Louise Braverman, Architect 16 East 79 Street, Suite 43 New York, NY 10021 Phone +1-212-879 6155 Fax +1-212-879 3492 louise (at) louisebravermanarchitect.com  Owner/Contact Louise Braverman FAIA Established 1991 Specialties Institutional Commercial Residential Installations
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Louise Braverman, Architect
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Top: Chelsea Court, NYC
(Photo: Scott Frances) Details |
Top: Joe’s Salon + Spa, New Milford, CT
(Photo: Michael Moran) Details |
Top: House at Ninevah Beach, Sag Harbor, NY
(Photo: Scott Frances) Details |
Bottom: Chelsea Court, NYC
(Photo: Scott Frances) Details |
Bottom: Joe’s Salon + Spa, New Milford, CT
(Photo: Michael Moran) Details |
Bottom: Maps + Movies at Grand Central Terminal, NYC
(Photo: Michael Moran) Details |
 Design Philosophy
We interweave light, texture, and movement of the body through space into a poetic whole that speaks to those who inhabit it.
Awards
residential architect 2005 Design Award of Merit: Chelsea Court
BSA/AIA New York Chapter Housing Design Award, 2004: Chelsea Court
AIA National Housing PIA Award, 2004: Chelsea Court
Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset, 1 of 18 architects selected to be in exhibition at the National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., 2004, February 28 - August 8: Chelsea Court
AIA New York State Design Award of Merit, 2003: Chelsea Court
I.D. Annual Design Review, "Best of Category Award" in the Environment Category, 1997. Maps + Movies at Grand Central Terminal, New York City
Emerging Voices, The Architectural League, NYC, 1996
Auction of “Red Ribbon House”, Sotheby’s, NYC, Architects for ARF, 1996
AIA Long Island Chapter Award, Award for Design Excellence, 1994: House at Ninevah Beach
The Museum of the City of New York Topic Files, "Rebuilding a Haven", The New York Times Home Section, May 12, 1994, House at Ninevah Beach
New York State Council of the Arts Funding Award for Design: Poets House, 1993
Books
View From The Top, Janelle McCulloch, The Images Publishing Group, Victoria, Australia, 2008 Global Interior Design Collection, 256-7, Liaoning Science & Technology Publishing House, China, 2006 2000 Architects, Aisha Hasanovic, The Images Publishing Group, Victoria, Australia, 384, 2006
Beauty Design, “Hairdressers”, Joachim Fischer, 142-47, Daab Publishers, October, 2005
Creating Your Dream Kitchen: How to Plan & Style the Perfect Kitchen, “Part 2: Case Studies”, Susan Breen, 90-94, 104-111,150-155, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2005
High Fit Home: Designing Your Home for Health and Fitness, “Chapter 2: High Fit Profiles: Louise Braverman: Navigating Body and Soul”, Joan Vos McDonald, 80-85, Harper Collins Publishers, August 2005
XXII World Congress of Architecture, UIA 2005 Istanbul, “Women, Architecture and the City: What is the Difference Women Make?; Louise Braverman: An Architecture of Art + Conscience”, July 2005
Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset, “Case Study: Chelsea Court”, Adrienne Schmidtz, 64-47, Urban Land Institute, April 2005
A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age, Daniel H. Pink, 82-83, Riverhead Books, March 2005
1000 Architects, Robyn Beaver, Robyn, The Images Publishing Group, Victoria, Australia, 108, 2004
Design Kalendar 1999, Du Mont Buchverlag Publishers, Cologne, Germany, July 1998
Publications
Downtown Express, “A Bid Adieu to Poets House Before It Moves”, Steven Wolf, 11/23/07 Interior Design, Design Wire, “eWalk-through Brooklyn Public Library: Architect Louise Braverman Uses Color and Material to Inject Vitality into a Brooklyn Public Library Branch”, Sheila Kim-Jamet, 6/6/07 Brooklyn Daily Eagle, “Highlawn Library Design Could Be Prototype of Other BPL Branch Renovations”, Linda Collins, 5/11/07 Oculus, “Taking Measure: What is Good Interior Design?”, Kristen Richards, Spring 2007 The Architects Newspaper, “Open> Library: Brooklyn Public Library, Highlawn Branch”, Matt Chaban, 3/21/07 The New York Times, “Living Small and Loving It”, Elaine Louie, House & Home Section, 11/16/06
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, “YWCA Renovation to Create ‘More of a Presence’ on Atlantic Avenue”,
Linda Collins, 6/27/06
The New York Times, “Kitchen-on-a-Budget: When the Renovator is the Cook”, Elaine Louie,
House & Home Section, 6/15/06
The Tribeca Trib, “For Poets, House will be a Home in BPC”, Barry Owens, March 2006
The Litchfield County Times, “In New Milford, Looking Good”, Abigail Leab Martin, 2/14/06
Downtown Express, “A Peak at Poets House”, 2/24-3/2/06
residential architect, “More than Shelter”, Meghan Drueding, 8/1/05
The New York Times, “Habitats/ East 93rd Street: Combining Two Apartments, and Two Families”, Penelope Green, Real Estate Section, Sunday, 4/3/05
