For a Mother and Son, Life Above a Brooklyn Library
THE NEW YORK TIMES—When Miguelina Minier heard that her local library was being renovated with affordable housing added on top, she applied. It was about the 40th time she had tried a housing lottery. Ian Avilez can’t get enough of books. So much so that the first-grader is reading at a third-grade level. “I used […]
Brooklyn Public Library Opens Its 10th Iteration of Making Space
November 9, 2023— When we first began developing Making Space in 2017, it was conceived as a system-wide, urban-scale transformation of Brooklyn Public Library’s community rooms. We designed this highly flexible architecture as a kit of modifiable components, adapted to the programmatic and spatial needs of each new location. After the initial success of six […]
Identity/Crisis Podcast
SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE—In a frenzied media cycle, Identity/Crisis delves into the big ideas behind the news from a uniquely Jewish perspective. Host Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, talks with leading thinkers to unpack current events effecting Jewish communities in North America, Israel, and around the world, revealing the core Jewish values […]