Committee for Urban Land Institute New York
Creston Ave Residence featured in “Designing New York: Quality Affordable Housing”
Associate, Julie Chou Selected for Urban Design Forum Fellowship Program ‘Shelter for All’
The Next Frontier For Energy-Efficient Products | Urban Green
Streamlining the Public Housing Repair Process for NYC | NextCity.com
Meet the architects bringing NYC’s biggest 2017 projects to life
THE DOE FUND ANNOUNCES TOPPING OUT OF WEBSTER GREEN AFFORDABLE & SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE BRONX
Aging-in-Place Guide for Building Owners and Aging-in-Place Toolkit Launch
NYCHA Offers Praise for Melrose Commons, Site C Veterans Building
The Bridge, NYCHPD, NYCHDC, Mayor’s Office on Veteran’s Affairs and Magnusson Architecture and Planning Break Ground on Melrose Commons Supportive Housing
Press Alert: The Bridge, NYCHPD, NYCHDC, Mayor’s Office on Veteran’s Affairs and Magnusson Architecture and Planning Break Ground on Melrose Commons Supportive Housing.
Read More2016 Brick in Architecture Awards Winners
Fernando Villa part of jury for the Brick in Architecture awards.
Read MoreNYC Housing Ventures to Set Out a Welcome Mat for LGBT Seniors
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC designs affordable housing for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender seniors – the first in the US.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Promotes Two to Senior Associate
Jen Stencel, AIA, LEED AP and Christopher Jones, AIA have been promoted to Senior Associate.
Read MoreProgress Continues on Mill at Middletown Project
The Middletown community is stirring with curiosity about the large construction project on the corner of Mill and Harding Streets.
Read MoreSchoolhouse Terrace Development Open in Yonkers, NY
An old public housing project has been transformed into an ambitious $63 million affordable housing development in Yonkers, NY.
Read MoreMaking Homes and Careers Available to Working Poor
Mill at Middletown promises to revitalize downtown and people’s lives
Read MoreCommunity Revitalization Continues with NYS Homes and Community Renewal, City of Yonkers and Partners Dedicating $63 Million Affordable Housing Development
Schoolhouse Terrace officially opened with a ribbon-cutting on October 27, 2015.
Read MoreA Long View of a Perennial Problem
“Affordable New York: A Housing Legacy,” at the Museum of the City of New York
Read MoreHousing As Health Care
How New York State is transforming the supportive housing landscape
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning, PC Promotes Four
In a strategic move to lay the foundation for its future and promote staff members who are integral to the firm, MAP just announced the promotions of three employees.
Read More5 Reasons We Love the Bronx
The Bronx is ripe for the picking and investors and residents are taking advantage of the remaining affordability the borough has to offer.
Read MoreIn Memoriam: E. Perry Winston
On Saturday, July 11th 2015, Magnusson Architecture and Planning lost a long time, valued member of the firm
Read MoreUsing Health Care Savings to Construct Supportive Housing in New York
The Creston Avenue Residence is the first supportive housing project to open using MRT capital funds.
Read MoreCreston Avenue Residence has Officially Opened
We are thrilled to announce the completion and opening of a new building that we designed on Creston Avenue in the Fordham section of the Bronx.
Read MoreOfficials Hail Middletown Housing Project in Old Factory
From the perspective of those renovating such buildings, and the government agencies approving loans for them, the expense is worth the lift it gives deteriorating areas, and the safe housing it provides.
Read MoreNew Workforce Housing, Community Space Groundbreaking Held in Middletown
A site that was formerly a three-story factory building is being called an eyesore and has been for decades. But if all goes as planned, it will soon be converted into a workforce housing development.
Read MoreFactory Transforming into Workforce Housing
The dilapidated, three-story building hasn’t been used in years and is being turned into a 42-unit, affordable housing complex for people enrolled in a workforce training program.
Read MoreMiddletown Mill Gets New Life as Workforce Housing
Mill Street Partners LLC will develop the Mill at Middletown, a 42-unit development that will occupy a restored and renovated main factory building at 34 Mill St. The factory was built in the late 19th century for silk hat manufacturing.
Read MoreFormer Hat Factory to be Converted to Workforce Housing
City and community officials gathered at the site on Wednesday to celebrate the construction of the Mill at Middletown, which will provide one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments at a sliding rent scale.
Read MoreHome, At Last
“I love it here.” Arnold Smalls was home. The 58-year-old had moved to the Creston Avenue Residence this past December.
Read More22 Tarrytown Road Receives LEED for Homes Silver Certification
The U.S. Green Building Council certified 22 Tarrytown Road at the LEED for Homes Silver level.
Read MoreRaising the Bar for Innovation
Award-winning architecture firm Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) announced that Fernando Villa, AIA, LEED AP, has been named Principal and Director of Design.
Read More2014 Boston Society of Architects Design Awards
The Boston Society of Architects (BSA) named the winners of the 2014 BSA Design Awards.
Read More22 Tarrytown Road Workforce Housing Receives the Boston Society of Architect’s Housing Design Award Citation
“With massing articulated in a series of vertical volumes to break up its horizontality, this well-designed project looks great—not at all like affordable housing” – Jury
Read MorePermits Filed for Affordable Housing on Grand Street in Williamsburg
A long-in-the-works affordable rental project in Williamsburg is finally moving forward with new building applications filed last week for an eight-story, 51-unit building at 695 Grand Street.
Read MoreProfessional Profile: Fernando Villa
Professional Profile from New York Real Estate Journal.
