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Celebrating Giving Tuesday 2022
#GivingTuesday is here! Each year, on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States, RAND celebrates this day of global of giving and generosity and…
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New Local Laws and Important Upcoming NYC & Jersey City Compliance Deadlines
RAND Building News: Upcoming and New Local Law Compliance Deadlines Whether in response to a recent tragedy or looking ahead to take preventive precautions, laws and…
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Professional Women in Construction Names Valerie Landriscina, RA 20 Under 40 Outstanding Women in Construction 2021
RAND is proud to announce Project Architect Valerie Landriscina, RA has been named Professional Women in Construction 2021 20 Under 40 Outstanding Women in Construction award…
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RAND Gives Back: #GivingTuesday 2021
As we kick off the holiday season, RAND prepares for #GivingTuesday by reflecting on all the hard work our RAND Gives Back volunteers have done throughout…
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Restoring a Romanesque Revival in Park Slope Historic District
The four-story Park Slope Historic District Romanesque Revival townhouse had a checkered past and a current leakage problem. 153 Lincoln Place was built in 1887 for Frank…
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Ask the Engineer: Creating Amenity Spaces
Building amenities are getting more exotic by the day–IMAX theater, squash court, chef’s kitchen, anyone? In a competitive market, co-op/condo boards and building owners realize that adding…
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RAND Project Wins Prestigious Historic Preservation Award
Last Thursday evening, my colleagues and I had the great honor to attend the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s 27th annual Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards, otherwise…
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RAND Project Spotlight: Midboro Management Office Build-out
When property management firm Midboro Management moved their offices to 333 Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, they turned to RAND to design the build-out and administer the construction…
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An Evening Celebrating Preservation
Last Thursday night my RAND colleagues and I joined more than 500 people to celebrate the beauty and grandeur of historic restoration at the 25th annual…
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A Visit to Fallingwater
One of the many things I love about RAND is how it offers ongoing education for its employees, from lunch-and-learn seminars to topical movie viewings to…
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New Jersey Co-op Fights Back Against Leaks
Water is a formidable foe, and keeping it from infiltrating a building is a constant battle, as one New Jersey cooperative knows all too well. RAND…
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Hunting for Deco Delights
All of you New York City Art Deco fans, here’s a pop quiz to test your knowledge. Identify the following buildings: This residential cooperative was built…
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Touring the “Cathedral of Commerce”
Although I’ve been an architect for 27 years, and lived in New York City for 33, until recently I had largely overlooked one of the city’s…
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Former Factory Gets Its Beauty Back
As an architectural student in Istanbul and Europe, I had the opportunity to study some inspiring buildings. I was reminded of those buildings when I was…
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Restoring a Neighborhood Church
One reason I became an architect was to make a positive impact in my community. My current RAND assignment at the historic Rutgers Presbyterian Church, on…
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Making It Ship-Shape
Some projects have the dual benefit of looking good and doing good at the same time. We recently completed a project that transformed a formerly bleak,…
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Career Day for Architecture
When I was in grammar school, the guest speakers on Career Day were typically police officers, fire fighters, and doctors. Although they were engaging, I wished…
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Restoring a Landmark on Ladies’ Mile
Rand was recently hired to oversee an exterior restoration and roof replacement program at 901 Broadway, which the New York Observer called “one of the most…
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A “Real Life Architect” Goes Back to School
I recently had the pleasure of visiting a fifth-grade class at the Bloomingdale School (P.S. 145) on West 105th Street in Manhattan and talking to the…
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Inspecting a Facade with Lion Eyes
One of the things I love about my job as a project associate is seeing interesting architectural details up close. While recently conducting a 7th Cycle…