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This project involved the construction of a 30,000 s.f. addition and the renovation of an existing 70,000 s.f. elementary school building that serves children in kindergarten through third grade. The addition includes classrooms, an elevator and kitchen/dining facilities. The façade design of the addition integrates the surrounding neighborhood’s large single-family homes with the existing 1950 school building.

Manhattan Country School selected Gran Kriegel Architects to lead Phase I: Real Estate Planning & Architectural Services for its relocation and expansion effort. Gran Kriegel played an integral role in the study and selection of potential spaces that could meet MCS’s needs for years to come. Our team’s initial investigation and subsequent relations with MCS strengthened our understanding and regard for the school

Working as the architectural subconsultant to Dagher Engineering on a term contract, Gran Kriegel contributed  to the existing conditions study / scope report and designs renovations for state-of-the-art science labs for high schools throughout New York City. Client: New York City School Construction Authority Location: New York, NY Back to K-12 Schools

PS 233 is the first school specifically for severely handicapped children to be built in New York City. Comprising 17,000 square feet, this mini-school’s small scale and residential character blend with the surrounding neighborhood. To meet the client’s short timetable, the project was designed to permit simple, lightweight and fast construction. Colorful, familiar forms are used to stimulate and reassure

Civic Builders, a developer and real estate expert working exclusively with charter schools, commissioned Gran Kriegel Associates to design the K-through-12 Lighthouse Charter School at 1001 Intervale Avenue in the Bronx. This project involved the demolition and complete renovation of the core and shell of an existing two-story garage and creation of a new four-story and cellar addition. Gran Kriegel’s design program

For over 20 years we have held a variety of term contracts with New York City’s School Construction Authority. This includes both capacity term contracts, under which we have built numerous new schools throughout the  city, and capital improvement term contracts through which we’ve completed over 75 renovation and improvement projects for NYC public schools in NYC. Over the course of multiple term contrac

Gran Kriegel produced the refurbishment of Bushwick High School’s gymnasium in Brooklyn as part of a Capital Improvement Projects term contract with the New York City School Construction Authority. Client: NYC School Construction Authority Location: Brooklyn, NY Back to K-12 Schools Don’t include

Programs and test-fits for the Great Oaks Charter School and Teacher Training Program were prepared for two sites—Buildings 330 and 515— within the former Coast Guard complex on Governor’s Island in Upper New York Bay. The school would enroll 500 students, and 10,000 sf would be devoted to an innovative teacher training program. Gran Kriegel’s feasibility studies indicate how each building would be restored and recon

Community School District 22 in Brooklyn required this new school to accommodate its growing population. The 140,000 s.f. new construction serves 1,100 students. A central core includes an auditorium, gymnasium, kitchen and dining spaces. Two classroom wings, one serving elementary grades and the second for intermediate grades, are linked to the central facilities core. Traditional school construction materials, bric

This new early childhood center is located on a through-block site and attached to PS 94X. Serving pre-k through grade 3, the 515-seat facility includes 24 classrooms, a multi-purpose room, cafeteria, library, and typical school support and administrative spaces. It is among the first projects designed under the NYC’s “Green Schools Guide” initiative for sustainable design with the equivalent of a LEED silver r