Soluri Architecture is thrilled to announce they are receiving 2 awards in the 2023 Architecture Masterprize! Our speculative project entitled “113 w136 St – A Prototype for Modular Affordable Housing on Small NYC Lots” won a Design of the Year in “Architectural Design” within the “Social Housing” category of the 2023 Architecture Masterprize. The project shows how modular construction used in small urban infill lots in NYC can help solve the city’s housing crisis. To
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2022 Architecture Masterprize – Soluri Architecture Wins 2 Awards
Soluri Architecture has won two awards in the 2022 Architecture Masterprize! Our proposed new 21 unit multi-family building in NYC’s East Harlem Neighborhood at 2324 2nd Avenue received Honorable Mention in “Architectural Design” within the “Residential Architecture – Multi Unit” category of the 2022 Architecture Masterprize. This project is located in a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing zone on a small urban infill lot that’s only 25ft wide & 75 feet deep and has remained vacant for
Construction Completed at CCM’s Manhattan Clinic
Construction has been completed at CCM’s new Manhattan mental health clinic. This 4,200sf facility was designed pre-pandemic and was built during the pandemic. This is the 2nd clinic (and 3rd project) that Soluri Architecture has done for CCM, allowing them to expand and continue serving at-risk families during the pandemic by enlarging a network of support that promotes healthy, stable, and enriched lives for their clients and communities. CCM is a Brooklyn based non-profit organization
Vidro receives Honorable Mention in Architecture Masterprize
Many thanks to the Architecture Masterprize for an Honorable Mention in the “Residential Architecture – Multi Unit” category for this year’s award program! The Masterprize is a highly regarded international awards program that attracted over 1500 submissions from 65 countries to this year’s program. The Vidro is our recently completed new building in Harlem containing six-units that demonstrates how small urban infill sites can help solve NYC’s housing crisis by using design-based solutions to add-value,
The Vidro Named Finalist in 2020 NYCxDESIGN Awards for Multi-Unit Residential Building
We’re thrilled to announce that for a second year in a row, Soluri Architecture is a finalist in the prestigious NYCxDesign Awards. For this year’s 2020 Awards, The Vidro has been named a finalist under the “Multi-unit Residential Building” category!!! The Vidro is Soluri Architecture’s first new building in NYC, and our first new multi-family residential building. By naming the building as one of five finalists, the Jury has effectively stated The Vidro is one
Vidro Named “Best New Architecture 2019” by Harlem Bespoke
We’re thrilled to see that Harlem Bespoke has named The Vidro “Best New Architecture 2019”. Here’s the text from today’s post: “Harlem Bespoke: Newer smaller boutique buildings that have been popping up all over the city in the past decade rarely have a lot of architectural design details in place as far as the actual exterior is concerned but The Vidro at 313 West 121st Street by Frederick Douglass Boulevard has come up with something
Small Lot Presentation Given to NYC’s HPD focusing on Modular, Affordable Housing
Soluri Architecture gave a presentation today at NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) that demonstrated the tremendous potential in developing the thousands of NYC’s small infill lots and how it could help solve NYC’s affordable housing crisis. SA principal was invited to give the presentation by Leila Bozorg who is HPD’s Deputy Commissioner for Neighborhood Strategies. The presentation focused on strategies of how to effectively plan new multi-family buildings on small lots and
The Vidro receives Honoree Plaque from NYCxDesign Awards
The Vidro by Soluri Architecture was awarded an Honoree plaque by the 2019 NYCxDesign Awards in the “Building Exterior” category. The NYCxDesign Awards are sponsored by Interior Design magazine and ICFF to celebrate the best design in New York City. As one of 4 finalists in this category, we are honored that the design jury determined The Vidro is one of the top 4 building facades in New York City for 2019 A list of
The Vidro showcased at NYCxDesign Award Ceremony
Photographs of The Vidro were showcased during the award ceremony for the 2019 NYCxDesign Awards. As an honoree in the “Building Exterior” category, The Vidro photographs (taken by principal Andre Soluri) were presented by Interior Design magazine’s editor-in-chief Cindy Allen during the ceremony in-front of design industry luminaries and press.
Superstructure nearing completion at Harlem Condo Building
Superstructure work is nearing completion at our new boutique condominium building in Harlem. The GC is currently fabricating the formwork for the roof slab, and will soon begin installing rebar in preparation to pour concrete within the next few days. Once the roof is poured, all the remains of the superstructure are the bulkheads for the egress stairways and elevator shaft. We look forward to topping out soon and then beginning the facade installation and