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  • 2 Fifth Avenue Lobby and Streetfront Design
    2 Fifth Avenue
    New York, NY
    Residential

    Designed and refurbished entry portico and interior spaces for residential cooperative tower on lower Fifth Avenue. The project included modernizing the driveway, canopy, outer lobby and concierge station, gardens, exterior lighting, and signage.

  • 50 Years of Yves St. Laurent Exhibition
    International Festival of Fashion Photography
    Cultural

    Temporary installation in a historic bank to celebrate fifty years of the photography of Yves Saint Laurent. The design used pipe scaffolding and a palette of polycarbonate and painted plywood panels to create a series of rooms defined by color and transparency.

  • Amagansett House
    Private Client
    Amagansett, NY
    Residential

    Renovation of beach house for multigenerational family.

  • Bartlett Playground Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Brooklyn, NY
    Civic

    As part of New York's Design Excellence Initiative, Sage and Coombe provided design services for the park facility at Bartlett Playground in Brooklyn.

  • Benjamin Moore Inspiration Lab
    Benjamin Moore
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices
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    As part of an ongoing effort to elevate the paint stores owned by Benjamin Moore, Sage and Coombe revisited a store they had previously designed to add a new "color lab" allowed clients to view color choices under four different light sources simulating a variety of conditions.

  • Bronx River Arts Center
    Bronx River Art Center, NYC Department of Design and Construction, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
    Bronx, NY
    Cultural
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  • Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Master Plan
    Brooklyn Heights Synagogue
    Brooklyn, NY
    Cultural
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    Completed master plan and design documents to address the addition of an adjacent property, program alternates, construction phasing, and cost, for a synagogue that had outgrown its brownstone. With input from community leaders, building committee members, and teachers, Sage and Coombe developed a design that featured new garden space for play and prayer, new religious and preschool classrooms, and an event space.

  • Brooklyn Heights Townhouse
    Private Client
    Brooklyn, NY
    Residential

    Selective renovation of historic townhouse for multigenerational family.

  • Brooklyn Heights Townhouse Addition
    Private Client
    Brooklyn, NY
    Residential

    Full renovation of historic townhouse in Brooklyn Heights.

  • Chelsea Townhouse
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential
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    Converted a dilapidated commercial property in Chelsea into a single-family home, creating a lower level duplex and upper level triplex to accommodate separate quarters for parent and young adult children. Because the footprint was small and the property had no rear yard, the design solution shifted the stair to the rear and the living spaces to the front. The curvilinear stair became the figural element that tied all floors together which, without the benefit of a rear view, was daylit by obscure glass. On the street-facing facade, French doors opened onto front balconies fabricated from sheet metal cut with historic texts provided by the client. e

  • Chris Doyle Installation: "Dreams of Infinite Luster"
    Chris Doyle
    Durham, NC
    Cultural
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    Sage and Coombe provided architectural support for acclaimed artist Chris Doyle's installation "Dreams of Infinite Luster" in the windows of the 21C Museum Hotel in Durham, North Carolina.

  • Chris Doyle Installation: "Ecstatic City Melbourne"
    Chris Doyle
    Melbourne, Australia
    Cultural
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    Sage and Coombe provided architectural support for artist Chris Doyle's installation "Ecstatic City Melbourne," which transformed Federation Square into an interactive public space with three separate "miniplex" theaters connected by a walkway.

  • Chris Doyle Installation: "The Lightening" at Wave Hill
    Chris Doyle
    Bronx, NY
    Cultural
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    "The Lightening" was a site-specific artistic installation by acclaimed interdisciplinary artist Chris Doyle. The installation consisted of a group of sculptures that radiate animation, light, and sound into the garden's formal structure. Sage and Coombe provided architectural support.

  • Chris Doyle Installation: "The Moons"
    Chris Doyle
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    Sage and Coombe provided architectural support for artist Chris Doyle's installation "The Moons" at the Sprint Center Arena. The installation featured three 10-foot circular LED screens depicting people from Kansas City, running 24 hours a day.

