Morris Adjmi Architects

Morris Adjmi Architects is a New York City-based architecture and interior design firm that provides design services to corporate, commercial and residential clients.

Morris Adjmi Architects
Practice information
Partners	Morris Adjmi
Founded	1997
Location	New York
Significant works and honors
Buildings	The Wythe Hotel 837 Washington The Sterling Mason The Schumacher 408 Greenwich Street Theory Building Scholastic Building High Line Building 30 East 31st Street 140 North 10th Street Atlantic Plumbing Prudential Center Austin Nichols House 116 University Place 363 Lafayette Street 540 West 26th 70 Henry Street
Website
www.ma.com

Background

The company was founded by Morris Adjmi (FAIA), a New Orleans native who began his career after obtaining his Masters of Architecture degree from Tulane University. In 1981 Adjmi began working with the Italian architect Aldo Rossi and, in 1986, the two jointly opened Studio di Architettura in New York City.^[1] They collaborated on numerous international projects including the Hotel Il Palazzo in Fukuoka, Japan, Disney’s Celebration Office Complex in Orlando, Florida, the American Broadcasting Company Headquarters in Burbank, and the Scholastic Corporation headquarters in New York City.^[2] Adjmi has edited two books on Aldo Rossi's life and work.^[3][4]

After the death of Rossi in 1997, Adjmi established his own design firm, Morris Adjmi Architects, also known as MA.

MA's work is often influenced by specific artists, such as Rachel Whiteread's influence on the design of the facade of 83 Walker Street.^[5] Because of this focus, the firm has created an art program.^[6]

Design projects

MA's work includes commercial, office, residential, and hospitality buildings primarily in Manhattan and Brooklyn, with an increasing number of projects in other cities around the US.^[7][8]

In 2010, the firm completed two buildings for the NYU School of Law, one of which included the restoration of the historic Provincetown Playhouse.^[9] The firm also has several projects based in the Historic Gansevoort Market District (better known as the Meatpacking District), including a $55 million building that sits directly over the High Line Elevated Park at the intersection of 14th Street.^[10] Other projects in Manhattan include buildings in Tribeca, SoHo,^[11] and the Ladies' Mile Historic District.^[12]

MA has also completed several commercial buildings and hotels in Florida, including Celebration Place in Celebration, Florida,^[13] as well as a residential development in Albany, New Providence, Bahamas.^[14]

MA designed the multi-building Atlantic Plumbing development in Washington DC for developer JBG Smith.^[15][16]

In 2016, MA started the design of two new buildings in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood, both in collaboration with GREC Architects. One building will be a 170-room boutique hotel at 200 North Green Street^[17] and a multi-family residential building at 1035 West Van Buren.^[18] 1035 West Van Buren was completed in 2017.^[19]

In 2016, Adjmi began work on The Standard, a condominium development in his native New Orleans.^[20] The Standard at South Market opened in 2018.^[21] Following the project opening, Morris Adjmi Architects opened an office in New Orleans.

In 2018, Adjmi's first high-rise building at 30 East 31st Street was reported to have topped-out in New York City.^[22]

References

1. Iovine, Julie V. (September 5, 1997). "Aldo Rossi, Architect of Monumental Simplicity, Dies at 66". The New York Times.
2. Beautyman, Mairi (August 18, 2015). "10 Questions With... Morris Adjmi". Interior Design.
3. Aldo Rossi: Architecture 1981-1991, ed. Morris Adjmi (Princeton Architectural Press, 1991)
4. Aldo Rossi: Drawings and Paintings, eds. Morris Adjmi and Giovanni Bertolotto (Princeton Architectural Press, 1997)
5. Hylton, Ondel (May 13, 2016). "Morris Adjmi's Tribeca Condo Building at 83 Walker Street Gets Its Inverted Facade". 6Sqft.
6. Coleman, Michelle (November 7, 2017). "INTERVIEW: Architect Morris Adjmi talks standing out while fitting in and organizing art exhibits". 6Sqft.
7. Bernstein, Fred A. (August 25, 2017). "Architect Morris Adjmi Creates the Buildings of Tomorrow by Looking to the Past". Architectural Digest.
8. Cheah, Selena (August 1, 2017). "Morris Adjmi's 10 best new buildings around New York City". The New York Times.
9. POGREBIN, ROBIN (December 10, 2010). "Rebuilt Theater Opening Amid Debate". The New York Times.
10. STOWE, STACEY (April 16, 2008). "Offices Put High Above the High Line". The New York Times.
11. WARERKAR, TANAY (March 15, 2016). "Morris Adjmi's Soho Office Building Gets Landmarks Approval". Curbed.
12. WALKER, AMEENA (June 28, 2016). "Adjmi's Ladies' Mile Condo Should Have Affordable Housing, Critics Say". Curbed.
13. "Celebration Place". Culture Now.
14. "Morris Adjmi's Orchid in the Bahamas". Architects and Artisans. June 8, 2015.
15. MEYER, EUGENE L. (December 1, 2015). "Washington's Shaw Neighborhood Is Remade for Young Urbanites". The New York Times.
16. Lerner, Michele (May 5, 2015). "Designed by iconic architect, industrial-chic building comes to Shaw". The Washington Post.
17. LATRACE, AJ (January 28, 2016). "Booming Fulton Market Area to Get One More Hotel Project". Curbed.
18. "West Loop Tower May Be First Highrise Construction of 2016". Curbed. December 29, 2015.
19. "A look inside Morris Adjmi's newly completed Landmark West Loop apartment tower". Curbed. October 9, 2017.
20. LABORDE, LAUREN (August 29, 2016). "South Market District: Construction begins on Morris Adjmi-designed condos". Real Estate Weekly.
21. VALENTI, ANDREW (June 20, 2018). "The Standard Luxury Condos open at South Market District". New Orleans City Business.
22. Nelson, Andrew (October 11, 2018). "Morris Adjmi-Designed 30 East 31st Street Reaches 479′ Pinnacle In NoMad, Manhattan". New York YIMBY.