SGS recently completed our renovation of offices for Columbia University's Department of Electrical Engineering, and we're excited to share new photos of the finished project! The suite features a mix of private offices for faculty and open workstations for graduate students, with glass partitions to maximize natural light and provide connections not only to the exterior but also to the building's common spaces. Our design team used teal acoustic baffles suspended from the ceiling to create a wave pattern that travels the full length of the open work area.

Alexander Severin Architectural Photography

 captured wonderful images of this project; please visit its 

Columbia University Engineering Department Offices

First look at SGS's Columbia Engineering Department Offices

We're excited to announce that our Club Row project at John Jay College of Criminal Justice has completed construction! This renovation created a dedicated space for student groups and clubs on the College's campus in midtown Manhattan. Its open club meeting area, pictured below, will be a lively hub for students to gather, hold informal meetings, and work independently. The custom meeting booths were designed by SGS to provide comfort and functionality without compromising access to natural light or isolating students.

The design also features a multipurpose room with movable partitions to provide programmatic flexibility, administrative offices, specialized club rooms, and a campus store. Its bold and welcoming color and material palette creates a consistent, comfortable atmosphere throughout the full suite.

 for capturing these beautiful photos. Please check out the 

 to see the full set of images and to read about Club Row. We're excited to share more about this project in the coming months!

John Jay Club Row

Club Row completes construction!

Construction is wrapping up at Avenue A, and 

New York YIMBY featured the project's progress

, highlighting its distinctive, detailed brick facade, which is already adding character to its busy block in the East Village. This building is one half of 

 that includes another site around the corner on East 12th Street, which was occupied earlier this year. Avenue A's ten units will be inhabited by the sites' original residents through the Affordable Neighborhood Cooperative Program (ANCP). We're excited to share more about Avenue A in the near future–stay tuned!

East Village

Construction update on East Village Avenue A from New York YIMBY

Three projects by Shakespeare Gordon Studio are featured in the 

, now on view until April 5, 2025. This exhibition showcases architectural work generated by architects in all five boroughs over the past 20 years.

Our contributions to the show demonstrate the diversity of work that SGS has undertaken over the firm's history, across different scales and typologies. You can find 

, our landmark affordable housing project that created hundreds of new units for low-income seniors, as well as our highly technical renovation of a 

, which transformed part of a historic McKim, Mead & White building. There's also 

, which represents our longstanding engagement with the rowhouses that characterize many neighborhoods in our home borough of Brooklyn.

Be sure to check out Built by New York over the coming months! The gallery is arranged alphabetically, so you'll find our work in the "C", "S" and "T" sections. We're excited to see our projects in conversation with the work of so many other designers and proud to be part of New York City's innovative, diverse architectural community. Together, we are envisioning and building a better city for all its residents.

Columbia University Chemistry Lab

10th Street House

Tres Puentes

SGS projects in Built by New York at the Center for Architecture

SGS was fortunate to host two talented NYC high school students at our office last week through the 

's Discover Architecture program! This was our office's second year participating. Zuzanna and Daniel impressed us with their modelmaking skills, creating a site model and massing studies for a new house on a narrow urban lot. They researched design precedents, including a construction site visit to our 13th Street project, and presented their findings. We’re inspired by their enthusiasm for and deep interest in architecture and the design process, and we look forward to seeing what they go on to accomplish next! Thank you to Zuzanna and Daniel for spending your winter vacation with us.

SGS welcomes Discover Architecture students for second year

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