  • City and Country School Expansion and Renovation
    City and Country School
    New York, NY
    Educational
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    Over the course of more than a decade, Sage and Coombe has provided architectural services for the selective renovation and expansion of this historic progressive school in the Landmark District of Greenwich Village. Projects have included several rounds of master planning, the incorporation and renovation of an adjacent property, and ongoing facility redesign and improvements.

  • City and Country School Master Plan for Campus Expansion
    City and Country School
    New York, NY
    Educational
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    In response to the City and Country School's need to provide improved accessibility as well as better athletic and community gathering space, Sage and Coombe developed a master plan approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York to create a significant rooftop and rear-yard addition that provides additional classrooms, a multi-purpose space, new stairs halls, an elevator, and greener yards. Preparatory construction began with the excavation of the cellar, underpinning of the adjacent buildings, and seismic upgrades of the existing facility.

  • Clove Lakes Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Staten Island, NY
    Civic
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    As part of New York's Design Excellence initiative, Sage and Coombe designed a new park facility serving Clove Lake Park in Staten Island. Sited to serve an upper park plaza and lower pathways and clad in a rustic green glazed brick, the two-story building is unique among the park facilities.

  • Colette Boutique
    Collette
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices
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    Designed tiny start-up boutique, creating a cascading display rack and distinctive dressing room with a custom piece of "slump" glass to maximize the limited area.

  • Conference House Park Pavilion
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Staten Island, NY
    Civic
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    As part of New York's Design Excellence initiative, Sage and Coombe designed a new pavilion in historic Conference House Park to accomodate community and private events. Situated at the edge of New York Harbor, the open-air structure's design provides shade and cover with a series of undulating structural members bridged by cast translucent resin strips.

  • Daytona Beach Penthouse
    Private Client
    Daytona Beach, FL
    Residential

    Designed for the owner of a race car team in Daytona Beach, the penthouse design incorporated the figure of the racecourse as the organizing element of the plan.

  • DEC Marine Headquarters
    NYS Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
    Civic

    Defined the essential design character of the marine labs for an executive architect/engineer.

  • Democracy Prep Charter School Teaching Quadrangle
    Democracy Prep Charter Schools
    New York, NY
    Educational
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    Designed college-style quad for the Democracy Prep Charter School in Harlem, creating places to teach and reflect for the school's ambitious college-bound students.

  • Edgeless School Exhibition
    Center for Architecture
    New York, NY
    Educational
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    Designed exhibition highlighting nineteen recently built elementary and high schools, exploring the concept of the edgeless classroom and the effects technological and pedagogical changes on school design. In the double-height storefront of the exhibition space, nine 1960s elementary school desks were suspended from the ceiling, creating an evocative counterpoint to the examples of current classroom furniture designs below. Inspired by test score graphics, the design employed supergraphics with pixelated images of each project.

  • Fairview Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Staten Island, NY
    Civic
  • FDNY Engine Company 293
    FDNY
    Queens, NY
    Civic
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    Modernization and renovation of FDNY Engine Company 293 in Woodhaven, Queens.

  • FDNY Marine 9 Barracks
    FDNY, NYC Economic Development Corporation
    Homeport Pier, Staten Island, NY
    Civic
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    The new marine firehouse and adjacent harbor were commissioned as part of a nationwide focus on port security. Working within the confines of public pier access and zoning-view corridors, the new facility was designed using sustainable materials and strategies as a model for future New York City projects. Respectful of the tradition of firehouse architecture, the design is a study in public and private spaces rendered in shifting volumes of red and white.

  • Fifth Avenue Pied-à-terre
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential
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    Fifth Avenue pied-à-terre at tree-top height overlooking Central Park.

  • Fire Island Summer House
    Private Client
    Seaview, Fire Island
    Residential
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    Renovated bayfront property to create a clean, modern beach house for a growing family.

  • Fresh Kills South Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Staten Island, NY
    Civic
  • Grand Street Loft Building Conversion
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential

    Conversion of manufacturing loft building into five legal live-work units in the Soho landmark district.

