CetraRuddy Architecture is a

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-based architecture and interior design firm with projects in New York City, the

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, and the

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. It provides architectural and interior design services for residences, hotels, schools, and cultural institutions. The firm was founded in 1987 by John Cetra and Nancy J. Ruddy and is led by four principals and three associate principals with a staff of over 100 architects and interior designers.

Projects

CetraRuddy designed

One Madison One Madison is a luxury residential condominium tower located on 23rd Street between Broadway and Park Avenue South, at the foot of Madison Avenue, across from Madison Square Park in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. The build ...

, a 50-story "

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" condominium tower on East 23rd Street at Madison Avenue, south of

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. In 2014, the building received the

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A+ Jury Award for Residential High Rise, and since 2013, it has been part of the "Sky High & the Logic of Luxury" exhibition at the

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in New York City. The firm is also responsible for the adaptive reuse of residences of the

Walker Tower Ralph Thomas Walker FAIA (November 28, 1889 – January 17, 1973) was an American architect, president of the American Institute of Architects and partner of the firm McKenzie, Voorhees, Gmelin; and its successor firms Voorhees, Gmelin & W ...

, a former telephone switch building in

Chelsea, Manhattan Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The area's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, the Hudson River and West Street to the west, and Sixth Avenue to the east, with its northe ...

, and for the new

Lincoln Square Synagogue The Lincoln Square Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located at 180 Amsterdam Avenue between West 68th and 69th Streets in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1964, the physical location of the ...

building, which received an Honorable Mention for Religious Institution for ''

Interior Design Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordi ...

'' magazine's Best of Year Awards. ARO Building 240 W52 fr 9th Av jeh

In 2018 they were featured in the New York Times for their new-construction apartment project ARO, on the site of the late

Roseland Ballroom The Roseland Ballroom was a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theater district, on West 52nd Street in Manhattan. The venue, according to its website, accommodat ...

Awards

John Cetra and Nancy Ruddy were inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame.

References

Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Cetra Ruddy Architecture firms based in New York City Design companies established in 1987 1987 establishments in New York City