Society of American Registered Architects NY Council (SARANY) honors three MAP projects

New York, NY MAP received honors for three projects at the Society of American Registered Architects NY Council (SARANY) Awards dinner. This event highlighted some of the most well-known and important new architecture in New York. MAP’s three winning projects are St. Augustine Terrace, MLK Plaza and The Mill at Middletown:

• St. Augustine Terrace: Located in the Bronx on the site of a former church, this new 112-unit, LEED Gold building is a mix of supportive and affordable housing serving very low-income residents. The design was inspired by the notion that a house of worship is a beacon of light in its community. From that idea came 13 floors of large, fully glazed elevator lobbies which provide views by day and then become a glowing tower by night.

• MLK Plaza: This 13-story affordable housing development in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx offers 167 apartments – 25 studios, 57 one-bedrooms, 60 two-bedrooms, and 24 three-bedroom units – all affordable to very low-income renters. Those residents have access to recreation and community rooms, a rear patio, and a gym at the seventh floor with an adjacent outdoor terrace. Committed to health and sustainability, MLK Plaza is LEED Platinum. 

• The Mill at Middletown: An adaptive reuse of the Fuller Brothers Hat Manufactory, The Mill offers 42 units of affordable housing and space for a café with a job training program run by a local non-profit.