Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP (BBB) is an international architecture firm. It is based in New York City and has an additional office in Washington, DC. The name is derived from the three founding partners: John H. Beyer, Richard Blinder, and John Belle (1932 - 2016).[1] They met in 1961 while working in Victor Gruen's New York office and developed a specialty in historic preservation.[2]
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| Founded | New York City, New York, United States (1968) |
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| Founder | John H. Beyer, John Belle, Richard Blinder |
| Headquarters | 120 Broadway, New York City, New York, USA (Additional office in Washington, D.C.) |
| Services | Adaptive reuse, Architecture, Interiors, Planning, Preservation, Restoration, Sustainable Design, Urban Design |
Number of employees | 185 |
| Website | www |
In the decades since BBB was established in 1968,[2] it has won three Presidential Design Awards, the Medal of Honor from the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter and the national AIA Firm Award, among others.
In 2008, managing partner Frederick Bland was appointed as a commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, an agency responsible for protecting and preserving the city's significant buildings and sites.[3]
Select projects
edit- 15–19 Fulton Street, Manhattan, 1983[4]
- 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House at the Jay Estate in Rye, New York
- Bryant Arts Center at Denison University, Granville, OH[5]
- Budapest Exchange Palace, Budapest, Hungary[6][7][8]
- Watchcase Factory, Sag Harbor, New York[9][10]
- Beacon Theatre (New York City), New York, NY[11][12]
- Brooklyn Navy Yard BLDG 92, New York, NY[13]
- Century Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY[14]
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York, NY[15]
- District of Columbia Courthouse, Washington, DC[16]
- Domino Sugar Refinery (Brooklyn), Brooklyn, NY[17]
- Empire State Building, New York, NY[18]
- Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY[2]
- High Line Maintenance & Operations Building (M&O), New York, NY[19][20]
- Japan Society, New York[2]
- Lincoln Center Promenade, New York, NY[21]
- Marine Air Terminal New York, NY[22]
- Maryland House of Delegates Chamber, Annapolis, MD[23]
- Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY[24][25]
- Natick Collection, Natick, MA[26]
- Princeton University Campus Master Plan, Princeton, NJ[27]
- Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp, Belgium[28]
- Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY[2]
- Saint Paul Union Depot, St. Paul, MN[29]
- Sports Museum of America, New York, NY[30]
- TWA Flight Center, Queens, NY[31]
- Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, New York, NY[32][33]
- World Trade Center Planning, New York, NY[34]
References
edit- ^ Dunlap, David W. (12 September 2016). "An Architect Who Built His Career on Resuscitating New York Landmarks". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d e Pogrebin, Robin (September 8, 2006). "Richard Blinder, Architect of Cultural Buildings, Dies at 71". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ "Fred Bland Appointed to NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission". Beyer Blinder Belle. September 4, 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 1150. ISBN 1-885254-02-4. OCLC 32159240. OL 1130718M.
- ^ "AIA Ohio Presents 2010 Awards". October 2, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Howard, Sebastian (June 2009). "Beyer Blinder Belle to Restore Budapest's Exchange Palace". Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ McHugh, Sharon (January 15, 2009). "Beyer Blinder Belle to Restore Exchange Palace". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Brake, Alan G. (January 14, 2009). "Beyer Blinder Budapest". Archived from the original on July 23, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Fischler, Marcelle S. (May 23, 2013). "Restoring a Sag Harbor Eyesore". The New York Times. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
- ^ "Watchcase Factory Website". Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
- ^ Tamarin, Nicholas (February 27, 2009). "Beacon Theatre Reopens After $16 Million Restoration". Interior Design Magazine. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Strasberg, Hadiya (February 27, 2009). "New Beacon Shines Brightly". Traditional Building Magazine. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Gendall, John (September 11, 2012). "Brooklyn Navy Yard Center". Architect Magazine. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
- ^ Cohen, Joyce (March 2, 1997). "In a 19th-Century Building, a New Theater for the 21st Century". The New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin (October 6, 2008). "Cooper-Hewitt Is Poised for an Expansion and a Sprucing Up". The New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Denis, Marie-Alice (May 5, 2011). "GSA Honors 11 Winners with Design Awards". Archived from the original on June 4, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Chaban, Matt (June 24, 2008). "Sweet & Lower". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Barron, James (September 22, 2009). "Overhead, a Lobby Is Restored to Old Glory". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ Amateau, Albert (November 2010). "Stylish maintenance building coming down the track by the Whitney Museum". The Villager. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Webber, Gwen (June 27, 2011). "Exclusive: Bigger Than A Bread Box". The Architect’s Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Ouroussoff, Nicolai (May 20, 2010). "The Greening of Lincoln Center". The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- ^ Gray, Christopher (October 1, 1995). "Marine Air Terminal; Restoring the Landmark Home of the Flying Fish". The New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ McDonald, Martha (April 2013). "Victorian House of Delegates". Traditional Building. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Murdock, James (February 2011). "The Morgan Library & Museum". Architectural Record. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Hart, Sara (December 6, 2010). "The Morgan Library & Museum McKim Building". Architectural Record. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ "The Natick Collection". Architect Magazine. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Stevens, Ruth (September 29, 2005). "University selects Beyer Blinder Belle to develop campus plan". Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Lamster, Mark (June 25, 2010). "First stop on the Journey to Ellis Island". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Nelson, Tim (December 5, 2012). "Historic Union depot set to reopen after $243M makeover". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (April 24, 2004). "At Bowling Green, a Museum for All Sports". The New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Chaban, Matt (October 10, 2011). "Take Off for the TWA Terminal This Weekend at Open House New York". New York Observer. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ "Building News - May 2005". May 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- ^ Del Percio, Stephen (August 6, 2011). "Monday LEEDoff: Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, 40 Centre Street". Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Czarnecki, John E. (May 22, 2002). "Beyer Blinder Belle selected for WTC planning study". Architectural Record. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- Ng, Henry. "Whose Vision of a Future City Will Prevail?" Architectural Record. February 20, 2008.
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