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BEST SMALL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR. THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE PRIZE - Architectural design / Commercial Architecture
Until 2006 the intersection between B. Mumuleanu and Tunari Street was a neighborhood vulcanization shop for cars. Between 2006-and february 2015 the site was empty and people were mistakenly using it as a place for garbage.
The intervention purpose was to revitalize the zone and create a building that can house spaces for offices to be rented. As well the ground floor of the building comprises of a restaurant that animates Tunari street and transforms it into a meeting point…
DOW JONES
MRA is currently designing the renovation of several newspaper printing facilities for Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal. The Journal prints over 2 million copies daily in facilities located throughout the United States, strategically selected to allow for easy regional distribution. The technical requirements for this project are very demanding. The facilities must remain 100% operational for the duration of work, which involves changes to the press lines and the roofs above them. In some instances it also involves the addition of a new press line and a reorganization of the mail room, which is where the newspapers are bundled and loaded onto trucks for distribution. A thorough understanding of the operation of each printing facility including materials storage, staging, plate production and installation, line operation, and distribution phasing as well as maintenance procedures is essential to the success of this project.
WILLO VON MOLTKE URBAN DESIGN HONOR AWARD WINNER, BRANCUSI SCULPTURAL COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT & RESTORATION
The Boston Society of Architects, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects in accordance with the judgment of the 1999 BSA/AIA New York Urban Design Awards presents Christidis Lauster Radu architects with the Willo Von Moltke Urban Design Honor Award for the Brancusi Sculptural Complex Development And Restoration.
NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY
Mihai Radu Architects was recently awarded a two year contract for the design of the exterior modernization of the Charles Poletti Power Projects Administration Building. This 22,000 sq. ft. project is scheduled to be completed in 2010.