Of the thousands of projects that we have completed in the last four decades, we selected a collection of significant projects that have shaped our practice and influenced the design landscape.
In 1991, the East Hampton Cottage won an AIA Honor Award in Architecture and in the same year, Battery Park City won the AIA Excellence Award in Urban Design. This dichotomy of project types exemplifies our approach to each design assignment: no matter how large or small, history, context and the setting establish the rules of place in each locale where we work.
The following descriptions are a snapshot of our 40 projects.
Battery Park City Master Plan New York, NY – The office began with Battery Park City Master Plan commission in 1979. This master plan reversed decades of misguided notions about city planning for the site and is considered one of the nation's most successful urban neighborhoods.
Zuccotti Park New York, NY – Following the destruction of Liberty Plaza Park on September 11, 2001, Cooper Robertson restored and re-imagined this important public space. The design for the park, renamed Zuccotti Park, restores historic pedestrian access from the World Trade Center site to Broadway.
Lower Manhattan Streetscape New York, NY – The public environment of New York's oldest district is unique because of the narrowness and irregularity of the original Dutch streets. The streetscape program creates a unified, uncluttered and welcoming look for the area's workers, residents and visitors.
42nd Street Redevelopment Plan New York, NY – The redevelopment plan carried out New York City's goal of providing high-density mixed-use commercial development opportunities for midtown Manhattan while revitalizing one of its premier streets and destinations.
Hudson Yards New York, NY – Cooper Robertson prepared an urban design framework and a zoning plan for a new business district in West Midtown, Manhattan.
Carlyle Alexandria, VA – Located on a former railroad yard, the 72-acre Carlyle Master Plan incorporates important features of traditional urbanism found in the Washington region and serves as a model for the infill of urban areas adjacent to mass transit with mixed-use, mid-density development.
SONY Imageworks Headquarters Culver City, CA – Cooper Robertson won a competition to design a new office campus for Sony Imageworks adjacent to the Culver City Studios. The architecture was to reference the Art Deco style of the landmark 1938 Irving Thalberg Building at Sony's nearby headquarters.
The Park and Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas, NV – This project for MGM Resorts International is designed to activate the pedestrian areas of the Las Vegas Strip by creating a more continuous, visible, and accessible retail and entertainment experience along its length. The streetscape ties directly into The Park that connects T-Mobile Arena with Las Vegas Boulevard.
Miracle Mile and Giralda Avenue Streetscape Coral Gables, FL – This streetscape project reimagines the Miracle Mile and Giralda Avenue corridors as distinctive pedestrian-dominant environments with character unique to the City of Coral Gables.
Celebration Celebration, FL – The community is both new and familiar, drawing on and celebrating the best aspects of traditional American town planning and architecture.
WaterColor Walton County, FL – WaterColor is a mixed-use year-round residential community on the Gulf of Mexico in the northwest panhandle of Florida, abutting the villages of Seaside and Seagrove Beach.
Windsor Beach Club Vero Beach, FL – The Windsor Beach Club is the beachfront anchor for Windsor, a resort community on a lush barrier island between Indian River and the Atlantic Ocean. The architectural language of the building reflects Caribbean building traditions with its rich mix of English, Dutch, and Spanish influences.
Yale University Framework New Haven, CT – The Framework Plan identifies the key characteristics, systems, and influences operating within and surrounding the campus. Seven separate but interrelated frameworks including: building form, open space, circulation, parking, signage, lighting, and neighborhood connections provide a comprehensive vision for how the campus will work in the future.
Fisher College of Business The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Cooper Robertson initially developed the master plan and programming for a new College of Business. The subsequent architectural commission created an ensemble of interconnected buildings, extending the established architectural vocabulary of the OSU campus.
Institute for the Arts and Humanities UNC, Chapel Hill, NC – The Institute for the Arts & Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the oldest state university in the United States, is both an 'idea lab' and a social and cultural gathering place for faculty and alumni.
Columbia University School of Social Work New York, NY – Dating back to 1898, the Columbia University School of Social Work is the oldest, most renowned school of social work in the United States. The new building allows the school to consolidate its work into a single facility for the first time since the 1940s, in a structure that is part of the surrounding community.
Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College New York, NY – The design for the new Silberman School of Social Work allows the School to "live its mission" by inviting access and open exchange among students, faculty, and the East Harlem community through the integration of creative programming and physical transparency.
