BC—OA is proud to witness the completion and move of one of NYC's leading manufacturers of elevator interiors into their new factory and offices at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. National Elevator Cab and Door Corp has been in the elevator interiors business in NYC for more than 50 years. Thank you NECD for working with us on this project!
Another award for S-M-L Loft! The 2500sf loft renovation has been awarded an Architectural Interiors citation in Architect Magazine's 2019 Residential Architectural awards program.
Andrew has found a new home along with his quickly growing family in their nearly complete Tribeca loft apartment. This 3500 sq-ft gut renovation was designed to respond to the industrial character of the neighborhood combined with a minimalist interior for these return clients.
BC—OA was pleased to have our design for the S-M-L Loft honored with a Design Award in the Interiors category at the AIA NYS Design Awards.
After over a decade of collaboration, Luigi was honored to be asked to participate in their Glass Age guest author series with an article about BC—OAs work integrating Corning Gorilla Glass into architectural surfaces.
Check it out here: https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/innovation/the-glass-age/design-and-application/guest-author-series--luigi-ciaccia.html
Our S-M-L Loft has been selected as a finalist in the Apartment category for the Architizer A+ Awards! Winners will be announced in July - please vote for us for the popular vote winner!
Andrew, our most demanding client, makes his debut on Dwell.com!
Today, we bid farewell to 590BC and launch our new name and identity: Breitner Ciaccia—Office of Architecture. This has been a massive team effort with designers Lost and Found, Virgo and Joshua Rule bringing initial design ideas to life, as well as many dedicated hours by our whole internal team. Moving on!
Through its annual OHNY Weekend, Open House New York celebrates the best examples of design and planning throughout the five boroughs, from historic to contemporary, and helps foster a more informed conversation about how architecture and urban design sustain New York as a vibrant place to live, work, and learn. This year for the first time OHNY invites you inside the studios and offices of some of the city's leading architects and designers. Visit the spaces where architects work, see new projects and meet the individuals who are designing the future of New York. BC—OA is honored to be included! Stop by Saturday 10/13 from 12-4pm More info HERE
We're so pleased to be joined by Elizabeth Austin, a former Pratt student of Bronwyn's. Elizabeth is a recent grad, ready to get her hands dirty with some real live architecture.
See our archinect ad HERE with more info
Stefano Grisoglio has joined the BC—OA team. Stefano comes directly from Ivrea, Italy and recently graduated from the Polytechnic University of Turin. His Thesis titled SPACE explores the use of immersive Virtual Reality as a tool to study how humans move through spaces and how it feels to be inside something that is not built. We're hoping to bring this tool and thinking to our next projects. Stay tuned!
Thrilled to have been honored tonight with a Design Excellence Award from the AIA BQDA Awards for our Stair-Well Housing project. To learn more about this modular design for affordable housing in NYC visit the project page HERE
Today we joined the owners of Harlem Public and our team from Silman in presenting our concept for a phased adaptive reuse project in Harlem's Riverside Park. For more info on this three-part project go HERE
New office location at 84 Withers Street, overlooking all things Williamsburg from our 5th floor perch atop the BQE. It's bright and sunny and big and we love it.
