MBB Architects is a distinguished women-owned architecture firm based in New York City. We design beautiful, responsive, and meaningful environments to enrich people’s lives and shape a sustainable future. In partnering with mission-driven institutions, MBB offers proven design strategies that support wellbeing and advance environmental goals. Our nimble team of 25 includes architects, planners, sustainability specialists, and interior designers who prioritize design excellence and collaboration.
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US，NY，New York，10018
Exciting news! MBB is working with Williams College to reprogram historic Lawrence Hall as a new student-centered arts space. #mbbarchitects
We’re thrilled to be collaborating with the team at Williams on the future program for Lawrence Hall, envisioned as an interdisciplinary creative space for student arts.?We’re gaining fabulous insights from dynamic student groups on the future of student-led arts and making.??Devon Nowlin, Taylor Aikin, Mary Burnham, FAIA, Jean Li, AIA, Tracy E.
Excited that MBB Architects is working with Martha Graham Dance Company to design their new studio and rehearsal space in the 1920s Paramount Building. Taking inspiration from Graham’s choreography of “contraction and release,” our design carves out some of the low ceilings and partitions to create these open, 3-story high studios beneath sawtooth skylights. The dance company will host their in-house Studio Series performances here, along with classes and other programs. Can’t wait to see them in action!
Our team is thrilled to be starting work on a student space refresh project at Bryn Mawr College. This project arose from Bryn Mawr President Dr. Wendy Cadge's initiative to focus on student life. We're kicking off the project with a robust student engagement process in partnership with the Campus Architect to hear from Bryn Mawr students about their needs and preferences. The input we are already receiving represents a wonderful diversity of views on well-being, belonging, access, inclusion, and spaces that make students feel at home. This is the kind of mission-aligned work, deeply rooted in community well-being, that makes us appreciate our clients and their commitment to values-driven outcomes. Bryn Mawr College recently posted this article about the process:
MBB is transforming a vacant firehouse in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn into a new music school for The Noel Pointer Foundation, a nonprofit that provides high-quality string music education to youth from historically underserved communities across New York City. This three-level, 5,835-square-foot adaptive reuse project is sponsored by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and administered through the NYC Department of Design and Construction. Maximizing usable space within the tight footprint of the 167-year-old DeGraw Firehouse, our design provides a welcoming street-level lobby as well as performance, instruction, recording spaces. The design restores the historic character of the brick and terra cotta fa?ade and adds a backyard terrace.?Acoustic design by LSTN Consultants is central to the project. This efficient yet impactful renovation design supports the Foundation’s mission to transform lives through the power of music. #MBBArchitects #adaptivereuse #noelpointerfoundation
By analyzing how teams use the workplace, MBB redesigned the offices of Success Academy Charter Schools to better support individual focus, small group collaboration, and large team meetings. Read about the how the design supports flexible teaming and the organization's mission in our latest post. With thanks to our client Success Academy, Zubatkin Owner Representation , Derive Engineers, PHT Lighting Design, J.T. Magen & Company Inc., Creative Office Resources, and many more. Photos ? Magda Biernat
“Eliminating Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Taking Action,” was the third and final event in a series convened by the AIA New York | Center for Architecture Social Science and Architecture Committee addressing how architects and designers can source building materials more ethically. ? MBB Partner Sara Grant joined distinguished panelists Pins Brown, Billie Faircloth, and moderator Melissa Marsh in discussing small and large steps toward improving human rights conditions in the procurement of architectural and construction materials. ? "It really gets back to the idea of designing for people, and who is it that we're considering when we're designing,” Sara said. “Part of what my involvement in the AIANY Social Science Committee has taught me is the importance of naming our own perspective and our own prejudices that we [as architects] bring to the table. But in every way, this work is about broadening who we are designing for.” ? In a globally networked supply chain, architects don’t have the ability to meet with each group involved with material production. However, Sara said, “What is realistic is making use of the resources that are out there,” including certification systems, toolkits, and allied organizations like Design for Freedom. “And then it really does become our responsibility to use those resources.” She also shared how MBB Architects supports staff members’ work on this and other social/environmental initiatives through our firm’s longstanding Initiatives Committee. ? This diagram by MBB suggests how the traditional procurement process focusing on material supply chains should be integrated with a people-centric view of labor and human rights, extending from extraction and manufacturing through construction and post-occupancy. ? Watch the event video here https://lnkd.in/eH-krjPG #MBBArchitects #designforfreedom #humanrights #saragrant #AIANY #centerforarchitecture
Opening of the new MBB-designed Visitor Center at Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, New York. Founding Partner Mary Burnham and John Mealy joined the arboretum community to inaugurate the light-filled pavilion. Photo by Heather Coste / New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation #mbbarchitects #BayardCuttingArboretum
Congratulations to New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation and Bayard Cutting Arboretum on the opening of the new Visitor Center designed by MBB! It was an honor working with you, Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, and the entire consultant and building team on this transformative public design project. Looking forward to sharing more photos soon. #mbbarchitects #bayardcuttingarboretum
Welcome to the new Bayard Cutting Arboretum Visitor Center in Great River, NY! This state-of-the-art facility serves as a hub for learning about the 19th century estate’s history and appreciation for one of country’s highest professionally ranked arboreta. Along with the new Visitor Center, more parking spots, new solar panels, and ADA-compliant restrooms will further enhance the experience at this “museum of trees.” https://ow.ly/60O150SePNF
Thank you Design for Freedom by Grace Farms and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs for this opportunity to advance our efforts around ethical sourcing to eliminate forced labor from building supply chains. Looking forward to developing this pilot project and sharing lessons learned.
Learn more about the Carnegie Global Ethics Hub in New York City, a Design for Freedom Pilot Project that renovates two connected townhouses currently occupied by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. For over 100 years, Carnegie Council has worked to empower ethics by identifying and addressing the most critical ethical issues of today. To create a dynamic gathering and public event space that fosters collaboration and improves accessibility, MBB Architects will reconfigure the townhouses' interiors all while including notable historic elements to preserve the buildings' charm and unique character. "Advancing the Design for Freedom movement, the design will prioritize sustainable and ethically sourced building materials and practices," notes Gideon Fink Shapiro in an MBB press release shared by Archinects. We were delighted to welcome MBB Partners Mary Burnham, FAIA, and Sara Grant, AIA to this year's Summit and to see this incredible Pilot Project come to fruition and serve as a model of what can be achieved when we build more humanely. Read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/ebwbpb6G
Pleased to see our restoration and renovation work at Trinity Church Wall Street recognized with a 2024 Architizer A+ Award! As part of the site master planning dimension of this project, our team improved access across Trinity Place and added a new loggia bay — identical to the originals — to shelter a stair connecting the new bluestone terrace to the street. Thanks to the awards jury, our client, and our talented team. #mbbarchitects #architizerawards #trinitychurchwallstreet #nycarchitecture #historicpreservation