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Red brick and glass modernist building with curved facade and plaza foreground, surrounded by tall residential towers under clear blue sky, by Sydness Architects.
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Sydness Architects

Architecture FirmEst. 1996

Sydness Architects is a Midtown Manhattan architecture firm founded in 1996 by K. Jeffries Sydness, AIA. Before founding the firm, Sydness spent thirteen years at Johnson/Burgee Architects, becoming partner in 1988 and contributing to designs including the Takashimaya Building in New York and the Conrad International Hotel in Singapore. Sydness Architects' own work includes the St. Regis Shanghai Hotel, restoration of the Second Church of Christ, Scientist in Manhattan, and the residential towers The Alexander and Alexander Plaza in Turtle Bay, spanning residential, hospitality, commercial, and corporate interior projects.

Projects

  1. Shanghai St. Regis Hotel

    2002

    Hospitality · Shanghai, CN

    Five-star luxury hotel

  2. Bank of America Center

    2018

    Workplace · Houston, TX

    Historic building repositioning and renovation

  3. DKC – NYC Offices

    2020

    Workplace · New York, NY

  4. Cerami and Associates – NYC Headquarters

    Workplace · New York, NY

  5. True[X] New York Office

    2018

    Workplace · New York, NY

  6. 603 W. 44th St.

    2018

    Multifamily · New York, NY

    Mixed-use office building

  7. Interparfums, Inc.

    Workplace · New York, NY

  8. Takashimaya

    1993

    Retail

Awards & press

  • Boutique Book Shop By Sydness Architects

    February 2021

  • Sotheby's Institute of Art by Sydness Architects

    February 2021

  • A Look Inside DKC's Modern NYC Office

    December 2020

  • Architectural Icon In Downtown Houston Getting A $20M Update

    October 2018

Selected work

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