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In order to accommodate its rapidly-growing membership, the Mount Sinai Jewish Center, recently completed a major renovation to the Washington Heights location it has called home since 1959 (though its history in the neighborhood spans more than a century). In addition to structural repairs, the lower level was completely renovated with a number of improvements […]

Located along the banks of the Potomac River just north of the Lincoln Memorial, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is both a memorial to President Kennedy as well as one of the most active performing arts and arts education centers in the United States. For the first major expansion in its […]

For years, Core77 has produced an online guide for Design Week in New York. And even though they have been exclusively online since their inception (way back in 1995), they announced an ambitious experiment for their 2014 guide by choosing a format that many had assumed was dead: print. For four days in May during […]

For their design for the New Doctorate’s Building on the University City of Bogotá campus of the National University Of Colombia, we were asked by Steven Holl Architects to fabricate a site model. The “inside-out” concept driving the design called for a large site model to help demonstrate the relationship between the building and the […]

For this project, we were approached by graphic design studio MTWTF to fabricate a rather unusual sign they were designing for Red Bull Studios. MTWTF had worked with Red Bull before, designing a version of their iconic logo made up of thousands of sheets of laser cut paper for the Red Bull Music Academy. Located […]

This basswood site model was fabricated for Steven Holl’s Glassell School of Art project at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In order to accommodate the design’s subterranean features, the CNC routed basswood surface was attached to a basswood-lined plywood box below. The box would allow the model to show off the tunnel connecting the […]

For this project we were asked to fabricate a full-scale prototype of a linear sconce for Steven Holl Architects. The entire piece was made from solid walnut on our CNC router. The design was split into two separate pieces to make it possible to fabricate the deep undercut of the cove on the CNC machine. […]

As part of Princeton University’s Arts and Transit Project, Steven Holl was selected to design the Lewis Center For The Arts. The Arts and Transit Project aims to not only expand opportunities in the arts for students on campus, but also to engage with the surrounding community. In keeping with this goal, Holl’s design maximizes […]

Architects Seth McDowell and Rychiee Espinosa founded their practice mcdowellespinosa in 2010 with the goal of transforming “waste, excess, and the ordinary into new spatial and material realities.” In 2015, they were selected os one of the six winners of the the prestigious Architectural League Prize. Winners of the prize present their work in lectures […]

As part of the ongoing research project the “Explorations of IN” at Steven Holl Architects, we were asked to fabricate the parts for several complex models in a variety of materials. While one aim of their research was “exploring what is possible in Architecture,” for us these projects pushed the boundaries of what we thought […]

As part of the ongoing research project the “Explorations of IN” at Steven Holl Architects, we were asked to fabricate the parts for several complex models in a variety of materials. While one aim of their research was “exploring what is possible in Architecture,” for us these projects pushed the boundaries of what we thought […]

As part of the ongoing research project the “Explorations of IN” at Steven Holl Architects, we were asked to fabricate the parts for several complex models in a variety of materials. While one aim of their research was “exploring what is possible in Architecture,” for us these projects pushed the boundaries of what we thought […]

For his project “Western Standards S2-48,” artist Alan Ruiz asked us to fabricate a series of panels in MDF similar to the work we did for his project “Against Nature.” As in that project, the CNC router was used to create a series of shallow inserts made from the profile of the steel studs that […]

As part of the ongoing research project the “Explorations of IN” at Steven Holl Architects, we were asked to fabricate the parts for several complex models in a variety of materials. While one aim of their research was “exploring what is possible in Architecture,” for us these projects pushed the boundaries of what we thought […]

Located along the banks of the Potomac River just north of the Lincoln Memorial, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is both a memorial to President Kennedy as well as one of the most active performing arts and arts education centers in the United States. For the first major expansion in its […]

For their entry in the competition to design the museum and exhibition complex for the new National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA) in Moscow, Steven Holl Architects sought to emphasize natural light and a feeling of “levitating” volumes. The large levitating elements are meant to have an iconic presence, while the studios, residences and exhibition […]

We were asked to fabricate a large site model by Steven Holl Architects for their project in the new “Eco-City” near Tianjin, China. The Ecology and Planning Museums designed by Steven Holl will be the first two buildings in the cultural district of the new city. The site model was cut from a large block […]

Through her Brooklyn-based studio AVANDI, Ariane van Dievoet designs and manufactures furniture, home goods and jewelry “inspired by sustainable solutions and modular systems.” According to Ariane, her designs are “honest and sophisticated” which she attributes to her Belgian roots. We were asked to fabricate a few elements for her studio using our laser cutting and […]

Steven Holl Architects asked us to fabricate a series of sample panels in high-density polyurethane foam. The undulating panels were going to be used as patterns for a mock-up in concrete. Polyurethane foam is a good choice for such prototypes and samples as it can be machined far more quickly than wood or plastic. It […]

This site model in high-density polyurethane foam was fabricated for Steven Holl Architects for the “Ex of IN House,” an experimental project in Rhinebeck, NY. The title of the project refers to the “Explorations of IN,” an ongoing research project by Steven Holl. While this site model was a fairly straightforward CNC routing project, the […]

For their exhibition “City in a City: a Decade of Urban Thinking by Steven Holl Architects” at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House in Los Angeles, Steven Holl Architects asked us to fabricate a site model for one of the projects on display. The site model was for the Vanke […]

This large basswood site model was fabricated for Steven Holl Architects to use with their projects for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. As part of the museum’s campus redevelopment plan, Steven Holl designed two buildings: the new Glassell School of Art and the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. Across from both the Caroline Wiess […]

These solid basswood buildings were fabricated for Steven Holl Architects to use on the site model that we made for their projects at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. As part of the museum’s campus redevelopment plan, Steven Holl designed two buildings: the new Glassell School of Art and the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. […]

Before there was the SuperDesk there was the SuperTemplate. When the creative agency The Barbarian Group set out to design their new offices in New York City, they worked with Clive Wilkinson Architects to create a workspace that would provide “the most collaborative, creative environment possible” as well as a space that would “provoke a […]

For their work on Storefront for Art and Architecture’s 30th Anniversary Show, Bittertang asked us to help create part of a waterbed in the shape of a petri dish. The exhibition was titled “BEING“, and explored the history of Storefront, including ephemera such as the unsuccessful grant applications making up this “waterbed of unfulfilled dreams.” […]

Designer and glassblower Andrew O. Hughes approached us for help in producing a model to be used in creating a kiln cast glass piece. The model was cut on the CNC router in blue foam (rigid polystyrene insulation). Hughes then used that form as the positive in the creation of the plaster mold he used […]

For his installation “Against Nature” at the Sunroom Project Space at Wave Hill, artist Alan Ruiz wanted to construct a system of alternating layers of standard steel studs. Set in front of the large arched windows of the Sunroom, the upright vertical channels needed to be carefully arranged. The CNC router was used to develop […]

For BOFFO Building Fashion 2013, Bittertang designed an installation inspired by Michael Bastian’s fall/winter 2013 collection. Their “Creepy Chic” interior warped and distorted antique furniture, and set the dark and eerie stage for Bastian’s clothing. We were asked to help CNC cut part of one element of their display, a shelf that was to look […]