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R112 is a new 3-K school carved from the shell of an existing 31,000 s.f. supermarket located in a small shopping center. NYC’s 3-K schools provide pre-k early education for 3 year-olds throughout New York City. The school’s design was completed on a fast track to meet the New York City mayor’s goal of providing pre-kindergarten seats throughout the city. The design provides 17 classrooms, two recreation

469X is a new 650-seat school housing grades pre-K through 5th grade. Built on a site with a 13’ change in elevation, the school features a generous open stair connection the lower level and first floor, both of which are at grade. The school includes 25 classrooms, library, art room, music room, science rooms, recreation room, cafeteria and gymatorium. Outdoor spaces include a generous play yard as well as separate

Gran Kriegel’s adaptive re-use building conversion of an auto garage into the Bronx Lighthouse Charter School is featured in Building Design + Construction. View the entire article here. Back to Gran Kriegel Architects in the Press

Gran Kriegel’s new construction project for the NYC School Construction Authority, PS / IS 109, was featured in this issue of American School & University. View the entire article here. Back to Gran Kriegel Architects in the Press

Warren Gran, a founder of Gran Kriegel Associates, discusses the Brooklyn Family Courthouse conversion into two Urban Assembly high schools for the NYC School Construction Authority in School Planning & Management magazine. View the entire article here. Back to Gran Kriegel Architects in the Press

Gran Kriegel’s design for YAI’s Manhattan STAR Academy, a special needs school in NYC, is featured in School Construction News. View the entire article here. Back to Gran Kriegel Architects in the Press

Gran Kriegel oversaw the design and construction of a rooftop playground for the New York City early childhood independent school with students ranging from 2.5 to 5 years old. Client: All Souls School Location: New York, NY Back to K-12 Schools

Located in downtown Brooklyn, the symmetrical plan of this 140,000 s.f. building with a central core facilitated conversion of this vintage 1951 courthouse into two 500-seat high schools. The interior of the building was completely demolished and reconfigured to accommodate the new program. A rooftop addition provides a multi-purpose room for sports and assembly. The steel-framed, long-span joist addition was separat

Gran Kriegel designed a fit-out of raw space to create a new home for Manhattan Star Academy, a special needs school serving children on the autism spectrum. This project, completed in NYC in 2014, provides a recent example of our experience with school interiors, as well as our commitment to serving each school’s unique student body. The goal of this project was to provide a welcoming environment that would be condu

Gran Kriegel provided planning, design, and administration for the reorganization of five large, underperforming high schools into smaller academies. Part of New York City’s “small school initiative”, the schools included: Erasmus Park West Seward Park Wingate Prospect Heights This endeavor required time-sensitive planning, design, and construction monitoring in response to multiple phased constructions. Six addition