Beyer Blinder Belle
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP (BBB) is an international architecture firm. It is based in New York City and has an additional office in Washington, DC. The firm's name is derived from the three founding partners: John H. Beyer, Richard Blinder, and John Belle. The three architects met in 1961 while working in the New York office of Victor Gruen. The trio developed a specialty in historic preservation.[1]
In the decades since the firm was established in 1968,[1] Beyer Blinder Belle has won three Presidential Design Awards, the Medal of Honor from the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, and the national AIA Firm Award, as well as other awards.
The impetus which brought the founding partners together has continuing relevance in the 21st century. For example, in 2008, Managing Partner Frederick Bland, was appointed a commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). This city agency is responsible for protecting and preserving New York City's significant buildings and sites.[2]
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[edit] Notable projects
- Grand Central Terminal (Manhattan).[1]
- Rubin Museum of Art (Manhattan).[1]
- Ellis Island Museum of Immigration (Manhattan)
- Puck Building, (Manhattan)
- 15-19 Fulton Street, (Manhattan), 1983[3]
- Mark Morris Dance Center (Brooklyn)
- The Morgan Library & Museum (with Renzo Piano Building Workshop) (Manhattan)
- Japan Society (Manhattan).[1]
- Princeton University Campus Master Plan (Princeton, New Jersey)
- Various National Mall Smithsonian Institution projects (Washington, D.C.)
- Restoration and upgrade of Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse (Manhattan)
- New research facility at Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis)
- Shanghai Cultural Plaza (Shanghai)
- Red Star Line Museum of Migration (Antwerp)
- Restoration and Addition to the Historic DC Courthouse DC Courts site, (Washington, D.C.)
- Restoration to World Trade Center ([1])
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d e Pogrebin, Robin (September 8, 2006). "Richard Blinder, Architect of Cultural Buildings, Dies at 71". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/arts/08blin.html. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ "Fred Bland Appointed to NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission". Beyer Blinder Belle. September 4, 2008. http://www.beyerblinderbelle.com/?ID=315&page=1. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ Robert A. M. Stern et al.: New York 1960, p. 1150
[edit] References
- Ng, Henry. "Whose Vision of a Future City Will Prevail?" Architectural Record. February 20, 2008.
