Davis Brody Bond is an American architectural firm headquartered in New York City, New York, with additional offices in Washington, DC and São Paulo, Brazil. The firm is named for Lewis Davis, Samuel Brody, and J. Max Bond Jr. and is led by five partners: Steven M. Davis, William H. Paxson, Carl F. Krebs, Christopher K. Grabé, and David K. Williams.[1]

Davis Brody Bond, LLP
Company typeLimited Liability Partnership
IndustryArchitecture and Planning
PredecessorDavis, Brody & Associates
Bond Ryder & Associates
FoundedNew York City, New York, United States (1952 (1952))
FoundersLewis Davis
Samuel Brody
Chester Wisniewski
J. Max Bond Jr.
Area served
International
ServicesArchitecture
Urban Design
Master Planning
Interior Design
Programming
Historic Preservation
Sustainable Design
Number of employees
>100
Websitedavisbrodybond.com
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
A panoramic view of the New York Public Library Rose Main Reading Room, facing south
Audubon Business and Technology Center, showing the restored façade of the Audubon Ballroom
Harlem Children's Zone and Promise Academy
Ford Engineering Building, Northwestern University

The work of the firm includes architectural and urban design projects for major universities, national, state and local governments, and other forms of public, private and institutional clients in the sectors of housing, museums, health care, and education.[2] Notable projects include the National September 11 Memorial & Museum,[3] the Portico Gallery at the Frick Collection,[4] and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.[5]

History

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The firm was founded by Sam Brody, Lew Davis, and Chester Wisniewski in 1952 in New York. Davis, Brody and Wisniewski (now Davis Brody Bond) gained recognition by realizing social housing projects for New York City, such as Waterside Plaza.[6][7] While the firm has expanded far beyond its original boundaries, the legacy of quality New York City work to the benefit of New Yorkers is still a keystone of the firm's design philosophy. After J. Max Bond Jr. joined the partnership in 1990,[8] the firm became Davis Brody Bond in 1996.[2] From 2006 to 2011 Davis Brody Bond was in partnership with Aedas. In 2010, Davis Brody Bond took an ownership interest in the architectural and interiors firm Spacesmith, a certified Women's Business Enterprise;[9] the firms are housed together within the same office in New York.[1]

Awards

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Davis Brody Bond has been honored with more than 175 design awards including:

Notable projects

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Davis Brody Bond Company Website".
  2. ^ a b c Dunlap, David W. (19 February 2012). "J. Max Bond Jr., Architect, Dies at 73". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b Dunlop, David W. (13 October 2005). "BLOCKS; Finding a Place for Culture In a Quadrant of Mourning". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  4. ^ a b Heintz, Molly (10 January 2012). "Frick Portico Gallery". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. ^ "National Museum of African American History and Culture". architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  6. ^ Dunlap, David W. (23 May 2006). "Lewis Davis, Designer of Apartment Towers, Dies at 80". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Meier, Richard (1999). Building the Getty. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0520217300.
  8. ^ Dunlap, David W. (October 21, 1990). "Minority Firm Joins Davis, Brody Architects". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  9. ^ "M/W/SBE Registry". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  10. ^ "White House Presents Presidential Design Awards". Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  11. ^ "Architecture Firm Award Recipients". Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture". Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  13. ^ Welton, J. Michael (2 May 2012). "Mall design contest winners named to redo D.C. sites". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  14. ^ "University Selects Davis Brody Bond Aedas as the Architect of Record for Proposed Manhattanville Expansion". Columbia University. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  15. ^ "New York Public Library South Court".
  16. ^ Barreneche, Raul A. (November 2002). "Davis Brody Bond Gives New Life To a Beaux-Arts Grande Dame, with the Modern New South Court of the New York Public Library". Architectural Record. 190: 134.
  17. ^ Lentz, Linda C. (February 2012). "Watha T. Daniel – Shaw Neighborhood Library". Architectural Record. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  18. ^ lincolnvillagesun (2023-11-03). "Union Square 'Tech Hub' touted as diversity uploader". The Village Sun. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
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