  • Greater Newark Conservancy
    Greater Newark Conservancy
    Newark, NJ
    Civic
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    Repurposing of two historic buildings on a 2-acre site in downtown Newark as the new headquarters and education center for the Greater Newark Conservancy. With the adaptive reuse of an old post office building, a former historic synagogue, and an outdoor teaching garden, the new campus was designed to accommodate new classrooms, office spaces, a community meeting space, and a teaching kitchen highlighting environmental initiatives.

  • Green Central Knoll Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Brooklyn, NY
    Civic
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  • Greenpoint Prefabricated Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Brooklyn, NY
    Civic
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    With a goal to increase the efficiency of its design and maintenance program, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation asked Sage and Coombe to develop a prefabricated building which could be easily reproduced and delivered. Designed as a prototype, the Greenpoint Prefabricated Comfort Station was developed with a local modular manufacturer and dropped by crane onto the site. The glazed brick cladding recalls the history of ceramic manufacturing in the neighborhood, providing a vibrant solution to a community in great need of park facilities.

  • Greenwich Village Townhouse
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential
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    For a music-industry client, the former home of playwright Edward Albee was re-imagined and reshaped to create a series of space opening to a rear sculpture garden.

  • Harlem Lane Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    New York, NY
    Civic
  • High Line Competition - Selected Entry
    The High Line
    New York, NY
    Civic
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    Sage and Coombe's premiated entry for the High Line Competition proposed preserving The High Line as an urban farm to harvest wind and provide habitats for indigenous and migratory birds, insects, and native plant life.

  • HT Chen Dance Company
    HT Chen Dance Company, NYC Department of Design and Construction
    New York, NY
    Cultural
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    As part of New York's Design Excellence initiative, Sage and Coombe renovated a community dance center to improve its public spaces and expand its teaching and performance studios. Moveable partitions create a flexible space that can be closed for rehearsals and classes and opened to accommodate gatherings prior to events in the adjacent theater.

  • Hudson River Estuarium
    Hudson River Park Trust
    New York, NY
    Civic
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    In collaboration with Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Sage and Coombe created a concept design for the Hudson River Park Conservancy envisioning Manhattan's Pier 26 as a public gathering space and the home of a future Hudson River Estuarium for the study of the river's aquatic culture.

  • Hudson River House
    Private Client
    Cold Spring, NY
    Residential
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    Designed a family compound on a site above the Hudson River, including a house with guest quarters, an indoor pool, a swimming pond, bridge, tennis courts, and barn. The public face is clad in pre-patinated copper to contrast with fall foliage and snow-covered landscape. The private side, fully glazed with full height mahogany doors and windows, overlooks the river valley below.

  • India Center for Art and Culture
    India Center for Art and Culture
    New York, NY
    Cultural

    Offices and gallery celebrating the art and culture of India.

  • J.M. Kaplan Fund Offices
    J.M. Kaplan Fund
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices
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    Designed the new offices of the J.M. Kaplan Fund to include meeting and event space for the venerable family foundation. The design includes two closed conference spaces, one defined by a timber fin exterior providing a point of deflection at the entry, and another more private space for family meetings. The major space, with Manhattan views to the south and west, is surrounded by closed offices and secondary conference rooms, and provides the setting for common work areas and public events.

  • Janovic Chelsea Store
    Janovic
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices
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    As part of an ongoing partnership to reinvent neighborhood paint stores for the Janovic family, Sage and Coombe designed the flagship Chelsea store within scheduling and budgetary constraints. An extensive graphic program specific to each store added literary and artistic quotations about the character and use of color and paint. At the junction between the paint and home furnishings departments, the design became emblematic of a new identity for Janovic.

  • Janovic East Village Store
    Janovic
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices

    As part of an ongoing effort, Sage and Coombe designed a series of stores for the Janovic family company to develop a new identity within constraints on budget and schedule. An extensive color and graphic program specific to each store added literary and artistic quotations about the character and use of color and paint. At the junction between the paint and home furnishings departments, a new "Color Lab" allowed clients to view color choices under four different light sources, designed to simulate a variety of conditions.

  • Janovic Home Decorating Flagship Store
    Janovic
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices
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    In its first project for the Janovic family, Sage and Coombe was engaged to reimagine the flagship store selling home decoration and paint. The success of that project led to a series of follow up projects with the Janovics and eventually, with Benjamin Moore Paint.

