PressClick on title of article in bold to read more. 05/07 "Redefining Downtown" in CT Business about B+B's transformation of a long-vacant 1.5 acre surface parking lot in downtown New Haven, CT into high end housing, low-income housing, retail, and parking using green technologies and a design that blends with the historic character of the neighborhood. 02/07 "Low-Income Housing Revives Downtown" in Affordable Housing Finance. 01/07 "From Mad House to Green House - Making History" in Multihousing Professional on B+B's transformation of the former Blackwell Lunatic Asylum in the The Octagon as a "green" residential community. 10/06 "Roosevelt Island Goes Upscale - 1970's Utopian Village Fills with Luxury Units" in Apartment Finance Today on B+B's redevelopment of The Octagon. 07/06 "Blending Centuries," from New York Construction magazine, a cover story about B+B's work restoring The Octagon building 12/05 The Real Deal "Roosevelt Island Headed Upscale" on B+B's design and redevelopment of The Octagon 12/12/05 New York Daily News "Rentals rise on Roosevelt" 11/21/05 New York Magazine "Outsider Appeal" 12/01/04 New York Governor Pataki Announces Partnership Between Developers, Unions, for Historic Octagon Building on Roosevelt Island 500. Press release announced the groundbreaking for the construction of 500 units of mixed-income housing on Roosevelt Island at the Octagon Building. The project will create more than 1,000 construction jobs. Becker and Becker Associates designed and will develop the project. 4/04 SHELTERFORCE Cover story "Beauty in the Bronx" on the high standards of architecture embodied in B+B's adaptive re-use of the Morrisania Hospital for affordable housing. 4/04 Northeast Preservation News "Saving the Wauregan Hotel" on B+B's adaptive re-use plan for the historic Wauregan Hotel in Norwich, CT 5/15/03 Environment News "Roosevelt Island Building to be Solar Powered" on Octagon Park Apartments' planned use of photovoltaic panels. 1/21/04 Inside Look segment on Channel 11 Ten O'Clock Evening News featuring B+B's Octagon Project on Roosevelt Island 9/23/03 Wall Street Journal article featuring Mt. Kisco Intergenerational Day Care 4/25/03 National Trust's Preservation Online - Restoring Roosevelt Islands Ruins 6/21/02 Stamford Advocate article featuring B+B's preservation projects and award 3/3/02 New York Times article featuring Octagon Park Apartments 4/00 Planning Magazine, Feature on Urban Horizons Economic Development Center 4/6/98 Conversations with Emerging Architects, Design Architecture 1997 60 Minutes feature on The Times Square Supportive Housing 6/30/96 New York Times article featuring B+B's Lower East Side prototype for the New York City Housing Authority 3/96 Architecture Magazine article featuring B+B's Lower East Side prototype for the New York City Housing Authority 1996 Case Study in The Affordable Seniors Housing Handbook on The Marvin |