Read MoreWHO’S NEWS in Construction & Design
Villa is an expert with two decades of experience in all types of residential projects and a staunch advocate for sustainability, particularly for affordable housing.
Read MorePeople on the Move 2.5.15
Fernando Villa has been named principal and director of design at Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) in New York City.
Read MoreMAP Named to Project Team of HPD’s Sustainable Phase II of Livonia Avenue
“BRP is excited to work with MAP. We believe the project is a key component to the city’s vision for the revitalization of the Livonia Corridor,” said Mary Serafy of BRP Development Corp.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Promotes New Principal
As principal, Fernando Villa will continue to apply his skills towards a variety of housing projects which will consist of affordable, market rate, senior and supportive.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Promotes Fernando Villa to Principal
Award-winning architecture firm Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC (MAP) announced that Fernando Villa, AIA, LEED AP, has been named Principal and Director of Design.
Read MoreRevealed: St. Augustine Apartments, 1183 Franklin Avenue, Morrisania
Like all of MAP’s projects, it’s on the nicer side for an affordable housing project.
Read MoreCommunity Builders and MAP break ground on 51-unit affordable housing development in Yonkers
Developed by The Community Builders, Inc. and in partnership with the MHACY, and designed by MAP, 188 Warburton Ave. will provide 51 units of affordable housing.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning, PC is part of the project team for HPD’s newly awarded Phase II of the Livonia Avenue Initiative
New York City HPD announced the team of the Phase II of the Livonia Avenue Initiative with Magnusson Architecture and Planning as architect of the project.
Read MoreJust Another Messy Urban Neighborhood
Remarkable simply for being normal, Melrose Commons flourishes where the Bronx once burned.
Read MoreThe Community Builders Break Ground on 188 Warburton Avenue, Phase II of a multiphase urban redevelopment of Cottage Place Gardens in Yonkers, NY
Ground was broken December 15, 2014 on a new, mixed-use, mixed-income multi-family housing development in Yonkers, NY.
Read MoreYonkers Mayor Spano and The Community Builders Break Ground at 188 Warburton
“Today’s groundbreaking points to the positive momentum occurring right now in Yonkers as we revitalize our neighborhoods and improve the lives of the residents who live here” – Mayor Spano
Read More51-Unit Project Part of Major State and City Priority to Revitalize Southwest Yonkers
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the start of construction of 188 Warburton Apartments, a $27 million affordable housing development in Yonkers
Read MoreCypress Village Homes Receives The Queens Bronx Building Association’s 2014 Building Award for Excellence in Design and Construction
QBBA awarded Cypress Village Homes with its 2014 Building Design award for Excellence in Design and Construction.
Read MoreRevealed: Park West Apartments at 2026 Westchester Avenue, Castle Hill
Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning, the Park West is among the nicest looking affordable housing projects we’ve come across this year.
Read MoreThe Anderson Receives The Supportive Housing Network of New York’s Residence of the Year Award for “Innovation in the Field”
SHNNY awarded The Anderson with its prestigious Residence of the Year Award for Innovation in the Field at the 2014 Network Gala. The project team was recognized for its perseverance and dedication to create an outstanding environment for its tenants.
Read MoreAging in Housing
With the former and current city administrations focusing on affordable housing, housing for the elderly is moving into the spotlight.
Read MoreRevealed: Melrose Commons North Site C, 12-Story Affordable Housing in the Bronx
The Melrose section of the South Bronx was ground zero for abandonment in the in the 1960s through ’80s, and today, it’s perhaps the epicenter of the city’s new affordable housing policy.
Read MoreMedicaid Savings Help Fund NY Project
Creston Avenue Residence draws a link between housing and health care. It is the first housing project financed under the state’s Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Housing Capital Program.
Read MoreRevealed: 2388 Creston Avenue, Fordham
Yet another slice of the Bronx south of Fordham Road has been filled in, as a new affordable housing complex is arriving at 2388 Creston Avenue.
Read MoreProfessional Profile: Jen Stencel
Professional Profile from New York Real Estate Journal.
Read MoreNew Workforce Housing Looks Market-Rate
The new structure replaces a distressed motel that had been used as a homeless shelter. Its design is comparable to market-rate housing, and it beautifies the surrounding neighborhood.
Read MoreAffordable Housing Project Being Proposed For Grand Street in Williamsburg
It has been reported that a new 51-unit affordable housing project with ground-floor retail will be located 695 Grand Street in Williamsburg.
Read MorePeople In The News: Jen Stencel
Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC, in New York has promoted Jen Stencel, AIA, LEED AP to associate. Stencel brings eight years of professional experience to the design and construction of adaptive reuse, rehabilitation and new buildings.
Read MoreProfessional Profile: Christopher Jones
Professional Profile from New York Real Estate Journal.
Read MoreJones and Stencel Promoted to Associates at Magnusson
Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC (MAP) has promoted Christopher Jones, LEED AP BD+C and Jen Stencel, AIA, LEED AP to associates.
Read MoreAge of Housing
Are we prepared for old age? The panel for “Designing for a Lifetime” considered the predicament of aging and housing at fundamental levels: community and dignity.
Read MoreMAP and Assoc. Blind HDFC Break Ground on $38M Building Upgrade
MAP and Associated Blind HDFC broke ground on a $38 million building upgrade at Selis Manor. It is one of the first government-funded residences for the vision-impaired and disabled in the city.