  • Janovic Seaford Store
    Janovic
    Seaford, NY
    Retail and Offices

    Sage and Coombe redesigned a series of stores for the Benjamin Moore Paint company to develop new retail identities within constraints on budget and schedule. An extensive color and graphic program specific to each store added literary and artistic quotations about the character and use of color and paint. At the junction between the paint and home furnishings departments.

  • Kosciusko Pool Feasibility Study
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Brooklyn, NY
    Civic
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    As part of New York's Design Excellence initiative to increase physical culture for neighborhood children and funded in part by the City Council member from Bedford Stuyvesant and the Mayor's Office, Sage and Coombe was asked to complete a feasibility study of this full block outdoor pool. The building, originally designed by Morris Lapidus in the 1960's of cast-in-place concrete, had programmatic, safety and operational concerns. Despite its heavy usage, it only served its community three months of the year. Looking at the range of facilities available and/or needed in the neighborhood, the design alternates included both outdoor and indoor facilities: a gym, a pool and community meeting spaces and outdoor soccer fields.

  • LeFrak City Pool
    LeFrak City
    Queens, NY
    Residential

    Sage and Coombe enlivened and modernized the internal garden courtyards of a housing complex with designs for a swimming pool, bath house, and shade structures. The efficient triangulated structure allows for large areas of column free shade, while the dual sided colorful fins provide a constantly changing visual experience for the residents.

  • Legal Services New York: Bronx Office Feasibility Study
    Legal Services NY
    Bronx, NY
    Retail and Offices

    Office planning for a Bronx-based non-profit.

  • Live Oak Bank Pavilion Park
    City of Wilmington
    Wilmington, NC
    Civic
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    As part of the creation of a new 6.6 acre waterfront park in Wilmington, NC, Sage and Coombe is designing an outdoor stage and music venue for municipal use and operation by Live Nation. Working with the City and landscape architect Hargreaves Jones, the 4,000 square foot state-of-the-art stage, concession and ticket facility and back of house buildng will serve an audience of 7,000.

  • Lower Broadway Loft Renovation
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential

    Loft renovation for a downtown family.

  • Magnitude Capital
    Magnitude Capital
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices

    Set on the top floor of the Citigroup Center, hedge fund managers Magnitude Captial retained Sage and Coombe Architects to design their first headquarters: an office environment that was essentially corporate while remaining approachable and open. Sage and Coombe worked with the Magnitude team to develop a palette of materials and details that would reinforce this image.

  • Magnitude Capital Offices, Citicorp Building
    Magnitude Captial
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices
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    Designed first headquarters for hedge fund Magnitude Capital on an upper floor of the Citigroup Center, creating an office environment that was professional while still open and approachable. Sage and Coombe worked with the Magnitude team to develop a palette of materials and details that would reinforce this image.

  • Maine House
    Private Client
    Norway, ME
    Residential
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    A home away from home, this rustic house in Norway, Maine is situated near a pond and a historic boys summer camp. Its simple forms and construction echo the tradition of nearby camp cabins.

  • Majestic Apartment Building Landmarks Master Plan
    Majestic Apartments
    New York, NY
    Residential
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    Sage and Coombe was engaged by the cooperative board of directors at the historic Majestic Apartments to develop a facade master plan for approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

  • Maplewood Memorial Library
    Maplewood Memorial Library
    Maplewood, NJ
    Civic

    Sage and Coombe was engaged by the town of Maplewood, NJ to design a new and expanded main library, adding new program space and creating a visual and practical connection to the adjacent Olmsted-designed Memorial Park. The design includes two new public event spaces, segregated nightime operations, new reading rooms for all age groups, and a local history room.

  • Midland Beach Event Space and Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Staten Island, NY
    Civic

    Sage and Coombe were engaged under New York's Design Excellence initiative to restore, repurpose, and expand a 1947 diner, enhance the surrounding landscape and hardscape, and create a small outdoor performance space for the Midland Beach Park Facility.

