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Common Bond: At BBB, we’re proud to support AIA New York | Center for Architecture and the annual gala. Thank you for a wonderful evening, and for everything you do! L to R: Elizabeth Leber, Maxwell Pau, Miguel Angel Maldonado, AIA, Carlos J. Cardoso, AIA, CPHD, Cassie S. Walker, AIA, LEED AP, Timothy Gargiulo, AIA, Kerry Nolan, AIA, Nathaniel Rogers, AIA, Andrew S. Jacobs, AIA, and Richard Southwick FAIA.

"This is the kind of project that every architect goes to architecture school for," said Frank Prial, principal at BBB, at yesterday’s launch of Greenwich Crossing. "We have an extraordinary client"—The Ashforth Company—"an incredible location, and most importantly, an engaged community, because that's the kind of community that generates the interest and the details needed to make a project successful." As reported in Patch.com, Prial said the goal of the project is to create a destination where people want to stay and connect with each other, rather than a place where people are running to catch trains or stopping to purchase something quickly at a retail store. "The materials that we chose are reflective of other great civic buildings in the area," Prial explained. "The pathways were very carefully studied to make them much more efficient, from the street to the trains, but also to encourage stopping, communicating, and having a uniquely Greenwich experience." Read the full article below!

Next Stop, Greenwich: BBB was thrilled to help launch new construction today at Greenwich Crossing, a redevelopment from The Ashforth Company aimed at reinvigorating the southern area of downtown Greenwich, CT.   The $30 million revitalization project will feature a redesigned and welcoming Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro-North station, a new 5,000-square-foot anchor restaurant with large sliding glass doors and expansive outdoor seating, modernized mixed-use space, new pedestrian and commuter pathways, and improved access to the train platform. All will be renovated to provide new retail storefronts and tenant spaces, connecting the active retail streetscape of Greenwich Avenue to the Greenwich Train Station.   Speaking at the event were J. Ryan Harvey, CEO & President of The Ashforth Company; Frank Prial, Principal at BBB; Fred Camillo; First Selectman of The Town of Greenwich, CT; Benjamin T. Limmer, Bureau Chief, Public Transportation, Connecticut Department of Transportation; Ned Lamont, Governor of the State of Connecticut; Darrell Harvey, Co-Chair of the Board of The Ashforth Company; and Andy Ashforth, CEO & President of A.P. Construction Company and Co-Chair of the Board of The Ashforth Company. Visit our website for more information! https://lnkd.in/eVwxubhS

Open House: BBB is proud to sponsor Open House New York! And this weekend we’re hosting a tour of Grand Central Terminal with Nathaniel Rogers, AIA, BBB Principal and one of our resident experts in historic preservation. Fun fact: the East Staircase in Grand Central wasn’t built when the terminal opened in 1913, but it was always part of the original design by architects Warren & Wetmore. During BBB’s 1998 restoration, the East Stairs were finally constructed, giving the Grand Concourse the symmetry it deserves. Click through for photos from the OHNY launch party last night at United Palace with BBB Managing Partner Elizabeth Leber and Director of Business Development Evan Supcoff and OHNY Executive Director Kristin LaBuz. And don't miss tours all weekend of previous BBB projects including the Alice Austen House Museum and Gardens, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York City Hall, New-York Historical Society, Temple Emanu-El, Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, and TWA Hotel. We can’t wait to see you around town! 📷: Pete Aaron / OTTO Archive

We can’t wait to see what Carlos J. Cardoso, AIA, CPHD and The Passive House Network do together!

We can't wait for the public to see The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new wing in person!

Good as Green: We’re proud to be a Top 5 Green Civic Design Firm in the Engineering News-Record’s Top 100 Green Design Firms for 2024! 🌿 Our Director of Sustainability, John Delaney, AIA, LEED AP, told ENR that knowledge and know-how is key to keeping project and carbon costs low: “Awareness is a crucial first step.” Some of that knowledge informed the design of the C Street Addition to the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse in DC, whose green roof and photovoltaic panels helped the building achieve LEED Platinum, and which just received an Award of Merit from ENR for the Government/Public Building sector! BBB also ranked in the Top 30 Green Design Firms overall. Click the links below to learn more about the Moultrie Courthouse and how firms are working towards a greener future. Top 100 Green Design Firms and Contractors: https://lnkd.in/gKxYHQxC DC Courts C Street Addition, Award of Merit: https://lnkd.in/eWk2UDyd 📸: Joseph Romeo Photography #Sustainability #GreenDesign #ENRTop100s #LEEDPlatinum #WashingtonDC #DCarchitecture

We’re thrilled to be a part of the team!

Green Light: The residential conversion of the former Portals I office building at 1250 Maryland Avenue SW has been approved to proceed by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts! Developed by Lowe and Henderson Park Capital Partners, this project will help to transform the Portals development in Southwest DC into a more dynamic mixed-use neighborhood, by replacing underutilized office space with approximately 430 residential apartments and 53,000 square feet of retail space. Construction will begin in 2025. Read more below! 🌱: OEHME, VAN SWEDEN | OvS 🏗️: Balfour Beatty US https://lnkd.in/e5_ssNdj

Sneak Peak: The New York Times got an exclusive look at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly refurbished Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, designed by WHY Architecture and BBB, and home to the museum’s collection of objects from Africa, the Ancient Americas, and Oceania. Check it out!