Read MoreFirst Development Under N.Y.’s Medicaid Redesign Program Nears Completion
Creston Avenue Residence draws a link between housing and health care. The development is the first housing project financed under the state’s MRT Housing Capital Program.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning, PC is Pleased to Announce Two Promotions
Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC is pleased to announce the promotions of Christopher Jones, LEED AP BD+C and Jen Stencel, AIA, LEED AP to Associates.
Read MoreTouchable Models Used in Project for Blind
Magnusson Architecture and Planning and Associated Blind HDFC broke ground on a $38 million building upgrade at Selis Manor. It is the first government-funded residence for the vision-impaired and disabled in New York City.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning, PC and Fernando Villa receive awards at the 2014 AIA NY Annual Meeting
AIANY awarded its prestigious Andrew J. Thomas Housing Award to Magnusson Architecture and Planning at its 147th Annual Meeting held on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the Center for Architecture.
Read MoreChelsea Home for the Blind to Get $38M Upgrade
Officials at Selis Manor broke ground Monday on the improvement project at 135 West 23rd Street, which will add a new entrance, renovate each apartment and overhaul the building’s heating, air conditioning, mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.
Read MoreNew York’s First-Ever Public Housing for Visually-Impaired Begins Upgrade
Selis Manor is the first government-funded residence for the vision-impaired and disabled in New York City. The repairs and capital improvements are its first-ever building upgrades.
Read MoreOutstanding New York BOAs Recognized at Annual Brownfields Summit
These five leaders were selected because they are carrying out extraordinary economic revitalization initiatives that build on their neighborhood’s character and strengths.
Read MoreSoBRO to Receive 2014 Outstanding BOA Award for Lower Concourse
NPCR will present SoBRO with a “2014 Outstanding BOA Award” for the Lower Concourse BOA. SoBRO, along with their urban design consultant, Magnusson Architecture and Planning, and planning consultant will participate in the awards ceremony.
Read MoreBeyond 80/20: Alternative Models of Mixed-Income Housing
Mayor de Blasio has called for 200,000 new units of affordable housing in New York, and he’s made it clear that developers can build bigger if they include affordable units in their new projects. Which models of mixed-income housing have been most successful?
Read MoreNew Life for an Old Brownstone
Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) is renovating an 1853 four-story brownstone that has been vacant and boarded up for the past 15 years.
Read MoreDesigning for a Lifetime: In New York and Other US Cities
In the next 30 years, the number of senior citizens in the US will increase to become larger than any other single age group. How are cities starting to prepare for this huge expansion in the numbers of over-65s?
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning: Looking Back at the Last 30 Years and Toward the Future
For nearly 30 years, MAP has worked hard to create affordable communities. ArchNewsNow sat down with the senior leadership to talk about the firm.
Read MoreAIAWHV 2013 Design Awards: A Celebration of Architecture
The Celebration of Architecture Gala was held on November 6, 2013 at the Mary S. Pinkham Hall at Rye County Day School. The winning projects achieved excellence in delightful and inspiring ways, and represented the breadth and vitality of our chapter area
Read MoreRuben Diaz Jr. Calls for Redevelopment of South Bronx Waterfront
Imagine walking over to the waterfront, putting down a blanket and watching a movie under the stars, steps from Yankee Stadium. Or moving into a gleaming new tower with stunning views of the Manhattan skyline and ready access to the Harlem River.
Read MoreBuilding of the Day: 1609-1627 St. Marks Avenue in Ocean Hill
Today’s Buildings of the Day are a part of a development in Ocean Hill called the Vernon Cherry Homes. They are named in honor of Vernon Cherry, a Brooklyn firefighter who died at the Trade Center on 9-11.
Read MoreAIA-NY Looking to Change the Conversation on Housing
As the city shifts its focus to housing in 2014, AIANY is set to lead the conversation. Starting in 2014, the committee is under new leadership: Fernando Villa, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, and Peter Bafitis, AIA, have been appointed committee co-chairs.
Read MoreBuild Affordable Communities, Not Just Affordable Housing
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s promise to build 200,000 units of affordable housing would have been welcome in the Bronx twenty years ago. It is immensely gratifying to see a politician who understands the needs of all New Yorkers.
Read MoreParking Lot Conversion Underway in South Bronx
MAP celebrated the groundbreaking of Soundview Family Housing, the first phase of a multi-building development that will meet demand for affordable housing in the Soundview neighborhood of the South Bronx.
Read MoreThey Didn’t Save Parking Lots to Put Up Affordable Housing
The 120-unit family building, 86-unit senior building, and 16 two-family townhouses will replace two parking lots adjacent to Soundview Park, one of the largest parks in the Bronx
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Repositions Itself With A New Location
MAP has recently relocated to new midtown offices at 42 West 39th Street. This central location is easily accessible both to clients from New York City and those from outside New York.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Repositions Itself With A New Website
The new website highlights the diversity and breadth of MAP’s architecture and planning work.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Repositions Itself With The Next Generation of Leadership
Fernando Villa was promoted from Senior Associate to Associate Principal, and Christoph Stump was promoted from Associate to Senior Associate.
Read MoreNew Mayor Needs Answers to NYC Housing Conundrum
With Bill de Blasio, polling more than 40 points ahead of his nearest rival in next week’s election, it seems likely that the next mayor will be someone who has made the creation of housing for low- and middle-income residents a central point in his campaign.
Read MoreMAP’s Westhab Housing Project on Track to Receive LEED Silver
The new structure replaces a distressed motel that had been used as a homeless shelter. Its design is comparable to market-rate housing, and it beautifies the surrounding neighborhood.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Breaks Ground on 172,000 SF, $63 Million Development with The Community Builders, Inc.
