Davis Brody Bond is an American

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headquartered in

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, New York, with additional offices in

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and

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. The firm is named for Lewis Davis, Samuel Brody, and J. Max Bond Jr. and is led by five partners: Steven M. Davis, William H. Paxson, Carl F. Krebs, Christopher K. Grabé, and David K. Williams. The work of the firm includes architectural and urban design projects for major universities, national, state and local governments, and other forms of public, private and institutional clients in the sectors of housing, museums, health care, and education. Notable projects include the

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, the Portico Gallery at the

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, and the

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History

The firm was founded by Sam Brody, Lew Davis, and Chester Wisniewski in 1952 in New York. Davis, Brody and Wisniewski (now Davis Brody Bond) gained recognition by realizing social housing projects for New York City, such as Waterside Plaza. While the firm has expanded far beyond its original boundaries, the legacy of quality New York City work to the benefit of New Yorkers is still a keystone of the firm's design philosophy. After J. Max Bond Jr. joined the partnership in 1990, the firm became Davis Brody Bond in 1996. From 2006 to 2011 Davis Brody Bond was in partnership with

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. In 2010, Davis Brody Bond took an ownership interest in the architectural and interiors firm Spacesmith, a certified Women's Business Enterprise; the firms are housed together within the same office in

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Awards

Davis Brody Bond has been honored with more than 175 design awards including: *Presidential Award for Design Excellence *

Architecture Firm Award The Architecture Firm Award is the highest honor that the American Institute of Architects can bestow on an architecture firm for consistently producing distinguished architecture. Prior recipients of the AIA Architecture Firm Award include: *2025 ...

, the highest honor given to an architectural practice by the

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Award for Excellence *Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture

Notable projects

* Audubon Ballroom – historic preservation and addition * Civic Hall at Union Square – technology hub in New York City *

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Benning Library, Shaw Library *

– addition of the Portico Gallery *

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– phase I + II implementation of

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

's new campus *

National Mall The National Mall is a Landscape architecture, landscaped park near the Downtown, Washington, D.C., downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institu ...

– Union Square redesign *

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– major renovations and addition of the South Court * Waterside Plaza

References

External links

Davis Brody Bond official web siteNational Mall Design Competition: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol + Davis Brody Bond for Union SquareNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumNational Museum of African American History and Culture Museum Building Construction
{{Authority control Architecture firms based in New York City Companies based in Manhattan Design companies established in 1952 1952 establishments in New York City