Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP (BBB) is an international

architecture firm In the United States, an architectural firm or architecture firm is a business that employs one or more licensure, licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture; while in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and ot ...

. It is based in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

and has additional offices in

Washington, DC Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

and

Boston, MA Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

. The name is derived from the three founding partners: John H. Beyer, Richard Blinder, and John Belle (1932 - 2016). They met in 1961 while working in Victor Gruen's New York office and developed a specialty in historic preservation. In the decades since BBB was established in 1968, it has won three Presidential Design Awards, the Medal of Honor from the

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach progr ...

New York Chapter and the national AIA Firm Award, among others. In 2008, managing partner Frederick Bland was appointed as a commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, an agency responsible for protecting and preserving the city's significant buildings and sites.

Select projects

* 15–19 Fulton Street, Manhattan, 1983 * 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House at the Jay Estate in Rye, New York * Bryant Arts Center at

Denison University Denison University is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Granville, Ohio, United States. One of the earliest colleges established in the former Northwest Territory, Denison University was founded in 1831. It was first called ...

, Granville, OH * Budapest Exchange Palace,

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, Hungary * Watchcase Factory,

Sag Harbor, New York Sag Harbor is an Administrative divisions of New York#Village, incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, towns of Southampton, New York, Southampton and East Hampton (town) ...

Beacon Theatre (New York City) The Beacon Theatre is an entertainment venue at 2124 Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, adjacent to the Hotel Beacon, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1929, the Beacon Theatre was developed by Samuel Roxy Rothafel, ...

, New York, NY *

Brooklyn Navy Yard The Brooklyn Navy Yard (originally known as the New York Navy Yard) is a shipyard and industrial complex in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York (state), New York, U.S. The Navy Yard is located on the East River in Wallabout Bay, a se ...

BLDG 92, New York, NY * Century Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY * Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York, NY * District of Columbia Courthouse, Washington, DC * Domino Sugar Refinery (Brooklyn), Brooklyn, NY *

Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story, Art Deco-style supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its n ...

, New York, NY *

Grand Central Terminal Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal station, terminal located at 42nd Street (Manhattan), 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York Ci ...

, New York, NY *

High Line The High Line is a elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Op ...

Maintenance & Operations Building (M&O), New York, NY * Japan Society, New York *

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 ...

Promenade, New York, NY *

Marine Air Terminal The Marine Air Terminal (also known as Terminal A) is an airport terminal at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York City, United States. Its main building, designed in the Art Deco style by William Delano of the firm Delano & Aldrich, opened in ...

New York, NY *

Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the Maryland General Assembly, legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House ...

Chamber, Annapolis, MD * Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY * Natick Collection, Natick, MA *

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

Campus Master Plan, Princeton, NJ * Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp, Belgium * Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY * Saint Paul Union Depot, St. Paul, MN * Sports Museum of America, New York, NY *

TWA Flight Center The TWA Flight Center, also known as the Trans World Flight Center, is an airport terminal and hotel complex at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City. The original terminal building, or head house, operated as a terminal ...

, Queens, NY *

Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse (originally the United States Courthouse or the Foley Square Courthouse) is a 37-story courthouse at 40 Centre Street (Manhattan), Centre Street on Foley Square in the Civic Center, Manhattan, Civi ...

, New York, NY * World Trade Center Planning, New York, NY

References

* Ng, Henry
"Whose Vision of a Future City Will Prevail?"
''Architectural Record.'' February 20, 2008.

External links

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