Kostow Greenwood Architects LLP, is a

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-based architecture firm, specializing in broadcast and live arts facilities, interior architecture and historic preservation and renovation and urban revitalization projects. Serving commercial, nonprofit and institutional clients, the firm was founded in 1987, and is led by principals Michael Kostow and Jane Greenwood. Kostow Greenwood is a Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise. Kostow Greenwood is “known for their expertise in studio and theatre design" most notably for

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’s New York City broadcast studios, which at the time of its construction, houses what is considered the largest newsroom on the East Coast of the United States, and sympathetic renovations of landmark New York City theater and auditorium buildings including many for

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, the Centennial Memorial Temple for the Salvation Army, the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies Headquarters, and the conversion of the Loew’s Metropolitan Theatre into the Brooklyn Tabernacle. Each of these three historic renovations received Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards from the

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, its highest honors for excellence in preservation. Michael Kostow holds a B.A. in Architecture from

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and a Masters in Architecture from

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. Jane Greenwood, who also serves as the firm's Managing Director, graduated from

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. Both are LEED Accredited Professionals and members of the

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Works

*Verizon Media, New Yor

*Nevelson Chapel, New Yor

*VSP Global, New Yor

*Apollo Performing Arts Center, Harlem *''92Y Tribeca'' Expansion and Remodel, 200 Hudson Street, New York, NY *''

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'' Retail and Residential Space, New York, NY *''281 Park Avenue South'' Restoration of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies's Headquarters, New York, NY *'' Abu Dhabi Media Company'' Broadcasting Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Estimated completion date: 2015 *" Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)" Headquarters and Studios, Times Square, New York, NY *''Bethworks-Sands'' Restoration and Development of the Former

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Site,

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*'' Brooklyn Tabernacle'' Campus, Brooklyn, New York *''Centennial Memorial Temple'' Restoration of

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auditorium of

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’s NYC regional headquarters building, 120 West 14th St., New York, NY "NYREJ". "The New York Landmarks Conservancy". *''

'' Production Hub, Time Warner Center, New York, NY *
Fir Tree Partners
' Company Offices, New York, NY * Villanova Universit
Department of Communication Studio and Multimedia Complex
Villanova, PA *'' HBO'' Production Facility, New York, NY *'' House of the New York City Bar Association'' Expansion and Renovation of

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's 1895 New York City Landmark Building, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY *''Cannon Street Station'' Development of the Waterfront of

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, New Bedford, MA *'' La Marqueta'', Renovation for the NYCEDC, New York, NY *'' Loew's Metropolitan'' Restoration for the Brooklyn Tabernacle, 392 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY"Tabernacle"
''Calcedo Construction Corporation''. *''

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'' Restoration, New York, NY *''

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'' Company Offices, New York, NY *''Mad River Post'' Video Post-Production Facility, New York, NY *''

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'' Public Access Television Station Facility and Youth Media Center, New York, NY *'' MTV'' Central Editing Facility, New York, NY *''

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'' Production Facility for ''

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'' program, New York, NY *''Night & Day High School'' Expansion and Renovation of the Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School, New York, NY *''Riverwalk Casino'' Development and Expansion of the Power Plant in

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, Wilmington, DE *

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New York Headquarters and Broadcast Center, New York, NY *
Smart Design
- Starrett-Lehigh Building'' New York, NY *''

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'' Company Offices, New York, NY *''Steelstacks'' Cultural, Performing Arts and Broadcast Center with

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Channel 39 and ArtsQuest,

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'' Radio and Multimedia Performance Space, New York, NY

Awards

Crain's New York names The Shop East at VSP Global as one of the "5 Coolest Offices", ''2018''

OUT 100 names Jane Greenwood as one of our most inspiring leaders, ''2017''

SANDI / IIDA Project of the Year, ''2015''
International Interior Design Association South Florida ChapterFir Tree Partners
Miami ULI Global Awards for Excellence Winner, ''2014''
Urban Land Institute
SteelStacks Art and Cultural Campus"ULI Announces Winners for the 2014 Global Awards for Excellence Competition"
''ULI''. Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award, ''2013'', The

, Centennial Memorial Temple at the Salvation Army NY Regional Headquarters Annual Building Award, New Construction, ''2007'', Queens Chamber of Commerce, Cambria Heights Library Design Honor Award for Religious Art and Architecture, ''2003'', Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA)/Faith & Form, Loew’s Metropolitan Theater / Brooklyn Tabernacle"Silman – Awards"
''Robert Silman Associates''. Building Brooklyn Award, Community Facility ''2003'', The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Loew’s Metropolitan Theater / Brooklyn Tabernacle"Silman – Brooklyn Tabernacle Church"
''Robert Silman Associates''. New Studio Excellence Award, ''2002'', Broadcast Engineering,

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Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award, ''2002'',

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, Loew’s Metropolitan Theater / Brooklyn Tabernacle Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award, ''1994'',

, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies Headquarters Certificate of Merit, ''1994'',

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"Organizations , HB Network"
''Honest Buildings''. Citation of Merit, ''1993'', The Victorian Society in America,

References

External links

Kostow Greenwood Website

Lucy Moses Preservation Award
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