SLCE Architects is an American
architecture
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firm which provides architectural services in both the public and private sector. Between 2010 and 2015, the firm received the most commissions for residential developments in
New York City
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. The firm is best known for being the
architect of record on many of the projects it is involved in.
The firm was founded in 1941 as Schuman Lichtenstein Architects, a partnership between
Bell Telephone Company draftsmen Sidney Schuman and Samuel Lichtenstein. In 1952, Peter Claman was hired as a draftsman; he subsequently became a partner. The firm promoted Al Efron as a partner in 1970 and promoted Jerold Clark and Enzo DePol as partners in 1984.
Projects
Buildings designed by SLCE or on which it has served as the architect of record include
Jewelers Row Tower,
(with
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP (RAMSA), is an architecture firm based in New York City. First established by Robert A. M. Stern (as Stern Hagmann Architects) in 1969, it is now organized as a limited liability partnership with 16 general partne ...
),
252 East 57th Street, and
712 Fifth Avenue (with
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is an American architecture firm that provides architecture, interior, programming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors. KPF is one of the largest architecture firms in ...
).
References
Architecture firms based in New York City
1941 establishments in New York City
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