RKTB Architects, P.C.

At RKTB inclusivity is a core value reflected both in the diversity of our staff and the communities we have served for more than fifty-five years. In steadfastly supporting positive social change through our active involvement in improving the physical fabric of urban communities, RKTB has regarded architecture as social art with a responsibility for improving the lives of all people irrespective of race, religion, origin, or economic class. In the present heightened awareness of society’s structural biases, we at RKTB reaffirm this commitment to foster architecture as a profession that conscientiously works to remove the embedded obstacles that maintain racial inequity in the design of the built environment.

As an architecture firm committed to expanding and enhancing the continuum of housing across (and beyond) the New York Metro Region, RKTB’s leaders eagerly anticipate this year’s AIANY Housing Committee's Ratensky Lecture given by Maria Vassilakou, a former Vice Mayor of Vienna, Austria who led a transformative nine-year effort that helped her city reach the #1 spot in all major international livability rankings. Thursday, March 20 @ 6:00pm at the AIA New York | Center for Architecture. (Free for AIA members, $10 for public)

Are you attending the New York Build Expo (March 12-13, Javits Center) next week??Join RKTB's principal, Peter Bafitis, AIA who will be a panelist on the 'Innovative Social Housing: Tackling New York's Housing Crisis' panel on March 13 at 10 AM. Register for your free tickets today! #NewYorkBuild https://lnkd.in/eNb9FHUR

We're proud to share that Alex Brito, AIA, one of our principals, has been invited to join the Board of Directors of the nonprofit Citizens Housing & Planning Council (CHPC). CHPC focuses on housing and planning policy in NYC. Brito's upbringing in West Harlem and his extensive experience with large housing projects across various NYC neighborhoods, including from his own neighborhood to the Bronx to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Astoria, Queens, will greatly benefit CHPC. https://lnkd.in/eqBz8s-J

Happy Holidays from RKTB!

Last Saturday, RKTB's latest project, One Sullivan Place, received the residential (one, two, three family & apartment buildings) building award at The Queens & Bronx Building Association's Annual Holiday & Building Awards Gala. Congratulations to all the winners, and a big thank you to the QBBA for hosting and putting together another successful event.

Last Saturday, RKTB's latest project, One Sullivan Place, received the residential (one, two, three family & apartment buildings) building award at The Queens & Bronx Building Association's Annual Holiday & Building Awards Gala. Congratulations to all the winners, and a big thank you to the QBBA for hosting and putting together another successful event.

The fall issue of Oculus, AIA New York | Center for Architecture's quarterly magazine, looks at how architects and planners are finding unique ways to improve urban livability, from adding community areas to projects, enhancing accessibility, and, for example, RKTB's One Sullivan Place, a new residential building with affordable apartments that cantilevers over neighboring buildings.

We're proud to share that RKTB's latest project, One Sullivan Place, will receive an award at The Queens & Bronx Building Association's Annual Holiday & Building Awards Gala this Saturday. There are still tickets available! Special guests, the Queens Borough President, and the Bronx Borough President will be present, so come by and celebrate the season.

The fall issue of Oculus, AIA New York | Center for Architecture's quarterly magazine, looks at how architects and planners are finding unique ways to improve urban livability, from adding community areas to projects, enhancing accessibility, and, for example, RKTB's One Sullivan Place, a new residential building with affordable apartments that cantilevers over neighboring buildings.