  • Mulberry Commons
    Newark Community Economic Development Corporation, Mayor's Office of Newark
    Newark, NJ
    Civic
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    Engaged by the City of Newark and working with a private-public client group, Sage and Coombe partnered with Landscape Architect Supermass Studio to design a transformational downtown park in Newark connecting Newark Penn Station, the Prudential Center, the historic Ironbound District, Peter Francisco Park, and a new riverfront park extension. The design features an event plaza and lawn, market and cafe terraces, a beer garden, and a pedestrian bridge to the Ironbound that will also serve as an elevated waiting room connecting directly to train platforms below.

  • Native Plant Reserve Indoor and Outdoor Classroom
    City of Hightland Park, NJ
    Highland Park, NJ
    Educational
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    The Mayor of Highland Park, New Jersey engaged Sage and Coombe Architects to design two classrooms - one indoor and one outdoor - at the Native Plant Reserve, a new riverfront park. The outdoor space is shaded by a canopy that echoes the form of many of the larger trees on the site. The indoor classroom is partially buried in the earth and features a planted roof to temper the indoor climate and to retain storm water.

  • Nolita Loft Renovation
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential

    Loft renovation for the family of a filmmaker and jewelry designer.

  • NY Central Railroad Substation Parks Facility Conversion
    New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
    New York, NY
    Civic
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    Sage and Coombe was selected to stabilize and restore the NY Central Railroad sub-station in Upper Manhattan as part of New York's Design Excellence initiative. The intent of the project was to restore the building to its original condition within defined budget limitations. The work involved selective replacement and stabilization of historic brickwork, cast concrete elements and decorative metal grilles.

  • NYC Department of Transportation Jersey Barrier Design
    NYC Department of Transportation
    Civic
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    Led painting and design aspects of community project.

  • NYPL Epiphany Branch Children's Reading Room
    New York Public Library
    New York, NY
    Civic

    Sage and Coombe was engaged to redesign a series of donor-funded children's reading rooms in four branch libraries across the New York Public Library system. Respecting modest budgets and tight schedules, the spaces were made more efficient, inviting, and emblematic of their respective neighborhoods.

  • NYPL Fort Washington Reading Room
    New York Public Library
    New York, NY
    Civic
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    Redesigned a series of donor-funded children's reading rooms in four branch libraries across the New York Public Library system. Respecting modest budgets and tight schedules, the spaces were made more efficient, inviting, and emblematic of their respective neighborhoods. To maintain the historic character of this Carnegie library, Sage and Coombe's award-winning design created an array of individual reading and activity areas defined by oversized lampshades and associated area carpets. Each shade provides downlight to the individual work area below while simultaneously up-lighting the room as a whole. The graphic theme for each area related to the interests and character of the neighborhood and included images sourced from the digital archives of the New York Public Library of local streets, baseball, and the Hudson River. The outside of each shade was rendered in black and white silhouettes.

  • NYPL Hamilton Fish Branch Children’s Reading Room
    New York Public Library
    New York, NY
    Civic
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    Redesigned a series of donor-funded children's reading rooms in four branch libraries across the New York Public Library system. Respecting modest budgets and tight schedules, the spaces were made more efficient, inviting, and emblematic of their respective neighborhoods.

  • NYPL Melrose Branch Children's Reading Room
    New York Public Library
    Bronx, NY
    Civic

    Sage and Coombe was engaged to redesign a series of donor-funded children's reading rooms in four branch libraries across the New York Public Library system. Respecting modest budgets and tight schedules, the spaces were made more efficient, inviting, and emblematic of their respective neighborhoods.

  • Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Staten Island, NY
    Civic
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  • Old Indian Hill Road House
    Private Client
    Cincinnati, OH
    Residential
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    Renovation of an mid 20th century wood frame house and new accessory building, including the addition of a new geothermal system and a complete reconstruction of a later addition to the main house building.

  • Our World Neighborhood Charter School (Howard Beach)
    OWN Charter Schools
    Queens, NY
    Educational

    Following an earlier project on the school's flagship campus, Sage and Coombe designed a 38,000-square-foot expansion campus within a new building to serve middle and upper school children. The program includes nineteen homerooms, special classrooms for science and language, an indoor "cafetorium," and a rooftop yard.