As the first phase of a multi-phase master plan to redevelop the adjacent Cottage Gardens Public Housing site, Schoolhouse Terrace will replace outdated public housing in the city.
Read MoreNew Workforce Housing Looks Market-Rate, Raises the Bar for Quality Design
MAP announces the official opening of its latest workforce housing project, 22 Tarrytown Road. Its design is comparable to market-rate housing, and it beautifies the surrounding neighborhood.
Read MoreULX: Ten Brownfields Sprout New Life
The redevelopment of brownfields offer the potential to stitch abandoned or underused industrial and commercial properties back into the fabric of a city and help curb suburban sprawl.
Read MoreCity Fields 4 Teams to Rebuild Sandy-torn Homes
For the hundreds of homeowners in the five boroughs who are still without a home after Superstorm Sandy, the Bloomberg administration has just assembled a crack team to help design and build them new ones.
Read MoreDeveloper Plans Apartments in Former Middletown Mill
Plans call for the boarded-up, red brick building at the corner of Mill and Harding Streets to become 42 apartments, helping families in an area where affordable housing can be tough to find.
Read MoreServing Medicaid Recipients
The $25 million Creston Avenue Residence is the first project in New York City to utilize funding through the Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) supportive housing initiative.
Read MoreRibbon-Cutting for New Community Health Center in the Bronx
The new headquarters are housed in a four-story commercial building originally constructed in the 1970’s, which was purchased by Children’s Aid Society and has undergone both interior and exterior renovations.
Read MoreChildren’s Aid Society Opens New Center in Bronx to Serve Medical, Dental and Mental Health Needs of 4,000 Youth
The Children’s Aid Society will unveil its new Bronx headquarters – a state of the art community health center. The facility will address children’s medical, dental and psychological needs.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Breaks Ground on Creston Avenue Residence
Creston Avenue Residence will provide 66 units of affordable family and supportive housing for disabled veterans.
Read MoreLEED for Neighborhood Development and the 2013 CNU Charter Awards
The LEED ND rating system encourages new urbanist principles in project planning, design, and construction. An example is Melrose Commons, an award-winning LEED ND pilot project.
Read MoreSuburban NY Affordable Apartments Completed
Spring Valley Family Apartments, a mixed-use development featuring 55 units of affordable housing and 6,500SF of ground floor commercial space in downtown Spring Valley, has been completed.
Read MoreStaten Island Apartment Building Weathers Storm
Of all New York’s borough’s Staten Island was hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, but even there some fared relatively well. The Rail in the North Shore section of the borough fared better than most.
Read MoreRamapo Gets a Revamp
Thomas McGrath, a CPC senior vice president, says the goal is to have people living on Main Street again and shopping locally at stores they use every day “We think Main Street can still be a part of communities, to make them livable again.”
Read MoreSMPS-NY Member of the Month, September 2012
As SMPS-NY’s first Member of the Month, Sarah Galus was chosen for her leadership abilities not only in her role as Marketing Manager at Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC, but her involvement in SMPS.
Read MoreGreen Project of the Month: Fifth Avenue Committee, Mega Contracting and Magnusson Architecture Develop Atlantic Terrace: A LEED-Gold, 80-Unit, Mixed-Use Cooperative
Atlantic Terrace is a new LEED-Gold certified, mixed-use, mixed-income development.
Read MoreMagnusson-Designed El Jardin de Selene Receives LEED-Gold; Developed by Melrose Assoc., Nos Queadamos and MJM Const.
Located in the Stage II Silver LEED-ND certified Melrose Commons, it is one of the first affordable housing developments on privately acquired land to receive LEED-Gold Certification.
Read MoreEl Jardin de Selene Receives LEED-Gold Certification
Located in the Stage II Silver certified LEED for Neighborhood Development Melrose Commons section of the South Bronx, El Jardin de Selene is the first affordable housing development on privately acquired land to receive LEED-Gold Certification.
Read More12th Annual Charter Awards Honor Diverse Set of Projects Highlighting Best New Urbanist Practices
CNU’s Charter Awards recognize excellence in architectural, landscape, and urban designs. Awardees are selected for their excellence in fulfilling the principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism.
Read MoreCNU 2012 Charter Award Honorable Mention: Melrose Commons LEED for Neighborhood Development
This neighborhood revitalization plan and the on-going implementation of sustainable infill development recently earned Stage II LEED-ND Silver certification under the LEED ND Pilot Program.
Read MoreA Shift from Nursing Homes to Managed Care at Home
In the newer model, a team of doctors, social workers, physical and occupational therapists and other specialists provides managed care for individual patients at home, at adult day-care centers and in visits to specialists.
Read MoreColumbia University to Build Affordable Housing Complex for Displaced Residents
The University recently announced its plans to begin construction at the end of this year on a 12-story affordable housing building for residents displaced by the Manhattanville expansion.
Read MoreCourt Vision
With opening of Nets’ new arena actually on horizon, Brooklyn residents brace themselves for whatever happens next.
Read MoreRoom for One and Occasionally More
The newly built Atlantic Terrace, a 10-story co-op also on South Oxford Street, had both affordable and market-rate units. Mr. Singh liked a two-bedroom two-bath with around 1,070 square feet of space.
Read MorePublic Housing Re-Skinned
We propose a second chance to existing public housing buildings by means of changing their look and making them more efficient and functional.
