1100 Architect
1100 Architect is an architecture firm based in New York City and Frankfurt founded by principals David Piscuskas and Juergen Riehm. It provides architectural design, programming, space analysis, interior design, and master planning services to both public and private clients, and its work includes educational and arts institutions, libraries, offices, residences, retail environments, and civic facilities.
The company was founded in 1983 in SoHo, Manhattan as a design studio of three architecture school graduates. Its design philosophy focuses on sustainability, stating that, " views good design and environmental sustainability as interconnected elements of a thoughtful, responsible project." As of 2015, the firm has 44 employees.Projects
The company's designs include institutional, residential, and commercial buildings. Award-winning projects include the design for the Children's Library Discovery Center in New York City, Calvert Vaux Park Facility in New York City, and a residential house in Palm Beach, Florida.
Other projects include
1100 received the 2014 ALA/IIDA Library Design Awards for Best of Competition Winner and Best Public Library 30,000 Sq. Ft & Smaller and the 2013 NYLA-PLA Award for the Queens Central Library Children's Library Discovery Center in Queens, New York.
In 2013, the company's design for a house in Palm Beach, Florida received the Elizabeth L. and John H. Schuler Award which annually recognizes design "in keeping with the traditional character of Palm Beach architecture."Other awards
