Rick Cook
Richard Cook (disambiguation) Richard A. Cook (born 1960) is an American New York City-based architect, best known for designing the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, a 2100000 sqft skyscraper that is the first commercial high rise to receive the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Certification. In 1992, Cook became a founding partner in the firm Richard Cook & Associates. He developed a portfolio ranging from master planning to various commercial and residential projects, including The Caroline, one of the largest new buildings ever completed in a New York City historic district; the Chelsea Grande, which received a Charter Award from the Congress for New Urbanism; and 360 Madison Avenue, which was called "the best new building in years" by the New York Sun.
Rick Cook
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- 1960
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- architect
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- Syracuse University
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Richard Cook (disambiguation) Richard A. Cook (born 1960) is an American New York City-based architect, best known for designing the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, a 2100000 sqft skyscraper that is the first commercial high rise to receive the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Certification. In 1992, Cook became a founding partner in the firm Richard Cook & Associates. He developed a portfolio ranging from master planning to various commercial and residential projects, including The Caroline, one of the largest new buildings ever completed in a New York City historic district; the Chelsea Grande, which received a Charter Award from the Congress for New Urbanism; and 360 Madison Avenue, which was called "the best new building in years" by the New York Sun.
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Cook joined with his longtime mentor and friend Robert F. Fox, Jr. To form COOKFOX (formerly Cook+Fox Architects) in 2003. To date, COOKFOX has completed 4 LEED Platinum projects in New York City, including the firm's own studio, Skanska's full floor office in the Empire State Building, One Bryant Park, and St. COOKFOX designed the award-winning redevelopment of the Historic South Street Seaport neighborhood and the new Henry Miller's Theatre- the first green Broadway theater. COOKFOX also designed the Center for Friends Without a Border, a visitor center for the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
• Project — Location — Year • Ross Institute Center for Well-Being — East Hampton, NY — 2001 • Stephen Sondheim Theater — New York, NY — 2009 • Center for Friends Without a Border — Siem Reap, Cambodia — 2008 • Neeson Cripps Academy — Phnom Penh, Cambodia — 2017 • Marymount School of New York — New York, NY — 2024 • Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music — Long Branch, NJ — 2026
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• Project — Location — Year • 360 Madison — New York, NY — 2001 • 401 West 14th Street — New York, NY — 2008 • The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park — New York, NY — 2009 • 300 Lafayette — New York, NY — 2019 • 512 West 22nd Street — New York, NY — 2019 • 555 Greenwich — New York, NY — 2023 • St. John's Terminal — New York, NY — 2024 • Terminal Warehouse — New York, NY — 2026
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• Project — Location — Year • Chelsea Grande — New York, NY — 2000 • Atalanta — New York, NY — 2001 • The Caroline — New York, NY — 2001 • Historic Front Street — New York, NY — 2004 • The Hegeman — Brooklyn, NY — 2012 • 150 Charles — New York, NY — 2015 • City Point — Brooklyn, NY — 2016 • Betances Residence — Bronx, NY — 2022 • 378 West End Avenue — New York, NY — 2023 • Armani Residences — New York, NY — 2025 • 80 Clarkson Street — New York, NY
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- 1.David Sokol, Russell Fortmeyer & Joann Gonchar Learning to Live on Alternative Energy: One Bryant Park, New York City, 2008, Continuing Education Center, March 2008.
- 2.POSTINGS: Apartments Planned at 23d Street and Avenue of the Americas; For the Ladies' Mile, New Residences. The New York Times. 1997-11-30. 0362-4331.
- 3."Chelsea Grande." Congress for New Urbanism. Cnu.org.
- 4.Gardner, James. "The Best Building in Years." New York Sun. 23 June 2003.
- 5.Healy, Patrick. White Way Gets a 'Green' Theater. The New York Times. 2009-05-03. 0362-4331.
- 6.The Green Initiative: Self-Sufficiency for NGOs Through Clean Energy : The Buckminster Fuller Challenge. Challenge.bfi.org.
- 7.Center for Friends Without a Border Opens in Cambodia - PR Newswire APAC. En.prnasia.com.
- 8.760 Madison Avenue. Cookfox.com.
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