Read MoreIn Brooklyn, Blurring the Wealth Boundary
When the developers of Atlantic Terrace, an 80-unit co-op in Fort Greene, began planning, they envisioned occupants reflecting the populace on the sidewalks of Brooklyn — that is, diverse in all ways, but especially economically.
Read MoreFort Greene Condo Developed with Affordable Units in Mind
While many developers utilizing condominium deliver the bare minimum number of affordable units required by law, the partnership of developers behind Atlantic Terrace in Fort Greene took the opposite route.
Read MoreAtlantic Terrace
Directly across the street from the Barclays Center, Atlantic Terrace has sold 9 of 20 market-rate apartments with move-ins already started.
Read MoreCo-op Heaven – Mad for Mixed-Income
There’s a perception that market-rate buyers in NYC are hesitant to buy in mixed-income developments. But the 75% affordable, 25% market-rate Atlantic Terrace at 212 South Oxford in Brooklyn is proving the perception wrong.
Read MoreCA Rich Honored with Awards for Two Environmental Projects in New York City
CA Rich is very proud of the contributions we’ve made in these two formerly environmentally impacted sites.
Read MoreFormer NYC Brownfield Now Site of Affordable Housing
L+M Development Partners, along with partners Melrose Associates and Nos Quedamos, have been awarded the Big Apple Brownfield Affordable Housing Award for the La Terraza development.
Read MoreBrooklyn’s New People Pleaser Gets Gold Star
The newest co-op building on the block, The Atlantic Terrace, is the neighborhood’s first LEED Gold-certified green development, which is bringing not only environmentally conscious, but affordable living space to Brooklyn.
Read MoreSMPS Honors Development Team of Sustainable Housing
The tri-venture was recognized for its role in rebuilding the Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Area in the South Bronx, and turning a previously blighted neighborhood into a sustainable, pedestrian-oriented mixed-use, mixed-income development.
Read MoreProject Puts Brooklyn First
Profit is the lodestar of most building design in New York City. So it is the rare and refreshing development that is driven by something other than revenue maximization.
Read MoreUnits 75% Sold at New Fort Greene LEED-Gold, Mixed-Income Co-op
Move-ins have begun at Atlantic Terrace, Brooklyn’s first LEED-Gold certified residential co-op, and the building is nearly 75 percent sold in just six months, according to the development team.
Read MoreCPC and RHAC Celebrate Completion of Murphy Manor Apartments
CPC and the RHAC celebrated the completion of Murphy Manor Apartments, an affordable housing property consisting of 25 two-bedroom units and one s/f studio apartment.
Read MoreCPC and Rockland Housing Action Coalition Join With Officials to Celebrate Completion of Murphy Manor Apartments in Haverstraw
CPC, RHAC and invited guests celebrate the completion of Murphy Manor Apartments, the first quality-built affordable housing for families in Haverstraw.
Read MoreAffordable Housing Continues to Rise in Spring Valley
The recent ground breaking on a new, mixed-use, multi-family housing development, designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP), marked the start of the second phase of the downtown revitalization plan for Spring Valley, NY.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Breaks Ground on Spring Valley Affordable Housing Development
“We have always believed that a well-designed built environment is essential to the life of a sustainable community. We believe that the Family Apartments embody all of those beliefs.”
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture to Serve as Enterprise Green Communities Technical Assistance Provider
Enterprise Community Partners Inc. has chosen Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC to serve as an Enterprise Green Communities Technical Assistance Provider.
Read MoreBrooklyn’s Finest: From Brown to Green to Gold
Brownfields have been defined as “property that has remained idle, abandoned or underutilized because of contamination or the threat of contamination.” That definition certainly applies to the Atlantic Terrance property prior to its redevelopment.
Read MoreMAP Designs 264-Seat New LIFE Secondary School in South Bronx
Designed by award-winning Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC, this new high school for students with emotional, behavioral and academic disabilities is the first facility of its kind in the Bronx.
Read MoreDevelopers Ink Big Bronx Housing Deal
Briarwood Organization, CPC Resources and The Bridge were tapped by the city to develop a $90 million affordable housing project on portion of 5.5 acres in the South Bronx.
Read MorePaden of CPC Provides $3.87 Million Construction Loan for 25-Unit Apartment Building
Continuing its partnership with the RHAC, CPC will provide a $3.87 million construction loan to create the first quality-built affordable housing for families.
Read MoreMAP Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for 12-story El Jardin de Selene – LEED-Gold Development
The event celebrated the opening of the 12-story affordable housing development designed by award-winning Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC (MAP).
Read MoreFirst New York Nabe Gets LEED Certification
Melrose Commons, a once-dilapidated South Bronx neighborhood that underwent a massive redevelopment as a 35-block urban renewal zone, has been awarded LEED Stage II Silver Certification for Neighborhood Development by the USGBC.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning, PC Launches MAP Green
Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC has recently launched MAP Green, a division specializing in green consulting services for building design, green retrofit/rehabilitation, and sustainable neighborhood planning.
Read MoreThe Briarwood Org., CPC and The Bridge to Complete 260-Unit Project
CPC Resources, The Briarwood Org., and The Bridge were chosen to develop a 260-unit affordable housing development in the South Bronx that is designed for LEED Silver certification.
Read MoreA Bite Out of the Big Apple
Magnusson Architecture and Planning has been selected to design a site located in the northern portion of the Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Area of the Bronx as part of a sustainable housing project.
Read MoreCondos Selling Well in the South Bronx
While the luxury residential market remains depressed, The Aurora, an 8-story, 91-unit, condominium building in the Bronx is a success story.
