Helpern Architects News

“We build for the future,” Rev. Charles D. Morris, the retiring senior minister of Fort Washington Collegiate Church, declared as two little girls from the community plunged gilded shovels into the soil in front of the church after Sunday services … Continue reading →

NYC panel provides money-saving ways to get through the process as hotel renovation keeps pace with demand for up-to-date facilities New York, April 9, 2013 – Are hotel building renovations and profitability mutually exclusive? In 2012, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, hotel … Continue reading →

One of the many affectionate anecdotes told at the January 26th memorial service for Dr. Arthur Caliandro, who died at the very end of December at the age of 79, goes this way:  One of his friends had noticed with … Continue reading →

While hotel interiors are refreshed routinely, given their obvious wear and tear, what about the hotel building itself?  What if you are rebranding a hotel or converting another structure for hospitality use? Do you need to retrofit or replace structure … Continue reading →

It’s no secret that Cornell University and its academic partner Technion-Israel Institute of Technology plan to build a tech campus from scratch on Roosevelt Island. Continue reading →

… Fort Washington Collegiate Church!  A charming, modest brick-and-timber country church designed in 1907 in Gothic Revival style, Fort Washington rose on West 181st Street and Fort Washington Avenue in northern Manhattan when the area was still undeveloped.    Helpern … Continue reading →

Helpern Architects has named Ikue Sone an Associate of the firm.  Founding Principal David Paul Helpern calls the promotion “inevitable, given Ikue’s smart, determined, vigilant approach to making a building happen.”   Ikue initially came to the firm as an intern … Continue reading →

Amauri Guillen, Helpern’s project manager for the restoration, renovation and modernization of Marble Collegiate Church, hosted a tour of the historic structure June 14th for 25 members of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Professional Circle. The Circle is made up … Continue reading →

Shortly after she arrived as Brown University’s 18th president 11 years ago, Dr. Ruth Simmons created a small council to work with her on special issues facing the university.  The 35-person group could discuss anything she wanted, no holds barred, … Continue reading →

David Helpern has joined the Board of Directors of the Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center at the invitation of its Chairman Elizabeth Peale Allen and Vice Chairman Casey Kemper.  The institute was co-founded by the Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, … Continue reading →