Cooper, Robertson & Partners Architecture, Urban Design

A "topping-out" ceremony was held for the CRP-designed Hunter College Complex in East Harlem & Graduate Center Apartments on August 12, 2010. A ceremonial steel signing and speeches by CUNY and Hunter College officials celebrated the occasion.

Construction of Cooper, Robertson's design for the significant expansion and renovation of the Bandshell and Amphitheatre in Marcus Garvey Park in Manhattan broke ground June 3rd, 2010 in a ceremony presided over by New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe with remarks by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Mary Rodgers-Guettel, Executive Board Member of the Rodgers Family Foundation, which donated $1 million to the project. The new state of the art facility will be named the Richard Rodgers Bandshell.

Read more on the NYC Parks Department web site.

Cooper, Robertson is Executive Architect of the new Whitney Museum of American Art building approved by the museum's board and announced on May 25th. Cooper, Robertson and the Renzo Piano Building Workshop have been working on an expansion of the Whitney for six years, culminating in the approved design of the new downtown building which will break ground in 2011 and open to the public in 2015.

Read more on the Whitney Museum's web site, in Art Daily, and in the New York Times.

On June 12, 2010. the Alexandria (Virginia) City Council approved Cooper, Robertson's Potomac Yard Master Plan that provides a framework to transform the Potomac Yard Retail Center into a sustainable, mixed-use, urban community.

Read more about it in the press release from the City of Alexandria.

The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York unanimously approved Cooper, Robertson's new master plan for The College of Staten Island. The first major revision in more than 20 years, the plan addresses the college’s anticipated growth over the next 10 years, modernizes campus facilities, and meets the needs for additional research and classroom space, student support services, and sustainable infrastructure.

Read more on CUNY's web site.

Interior Designer Lori Weatherly of Cooper, Robertson & Weatherly and Suzan Piovaty of Suzan Piovaty Inc. together designed one of the vignettes for the 2010 Design on a Dime Benefit for Housing Works, which took place May 6 to May 8 at the Metropolitan Pavilionin in Manhattan.

Read more on the Housing Works website.

Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) has selected Cooper, Robertson & Partners to develop the Master Plan for the Central Delaware Riverfront in Philadelphia.

"The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation’s selection of a Master Plan Team is another big step forward in transforming the Central Delaware into a world class waterfront."
- Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter.

Hear Alex Cooper on WHYY Radio describe the firm's approach as well as Marilyn Jordan Taylor of the Waterfront Corporation explain why Cooper, Robertson stood "head and shoulders above the others." LISTEN here

As recommended by the Florence County Museum Board, the Florence County Council voted unanimously on November 19, 2009 to authorize a contract with Cooper, Robertson & Partners to design the new Florence Museum of Art, Science, and History on its new site in downtown Florence, South Carolina.

WaterColor Resort is a Finalist for both the Most Excellent Resort and the Most Excellent Eco-Resort in Condé Nast's Johansens 2010 Awards for Excellence.

Cooper, Robertson's new state-of-the-art academic facility designed for Hunter College broke ground on November 16, 2009 in an official ceremony presided over by New York Governor David Paterson, CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, and Hunter College President Jennifer Raab. The sustainably-designed building targeting a LEED-Silver rating is now rising on Third Avenue between 118th and 119th Streets in Manhattan.

When the new complex opens in September 2011, it will house the School of Social Work, the CUNY School of Public Health, and the library and archives for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies.

Architect magazine introduced their new annual ranking of architecture firms based not on revenue or number of employees, but on profitability, commitment to sustainability, and caliber of design. Cooper, Robertson is number 23 on this list of America's top 50 firms, the "Architect 50." And having won many prestigious design awards, Cooper, Robertson is number 4 on the survey's Top 10 Award Winning list.

Read the article and see the lists.