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HPD Announces Development Team to Build 770 Units of New Mixed-Use Affordable Housing at Three Sites in South Bronx
It was announced today the selection of the developers who will construct mixed-use affordable housing on the last large city-owned tracts of land in Melrose Commons North URA.
Read MoreBrownsville Affordable Housing Complex Opens
Magnusson Architecture and Planning designed the complex, which is comprised of 20 four-story townhouse-style buildings and about 2,900 square feet of commercial and retail space.
Read MoreOfficials Celebrate Prospect Plaza Ribbon Cutting
Priscilla Almodovar, President and Chief Executive Officer of NYS HFA, said, “Prospect Plaza Apartments brings 151 new apartments to Ocean-Hill/Brownsville, a neighborhood where new, safe and affordable homes are urgently needed.”
Read MoreMAP Receives MAS Masterwork Awards Honorable Mention for Melrose Commons Work
From an area dominated by abandonment and trash strewn lots, Melrose Commons has emerged anew as a desirable urban residential community.
Read MoreEl Jardin De Selene Tops Off 40 Days Ahead of Schedule
The event celebrated the topping out of the 12-story affordable housing development designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning. Further cause to celebrate is the fact that El Jardin de Selene is a full forty days ahead of schedule in spite of the economic downturn.
Read MoreCondos Selling Well in the South Bronx
While the luxury residential market remains depressed, The Aurora, an 8-story, 91-unit, condominium building in the Bronx is a success story.
Read MoreBuilding Block of a Good Education
The Bronx Early Learning Center is a 22 classroom preschool for both typically developmental and learning delayed children. This project consolidates the operations of two existing Bronx preschools into a new state-of-the-art early learning facility.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning Designs the Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Area
The Melrose Commons URA is among the first neighborhoods to apply for certification as “sustainable,” through the USGBC’s LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Program.
Read MoreInvesting in a Neighborhood
In the last 25 years, Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation has created 259 units of affordable housing in impoverished sections of eastern Brooklyn, including the neighborhood of Cypress Hills, from which it took its name.
Read MoreMelrose Commons Takes the LEED in Green Urban Design
The South Bronx community of Melrose Commons has been honored for its pioneering role in the sustainable design and redevelopment of urban neighborhoods.
Read MoreBlooming in the Bronx
If all goes according to plans by Magnusson Architecture and Planning, there will be a new affordable, environmentally–considerate residence in the neighborhood in the not-too-distant future.
Read MoreCrow Island School Citation – The Bronx Early Learning Center
“Outstanding example of an adaptive reuse. Clean, sharp and full of playfulness. An urban oasis!” -2008 jury
Read MoreNos Quedamos, MJM Construction and Melrose Associates Break Ground on Sustainable El Jardin de Selene Project
Ground was broken on a sustainable affordable housing project in Melrose Commons. It will be one of the first of its kind in the neighborhood.
Read MoreA Catalyst for a Faded Village
The new construction sites represent one of the first efforts in more than five decades to pump vitality into a once-flourishing section of this Rockland County village just north of the New Jersey border.
Read MoreThe Sutton Snags Honors
The Queens & Bronx Building Association recognized the Sutton, an 11-story, mixed-use, affordable cooperative building with a 2007 Building Award for Excellence in Design and Construction.
Read MoreChristine M. Hunter Promoted to Principal at Magnusson Architecture and Planning
Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC (MAP) has announced the promotion of Christine M. Hunter AIA to the position of Principal.
Read MoreBreaking Ground for Green Affordable Atlantic Terrace
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (at center with shovel) joins others to break ground for Atlantic Terrace, a mixed-use and affordable housing development on Atlantic Avenue at South Oxford Street.
Read MoreBoston Road Apartments, Changing People’s View of Affordable Housing That Supports Families
Located on an original section of the Old Boston Post Road that has run between Lower Manhattan and Boston since the mid-1600’s, Boston Road Apartments have opened for residency.
Read MoreStapleton Co-op Plan Seen as Key to Rebirth
The City Planning Commission certified as complete Stapleton Court, an affordable development on what is now a little-used municipal parking lot in a waterfront neighborhood that has been waiting for a catalyst for revitalization.
Read MoreParkview Commons III Creates Home Ownership Opportunities
Parkview Commons, a new mixed-use affordable housing complex in the south Bronx, is nearing completion of its third and final phase.
Read MoreThe Rebirth of a State Capital
“Trenton Town Center can serve as guidance for both cities and developers nationwide when it comes to successfully implementing high-performance green building features within their projects.” -Dan Winters
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture Breaking Ground at 500 East 165th Street
A challenging site provided award winning firm, Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC (MAP), with a unique opportunity to design a future neighborhood landmark.
Read MoreNew Green Mixed-Use Complex Planned for Trenton
Design work and financial planning continue on a new energy-efficient, mixed-use complex in Trenton, NJ, that is expected to revitalize a major corner in the state capital’s downtown
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture Breaks Template of Traditional HUD Design
Designed under HUD’s Section 202 program, La Casa de Felicidad is an 85-unit housing complex where MAP strived to create a hospitable environment for low-income seniors.
Read MoreHousing the Workforce
Affordability alone is not enough: many of the most successful projects also include community centers, daycare centers, job training services, and easy access to public transit to provide working families with crucial support.
Read MoreBronx Seniors to Bask in the Sun at Melrose Commons
The innovative placement of resident day rooms on each floor was inspired by neighborhood elders who often sat on lawn chairs in front of their apartment buildings in pleasant weather.
