CetraRuddy

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CetraRuddy Architecture
Practice information
PartnersJohn Cetra, Nancy J. Ruddy, Eugene Flotteron
Founded1987
Location New York City, New York
Significant works and honors
Buildings One Madison, Walker Tower, Lincoln Square Synagogue

CetraRuddy Architecture is a New York City-based architecture and interior design firm with projects in New York City, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. 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.

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Projects

CetraRuddy designed One Madison, a 50-story "sliver building" condominium tower on East 23rd Street at Madison Avenue, south of Madison Square Park. [1] In 2014, the building received the Architizer A+ Jury Award for Residential High Rise, [2] and since 2013, it has been part of the "Sky High & the Logic of Luxury" exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum in New York City.

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The ARO building

The firm is also responsible for the adaptive reuse of residences of the Walker Tower, a former telephone switch building in Chelsea, Manhattan, and for the new Lincoln Square Synagogue building, which received an Honorable Mention for Religious Institution for Interior Design magazine's 2013 Best of Year Awards. [3]

In 2018 they were featured in the New York Times for their new-construction apartment project ARO, on the site of the late Roseland Ballroom. [4]

CetraRuddy were appointed architects for the conversion from office to residential use of the large 25 Water Street building in New York City starting in 2023, with 1,300 apartments planned. [5]

Awards

John Cetra and Nancy Ruddy were inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame. [6] [7]

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References

Notes

  1. Ourousoff, Nicolai (28 June 2010). "Near-Empty Tower Still Holds Hope". New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. "Architizer A+ Awards". Architizer A+ Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  3. "Six GMS projects win Interior Design 2013 Best of Year Awards". Gilsanz Murray Steficek. 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  4. Margolies, Jane (2018-08-17). "Next Act for Roseland Ballroom Site". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  5. Young, Michael (July 11, 2023). "25 Water Street Readies For 1,300-Unit Residential Conversion In Financial District, Manhattan". New York YIMBY. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  6. "Celebrating Interior Design's 31st Annual Hall of Fame Awards". Interior Design Staff. December 2015.
  7. Kellogg, Craig (2015-12-18). "John Cetra and Nancy Ruddy: 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees". Interior Design. Retrieved 2019-05-18.