  • Our World Neighborhood Charter School (Long Island City)
    OWN Charter Schools
    Queens, NY
    Educational

    After two earlier projects, Sage and Coombe designed an 83,000-square-foot expansion within a new building to serve a K-8 program. The space includes thirty-two homerooms, special classrooms for science and language, as well as an indoor "categorium."

  • Owl Hollow Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Staten Island, NY
    Civic

    As part of New York's Design Excellence initiative, Sage and Coombe designed a LEED Gold facility to house park offices, a maintenance garage, and restroom facilities to support the adjacent soccer fields. The challenge of the site—a former dumping ground—required a pile-supported structure and methane venting with a public face establishing a visual identity for the park. The project was conceived as a pair of simple textured brick masses that inflect and frame a central pedestrian path, creating a gateway to the adjacent fields.

  • Park Avenue Apartment Combination
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential

    Apartment combination on Park Avenue for growing family.

  • Pier 42 Manhattan Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    New York, NY
    Civic
  • Poly Prep Country Day School Maker Lab
    Poly Prep Country Day School
    Brooklyn, NY
    Educational
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    Designed a 1,600-square-foot computer and fabrication lab within a historic building. The project left the original masonry foundation visible while floating a clean plywood layer to create a clean modern surface for display, lighting and tools. New openings in the historic masonry wall serve as views in as well as display spaces for completed projects.

  • Poly Prep Country Day School Master PLan
    Poly Prep Country Day School
    Brooklyn, NY
    Educational

    Following extensive research and interviews with students, faculty, and staff, Sage and Coombe completed a Master Plan formatted as an interactive digital document and presented as a "bridge to the future" for the school. The goal was to clarify needs and desires, establish a menu of possible projects and associated costs, and allow the school and its donors to prioritize their work to chart a course forward.

  • Poly Prep Country Day School Performing Arts Center
    Poly Prep Country Day School
    Brooklyn, NY
    Educational
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    Following their work on the Master Plan, Sage and Coombe was asked to move forward with the design of the first phase of a Performing Arts Center. The project will serve as a practical and academic link between north and south campuses, create new dance studios and practice rooms adjacent to the existing theater spaces, and establish a new arts quad to highlight Poly's extensive arts education program.

  • PS 197 Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    New York, NY
    Civic

    Sage and Coombe designed a new park facility serving the Rockaways and the Public School 197 playground. The building is clad in a blue glazed brick, echoing the seaside sky, and the upper register windows are protected by a stainless steel perforated screen depicting clouds from a 19th century painting of New York Harbor.

  • Riverside Park South
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    New York, NY
    Civic

    As part of its plan for Riverside Park South, Sage and Coombe designed several shade structures, restroom facilities, maintenance and operations offices, and a comfort station situated between 65th and 67th Streets on the West Side.

  • Robert Venable Park Facility
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Brooklyn, NY
    Civic
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    Situated a facility in a newly expanded park in the City Line neighborhood of Brooklyn, with respect to the adjacent park features and visitor pathways. Governed by strict requirements to limit vandalism, each project material was thoroughly tested for appropriate resistance before being included in the design.

  • Rockaway Beach Open-Up
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Queens, NY
    Civic
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  • Rockaway Institute for a Sustainable Environment
    Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
    Queens, NY
    Educational
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    Renovated and designed the new home of the Rockaways Waterfront Alliance, a local environmental nonprofit group, within a decommissioned historic firehouse. A flexible gallery and event/teaching space opens to a small cafe at the rear and, by means of a translucent bifold door, makes a direct connection with a canopy to the street, inviting the community into the building and an adjacent teaching garden. Open classroom space occupies the second floor, serving as a community resource for after-school and adult programming.

  • Sigerson Morrison Flagship Boutique
    Sigerson Morrison
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices

    Designed flagship retail store for show company Sigerson Morrison.