Read MoreCity of New York and American Institute of Architects choose Five Design-Development Team Finalists for First Juried Competition for Sustainable and Affordable Housing
Mixed-Income, Mixed-Use Development in South Bronx to include Innovative Green Design
Read MoreCondo Culture Hits South Bronx
Affordable Housing is going upscale in the South Bronx – where excavation is under way for the area’s first elevatored condo building.
Read MoreMAP Receives Third Award for Rheingold Gardens Work
Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) has received a third award for its creative and innovative work at Rheingold Gardens, at the former Rheingold brewery site in Bushwick.
Read MoreFirst Elevator Condominium Project in the Bronx Set to Break Ground This Month
The first elevator condominium to be built in the South Bronx will break ground April 30th, says Magnus Magnusson of Magnusson Architecture and Planning, whose firm designed the development.
Read MoreMixed-Use Coop Wins Queens & Bronx Building Association Award
The Queens & Bronx Building Association recognized the Sutton, an 11-story, mixed-use, affordable cooperative building with its 2007 Building Award for Excellence in Design and Construction.
Read MoreFlexible Team Helping to Bend and Shape New York City
For the three principals of Magnusson Architecture and Planning, the construction and design business has always been more than just a way to make a living – it has been an outlet for their desire to make a difference in the world.
Read MoreNYC Straddles Affordable Housing with Inclusionary Housing
The city government of New York has endorsed inclusionary zoning housing developments, providing incentives such as tax subsidies to market-rate developers that building the mixed-income projects.
Read MoreIs That A Condo?
Perhaps the highest compliment you can pay an affordable housing developer or architect is to mistake their work for a market-rate multifamily property.
Read MorePalacio del Sol Opens in the Bronx
Palacio del Sol, a 124-unit mixed-use apartment building representing the cutting edge in affordable housing, has opened in the Bronx’s Melrose Commons urban renewal area.
Read MoreMAP Designs 124-Unit Palacio del Sol on Melrose Avenue
Palacio del Sol, or “Palace of the Sun,” is a departure in affordable housing design. Its architecture transcends the visual expectations that have limited traditional affordable housing design.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning: The Sutton Mixed-Income Co-op, Harlem
Ground was broken recently for The Sutton, a 135-unit mixed-income Harlem residential project that is the first of three new buildings in the City’s Bradhurst Urban Renewal Plan.
Read MoreHousing Citation: Parkledge Apartments
“This is a wonderful saving of a resource that could have easily have gone the way of the wrecking ball. It’s been given a level of delight and dignity where the residents feel they’re living in a very special place.” -Jury
Read MoreHousing Award: Melrose Commons
“What is really interesting is the process of engagement with the community, the strategy for new sites and development, the kind of standards and vocabulary established, rather than the individual buildings.” -Jury
Read MoreBronx Urban Renewal Zone Gets Its Palace in the Sun
Palacio del Sol, a 124-unit mixed-use, affordable housing apartment building in the Melrose Commons section of The Bronx, has opened as the largest and newest project in that urban renewal area.
Read MoreMAP Breaks Ground on 135-Unit The Sutton on West 147th Street
The first of three projected buildings in the city’s Bradhurst Urban Renewal Plan, The Sutton will rise 12 stories on West l47th Street between Bradhurst Avenue and Frederick Douglass Blvd.
Read MoreSenior Housing Complex Open Its Doors in Brooklyn
Gates Gardens, an award-winning residence for low- and middle-income seniors, has opened its doors in the Ridgewood-Bushwick section of Brooklyn, one of New York City’s most underprivileged neighborhoods.
Read MoreAIA-New York 2005 Housing Design Awards
Another standout project, Melrose Commons in the Bronx, took root when Magnusson Architecture & Planning began pro-bono consulting for the client, Nos Quedamos to protest the city’s Urban Renewal plans for Melrose.
Read MoreAffordable Senior Housing Complex Opens in Brooklyn
Gates Gardens, an award-winning residence for low- and middle-income seniors, has opened its doors to residents of the Ridgewood-Bushwick section of Brooklyn, one of New York City’s most underprivileged neighborhoods.
Read MoreA New Strategy for the City of Trenton: Full Spectrum of NY Develops Trenton Town Center
Trenton has been the focus of intense effort to revitalize its core downtown area. Now the City has taken a bold move to become a national leader in urban renewal and smart growth.
Read MoreBradhurst’s Emergence as a Neighborhood of Choice Continues with Two New City-Sponsored Affordable Resdiential Developments on West 148th Street
Ground was broken for The Sutton and Bradhurst Apartments, two city-sponsored affordable developments.
Read MoreTrenton Scores Big
Basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson sponsors the fund that would back the highrise project that includes office space, condos and apartments and street-level retail space.
Read MoreMultifamily Development Spotlight: Parkview Commons
Parkview Commons, a new mixed-use affordable housing development on Elton Avenue and East 161st Street in the South Bronx, broke ground in March.
Read MoreAffordable, Mixed-Use Community Breaks Ground in the Bronx
The nine-story apartment building is in the Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Area, a 35-block area that has been stunningly transformed during the last decade.
Read MoreThe Sound of Construction
It is anticipated that about 3,000 housing units will have been added by the time Melrose Commons is fully developed and new construction could add around 10,000 residents to the neighborhood.
Read MoreMid-Income Condo Development Planned for Atlantic Avenue
Known as “Atlantic Terrace,” the project would bring 40 affordable housing units to the neighborhood according to the Fifth Avenue Committee’s executive director, Michelle de Ia Uz.
