Handel Architects

We’re excited to share some recent photos of 25 North Lex, a new multifamily building just a short walk from the White Plains train station in Westchester. Designed for Greystar, 25 North Lex includes 500 units of housing and an extensive amenity package including an outdoor pool and a 17th-floor sky deck.      Thanks to Greystar and to our design partners DeSimone Consulting Engineering, Cosentini Associates, MPFP, SOCOTEC, LRC Construction, LLC, Aquatectonic (Lothrop Associates Architects), and many more!     Great work from the Handel team of: Frank Fusaro, Gary Handel, Rick Kearns, YoungJoo Kim, Jessica Levine, Dimple Zeng, Jingxin Nie, Neha Sahai, Sahej Bhatia, Yong Jae Kim, Angela Liu, Beidi Zhang, and Behzad Gharehjanloo! Read more about 25 North Lex here: https://lnkd.in/euwjFCDU

Some detail shots of the metal facade of 2 Harbor in Boston’s Seaport district. The torqued metal banding is inspired by the shipping containers found on the waterfront nearby, while the inland facing facade is made to feel like corrugated metal. Large triple-glazed windows let in lots of light and offer a quiet working environment.    Photos: Robert Benson  Client: Beacon Capital Partners Great work from: Blake Middleton, David Woshinsky, Soyae Baek, Harry Solie, Matt McCarty, Behzad Gharehjanloo, Jinwoo Kim, Shaun Shih, and Valentina Sastoque!  

We’re excited to share some photos of the InterContinental Taichung, Handel Architects’ newest project to open in Taiwan. The InterContinental is part of a larger mixed-use development that includes two residential towers, a cultural center, and a church designed by KENGO KUMA & ASSOCIATES. Situated beside Taichung's "greenbelt," the building extends this natural element vertically with a living green wall at its corner. Inside, the building opens up to its surroundings as guests pass through a monumental lobby.  Congratulations to our client Pujen Land Development, and to InterContinental Hotels & Resorts for a successful grand opening. Great work from our design partners C.Y.Lee & Partners Architects/Planners, CCD / Cheng Chung Design, and Dynasty Design Corporation, and from the Handel project team of Gary Handel, Allen Cheng, Edward H Tachibana, Thitinart Kaochim, Wei Wang, Cianne O., Rocky Stilson, Birgitta Bjornsson, May Tsang, and many more!

We had a great time at our recent happy hour with nycoba | NOMA (NY Coalition of Black Architects|National Organization of Minority Architects - NY), a professional design association aimed at promoting the work, contributions, and participation of minorities in the fields of design and architecture. Thanks to everyone who helped coordinate, including Allison Lane, AIA, ASID, NOMA, NCARB, NCIDQ, LEED, WELL AP, Nicole Vlado Torres, AIA, NOMA and Bradley DeBose, NOMA, Assoc. AIA from nycoba|NOMA and Louis Koehl, AIA CPHD, Venessa Restrepo-Peruda and Honyi Wang, AIA NOMA from Handel Architects! 

We are proud to mark the completion of Journal Squared, a project fifteen years in the making. We’re grateful to the many great partners we worked with along the way, including our clients KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors, as well as design partner Hollwich Kushner, owner’s representative Tom McGinty, general contractor AJD Construction Inc, landscape designer Melillo | Bauer | Carman Landscape Architecture, and many others. Congratulations to everyone on this big accomplishment, and for the positive impact that it has had on Journal Square. Included here is some imagery highlighting the project’s development from early concept to completion:    1. Towers One, Two, and Three, photographed earlier this summer  2. Early stage foam models, as we worked through tower configurations  3. Final elevations  4. Tower One under construction, December 2015  5. Tower One, April 2016  6. Tower One & Two, October 2020  7. Ribbon cutting on the third and final tower, October 29th  8. Towers One, Two, and Three completed      There were many contributors on the Handel side, including Gary Handel, Amar Sen, Jonathan Morefield, Soyae Baek, Solene Clavel, Seth Riseman, Ankur Verma, AIA, NOMA, Emil Stojakovic AIA, Ignacio Iratchet, Amaory B. Portorreal, Ann Chai, Beidi Zhan, Carolina Clemente, CSI CDT, Constance Chang, RA, Eric Tan, AIA, LEED AP BDC, Erica Alonzo, AIA, Hyungjoon Kim, Joy Liu, Mark Lien, Matthew Haseltine, Nubia Lluvicela Garcia, Peter Travis, Rob Nagy, Sina Mesdaghi, Tamara Hinojosa, Wook Kang, and Yuan-Yu Chen. We thank everyone for working to make this project a success! Read more about Journal Squared here: https://lnkd.in/exFSe8T

