Sydness Architects

Sydness Architects is a New York City-based architecture firm founded by K. Jeffries Sydness in 1996.[1] The firm's other principal is George Chin;[2] Brandon M. Coles is an associate.[3] Both Sydness and Chin are members of the American Institute of Architects.

Prior to forming Sydness Architects, Sydness was an associate at Johnson/Burgee Architects, whose founding principals were Philip Johnson and John Burgee. He began at the firm in 1983, and was made partner in 1988.[4] In his thirteen years at Johnson/Burgee,[5] Sydness designed the Takashimaya Building in New York, 500 Boylston Street in Boston, Puerta de Europa in Madrid, Spain and the Conrad International Hotel in Singapore.[1][4]

One of Sydness Architects' first projects, completed in 2001, was the 37-story, 328-room St. Regis Shanghai Hotel, in Shanghai, China, owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.[6] Architectural Digest called the hotel's design, which won an international design competition,[4] "[A]s brilliant as it is simple."[7]

In 2005, the firm took on the restoration of the 104-year-old Second Church of Christ, Scientist on Central Park West and West 68th Street in Manhattan, New York City. Their work was scheduled to clean the facade, reinforce the stained-glass windows, fix leaks which had developed in the copper dome and illuminate the skylight.[8]

Recently, Sydness Architects designed two contemporary luxury condominium towers for the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, near the United Nations:[9] The Alexander, a 24-story building for 250 East 49th Street, the construction of which was cancelled,[10] and the Alexander Plaza, a 25-story tower at 315 East 46th Street, which is under construction, but on hold after six stories had been built[11] – although the purchase of the site by the United Arab Emirates has put the fate of the project in doubt.[12][13]

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 "K. Jeffries Sydness, Principal" on the Sydness Architects website. Accessed: 2011-01-27.
  2. ↑ "George Chin,Principal" on the Sydness Architects website. Accessed: 2011-01-27.
  3. ↑ "Brandon M. Coles, Associate" on the Sydness Architects website. Accessed: 2011-01-27.
  4. 1 2 3 "About the Company: Strategic Partners" on the LGA Worldwide website. Accessed: 2011-01-27.
  5. ↑ "Remembering Philip Johnson, FAIA", entry by K. Jeffries Sydness on eOculus (April 26, 2005). Accessed: 2011-01-27
  6. ↑ "St. Regis Hotel" on the Leslie E. Robertson Associates website. Accessed: 2011-01-27.
  7. ↑ Webb, Michael. "Shanghai’s St. Regis". Architectural Digest (May 2002)
  8. ↑ Gray, Christopher. "Streetscapes: First Church of Christ, Scientist; 2 Congregations Unite, and No. 2 Becomes No. 1". New York Times (December 25, 2005)
  9. ↑ Schnitzer, Erika. "Contemporary Luxury Tower to Rise Near U.N. Office" on Multi-Housing News (September 25, 2008)
  10. ↑ "250 East 49th Street" on Emporis.com. Accessed: 2011-01-27
  11. ↑ "315 East 46th Street" on Emporis.com. Accessed: 2011-01-27
  12. ↑ Rubinstein, Dana. "Oil-Rich UAE Buys Distressed East 46th Street Site". New York Observer (November 12, 2009)
  13. ↑ "Middle East Saves Midtown From Another Glassy Lux Condo". Curbed NY (November 13, 2009). Accessed: 2011-01-27

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