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AKRF Projects Win 2020 NYCxDESIGN Awards
A number of AKRF projects won NYCxDESIGN awards from Interior Design magazine. Award winners included the Museum of Modern Art Expansion for civic buildings; Memorial Sloan Kettering David H. Koch…
New AIA CES Course Approved for 1 LU/HSW
AKRF, a certified provider of continuing education credits to registered architects through the American Institute of Architects, announces the approval of a sixth course, “Soil Vapor Mitigation Concepts and Design,”…
Construction Approved for Raritan River Bridge Replacement
The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors recently approved the initial construction contract for replacement of the Raritan River Bridge, a 112-year-old swing bridge over the Raritan River between Perth Amboy and South…
AKRF Volunteers for COVID-19 “Design SWAT Team”
The Community Design Collaborative in Philadelphia has marshaled its volunteers to help community organizations tackle design challenges during the COVID-19 public health crisis. AKRF was proud to serve on a “Design SWAT Team” that…
AKRF Honored with Big Apple Brownfield Awards
The New York City Brownfield Partnership awarded 2020 Big Apple Brownfield Awards to two AKRF projects. Front and York in Downtown Brooklyn received the Environmental Protection Award and 3500 Park Avenue in the…
Projects Win ASLA New York Design Awards
The American Society of Landscape Architects’ New York Chapter honored a number of AKRF’s projects with Design Awards or Merit Awards, including St. Augustine Terrace (Terrain), Battery Playscape (Starr Whitehouse),…
Kenny Mui Presents East Side Coastal Resiliency Project at The Cooper Union
Kenny Mui of AKRF and Eric Ilijevich of the New York City Department of Design and Construction presented the East Side Coastal Resiliency project for The Cooper Union Alumni Association….
David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care Opens in Manhattan
In December 2019, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center celebrated the opening of a new $1.5 billion, 750,000-square-foot cancer treatment facility: the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care on East…