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.

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.

Renovation of beach house for multigenerational family.

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

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.

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.

Selective renovation of historic townhouse for multigenerational family.

Full renovation of historic townhouse in Brooklyn Heights.

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

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Fifth Avenue pied-à-terre at tree-top height overlooking Central Park.

Renovated bayfront property to create a clean, modern beach house for a growing family.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Offices and gallery celebrating the art and culture of India.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Office planning for a Bronx-based non-profit.

Loft renovation for a downtown family.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Led painting and design aspects of community project.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

Apartment combination on Park Avenue for growing family.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Designed flagship retail store for show company Sigerson Morrison.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Completed a master plan to assess the school's facilities and properties, explore needs, and identify opportunities.

Office renovation for a Manhattan non-profit.

Design studies for potential reconfiguration of Tribeca Film Center.

Loft design for growing family.

Renovation of historic Tribeca townhouse.

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.

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.

Penthouse apartment combination.

Renovation of an existing cellar educational space located in the landmarked Annuciation Greek Orthodox Church to accommodate three daycare classrooms and two office spaces.

Winning competition entry for the fence at the World Trade Center: a metal hedge with views through the "foliage" to historic images and people.