MBB Architects

In 2015, MBB completed a 10-year, $177 million restoration and renovation of St. Patrick's Cathedral in midtown Manhattan, including the addition of a geothermal heating and cooling system.{{Cite news |last=Otterman |first=Sharon |date=2018-03-14 |title=The New, Green Pride of St. Patrick’s Cathedral Is Underground |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/nyregion/st-patricks-cathedral-geothermal.html |access-date=2023-04-04 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Budds |first=Diana |date=2015-09-22 |title=How To Give An Iconic 136-Year-Old Cathedral A $177 Million Overhaul |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3051330/how-to-give-an-iconic-136-year-old-cathedral-a-177-million-overhaul |website=Fast Company}} New York Magazine's architecture critic, Justin Davidson, wrote that “The result is so conspicuously glorious that it makes Rockefeller Center look suddenly shabby by comparison.”{{Cite web |last=Davidson |first=Justin |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |first4= |date=2015-09-11 |title=What We Can Learn From the Restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/09/learning-from-the-st-patricks-restoration.html |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Intelligencer (New York Magazine) |language=en-us}} According to Davidson, “The most impressive tasks aren’t even visible: replacing the entire cooling and heating system and hooking them up to geothermal wells that have been sunk up to 2,200 feet below Manhattan’s asphalt crust.”

In 2021, the firm completed a three-year restoration and renovation of Trinity Church Wall Street, which The New York Times called “a shining example of stewardship.”{{Cite news |last=Margolies |first=Jane |date=2019-02-08 |title=The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/nyregion/trinity-church-manhattan-real-estate.html |access-date=2023-04-04 |issn=0362-4331}} In addition to restoring the historic interiors and uncovering hidden windows,{{Cite web |last=Melchiorre |first=James |last2=Winterbottom |first2=Colin |date=2021-07-08 |title=Rejuvenation: The Hidden Windows of Trinity Church |url=https://trinitywallstreet.org/stories-news/rejuvenation-hidden-windows-trinity-church |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Trinity Church Wall Street |language=en}} the project improved the church's accessibility, acoustics and energy performance.{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Simon |date=2022-02-17 |title=Trinity Church Wall Street |url=https://sacredplaces.org/2021-faith-form-award-trinity-church-wall-street/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Partners for Sacred Places |language=en-US}} According to Traditional Building Magazine, "One of the more innovative designs involves the ADA lift, which is seamlessly tucked behind a pair of movable sedilia chairs on the chancel."{{Cite web |last=Ruhling |first=Nancy A. |date=2023-11-09 |title=Gothic Revival |url=https://www.traditionalbuilding.com/projects/gothic-revival |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Traditional Building |language=en-us}} MBB also renovated the historic Park Avenue Synagogue in collaboration with Judaica expert Amy Reichert.{{Cite web |last=Silow-Carroll |first=Andrew |date=2019-12-10 |title=Park Ave. Synagogue Celebrates A $96 Million Expansion |url=https://www.jta.org/2019/12/10/ny/park-ave-synagogue-celebrates-a-96-million-expansion |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Arcat Podcast Episode: 39: Park Avenue Synagogue {{!}} MBB Architects |url=https://www.arcat.com//podcast/40 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=ARCAT |language=en}}

In 2017 the firm renovated the historic Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn, which U.S. President Joe Biden later called "an incredible place" that is "nurturing a new generation of Black playwrights, performers."{{Cite web |last=Culgan |first=Rossilynne Skena |title=Brooklyn’s Billie Holiday Theatre just won the nation's most prestigious arts award |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/brooklyns-billie-holiday-theatre-just-won-the-nations-most-prestigious-arts-award-040523 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Time Out New York |language=en-US}} Notable education design projects include NYU Abu Dhabi Institute at 19 Washington Square North in New York City; Public School 330{{Cite web |title=The Glaring Issue of Daylighting in Education Settings |date=2018-02-08 |last=Kim |first=Sheila |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13247-the-glaring-issue-of-daylighting-in-education-settings |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Architectural Record |language=en}} in Queens, New York City, built around a glass-enclosed “gymnatorium”;{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-07-14 |title=Public School 330Q |url=https://awards.re-thinkingthefuture.com/public-school-330q-murphy-burnham-buttrick-architects/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Rethinking The Future Awards |language=en-US}} a rooftop athletic center addition to the Grace Church School; an educational green roof at PS 41 Greenwich Village School;{{Cite web |title=Greenwich Village School Green Roof—PS41 {{!}} MBB Architects |url=https://archinect.com/mbbarch/project/greenwich-village-school-green-roof-ps41 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Archinect |language=en}} and the renovation and expansion of St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School,{{Cite web |date=2015-12-02 |title=St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/st-hildas-and-st-hughs-school |website=Architect Magazine}} where the firm "scrutinized every bit of space from basement to roof to maximize programmatic use."{{Cite journal |last=Delgado |first=Lisa |date=Winter 2008 |title="No Place to Go but Up or Down" |url=https://usmodernist.org/AIANY/AIANY-2008-4.pdf |journal=Oculus: Publication of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter |volume=70 |issue=4 |pages=39 |via=US Modernist}} File:The Billie Holiday Theatre.jpgThe firm's 2003 Habitat for Humanity Row Houses in the Bronx were described as "well-designed, dignified and enhancing the urban streetscape" by The New York Times.{{Cite news |last=McDowell |first=Edwin |date=2003-06-15 |title=Habitat for Humanity in the Bronx; Sweat Equity Helps to Create 13 Houses |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/15/realestate/postings-habitat-for-humanity-bronx-sweat-equity-helps-create-13-houses.html |access-date=2023-04-20 |issn=0362-4331}} Another civic housing design, a post-disaster module made of "mold-resistant boating and surfer materials," was selected as a finalist in a 2008 competition organized by New York City's Office of Emergency Management.{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Lois |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |first4= |date=2012-11-07 |title=Disaster housing holdup |url=https://nypost.com/2012/11/07/disaster-housing-holdup/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}} The firm's design for a net zero energy library in California received an award from the American Institute of Architects, California.{{Cite web |last=Hickman |first=Matt |date=2020-06-04 |title=AIA California announces winners of ninth annual net-zero design competition |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2020/06/aia-california-winners-ninth-annual-net-zero-design-competition/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=The Architect’s Newspaper |language=en-US}} Sara Grant, a partner in the firm who works on inclusive design strategies, wrote in a 2023 op-ed, "When we set aside preconceptions about differently abled and non-neurotypical learners, we discover new possibilities."{{Cite web |last=Grant |first=Sara |date=2023-07-15 |title=The Power of Choice in Inclusive Educational Design |url=https://www.aiany.org/membership/oculus-magazine/article/summer-2023/op-ed-the-power-of-choice-in-inclusive-educational-design/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Oculus Magazine, AIA New York |language=en-US}}

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