Projects

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

To improve operational efficiencies, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation relocated its offices to a new space. The project brings together nearly 200 employees representing a range of the Guggenheim’s administrative departments, creating a highly collaborative environment to support its work and mission.

Designed by Studio Gang Architects, the full-floor office arranges departmental adjacencies into “Super Blocks” along a central laneway and places a strong emphasis on natural light, acoustics, and symmetry. The project includes a combination of open and private offices, meeting rooms, an extensive materials library, model room, canteen and pantry. Additional features include a generator-connected IT data center, a high-density filing system for the institution’s art publication collection, an improved heating and cooling design, and precise attention to acoustical details for both mechanical as well as intra-office noise.

Private Club

Private Club

Home to a premiere Private Club in Midtown Manhattan, this iconic building was designed in 1899 by McKim, Mead & White and is designated as a New York City Landmark.  The facility includes a luxurious dining hall, event spaces, athletic facilities, guest accommodations, and a world-class library.

To further its mission of providing the highest level of service to its members and improve the guest experience, the Club embarked on several major capital projects to maintain its facilities:

  • Complete renovation of the Main Dining Room, including restoration and cleaning of the celebrated ceiling mural, lighting upgrades, and fireplace restoration
  • Renovations to all guest rooms to modernize design and improve member experience
  • Complete renovation of the women’s locker rooms
  • Facility-wide infrastructure improvements, including fire alarm and life safety upgrades

All work was undertaken with sensitivity to the original historic design, and the schedule was phased to allow the club to maintain ongoing operations throughout construction.  The projects also required the navigation of public approvals from the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Helen Hayes Theater

Helen Hayes Theater

Founded in 1979, Second Stage is a not-for-profit theater company dedicated to producing work entirely by 21st century American playwrights.  To expand its mission and establish a permanent home on Broadway, the organization acquired the historic Helen Hayes Theater and developed plans to establish it as a space for contemporary plays with a particular focus on works by women and minorities.

The smallest of the Broadway theaters at just under 600 seats, the Helen Hayes Theater is over one-hundred years old and has a Landmarked interior and exterior.  Second Stage embarked on a complete renovation of the building, carefully balancing the historic character of the building with a modern, contemporary aesthetic to align with the productions hosted.  Program elements included renovation of the stage house, a new counterweight rigging system, and improvements to the seating, lobby, patron amenity spaces, offices, dressing rooms and restrooms.  The scope also addressed critical upgrades to the building systems, modifications to make the facility fully accessible to attendees, and the reconstruction of a small, four-story annex adjacent to the theater.  The project involved historic tax credits, funding from the City of New York, and securing approvals from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The New Victory

The New Victory

Committed to the transformational power of the arts, The New 42nd Street builds on the foundation of seven historic theaters to make extraordinary performing arts and cultural engagement part of everyone’s life. The New 42 opened the restored New Victory Theater in 1995 as the first theater for kids and families in New York City.

To serve the unique needs of The New Victory audience, New 42 focused on all public support spaces of the building. Four lobby spaces were upgraded: two public spaces below the street level, an orchestra-level lobby on the first floor, and a mezzanine-level lobby on the second floor. The project included significant upgrades to highlight the unique architectural character of the lobby spaces, upgraded ADA facilities, and the addition of interactive displays to allow for enhanced instructional and educational technology related to the current theater program. The scope also included upgrades to the restrooms, expanded retail and concessions space to include healthier snack options, new pantry space to include additional kitchen equipment, dry storage and sinks, and all associated MEP re-configurations and upgrades.

Hudson Theatre

Hudson Theatre

Originally founded in 1903, Hudson Theatre is Broadway’s oldest, and now newest, theatre and today survives as one of the last historic playhouses that symbolizes American theatre for both New York and the nation.

In 2016, led by the partnership of Ambassador Theatre Group and Millennium Hotels and Resorts, the Landmarked, Beaux-Arts-style theatre underwent a complete interior renovation that aimed to restore the building to its original beauty while providing historically-sensitive upgrades to accommodate the latest technologies in theater design.  The project included improvements to the theatre and amenities, including the box office, seating, back of house and stage facilities, and infrastructure. Specialty architectural features include a hand-woven Axminster carpet, as well as carefully restored glass ceiling domes and mosaic tile installations designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. In addition, significant backstage and technical upgrades, including new and expanded dressing rooms and fly systems were completed.

