CetraRuddy Architecture is a

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-based architecture and

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firm, who has worked on projects in the

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, especially New York City;

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; and the

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. It provides architectural and interior design services for residences, hotels, schools, and cultural institutions. The firm was founded in 1987 by John Cetra and Nancy J. Ruddy and is led by four principals and three associate principals with a staff of over 100 architects and interior designers.

Projects

CetraRuddy designed

One Madison One Madison is a luxury residential condominium tower located on 23rd Street (Manhattan), 23rd Street between Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway and Park Avenue South, at the southern end of Madison Avenue, across from Madison Square Park in the Fl ...

, a 50-story "

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" condominium tower on East 23rd Street at

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, south of

Madison Square Park Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for Founding Father James Madison, the fourth president of the United St ...

. In 2014, the building received the Architizer A+ Jury Award for Residential High Rise, and since 2013, it has been part of the "Sky High & the Logic of Luxury" exhibition at the

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in New York City. ARO Building 240 W52 fr 9th Av jeh

The firm is also responsible for the adaptive reuse of residences of the Walker Tower, a former telephone switch building in

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, and for the new

Lincoln Square Synagogue The Lincoln Square Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox congregation and synagogue located at 180 Amsterdam Avenue between West 68th and 69th Streets in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1964, the synagogue ...

building, which received an Honorable Mention for Religious Institution for ''

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'' magazine's 2013 Best of Year Awards. In 2018 they were featured in the

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for their new-construction apartment project

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, on the site of the late

Roseland Ballroom The Roseland Ballroom was a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's Theater District, New York, theater district, on 52nd Street (Manhattan), West 52nd Street in Manhattan ...

. CetraRuddy were appointed architects for the conversion from office to residential use of the large 25 Water Street building in

starting in 2023, with 1,300 apartments planned.

Awards

John Cetra and Nancy Ruddy were inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame.

References

Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Cetra Ruddy Architecture firms based in New York City Design companies established in 1987 1987 establishments in New York City