Kliment Halsband Architects

Founded in New York City in 1972, Kliment Halsband Architects is known for its innovative work in architecture, master planning, historic preservation, and adaptive reuse for educational, cultural, civic, government, and private clients. Clearly conceived and carefully made, our work dynamically responds to a project's unique physical and cultural context, balancing past and current use with future needs. Our longstanding commitment to design excellence has always included creating environmentally sustainable and energy efficient buildings with healthy and comfortable working and learning environments.

A partnership of five, with four associates and a group of architects, interns, and support staff, the firm is characterized by the direct involvement of the partners in all aspects of the work. We collaborate with small groups of colleagues on each project, as well as with outside consultants for engineering and specialized disciplines. Over 50% of our staff are LEED Accredited Professionals.

We have a diverse portfolio that includes projects across the country-from a new federal courthouse in Gulfport, Mississippi, to the preservation and adaptive reuse of Gilman Hall at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, to a new performance and exhibition space at Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, New York. We currently have $250 million worth of projects in the LEED certification process, including two LEED Silver adaptive reuses and a LEED Gold academic building.

The work of the firm has been recognized with over 50 awards for design excellence, including the 1997 AIA Firm Award from and the 1998 Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter AIA, each of which is the highest honor given annually for consistently distinguished architecture.

Renovation of Townhouse, The Spence School, New York, NY

Jewelry District Area Study, Brown University, Providence, RI

Renovation of Three Buildings on Washington Mews, New York University, New York City

Programming and Planning Framework Study, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA

Renovation of Humanities Building, State University of New York at Purchase

Renovation of Doty Building, State University of New York College at Geneseo

Renovation of Lobby and Student Center, State University of New York College of Optometry, New York City

Arcadia University Commons, Glenside, PA

Space Planning Study, American Museum of Natural History, New York City

Area Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Renovation of Welch Hall Library, The Rockefeller University, New York City

Renovation of Gilman Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Renovation of Northeast and Southeast Building, Yale University Sterling Divinity Quadrangle

New Academic Building, State University of New York College at Old Westbury

Dragon Hall, Zen Mountain Monastery

2009
James Monroe High School Campus Annex, Bronx, NY

Renovation of Old Observatory, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York City

2008
Avalon Morningside Park Apartments, Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, New York City

2006
New York University Languages & Literature Building, New York City

Dance New Amsterdam, New York City

Temple Beth Elohim, Brewster, NY

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Columbia University Hamilton Hall, New York City

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center, Hyde Park, NY

University of Kentucky Main Building, Lexington, KY

2003
Arcadia University Landman Library, Glenside, PA

Dan M. Russell, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Gulfport, MS

Franklin & Marshall College Roschel Performing Arts Center, Lancaster, PA

Yale University Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, Hew Haven, CT

2002
Brown University Strategic Framework for Physical Planning, Providence, RI

State University of New York at Albany College of Arts & Sciences Building, Albany, NY

Yale University Social Sciences and Engineering Planning Studies, New Haven, CT

2001
Columbia University Undergraduate Life Sciences Laboratory, New York City

Primary School 178, New York City

New York Public Library Muhlenberg Branch, New York City

2000
Smith College 2050 Plan, Northampton, MA

1999
Primary School 54, New York City

1997
The College of Wooster Ebert Art Center, Wooster, OH

Dartmouth College Roth Center for Jewish Life, Hanover, NH

New York University Deutsches Haus, New York City

State University of New York at New Paltz Louis and Mildred Resnick Engineering Hall, New Paltz, NY

1996
Columbia University Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Master Plan, Palisades, NY

Independence Savings Bank Court Street Branch, Brooklyn, NY

1995
Brooklyn College Master Plan, Brooklyn, NY

1994
Dartmouth College Computer Science Building, Hanover, NH

Long Island Railroad Entrance Pavilion at Pennsylvania Station, New York City

1993
Case Western Reserve University Adelbert Hall Administration Building, Cleveland, OH

2009
2009 U.S. General Services Administration Design Award for Preservation, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY

2008
New York Landmarks Conservancy Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY

Preservation League of New York State Excellence in Historic Preservation, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY

2007
AIA Committee on Architecture in Education Educational Facility Design Award of Excellence, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center, Hyde Park, NY

2006
AIA New York State Award of Merit, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center, Hyde Park, NY

2005
AIA/American Library Association Award of Excellence, Arcadia University Landman Library, Glenside, PA

Society for College and University Planning Merit Award in Campus Heritage, Brooklyn College Master Plan, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Society for College and University Planning Merit Award, Smith College 2050 Plan, Northampton, MA

AIA Committee on Architecture for Justice Citation, Dan M. Russell, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Gulfport, MS

AIA Mississippi Honor Citation, Dan M. Russell, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Gulfport, MS

2003
Faith & Form Religious Architecture Award, Yale University Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, New Haven, CT

AIA Connecticut Design Award, Yale University Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, New Haven, CT

2002
AIA Committee on Architecture for Justice Citation, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY

2000
Faith & Form Religious Architecture Award, Roth Center for Jewish Life at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

1999
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award, Roth Center for Jewish Life at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

1998
AIA New York Chapter Medal of Honor

1997
AIA Architecture Firm Award

1996
AIA Honor Award for Architecture, Long Island Railroad Entrance Pavilion at Pennsylvania Station, New York City

1995
AIA New York State Award of Excellence, Long Island Railroad Entrance at Pennsylvania Station, New York City

AIA New York City Award of Excellence, Long Island Railroad Entrance at Pennsylvania Station, New York City

1994
AIA Honor Award for Architecture, Princeton University Computer Science Building, Princeton, NJ

AIA Honor Award for Interiors, Case Western Reserve University Adlebert Hall Administration Building, Cleveland, OH

Cleveland AIA Award of Excellence in Historic Preservation, Case Western Reserve University Adlebert Hall Administration Building, Cleveland, OH

R.M.Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects. Mulgrave, Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2007.

R.M.Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects: Selected and Current Works. Mulgrave, Australia: Images Publishing Group, 1998.