  • Sigerson Morrison Offices, Retail, and Wholesale Showrooms
    Sigerson Morrison
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices
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    Following the design of the brand's flagship store, Sage and Coombe converted a former vegetable warehouse into the company's headquarters. The complex included two showrooms, administrative, sales and press offices, the design of display systems, cabinetry and lighting, new air handling systems, and the discreet location of a staff kitchen and bathrooms.

  • Smack Mellon Gallery
    Smack Mellon Gallery
    New York, NY
    Cultural
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    Transformed a former Dumbo neighborhood heating plant into a functional and emblematic arts center. An existing coal hopper was left hovering in the three-story space above the main gallery. Discreet from daily gallery operations, ten studios, a kitchen, bathroom, woodshop, and common/teaching space were built in the partially day-lit cellar.

  • Soliloquy Flagship Offices
    Soliloquy
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices
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    Designed the corporate headquarters and staff work space for pioneering voice-recognition technology company. The design involved the development of a system to creatively reuse existing construction and an extensive graphic program that included the cladding of existing partitions with a translucent sheeting carrying the text of famous soliloquies.

  • St. Francis College Master Plan
    St. Francis College
    Brooklyn, NY
    Educational

    Developed a Master Plan for the college's five campus buildings after surveying existing conditions, analyzing code and zoning issues, and interviewing numerous community members. The goals of the Master Plan were to strengthen the St. Francis College identity, define a network of public and student spaces, create clear and efficient circulation, establish logical departmental adjacencies, and provide a road map for campus improvements.

  • St. Mary's Recreation Center Renovation
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Bronx, NY
    Civic

    As part of New York's Design Excellence initiative, Sage and Coombe reimagined the main entrance and critical public areas of a vital community recreation center.

  • Sunset Park Recreation Center
    NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
    Brooklyn, NY
    Civic

    As part of New York's Design Excellence initiative, Sage and Coombe restored the landmark Sunset Park Recreation Center to serve the needs of a growing community.

  • Talwar Gallery
    Talwar Gallery
    New York, NY
    Cultural

    Working with the former curator of the India Center for Art and Culture, Sage and Coombe designed a start-up gallery specializing in contemporary Indian artists.

  • The Buckley School Arts and Sciences Building
    The Buckley School
    New York, NY
    Educational
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  • The Buckley School Master Plan
    The Buckley School
    New York, NY
    Educational
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    Completed a master plan to assess the school's facilities and properties, explore needs, and identify opportunities.

  • The Buckley School Walsh Building
    The Buckley School
    New York, NY
    Educational
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  • The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum
    Queens, NY
    Cultural
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  • Times Square Alliance Offices
    Times Square Alliance
    New York, NY
    Retail and Offices

    Office renovation for a Manhattan non-profit.

  • Tribeca Film Center
    Tribeca Film Center
    New York, NY
    Cultural

    Design studies for potential reconfiguration of Tribeca Film Center.

  • Tribeca Loft Renovation
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential

    Loft design for growing family.

  • Tribeca Townhouse
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential

    Renovation of historic Tribeca townhouse.

  • United States Tennis Association Master Plan
    United States Tennis Association
    Queens, NY
    Civic
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    Served as the USTA's design architect, guiding campus expansion and improvement over several years. Situated on city parkland, the design required close collaboration with the Department of Parks and Recreation.

  • United States Tennis Association Pavilion
    USTA
    New York, NY
    Civic
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    Sage and Coombe serves as the USTA's design architect, tasked with guiding the definition of the campus expansion and improvement over the next years. Situated on City parkland, the site requires close collaboration with the Department of Parks and Recreation. Work is under way to update the architectural language of projects and landscape going forward.

  • Upper West Side Townhouse Renovation
    Private Client
    New York, NY
    Residential

    Penthouse apartment combination.

  • West Side Montessori School Renovation
    West Side Montessori School
    New York, NY
    Educational
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    Renovation of an existing cellar educational space located in the landmarked Annuciation Greek Orthodox Church to accommodate three daycare classrooms and two office spaces.

  • World Trade Center Construction Fence Mural
    New York, NY
    Civic
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    Winning competition entry for the fence at the World Trade Center: a metal hedge with views through the "foliage" to historic images and people.