Deborah Berke Partners
Deborah Berke & Partners Architects is a New York City-based architecture and interior design firm founded by Deborah Berke and led by Berke, her two partners and two principals. Established in 1982, the firm employs 30 people.
In a 2011 interview with the NY Daily News, Berke said, “I want my work to be invisible at times and prominent at others, to be rigorous but not pretentious. It’s that constant shifting of background and foreground, of the importance of architecture shifting back and forth with the importance of life that interests me”. [1]
Deborah Berke & Partners designs a mix of residential, commercial, and "creative institutional"[2] projects as well as distinctive hotels. Notable projects include follow-ups in Bentonville, Arkansas, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lexington, Kentucky to the award-winning 21c Museum Hotel. The firm is also working on the design of a community arts center in Manhattan that is home to Mabou Mines, and Performance Space 122; László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building at Bard College; an addition and renovation to the Rockefeller University Arts Center at SUNY Fredonia and a new residence hall at Dickinson College. The firm has long been well known for its residential projects and has designed houses in the Hamptons, Westchester County, Connecticut, New York City, and the Caribbean. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
The practice has received numerous awards for its work, including the AIA Kentucky Honor Award for the 21c Museum Hotel Louisville, 2011. [11] The 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville also garnered the AIANYS Excellence for Historic Preservation/Adaptive Reuse in 2007, [12] and the Best of Year Award for Hospitality Design, Interior Design Magazine, in 2006. [13] Deborah Berke & Partners won an AIA NYS Award of Merit for the Marianne Boesky Gallery in 2009. [14] In 2009 the Irwin Union Bank was awarded a Citation for Design by AIA NYS [14] and an AIA NY Merit Award for Architecture. [15] In 2007, The James Hotel Chicago earned a Citation for Interiors from the AIA NYS [12] and the firm was awarded The Hospitality Design Award for Creative Achievement, Hotel Luxury, by Hospitality Design. The firm received AIANY Design awards for Box Studios (2004), [16] the Baron Loft (2001),[17] and the Howell Loft(1999). In 2012, 48 Bond Street received an Award of Excellence from the Society of American Registered Architects NY Council. [18]
Deborah Berke & Partners was a National Design Awards Finalist for Interior Design in 2008.[19]
A Selection of Projects
- Rockefeller Arts Center Addition and Renovation, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, 2015
- 122 Community Center, New York, NY 2014
- Dickinson College Residence Hall, Carlisle, PA, 2013
- The László Z. Bitó ‘60 Conservatory Building, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2013
- The Laureate, New York, NY 2011 (interior design only)
- European College of Liberal Arts Master Plan, Berlin, Germany, 2010
- 48 Bond Street, New York, NY, 2008
- 21c Museum Hotel Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2006
- Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, 2006
- Irwin Union Bank, Creekview Branch, Columbus, IN, 2006
- The James Hotel Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2006
- Serkin Center for the Performing Arts, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT, 2005
- Box Studios, New York, NY, 2004
- James Hotel Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, 2004
- Tyler School of Art/Temple University Master Plan, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
- Marlboro College Master Plan, Marlboro, VT, 2001
- Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, 2001
- Hope Branch Library, Hope, IN, 1996
- Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, New York, NY, 1993
- Industria Superstudio, New York, NY, 1991
Notable Publications
- Keates, Nancy.“Top Architects Go Local,” The Wall Street Journal, 30 December 2011
- Jackson, Candace. “The Joy of Emptiness,” The Wall Street Journal, 23 July 2010
- Hagberg, Eva. “Bambi Versus Godzilla,” Esquire, 26 November 2007
- Viladas, Pilar. ”Living Over the Store,” The New York Times T Magazine, Fall 2007
- Weathersby, William, Jr. “Deborah Berke adapts historic warehouses to nurture a hybrid of art and commerce at 21c Museum Hotel,” Architectural Record, June, 2006
- Viladas, Pilar. “Florida Rooms: A house where light, views and art co-exist under one roof,” The New York Times Magazine, 19 June 2005
- McGuigan, Cathleen. “Design Gets Real,” Newsweek, October, 2003
- Hutchins, Shelley. “Deborah Berke,” ARCHITECT Magazine, February 2008
- Filler, Martin. “Deborah Berke,” House Beautiful, March 2001
- Brûlé, Tyler. ”The Making of Miss Minimalism,” Wallpaper, October 1996
- Gandee, Charles. “Leaving her Blueprint,” Vogue, April 1993
- “Everyday Architect” Index Magazine, February 2003
- Lange, Alexandra. “CHIC SIMPLE,” New York Magazine, 25 March 1996
- Halley, Peter. “Deborah Berke with Peter Halley,” Index Magazine, 1998
References
- ^ Sheftell, Jason, “Subtle Distinction: NYC Architect Deborah Berke Crafts Spaces for Living, Loving, Creating,” NY Daily News 20 September, 2011
- ^ Deborah Berke | Interior Design
- ^ Green, Penelope (Spring, 2006). "A Perfect Arrangement". O At Home.
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- ^ a b 2007 AIA Design Awards Layout
- ^ Best of Year Awards, 2006 | Interior Design
- ^ a b 2008 AIA New York State Design Awards
- ^ http://www.aiany.org/designawards/2009/AIANY_Design_Awards_Winners.pdf
- ^ AIANY | Design Awards 2004 Winners - Interiors
- ^ AIANY | Design Awards 2001 Winners - Interior Architecture
- ^ "2012 SARA New York Council 17th Annual Design Awards Recipients". Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards Finalists 2008". Retrieved 8 May 2012.
External Links
- www.dberke.com Official website