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Steel, Wood + Data Cables

For an upcoming workplace project outside of RDU airport, Pliskin Architecture has teamed up with Bull City Designs (BCD) to develop several custom pieces that will anchor the fit-out of the offices. The signature piece will be the focal point of the employee break room, visible from most corners of the office, and allowing over… Read more »

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Construction Begins Near RDU

Construction has started on the offices we designed outside of the Raleigh Durham Airport (RDU) in North Carolina. The 14,000sf office for an international technology company is scheduled for completion by the end of July, and will feature a combination of colorful accents and reclaimed industrial artifacts. The work areas will have natural wood work… Read more »

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Construction Update – CUMC

Work has been progressing on Pliskin Architecture’s renovation of the entrances to two residential towers on the Columbia University Medical Center campus in Washington Heights. The work includes new glass entrances and large metal canopies to create a seamless transition from the education campus to the student and faculty apartments that overlook the Hudson River… Read more »

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Tearing it Down to Build it Up

With the help of TR Fox Contracting, construction has started on the gut-renovation and combination of two apartments in Midtown. We have left a tiny GoPro behind to chronicle tearing it down, and the video above provides a first peak behind the scenes. Stay tuned for more updates, both here and on twitter. PROJECT CREDITS… Read more »

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Lights

Recent time lapse footage of 151 light fixtures beings installed over the course of 2 days, ending with a constellation of energy-efficient LED glowing orbs to balance off the dark ceiling. The space was designed for a a growing technology company headquartered out of NYC. The lights were the final piece installed in the open… Read more »

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Tech Office, Almost Finished

Final pieces of the full floor renovation of the NYC tech office have started to arrive. With lights being installed throughout the floor, the second phase of the technology company’s NYC expansion, more of its unique features can now be understood. The colorful kitchen, the collaboration desk, the open offices – between new furnishings arriving… Read more »

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Phase II Taking Shape

  With the bulk of construction done on the second phase of NY headquarters of a global technology company, finishes have started going up, and the floor has started taking shape. Ceiling have been painted, lights turned on, hexagonal carpets glues down, and multicolored data cables have been stretched throughout the office. Acoustical tiles have… Read more »

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Construction Time Lapse!

Powering through logistical challenges, and trying to avoid construction crews at all costs, we installed a camera on site at Phase II of the tech office headquarters in midtown to capture the organized chaos! We missed the first few weeks as the painting of the ceiling could have done some serious damage to our camera…. Read more »

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Construction Begins on Phase II

The construction of the second phase of an international software company NYC headquarters is finally under way. Culminating a several weeks of negotiation, Plaza Construction were brought on board as the general contractor for what will hopefully be a 14 week sprint to the finish line. First up – concrete work, final pieces of demolition,… Read more »

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Virtual Reality Test Drive

Not all clients are created equal. Specifically when it comes to visualizing a design before it is built. Plans, sections and other architectural projections describe space in almost clinical terms. 2D renderings, as advanced as they can be, are always flat, and almost always exaggerated – they can be a simplified and optimistic expression of our… Read more »