Kushner Studios

Adam Kushner was born in New York City and subsequently moved to suburban Long Island where he graduated from Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School. He then obtained his BA in architecture in 1986 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his MArch in architecture in 1994 at Cornell University, and founded Kushner Studios in 1994. Kushner has taught at Pratt Institute in the Graduate School of Architecture, as an adjunct professor at NJIT and NYIT, Rutgers University, and as a design studio instructor at Cornell University.{{cite web|last=Powell |first=Matthew |url=http://designwire.interiordesign.net/events/27485/nydc-preview-ups-excitement-for-openhousenewyork |title=NYDC Preview Ups Excitement for Openhousenewyork |publisher=Designwire.interiordesign.net |date=September 20, 2013 |accessdate=November 25, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108221930/http://designwire.interiordesign.net/events/27485/nydc-preview-ups-excitement-for-openhousenewyork |archivedate=January 8, 2014 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1490 |title=5.11.07: Adam Kushner |publisher=New York Social Diary |date=May 11, 2007 |accessdate=November 1, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.interiordesign.net/article/486673-Driver_s_Ed.php?intref=sr |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140103182751/http://www.interiordesign.net/article/486673-Driver_s_Ed.php?intref=sr |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |title=Driver's Ed |publisher=Interior Design |date=August 29, 2005 |accessdate=November 25, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.architizer.com/users/adam-kushner/ |title=Adam Kushner |publisher=Architizer |date= |accessdate=November 25, 2013}}

Kushner Studio’s practice includes the related fields of construction and hands-on fabrication for many of the projects it designs, through its related general contracting firm, In House Group, Inc. This follows a relatively new trend in which architects become involved in the development of the projects that they have designed.{{cite web|last=Gregor |first=Alison |url=http://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/more-architects-don-developers-hats/ |title=More architects don developers’ hats |publisher=Therealdeal.com |date=November 26, 2007 |accessdate=November 25, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009161515/http://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/more-architects-don-developers-hats/ |archivedate=October 9, 2013 |url-status=live}}

Kushner Studios designed the Baxter Street Condominiums, which included the first Automated parking system in New York City and second in the United States.{{cite news|last=Marino |first=Vivian |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/realestate/postings-automated-parking-no-tipping-necessary.html |title=POSTINGS; Automated Parking, No Tipping Necessary |newspaper=New York Times |date=August 22, 2004 |accessdate=November 25, 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/realestate/commercial/06park.html?_r=0 |title=An Urban Parking Perk: The Automated Garage |newspaper=New York Times |last=Hughes |first=C.J. |date=December 6, 2006 |accessdate=January 17, 2014}} The firm has designed an apartment unit located on Barrow Street incorporating reclaimed New York City subway car doors and see through glass floors,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/nyregion/these-apartments-may-as-well-already-have-monograms.html?_r=0 |title=These Apartments May as Well Already Have Monograms |newspaper=New York Times |last=Cardwell |first=Diane |date=August 15, 2011 |accessdate=January 17, 2014}}{{cite news|last=Pope-Chappell |first=Maya |url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704654004575518130131017308 |title=Subway Doors in Penthouse |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date=September 28, 2010 |accessdate=November 25, 2013}} as well as other custom apartment renovations.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/realestate/03sketch.html?pagewanted=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1382020563-2ekarbNV5W5i4UU0wm%20Frw |title=A Shower Stall With a View |newspaper=New York Times |last=Rozhon |first=Tracie |date=February 3, 2008 |accessdate=January 17, 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/03/realestate/03Post.html?pagewanted=all |title=A Symbol of Rebirth in Bushwick |newspaper=New York Times |last=Barbanel |first=Josh |date=April 3, 2005 |accessdate=January 17, 2014}} The purchase of this townhome was chronicled in season two of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing New York”.{{cite web|last=Polsky |first=Sara |url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/07/architect_adam_kushner_buys_minetta_lane_salad_house.php#more |title=Architect Adam Kushner Buys Minetta Lane Salad House - Sold Stuff - Curbed NY |publisher=Ny.curbed.com |date=January 7, 2013 |accessdate=November 25, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/tags/16-minetta-lane |title=16 Minetta Lane |publisher=Ny.curbed.com |date= |accessdate=November 25, 2013}} Additionally, the firm specializes in restaurant design and construction, having designed New York City eateries including Meet,{{cite web|url=http://events.nytimes.com/mem/nycreview.html?res=9F02E5DD1330F93BA35750C0A9649C8B63 |title=Meet (Nyc Restaurant) Review - New York City Restaurant Reviews - The New York Times |last=Grimes |first=William |publisher=Events.nytimes.com |date=March 8, 2002 |accessdate=November 25, 2013}} En Brasserie,{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewpotato.com/2013/06/27/reika-and-jesse-alexander-en-brasserie/ |title=Reika and Jesse Alexander: EN Brasserie |publisher=The New Potato |date=June 27, 2013 |accessdate=November 25, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830050603/http://www.thenewpotato.com/2013/06/27/reika-and-jesse-alexander-en-brasserie/ |archivedate=August 30, 2013 |url-status=live}} M.Wells Steakhouse,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/dining/restaurant-review-m-wells-steakhouse-in-long-island-city-queens.html|title=Restaurant Review: M. Wells Steakhouse in Long Island City, Queens|last=Wells|first=Pete|date=2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Penolopes, Times Square Café, Kings County Distillery, [https://www.yelp.com/biz/kings-county-brewers-collective-brooklyn Kings County Brewing Collective], [http://grimmales.com/ Grimm Artisan Ales],{{Cite news|url=http://nycraftbeerguide.com/news/new-grimm-brewery-brooklyn/|title=New Grimm Brewery Set to Open in Brooklyn {{!}} New York Craft Beer Guide|date=2016-11-01|work=New York Craft Beer Guide|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/dining/beer-gypsy-brewing.html|title=Beer Makers Who Used Other Breweries Are Opening Their Own|last=Bernstein|first=Joshua M.|date=2017-07-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Evil Twin Brewing,{{Cite news|url=http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/09/evil-twin-set-to-open-a-brewery-and-taproom-in-nyc.html|title=One of the World’s Top Craft Brewers Will Open a Brewery and Taproom in New York|last=Crowley|first=Chris|work=Grub Street|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en}} and [https://www.fiveboroughs.com/ Five Boroughs Brewing]{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/dining/drinks/craft-beer-unfiltered.html|title=Unfiltered and Unpretentious: A New, Old Wave in Craft Beer|last=Bernstein|first=Joshua M.|date=2018-02-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

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