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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 […]

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 gallery and project space on the island of Nantucket, Michael Gaillard asked us to fabricate a sign that would blend in with the historic character and subdued aesthetic of the area, while still remaining legible from the sidewalk during evening hours when business would be at its peak. Walnut was selected for the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

For their inaugural design conference “Object Culture” held in Brooklyn, we were asked by Core77 to fabricate a small item that would be given out to conference attendees. Given the rough outline of some sort of small token or poker chip incorporating the Core77 logo, we set about producing prototypes using a variety of techniques […]

After covering the walls of our office with pegboard panels to hold materials and tools, we decided to use the remaining material for our sign. We were able to laser cut our logo from the 1/4″ pegboard, which was backed with a sheet of 1/8″ orange acrylic. We saved both the letters and the loose […]

The Fighting Unicorns motorcycle club contacted us in order to help produce a unique set of laser engraved knives as gifts for their members. The Fighting Unicorns provided us with folding knives from SOG. Their Woodline folding knife has a solid hardwood handle that provided ample space for laser engraving the logo without disassembling the […]

The Urban-est was designed by Snohetta as a nest/birdhouse that could fit within the hollows of a standard masonry block. The prototype was developed for the Design Trust for Public Space’s 2009 Annual Benefit auction. The exterior surface was comprised of laser-cut 1/8″ birch and acrylic layers built up into a topography creating perches and […]

French artist Koralie created a series of intricate laser cut and engraved wood and paper figures for an exhibition of her work. The pieces draw on a variety of influences, incorporating iconography from a wide array of cultures. The gallery below shows the laser cut and engraved bass wood pieces. The intricacy of these pieces […]

French artist Koralie created a series of intricate laser cut and engraved wood and paper figures for an exhibition of her work. The pieces draw on a variety of influences, incorporating iconography from a wide array of cultures. The gallery below shows the wings which were laser cut from a wide variety of papers, and […]

Ismael Baíz is a professional musician who handcrafts drums here in New York City through his company, Maelo Drums. Baíz uses a wide variety of different woods for his drums, selecting the material based on the needs of the musicians who will be performing with them. The nameplates for his drums were laser engraved with […]

Instead of a traditional holiday card, the design firm Alexander Isley Inc. thought they could make a bit more impact with a more unusual object. So, they decided to laser engrave the hickory handles of dozens of hammers with their name and a fitting message for the medium: “Practitioners of the Nuanced Arts of Persuasion […]

Brooklyn-based furniture manufacturer olollo, inc. designed a series of custom tables incorporating laser cut wood veneer and mother-of-pearl inlay pieces. The mother-of-pearl portions of the table were cut from tiles made up of thin layers of capiz shells. After a series of tests, a system was devised for laser cutting the unusual material to the […]

This installation at 350 Bowery in New York City served as the setting for a pop-up exhibition curated by the editors of Core77 showcasing the work of 35 designers from all across the City. The exhibition, titled “All City All Stars,” featured designers picked by Core77 in an attempt to “survey the landscape of all […]

The Cultivated City was an exhibit prepared for Columbia University’s End of Year Architecture Show. The installation displayed the work of the students in Marc Tsurumaki and Marc Kushner’s Spring 2008 architecture studio. The installation occupied a busy corridor in Columbia’s Avery Hall and was comprised of a faceted pegboard wall of displaying student work […]

Given the rapidly increasing population of New York City and the lack of space for new (and affordable) housing units, there is a need to either increase density within the boroughs or risk losing residents to the surrounding region. One proposal put forward by the Mayor’s office suggests filling in the under-utilized land within current […]

Inspired by the 16th-century wattle & daub building technique, our team produced a sustainable curtain wall panel system combining modern and medieval construction methods. The pre-fabricated frames are filled on site with waste from the building process. Sawdust, wood chips, and other scraps are mixed in with a binding agent to form the daub. This […]