Studio Museum in Harlem

Studio Museum in Harlem

Founded in 1968 by a diverse group of artists, community activists, and philanthropists, The Studio Museum in Harlem is the premier center for contemporary artists of African descent, the principal visual art institution in Harlem, and a magnet for visitors from around the world. The first building created expressly for the institution’s program, this new home is designed to enable the Studio Museum to better serve a growing and diverse audience, provide additional educational opportunities for people of all ages, expand its program of world-renowned exhibitions, effectively display its singular collection, and strengthen its trailblazing Artist-in-Residence program. The new structure will consist of a lower level for presentations, with a welcome center, a cafe, and public amenities; a porous, welcoming presence at street level, with a light-filled core that soars up through the entire interior; a variety of gallery spaces on the second, third, and fourth floors, with an education center on the third and dedicated spaces for the Artist-in-Residence program on the fourth; staff offices on the fifth floor; and a roof terrace spanning the entire building.

Madison Square Boys & Girls Club

Madison Square Boys & Girls Club

Each year, Madison Square Boys & Girls Club provides essential programming to over 5,000 young people in New York City communities most in need. Its Clubhouses provide a safe, nurturing environment that supports academic success, good character & citizenship, and the adoption of a healthy lifestyle for youth ages 6-18.

To further its mission, Madison embarked on a project to build a new, flagship facility on West 155th Street and Bradhurst Avenue. The four-story Clubhouse will contain modern educational spaces and recreational facilities including a rooftop soccer field and indoor basketball court, as well as innovative visual and performing arts spaces including a music and production studio, screening room and digital media and technology lab. The Clubhouse will also serve as the organization’s new citywide administrative hub and headquarters.

American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History

Hailed as a soaring architectural achievement, the new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation represents the first major expansion on the American Museum of Natural History’s 150-year old campus since the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The project includes world-class research lab facilities and scientific collections, next-generation classrooms, and innovative exhibitions, including the family insectarium and butterfly conservatory. Other program elements include a library, dining and retail amenities, as well as supporting infrastructure and administrative spaces.

The Gilder project creates more than 30 new connections among 10 of the Museum’s buildings – linking the entire four-block campus and establishing a new entrance in the adjacent Theodore Roosevelt Park. The complex program required the coordination of a complex public approvals and community engagement process; phasing of construction around ongoing Museum operations; funding from multiple sources, including the City of New York; and integration of the program, sustainability, infrastructure, and operational needs

Corporate Office Headquarters

Corporate Office Headquarters

A global financial services firm embarked on a major phased renovation of their corporate headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. The project was designed by Robert A.M. Stern and mandated the delivery of a state-of-the-art work/client environment, with a high level of finish and detail.

Consolidating across three interconnecting floors, the program includes executive offices, enclosed and open area work space, a variety of conference facilities, food service, information technology and audio-visual infrastructure. Artwork was carefully integrated into the space and served as a central design element. To minimize interruptions to the firm’s operations, the project was delivered on a fast-track schedule.

Broadway Housing Communities

Broadway Housing Communities

Broadway Housing Communities (BHC) is a non-profit housing developer committed to providing housing for individuals and families in the greatest need. Their supportive housing model combines low-income housing with services designed to meet the needs of our tenants and enable them to live independently.

For their seventh project in New York City, BHC acquired an underutilized site on the northern boundary of Harlem’s Sugar Hill neighborhood and launched plans to transform the property into a green model of urban community revitalization. Designed by David Adjaye, the Sugar Hill mixed-use development provides 124 units of affordable housing, an early childhood center, and a new cultural institution, the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling. The new, ground-up facility also includes commercial parking and office space, serving as BHC’s new administrative headquarters.

Broadway Housing Communities

Broadway Housing Communities

Broadway Housing Communities (BHC) is a non-profit housing developer committed to providing housing for individuals and families in the greatest need. Their supportive housing model combines low-income housing with services designed to meet the needs of our tenants and enable them to live independently.

For their seventh project in New York City, BHC acquired an underutilized site on the northern boundary of Harlem’s Sugar Hill neighborhood and launched plans to transform the property into a green model of urban community revitalization. Designed by David Adjaye, the Sugar Hill mixed-use development provides 124 units of affordable housing, an early childhood center, and a new cultural institution, the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling. The new, ground-up facility also includes commercial parking and office space, serving as BHC’s new administrative headquarters.

Archdiocese of New York

Archdiocese of New York

The Archdiocese of New York (ADNY) covers over 300 Roman Catholic parishes across the counties of New York, the Bronx, Richmond, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester.  Their properties range from parish and rectory facilities to schools, community centers and other multi-use institutional buildings.

Zubatkin’s relationship with ADNY dates back to 2007 when the firm was engaged to manage the interior and exterior restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.  Seeing the value that was added in developing a more efficient way to deliver the Cathedral project, ADNY asked Zubatkin to evaluate their overall approach to their capital improvement projects and general facilities maintenance needs.  As a result of the findings of this study, the Zubatkin team has been engaged to oversee all of ADNY’s major capital projects for its real estate portfolio.

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