Sydness Architects

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Sydness Architects is a New York City-based architecture firm founded by K. Jeffries Sydness AIA in 1996.[1] Other senior members of the firm are Associates Matthew M. Ruopoli, AIA and Melissa Carolina Cheing, AIA.

Prior to forming Sydness Architects, Sydness was a partner at

Madrid, Spain and the Conrad International Hotel in Singapore.[1][2]

One of Sydness Architects' first projects, completed in 2001, was the 37-story, 328-room

Shanghai, China.[4] Architectural Digest called the hotel's design, which won an international design competition,[2] "[A]s brilliant as it is simple."[5]

In 2005, the firm took on the restoration of the 104-year-old

stained-glass windows, fix leaks which had developed in the copper dome and illuminate the skylight.[6]

Sydness Architects designed two contemporary luxury condominium towers for the

East 46th Street, which was under construction, but was put on hold after six stories had been built[9] – although the purchase of the site by the United Arab Emirates has put the fate of the project in doubt.[10][11]

The firm won an invited design competition to re-design the grand banking hall and lobby at 700 Louisiana Street in Houston. Built in 1983, the iconic building, originally the Republic Bank Tower, is a landmark in the city. "The estimated $20 million project...will add 35,000 square fee to the already 1.25 million-square-foot-property."[12]

Sydness Architects has a large portfolio of corporate interiors work in dozens of Manhattan office buildings, as well as lobby renovations. The firm continues to design a wide variety of project types including residential, hospitality and commercial buildings.

References

  1. ^ a b "K. Jeffries Sydness, Principal" on the Sydness Architects website. Accessed: January 27, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "About the Company: Strategic Partners" on the LGA Worldwide website. Accessed: January 27, 2011.
  3. ^ "Remembering Philip Johnson, FAIA", entry by K. Jeffries Sydness on eOculus (April 26, 2005). Accessed: January 27, 2011
  4. ^ "St. Regis Hotel" Archived June 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on the Leslie E. Robertson Associates website. Accessed: January 27, 2011.
  5. ^ Webb, Michael. "Shanghai’s St. Regis". Architectural Digest (May 2002)
  6. New York Times
    (December 25, 2005)
  7. ^ Schnitzer, Erika. "Contemporary Luxury Tower to Rise Near U.N. Office" on Multi-Housing News (September 25, 2008)
  8. Emporis.com
    . Accessed: January 27, 2011
  9. Emporis.com
    . Accessed: January 27, 2011
  10. New York Observer
    (November 12, 2009)
  11. ^ "Middle East Saves Midtown From Another Glassy Lux Condo". Curbed NY (November 13, 2009). Accessed: January 27, 2011
  12. ^ "Architectural Icon In Downtown Houston Getting A $20M Update" on Forbes.com. Accessed: October 1, 2018.

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