Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel Architects
Gerner, Kronick + Valcarcel Architects (GKV Architects), is an international architecture and design firm based in New York City, United States.
| Founded | New York City, New York, U.S. in 1995 |
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| Founders | Randolph Gerner, Richard N. Kronick, Miguel Valcarcel |
| Location | 675 Third Avenue, 16th Fl, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Services | Architecture, Interior Design, Sustainable Design, Lighting Design |
| Website | www.gkvarchitects.com |
Founded in 1995, GKV Architects has completed work on over 50 million square feet of space. It has designed projects in the United States, Turkey, Portugal, Great Britain, British Virgin Islands, Grand Cayman, Puerto Rico, and China. The firm is one of New York's most highly regarded full-service architecture and interior design firms. Its three founding Principals, Randolph Gerner, AIA, Richard N. Kronick, AIA, and Miguel Valcarcel, AIA, have been collaborating for over 35 years. Principals, Benita Welch, AIA, Joe Barbagallo, AIA, Michael Fontaine, AIA and Silke Rapelius, AIA, round out a staff of 50. GKV also provides LEED consulting and lighting design services.
Top GKV projects have been featured in Architectural Record, Architecture, Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Interior Design's Best of Hospitality, Interiors, The New American Apartment, Building Design+Construction, Real Estate Weekly, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. The firm has garnered multiple industry awards for outstanding residential and commercial design.
Experience
GKV Architects provides Architectural Design services for both base building and interior architecture. GKV has completed a number of award-winning buildings in New York City. Recent notable buildings include: 5 Beekman Street in Lower Manhattan and ARC in Long Island City, New York. Both projects have been recognized by the AIA as outstanding design projects and have won numerous national and regional awards. Other notable buildings in New York include: TEN23, an 111-unit luxury rental tower adjacent to New York's elevated High Line park and the headquarters for God's Love We Deliver, a full gut renovation and adaptive reuse of an industrial structure located in the SoHo district of Manhattan.
GKV has an extensive corporate interiors portfolio that rages from new open space concept work areas to traditional closed private offices and conference rooms. Some of GKV's most notable corporate interior projects include: the reconfiguration of the multi-floor offices of Allianz Global Investors in New York City, San Francisco, California, and Dallas,Texas and several floors of The Durst Organization's One World Trade Center, housing Mic.com, xAd GroundTruth, along with other established firms. Other Corporate Interior projects include: law offices for Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC, private offices, conference rooms, and meeting rooms for Olshan Properties, and a 5-story headquarters featuring an executive floor, reception area, open workstations, private offices, boardroom, conference rooms, and pantry for Bank Leumi USA.
GKV also has been commissioned by the city of New York, New York state and the Federal Government for several public sector work projects, including the headquarters for the NYC Human Resources Administration at 4 World Trade Center that won a GSA National Award for design. The firm also designed a 250,000 square foot headquarters for SEIU 32BJ (LEED Certified).
GKV's non-for-profit projects include offices space, treatment facilities, schools and shelters for The New York Foundling, Services for the Underserved (S:US), Safe Horizons, New Dawn Charter High School, The Transfiguration School and God's Love We Deliver (LEED Silver Certified).
Partial Project List
Restaurant + Hospitality
- Beekman Hotel, New York City
- Park Hyatt Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
- Hotel Duncan, New Haven, Connecticut
- The River Club, New York City
- Zuma Restaurant, New York City
- Childs Restaurants, New York City
Corporate
- Allianz Global Investors, New York City, San Francisco, California, & Dallas,Texas
- Mic.com, New York City
- xAd GroundTruth, New York City
- Olshan Properties, New York City
- Bank Leumi USA, New York City
- Fross Zelnick Lehrman Zissu PC, New York City
Public Sector
- NYC Human Resources Administration, New York City
- New York City Housing Authority, New York City
- Government Agency at One World Trade Center, New York City
- 32BJ SEIU, New York City
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City
Non-for-profit
- God's Love We Deliver, New York City
- The New York Foundling, New York City
- Services for the Underserved (S:US), New York City
- Safe Horizons, New York City
- ART/NY, New York City
- Institute for Community Living, New York City
Residential
- ARC, New York City
- TEN23, New York City
- Gantry, New York City
- 2 Cooper, New York City
- 500 Waverly, New York City
- Artimus Fulton Houses, New York City
Adaptive Reuse
- Bowery Savings Bank, New York City
- Seaside Park, New York City
- Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island, New York City
- Samuel Tredwell Skidmore House, New York City
- Shore Hotel, New York City
Retail
- Mercedes Benz Showroom, New York City
- M2L Showroom, New York City
- Armani Cafe, Istanbul, Turkey
- Minthorne St. Storefront, New York City
- Macy's, New York City
- Adobe, New York City
- MTV, New York City
New Buildings
- Post Luminaria, New York City
- Lumiere, New York City
- Gramercy, New York City
- The Beekman Residential Tower, New York City
- ARC, New York City
- TEN23, New York City
- Olive Grove Tower, Istanbul, Turkey
- 40 East End Avenue, New York City
- 2 Cooper, New York City