Duke Clinic and Cancer Center Durham, NC – Cooper Robertson has worked on the Duke University campus for over a decade, both as master planners and as architects. In 2005, the firm completed a comprehensive master framework plan for the 200-acre Medical Center, including both clinical and research areas. Projects completed by the firm within the Medical Center include the primary outpatient clinic and a newly consolidated cancer center.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA – Cooper Robertson prepared the master plan for a riverfront site to provide a flexible phasing framework for long-term development of up to two-million square feet of clinical research uses. Following the adoption of the plan and City approvals, Cooper Robertson led the first phase of implementation with public realm design featuring four distinct open spaces totaling 4.5 acres supporting a new 480,000 square foot research building.
Harlem Village Academies High School New York, NY – Harlem Village Academies, a network of college preparatory charter schools based in Harlem, retained Cooper Robertson to design its first dedicated building, Harlem Village Academies High School.
Ethical Culture Fieldston School Bronx, NY – Cooper Robertson provided programming, master planning, and design of new academic and athletic buildings and re-purposed existing spaces on the historic Riverdale campus.
Stuyvesant High School New York, NY – The specialized public high school for mathematics, science, and technology relocated to Battery Park City after outgrowing its campus on 15th Street on the east side. Cooper Robertson designed the new 10 -story, 40,000 square foot facility accommodating three thousand students.
East Hampton Cottage East Hampton, NY – Drawing on the vernacular character of the Village of East Hampton, this house reflects and reinforces its historic setting.
WindMark Gulf County, FL – Cooper Robertson developed the master plan for this community in northwest Florida stretching nearly 4 miles along the water's edge. Cooper Robertson also developed a "pattern book" that guides the architectural character of the community.
Westerly La Ramona, Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic – The design of this private estate draws on a variety of Palladian and Anglo-Caribbean style influences. The estate is located on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic.
Edible Academy Bronx, NY – The Edible Academy is a year-round teaching center focused on the fundamental relationships between plants, gardening, sustainability, cooking, nutrition and health.
Charleston Visitor Center Charleston, SC – The center serves as a gateway to the historic city and region for visitors and provides a transfer point for cars and large buses to horse-drawn carriages and smaller jitneys, thus relieving congestion in the historic district.
St. Luke's Parish House East Hampton, NY – The addition was designed as an outbuilding to the original church, distinguished by detailing the design of the gables, windows, door openings and selected materials.
Richard Rodgers Amphitheater New York, NY – Cooper Robertson refurbished the out-of-date band shell and amphitheater located in Marcus Garvey Park. The firm worked closely with the City Parks Foundation and designed the new stage house and dressing rooms.
MoMA QNS New York, NY – MoMA QNS served as a temporary museum while the Museum of Modern Art was undergoing the renovation and expansion of its main building. The building currently supports the museum's conservation and research activities.
Florence County Museum Florence, SC – Florence County Museum presents art, science, and history in a blended narrative targeting its regional audience. The Museum has served as a catalyst for the economic revitalization of downtown Florence and creates a physical connection between the new cultural landmarks along South Dargan Street and the historic commercial storefronts of Evans Street.
Gettysburg Battlefield Museum and Visitor Center Gettysburg, PA – Cooper Robertson prepared a master plan and architectural design for a new museum and visitor center for the Gettysburg National Military Park.
Nelson-Atkins Sculpture Park Kansas City, MO – In association with landscape architect Dan Kiley, Cooper Robertson won a national competition that entailed the design of an outdoor sculpture garden for a superb collection of Henry Moore bronzes to be located on the forty-six acre grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY – Cooper Robertson analyzed program needs, site opportunities and configuration options for a new building for the museum. The Whitney selected a site adjacent to the High Line in the Meatpacking District and commissioned Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Cooper Robertson as architects for the project.
Gateway Arch Museum St. Louis, MO – As part of the winning team for The City + The Arch + The River 2015 international design competition, Cooper Robertson and James Carpenter Design Associates, with Trivers Associates, designed an expanded and renovated Gateway Arch Museum and Visitor Center.
Stapleton Redevelopment Stapleton, CO – The nation's first reclamation of a major commercial airport – the Stapleton International Airport. Cooper Robertson developed the master plan for an urban community on the 4,700-acre site.
New Albany Country Club New Albany, OH – Cooper Robertson designed the clubhouse and bath and tennis club for New Albany, a 5,000-acre community on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio.
Drury University Master Plan Springfield, MO – Drury's master plan is a vision for the institution's physical development and evolution, over the next 25 to 30 years.
Lyford Cay International School Nassau, Bahamas – Completed the master plans for both the existing Lower School and new Upper School campuses. Construction is underway for two buildings on the Upper School campus.
The Inn at Perry Cabin St. Michael's, MD – Cooper Robertson designed the expansion to the historic Inn and the master plan for improvement to the 25-acre riverfront property.