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A sampling of recent articles on the firm and its projects demonstrates the diversity of our work.

  • › Architecture and Urbanism, October 2011
    "Manhattan Architecture Guide"

    a+u devotes an entire issue to Manhattan's history, grid, and architecture. In their Manhattan Architecture Guide, they detail 103 important buildings past, present, and future including the new Whitney Museum of American Art, scheduled to open in 2015, which Cooper, Robertson is currently working on.

    Link to the: a+u website.

  • "Change of riverside tides" by Inga Saffron

    "A detailed master plan shapes the empty acres along the central Delaware waterfront into the flagship of a 21st-century lifestyle city..." "Philadelphia planners, led by the firms Cooper, Robertson and Kieran Timberlake, envision something that looks more like a typical Center City block, with a mix of low- and mid-rise buildings, punctuated by the occasional 20-story high-rise."
    Links: Details of the unveiling and the full article.

  • "Coney Island Riding High" by Tom Stoelker

    "A new proposal for Coney Island seeks to anchor the west end of the boardwalk with nearly 500,000 square feet of mixed-use development called Ocean Dreams." (Cooper, Robertson prepared master plans for development on two adjacent blocks fronting the Coney Island boardwalk and also led the review of the plans with the community and government stakeholders in the initial stages of the project.)
    Read the full article.

  • "Tweaked Arch Plan Gets Price Tag: $578 million"
    by Tim O'Neil

    "The refined plan for reshaping the Gateway Arch grounds outlined Wednesday carries a $578 million sticker and calls for closing Memorial Drive, slinging an aerial gondola ride across the Mississippi River and using more land on the East St. Louis riverfront." Cooper, Robertson Partner Scott Newman is part of the design team.

    Read the full article.

  • "Close to Shore"
    by Linda McIntyre

    "For decades, Philadelphia’s leaders have confronted a daunting array of obstacles, including outdated zoning, a riverfront blocked by I-95, and the lack of any comprehensive plan to bring coherence to piecemeal efforts. But the plan Thorp is overseeing, with Cooper, Robertson taking the design lead along with Kieran Timberlake, Olin, and HR&A, could spell the end of that era."
    Read the full article.

  • "Master Plan for Riverfront Nearly Ready"
    by Inga Saffron

    "The planning team - led by Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Olin, and Kieran Timberlake - decided to cap building heights at eight stories after their economist, John Alschuler, concluded that the Philadelphia market is not capable of filling up dozens of skyscrapers. They believe the area around the Piazza at Schmidt's development in Northern Liberties, with its mix of rowhouses and apartments, provides a good model." Read the full article.

  • "American Icons: Monticello."
    with Kurt Andersen

    Founding Partner Jaque Robertson is featured on the nationally broadcast Studio 360 “American Icons” Radio Series as an authority on Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the "Icon" for this week's program broadcast nationwide on NPR October 21, 22, and 23rd.

    Listen to the show on your local NPR station or download the Podcast here.

  • Print: "Green Giants: Next-Generation Skyscrapers will Not Only Save Energy - They'll Generate Their Own." by Matthew Philips

    "NEWSWEEK asked three major architecture firms to reimagine New York City, circa 2030."

    Online: "The Future of Work - Architecture Firms Re-Imagine Our Future Cities"

    "What will our cities look like in 2030? That was the question we posed to three well-known architecture firms. First up, New York." See the full article on Newsweek's website.

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    "Miami Grows Up" by Allan Shulman

    "Cooper, Robertson’s plans to convert Bicentennial Park (once the Port of Miami) into Museum Park are already spurring development in neighboring Park West. The plans include a new Miami Art Museum (MAM) by Herzog & de Meuron and a Science Museum by Grimshaw Architects."

    Read the full article.

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    "CUNY-Hunter College School of Social Work"

    "Bruce Davis, a partner with project architect Cooper, Robertson & Partners says the steel frame provided the flexibility to arrange the mixed interior uses without need for large spans and trusses."
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    "Top Projects 2009"

    Our building for CUNY-Hunter College School of Social Work is listed as one of the Tri-State Region’s Top 25 Big-Ticket Starts from Last Year.
    Full article

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    "N.Y.U. 20-Year Plan Seeks Big Expansion in Village and Beyond"
    by Robin Pogrebin

    "Cooper, Robertson & Partners is working on a design for the Brooklyn site and, along with the landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh, on the Governor’s Island plan."
    Full article

  • "Defining Design: Four Questions"
    produced by Leslie Newsom Rascoe

    Founding Partner Jaque Robertson was asked four questions for the March 2010 issue of Veranda. "What do you see as new directions in design and architecture?," "what are your favorite design books?," etc. His answers are straightforward and illuminating.

  • "Reston Heights gets Silver LEED Certification"
    by Tierney Plumb

    Reston Heights in Reston has earned the Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification -- the first neighborhood development in Virginia to achieve the rating."

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