Read MoreVernon Cherry Homes in Ocean Hill Not Yet Completed; Already One-Third Occupied
The application process turned out to be easy. There were 500 people in the lottery and the development, not yet completed, is already one-third occupied.
Read MoreMagnusson’s Yonkers Project Gets Citation from AIA
“We are deeply honored,” said Magnus Magnusson. “We’ve spent many years ensuring that low- and moderate-income housing can be attractive, but when you receive an award like this from your peers it is especially gratifying.”
Read MoreA Sort of Homecoming
Trendy but troublesome, community-based planning is now the norm. If it can make it in the Bronx, can it make it anywhere?
Read MoreMaster and Commander
“Before, I was designing for marketing people. Now, I’m designing for people who live there.” -Petr Stand
Read MoreDesign Citation of Merit: Gates Gardens Affordable Senior Housing
The Gates Gardens Senior Housing project is a new residence for low-income seniors in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. Funded through the HUD Section 202 Senior Housing Program, it is located in one of the city’s poorest areas.
Read MoreHousing Architect is Honored
Magnusson Architecture and Planning has been saluted for its work in designing quality affordable housing by HELP USA, a non-profit organization that provides homes, job training and other services to low-income families.
Read MoreNYC Introduces High-Rise, High-Density HOPE VI
This city does HOPE Vl a little differently. Last June, workers broke ground on the first part of a $148 million, three-phase redevelopment that will transform Prospect Plaza.
Read MoreRenovating a Low-Income Yonkers Rental Complex
A five-building apartment complex, built three decades ago, is being renovated and preserved for low- and moderate-income tenants. It is an exception to the trend of upgrading such publicly financed projects to market-rate and luxury units.
Read MoreEverything Housing: From Homeless Shelters to Luxury Living
Melrose Commons from the grass roots up.
Read MoreSomething’s Brewing in Bushwick
New housing on old Rheingold site is part of a larger campaign.
Read MoreBack on the MAP
When the economy turns unpredictable and wallets start to tighten, demand for well-designed affordable housing remains strong. One design firm, Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP), has discovered this successful niche.
Read MoreTown Houses Honor Victim on 9/11 Attack
Vernon Cherry, a Brooklyn firefighter and wedding singer who died in the attack on the World Trade Center, never lived in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville section of Brooklyn, but 73 town houses going up there are to bear his name.
Read MoreMagnusson Architecture and Planning, PC: Architects for Community Development
“We believe that architects can make a difference in the quality of life in cities,” says Stand, “and that’s what we do. We create meaningful architecture.”
Read MoreComplex Puts Middle Class Into Mix
A 230-apartment building under construction in East Harlem will be the first in the city to mix market-rate rentals with units reserved for both low-income and middle-income families.
Read MoreNew Rental Building in the South Bronx
The renewal of the South Bronx has been sparked by a number of housing projects, many in formerly blighted neighborhoods. Now another project is under way, the 7.5-story Freeman Simpson PIaza.
Read MoreGovernor Opens New Affordable Housing in South Bronx
Public/Private Partnership Will Create Homes for Families, Seniors, Special Needs
Read More35 Three-Family Town Homes in Melrose Commons; New Homes for South Bronx
On a vast, mostly vacant and formerly rubble-strewn expanse of the South Bronx, 35 three-family town houses have been snatched up by eager buyers.
Read MoreSlouching Toward Utopia in the South Bronx
Rather than sit back and wait for architects and planners to tell them how to improve the prospects for their legendarily troubled borough, they joined with architects and planners to renegotiate the social contract between citizens and builders.
Read More1990 - 1999
New Design Could Bring Hope to Struggling Bronx Neighborhoods
The much-maligned Bronx has been on a self-improvement kick of late. In one South Bronx area, community members have banded together to prevent their own displacement and are creating new housing and commercial spaces.
Read MoreResidential Real Estate: Neighborhood Rises in the South Bronx
An enclave of three-family houses is taking shape in the heart of the South Bronx, signaling the long-awaited start of the ambitious plan by a local community group to transform what was once an urban wasteland into a viable neighborhood.
Read MoreNos Quedamos / We Stay
“All people have ideas worth hearing and saying…. differences in age, race, gender, religious affiliation, language, and cultural background should motivate people to work toward true, long-lasting change.” -Yolanda Garcia
Read More‘Civics Lessons: Recent New York Public Architecture’; An Exhibition Honors Projects Done and Not Done
The city’s successfully completed monumental preservation and construction projects are here, but so are examples of housing and schools: Melrose Commons in the Bronx.
Read MoreA Renewal Plan in the Bronx Advances
Melrose Commons, the groundbreaking attempt by a South Bronx community to design its own urban renewal plan, has made it through the New York City bureaucracy. Last month, it received final approval from the City Council.
Read More1992 Design Awards – Citation for Excellence in Design
The effort to maintain affordability, did not preclude providing a pleasing and marketable design. The two-family attached building type was selected because of its appropriate scale and density for this still largely urban community.
Read MoreThe 27th Bard Awards for Excellence in Architecture Community
The incorporation of rental units along with distinctive facades links these houses with the traditional townhouse model common in the outer boroughs, while creating a lovely street elevation which breathe life into a once blighted neighborhood.
Read MoreColor Them Brightly
Pink. Peach. Yellow. Blue. The vibrant colors of the 26 new two-family houses at Melrose Avenue and East 155th Street in the Bronx strike some viewers as being a bit out of context. But that may be part of their appeal.
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