Introducing DunHua City Plaza, a new urban renewal mixed-use building in Taipei designed for FUBON LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. The two-tower project combines retail, office, and residential on a site adjacent to the major green spine in the Songshan District.     The building’s curvilinear glass tower will hold the corner and create a belvedere overlooking the city. A series of cascading gardens flow inside; at night, the gardens are illuminated, turning the leading edge of the building into a monumental lantern. The office program of each tower is connected by a dramatic 2-story skybridge that is suspended above the podium. Amenities shared by both towers include a gym, wellness center, lounges, a coworking space with an amphitheater, two rooftop gardens, and an additional roof deck with an infinity pool.    With great partners HCCH & Associates, Buro Happold, SSDC, and many others.    Beautiful work from the Handel team of Gary Handel, Allen Cheng, Stephen Sheng, Eunice So, Yaoting Yang, Wei Wang, Birgitta Bjornsson, @Rocky Stilson, Cianne O., Carrie J., May Tsang, and Wilson Fong.    Renderings by Bezier Read more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/gKytZxrH

We're excited to announce that Pier 57 has won the 2024 Masterworks Award for Best Adaptive Reuse by the The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) of New York! The team is celebrating the accomplishment today at the Pier along with the other MASterworks Award winners. Congratulations to our clients and partners, including Hudson River Park Trust, RXR, Youngwoo & Associates LLC, Google, !melk landscape architecture & urban design, AKRF, TYLin | Silman Structural Solutions, HIGGINS QUASEBARTH & PARTNERS LLC, and many more. Pier 57 transformed a 1950s maritime structure into a new mixed-use destination, including the largest rooftop park in New York City, office space for Google, and new flagship space for City Winery. Great work from the Handel project team of Frank Fusaro, Gary Handel, Rick Kearns, Antonio Donofrio, Mindy S., Jessica Levine, Chun Hsu, David Woshinsky, Thomas Florkewicz, PJ Ross, Jonathan Morefield, Sarah Niesz, Kai-Yu Yu, Shaun Shih, Mat Leung, and Mikhail Kim! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gDEe-G_Z

Construction progress at Phase 2 of Territoria Apoqunido in Santiago, Chile! Sections of the facade of this commercial office tower will roll away to create large expanses of indoor/outdoor space, taking advantage of Santiago’s mild climate. Designed for Territoria and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) with MOBIL Arquitectos. Great job to the Handel project team of Gary Handel, Rick Kearns, Stephen Sheng, Jonathan Morefield, Louis Koehl, and Jingxin Nie! Read more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/dHpRjEcq

We are excited to share that Harmony Commons at the University of Toronto Scarborough has won a design award from Society of American Registered Architects National! The building houses 746 students and supportive resident advisors, and also serves the wider campus with its first full dining hall. Harmony Commons is the largest Passive House building in Canada, and the largest Passive House dormitory in the world.     Congratulations to the Handel team, our clients University of Toronto Scarborough and Fengate Asset Management, as well as our design partners CORE Architects, Arcadis / IBI Group, Entro, The Planning Partnership, Introba, Jablonsky, Ast and Partners, Steven Winter Associates, RDH Building Science, Pomerleau and many more!    Images courtesy Fengate Asset Management and Tom Arban. Read more about Harmony Commons: https://lnkd.in/dJ5XKer

Thanks to AIA New York | Center for Architecture's Oculus Magazine for featuring Sendero Verde on the cover of the Fall issue!