Following last week’s visit to Phoenix-based Richärd Kennedy Architects, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to New York this week to explore the work of Andrew Berman Architect.

Founded in 1995, the firm has amassed a portfolio “focused on the revitalization of unique and finally executed buildings and spaces.” Among the resulting honors bestowed upon the firm include a 2021 AIANY Design Award and participation in the Center for Architecture’s 2020 showcasing of New York City’s best municipal buildings.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for an Intermediate Architect. For candidates interested in applying for the position, or anybody interested in learning more about the studio’s work, we have rounded up three timeless arts-focused projects by Andrew Berman Architect that demonstrate their design approach.

SculptureCenter

The SculptureCenter’s 2,000-square-foot addition has been designed to seamlessly integrate with the original museum structure. In particular, the expansion seeks to pay homage to the building's roots - a 1908 trolley repair shop - with a harmonious fusion of brick and robust steel. Revitalizing its facade on Purves Street, the new structure is adorned with 16-foot-high Corten steel panels, creating a prominent public entrance to the galleries.

Visitors are welcomed via a newly designed entry lobby holding ticketing facilities, a bookshop, coatroom, restrooms, and a selection of gallery spaces. Embracing its exercise in adaptive reuse, the expansion showcases a balance between old and new with “nuanced and calibrated interventions and support spaces of the new building.”

Writing Studio

Commissioned as a library and writing studio for a historian, this scheme is described as “a simple structure with a mutable presence in the landscape.” The exterior, clad completely in copper, visually shifts in form and color depending on the light of the day, the viewing angle, and the seasons, with the copper sometimes appearing reflective and bright, as well as matte and dark. Inside, the studio is defined by Douglas fir cabinetry, books, and light.

“The site is approached on foot through a stand of trees,” the team explains. “There is no drive. The library sits at the threshold of an open field and a wood. A tidal stream is visible through these woods, at the rear of the site. [The structure] maps a path from the open field, through a doorway at the edge of the woods, to a light-filled space set in the tree canopy.”

Stapleton Library

Commissioned as a branch of the New York Public Library, the 12,000-square-foot Stapleton Library sought to restore the existing 1907 Carrere and Hastings Carnegie Library in addition to a new 7,000-square-foot building. The resulting scheme is described as a “modern public institution that will contribute to the revitalization of the Stapleton neighborhood.”

The original Carnegie Library has been repurposed as a dedicated Children’s Reading Room. Meanwhile, the modern addition is composed of glue-laminated Douglas fir for its posts, beams, and roof decking, and holds an array of books and media. A structurally glazed facade invites the public while allowing natural light to the interior, while an exposed wood structure “provides a sense of rhythm, scale and material richness unexpected in contemporary public buildings.”

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