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HELP ONE, a four-building mixed-use complex, comprises nearly a full city block in East New York, Brooklyn. Phase I of this sustainability-focused project provides affordable and supportive housing at Buildings A and B. The entire new development will rise to heights ranging from six to ten stories, creating one affordable and three supportive buildings with Read More

Castle III, a 15-story supportive-housing facility in East Harlem, continues C+GA’s collaboration with The Fortune Society, a nonprofit that provides innovative services and advocacy for individuals with justice involvement. The project consists of 82 units, support spaces, a community room, a teaching kitchen, a laundry room, and space for use by the larger East Harlem Read More

Mapes Ave, on East 181st St in the Bronx, with 30 units of housing, sets a standard for how compact medium density buildings can incorporate sustainable and resilient features within the affordable market. Residents’ health and well-being are the focus of the amenities and selected materials of the building, which is designed to meet Passive Read More

The transformation of two 1960s New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments in the Bronx, totaling 11 acres and approximately 700,000 built square feet, is an all-inclusive renovation and sustainability upgrade of 11 six story buildings at Baychester Houses, and two 20 story buildings at Murphy Houses, all with tenants in place. Awarded under NYCHA’s Read More

Melrose North embraces the unique social, ecological, and physical contexts of the site and the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx. A modern brick façade with a tall windowed ground floor is broken into three masses with varied setbacks to contextually blend into the neighborhood, with one standout exception: a 120-foot tall mural wall as a Read More

Beach Green Dunes Phase II will complete the Far Rockaway housing development with an eight story, 120 unit affordable housing project. Along with Phase I, completed in the Fall 2017, and currently the largest building anticipated to achieve certification by the Passive House Institute in the United States (PHIUS), the complex implements several advanced sustainable Read More

C+GA is designing a new 154-unit affordable senior housing and community facility project in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx. The 114,000 square foot building will provide in-house support services for the residents with ample social and recreation space to promote healthy living through age friendly and active design. The ground floor will be activated Read More

On a prominent double-corner lot that sat empty for decades, 4697 Third Avenue addresses a diverse context with a rich program of affordable housing and community services for the vibrant Fordham neighborhood. The building balances the neighborhood’s industrial and emerging residential contexts with sculptural window fins and a building massing that rises and twists as Read More

Marcus Garvey Apartments made up of 99 low rise buildings located in Eastern Brooklyn, is the rehabilitation of 625 resident-occupied garden-style apartments ranging from studios to five-bedroom units. The scope of work includes lobby and common area upgrades, exterior upgrades and repair including lighting, signage, and window replacement; solar panel installation at the roofs; kitchen and Read More

C+GA is providing comprehensive architectural services for resiliency at three contiguous New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments with 1,300 units in 12 residential high-rise buildings on a 15+ acre campus. Located in the western Coney Island section of Brooklyn and housing over 3,000 residents the developments lost their entire basement located heat, hot water Read More

A new 11-story mixed use building adjacent and connected to the not-for-profit Fortune Society’s historic “castle” building along Riverside Drive in West Harlem. With input and support from the local community board, the project received funding to develop 114 units of supportive and affordable rental housing, including units for formerly incarcerated residents, offices, meeting and Read More

The Navy Green Development on the former US Navy Brig site serves as a cornerstone for rebuilding the Wallabout community. It is comprised of new market rate, supportive, and affordable residential units, 434 in total, and retail space, all surrounding a central, landscaped courtyard for common use by all tenants. Navy Green’s design is a Read More

C+GA strives to simultaneously tackle America’s mounting affordable housing crisis along with its ever-present environmental one. Located along the beachfront in NYC’s Rockaways, Beach Green Dunes I and II deliver 228 sustainable and resilient affordable units to a critical neighborhood. Designed to Passive House standards and with efficient building systems strategies, the development features rooftop Read More