Helpern Architects News

Although the design and construction industry in New York City has learned to deal philosophically with seemingly inevitable departmental examination delays, any obstacle seems especially untenable during this lengthening recession. Mayor Bloomberg was listening. An optimistic article in the November 29th … Continue reading →

Here’s an update for those who believe the journey is its own reward.  In this case, Helpern Principal Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo is on a purposeful journey to advocate sustainable design and building, the latest lap in the role of 2011 … Continue reading →

Helpern Architects is honored to be doing the restoration, renovation, and modernization of the venerable Marble Collegiate Church. This project increases the longevity of the structure and interiors without changing historic elements attributed to the church’s original architect, Samuel A. … Continue reading →

Let’s momentarily talk of where St. Agnes has been seen since this 1906 New York Public Library branch – one of the city’s “Carnegie Libraries” – was totally renovated and reopened in early 2010.  Helpern Architects was first assigned the … Continue reading →

The American Institute of Architects New York Chapter celebrated the inauguration of its 2011 President, Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, AIA, LEED AP, on Tuesday, December 7, at the Center for Architecture.
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An eye-catching picture of the children’s reading space from Helpern Architects’ renovation and restoration of the St. Agnes Library on the Upper West Side is the opening image of the current “Made in New York” exhibit. Each October, the New … Continue reading →

Urban Green Expo, the annual conference of the New York area’s U.S. Green Building Council, has selected a Helpern Architects-generated presentation.  As “the Northeast’s premier green building conference,” Urban Green Expo addresses topics regarding sustainable building design and construction.  This … Continue reading →

David Helpern’s article, “The Hottest Seat in Town: A Community Board Member’s View of the Process That Has Changed the Game in NYC Land-Use Planning,” appears in the spring 2010 issue of Oculus, the quarterly journal of the American Institute … Continue reading →

Helpern Architects completed the adaptive reuse of historic Knox Hall for Columbia University in time for the 2009/2010 academic year.  Figures are coming in on the performance of the building’s four new geothermal wells, and it appears the payback period … Continue reading →

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the completion of the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University, its donor – the Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimò – invited David Helpern to write an essay recalling the restoration and conversion of the building.  … Continue reading →