Philadelphia City Paper, “Dorms and Forms”, Nick Norlen, 1/27/05
Online Exhibit: The Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and Family, Arizona State University, “Work Force Housing Today: Chelsea Court”, 2005
Architectural Record, “Residential News”, Jane F. Kolleeny, July, 2004
eOculus, “Names in the News”, July 1, 2004
eOculus, “Sighted, Cited-Sited”: Chelsea Court Wins”, April 1,2004
US News & World Report, “Architecture: Low Rent, High Style”,
Anna Mulrine, 3/15/04
AIArchitect, “Housing PIA Recognizes Eleven Residences for Excellence”, Heather Livingston, 3/04
Oculus,“Raising the Bar in Affordable Housing”, Linda G. Miller, Winter 2003/04
New York Newsday,“Making Mixed-Use Spaces Work“, Ronald E. Roel, 2/27/04
The Architect’s Newspaper 03, “At Deadline: Representing New York”, 2/17/04
Archidose, A Weekly Dose of Architecture Online Journal, “Chelsea Court Apartments, New York City”, 2/04
AIA New York State News, “2003 Design Awards Newsletter”, p.10, Winter 2003
The New York Sun, “Pride of Place: Contemporary Design Transforms Low-Income Housing”, Megan Mulligan, Home, 7/10/03
Yale Constructs, “Alumni News”, Nina Rappaport, 2003
Kiwi Property Investor, “Around the World”, 7/03
Development New York, “New York’s Top Residential Designers”, 7/03
The New York Times, "Currents: A Building and Its Residents, No Longer Down on Their Luck", Elaine Louie, House & Home Section, 5/8/03
Interior Design, "Poetic License", Laura Fisher Kaiser, 09/02
Oculus, "Living in the Center of the Universe" After a Terrorist Attack,
Elizabeth Howard, 12/01
Oculus, "On the Drawing Boards: Libraries Galore", 11/01
Interior Design, "Ah, Serenity", Sheila Kim, 10/01
Avenue, "Sea Change", Sydney LeBlanc, 6–7/01
The New York Times, "The Most Private Spot Primps for Its Public", Elaine Louie, House & Home Section, 3/29/01
Dwell,"Chill Out (Damn It)", Allison Arieff, 10/00
Yale Constructs, "Alumni News", Nina Rappaport, 1999
Oculus, "At the Podium, Emerging Voices: Louise Braverman", Debra Waters, 10/96
I.D. Magazine, "Expo", Mark Alden Branch, 9–10/96
Interior Design, "Louise Braverman: An Apartment Overlooking Central Park Is Designed to Maximize the Variability of Space and Vistas for its Occupants", Judith Nasatir, 8/96
Interior Design, "Forum: Dog Day Afternoons", Judith Nasatir, 8/96
Vered Gallery, "Bones and Champagne" (catalogue for exhibition) East Hampton, NY, 8/96
Metropolis, "Insites: Travel Light", Diana Friedman, 4/96
Architectural Record, "News NYC: Poetic Light Offers Commuters at Grand Central Terminal a Reflective Moment", 2/96
Interior Design, "Forum: Poetry in Motion" Judith Nasatir, 2/96
Oculus, "New Notes", 1/96
Newsday, "Living the Dream", Jan Tyler, 4/9/95
The New Yorker, "Goings On About Town: Above and Beyond",
11/21/94
Oculus, "News Notes", 11/94
American HomeStyle, "Malibu Goes East", Victoria Geibel, 10/94
New Yorker, "Goings On About Town", 12/95
The New York Times, "Rebuilding a Haven Called Ninevah", Lena Williams, Home Section, 5/12/94
Interior Design, "Louise Braverman: CV Starr Hand Surgery Center," Edie Lee Cohen, 2/94
Progressive Architecture, "CV Starr Hand Surgery Center", 8/92
Oculus, "News Notes", 9/91
The New York Times, "Currents: A Center for Poets and Poetry Lovers," Suzanne Stephens, Home Section, 5/91
InHouse, "1991/1990 Update", 1990/1991
Newsday, "Their Urban Cottage", Jan Tyler, 1/27/91
CNBC, "Real Estate Report", 1990
New York Newsday, "Women Making a Slow Break Into Architecture", Barbara Flanagan, 10/85
Selected Current & Recent Projects
Institutional / Commercial / Installation
YWCA of Brooklyn, NYC
Highlawn Branch Library, Brooklyn Public Library, NYC
The Judaica Museum, The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, NY
Poets House Library + Learning Center at Battery Park City, NYC
Joe's Salon + Spa, New Milford, CT
Pavel Zoubok Gallery, NYC
Maps + Movies at Grand Central Terminal, NYC
Poetic Light at Grand Central Terminal, NYC
Red Ribbon House, East Hampton, NY, Sotheby's, NYC
Gift Packages Holiday Market Main Waiting Room, Grand Central Terminal, NYC
Street-front Poetry/Video Installation, The Children's Museum of the Arts, NYC
CV Starr Hand Surgery Center, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, NYC
Residential
Single Family House, Israel
Chelsea Court, Eighteen Units, Low-Income Housing + Community Space, NYC
House Addition and Renovation, Irvington, NY
Single Family House, Westchester County, NY
Central Park West Tower Apartment Renovation, NYC
Apartment Duplex Conversion, NYC
Twenty-Sixth Street Loft, NYC
Apartment Combination and Renovation, NYC
House at Ninevah Beach, Sag Harbor, Long Island, NY
Grand Street Loft, NYC
Fifth Avenue Apartment Renovation, NYC
Turn-of-the-Century Apartment Renovation, NYC
House Renovation, Sands Point, Long Island, NY
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