Bernheimer Architecture

Bernheimer Architecture (BA) is a Brooklyn-based architectural practice focusing on the design of affordable and supportive housing for New York’s most vulnerable population. Founded in 2011 by Andrew Bernheimer, the 19-person practice is committed to “designing sustainable and resilient architecture by crafting productive environments for people and their communities,” in the firm’s own words. In 2022, Bernheimer Architecture Union, the first private sector architects’ union in the U.S. in more than 80 years, was voluntarily recognized by BA management. 

Completed projects include:

Beach Green Dunes III This residential building in Rockaways, Queens contains 146 affordable apartments and incorporates flood mitigation measures including an elevated ground floor, storm swales, porous paving, rain gardens, and green roofs with integrated stormwater retention.

Fairy Tale Architecture Curated by the author Kate Bernheimer and Andrew Bernheimer, Founding Principal of Bernheimer Architecture, this exhibition explores the relationship between fairy tales and speculative architecture. 

1490 Southern Boulevard A 100% affordable housing development, this apartment building located at Crotona Park East contains 115 units of senior housing, a portion of which are reserved for formerly unhoused New Yorkers, in addition to a rear garden and communal terrace, a fitness space, and a community room. 

Current projects include: 

River Commons This 17-story new apartment building in the Bronx, designed to meet Passive House standards, was awarded Early Design Support funding from NYSERDA.

Stapleton Beacon This mixed-use development on a city-owned site on the North Shore of Staten Island is anticipated to deliver 360 new affordable homes, an all-inclusive health and social program for seniors by ArchCare, a new medical space for Richmond University Medical Center, and a counseling center for the YMCA of Staten Island.

The Heartwood Atop a new, state-of-the-art public library designed by LEVENBETTS, The Heartwood will transform the Grand Concourse Library into a new community hub with 113 rent-stabilized homes. 

Once–Future

Brooklyn-based design studio Once–Future Office works across brand identities, campaigns, publications, digital products, and environment activations. An award-winning, M/WBE-certified firm, Once–Future was founded by Dungjai Pungauthaikan and Nikki Chung in 2012. Across branding, environmental graphics, and wayfinding, the studio has collaborated with OMA, Michael Maltzan Architecture, and SCAPE, among others. 

Completed projects include:

Green-Wood Cemetery Once–Future’s signage and digital campaign for the 200-year-old National Historic Landmark emphasize the many ways visitors can experience the cemetery.

LEVER Architecture The strategic rebrand focuses on a flexible identity system to better articulate LEVER’s leadership in material innovation.

NYC Votes for the 2021 Primary and General Elections A collaboration with Topiary Productions, the studio created a citywide campaign with over 150 assets in five different languages to build trust in the electoral process, increasing voter turnout, and introduce ranked choice voting to New Yorkers.

Current projects include: 

Toledo Museum of Art The first holistic reinterpretation of the museum’s presentation since the 1980s, Once–Future will reimagine both the curatorial narrative and the visitor experience for the reinstallation of its galleries by Michael Maltzan Architecture and Studio Zewde.

Portland State University’s School of Art + Design building The studio will contribute signage and wayfinding for the new home of the school, designed by LEVER Architecture.