Selected Projects
Metropolitan Museum of Art Leon Levy & Shelby White Court NYC, NY
- Category: Restoration
- Architects: Calvert Vaux, Jacob Wrey Mould, Mc Kim Architectural Firm
- Contractor: RC Dolner
- Installer: Donaldson Acoustic
- Material: GFRC
DKI is proud to have been part of the breathtaking restoration of the Greek and Roman Wings of this world famous institution. Two tiers of cornice and 16 foot columns in the mottled surface color were created to match limestone imported from Italy used for adjacent work. These architectural elements hold their own while sharing the space with some of antiquities’ most treasured artifacts.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
- Category: Restoration
- Architects: Building Conservation Associates
- Contractor: Graciano
- Installer: Graciano
- Material: GFRC
This project re-imagines a terra cotta cornice that was removed and lost over 50 years ago. Working from sparse historical photographs and Architect’s design speculation, a showpiece cornice was created. It’s multiple high-key colors call attention to the building’s focal position in the community, yet retaining a seamless integration into the existing façade.
*Winner of Preservation Awards from the New York Landmarks Conservancy and The Victorian Society of America
92 Greene Street, NYC, NY
- Category: Restoration
- Architects: Thomas O’Hara
- Contractor: RC Dolner
- Installer: Gern Construction
- Material: GFRC
This project is a dual façade condominium facility in historic SoHo. Large GFRC elements were designed to simulate the cast stone facades which define the architectural style of this neighborhood.
Washington Square Arch, NYC, NY
- Category: Restoration
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- Contractor:
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- Material: Cast Stone
Many of the rosettes on this NYC landmark were in need of restoration. DKI’s team of artisans sculpted and color matched replacements, helping to bring this monument back to former glory.
Garfield Church, Garfield, NJ
- Category: Restoration
- Architects: Michael Campbell
- Contractor: Preserv
- Installer: Preserv
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Art and craft rise to meet the sky. DKI’s artisans resculpted from scratch the array of gothic panels and details that grace this elegant church.
528 Sixth Avenue, NYC, NY
- Category: Restoration
- Architects: George Rycar
- Contractor: Trident Structural Corp
- Installer: Trident Structural Corp
- Material: GFRC cladding
The façade of this building utilizes DKI’s breakthrough GFRC thin clad system. This new skin interfaces with existing wall conditions projecting out a mere 1.5 inches past the original building line. This enables an elegant efficient restoration.
Crompton & Goethals Halls City College of NY, NYC, NY
- Category: Restoration
- Architects: Fuller & D’Angelo
- Contractor: Ahern
- Installer: Ahern
- Material: Precast
Thousands of stones were cast and reintegrated into the existing schist façade of this extraordinary Gothic building. The large entry arch is particularly notable.
Shepard Hall, City College of NY, NYC, NY
- Category: Restoration
- Architects: Stein, White & Nelligan
- Contractor: Ahern
- Installer: Ahern
- Material: GFRC
This enormous project entailed the complete replacements of pre-existing terra cotta elements throughout Gothic facades on the historic NY City College’s upper Manhattan campus. Thousands of stones were cast and reintegrated into an existing schist façade. Particularly notable were the many lively grotesques incorporated into the facades, making this a satisfying sculptural challenge for DKI artisans.
Apollo Theatre
- Category: Restoration
- Architects: George Keister
- Contractor: Polonia
- Installer: Polonia
- Material: GFRC
A failing wooden roof-line was replaced with a GFRC panel system as part of the general façade restoration to this legendary theater.
30 Fifth Ave., NYC, NY
- Category: Restoration
- Architects: Schwartz & Gross
- Contractor: Quality
- Installer: Quality
- Material: GFRC
GFRC is seamlessly integrated into a pre-existing ornamental façade. Notable is the complete balcony and balustrade system.
Potomac Land Bay
- Category: New
- Architects: Davis, Carter, & Scott Architects
- Contractor: Manganaro Mid Atlantic
- Installer: Manganaro Mid Atlantic
- Material: Cast stone
Six thousand pieces of banding, coping, sills, and panels grace the exterior of this retail/residential condo facility.
The Meridian, Alexandria, VA
- Category: New
- Architects: Collins & Kronstadt
- Contractor:
- Installer: J.D. Long Masonry
- Material: Cast stone
A formidable 8700 cast stone sills, lintels, cornices, and banding were created for this 27 story apartment/retail complex. A vigorous shipping schedule was designed to meet the needs of the contractor.
1928 Bay Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
- Category: New
- Architects: George Rycar
- Contractor: ACC Construction
- Installer: Trident
- Material: GFRC cladding
This new construction project features DKI’s GFRC thin clad system. Multiple colors and textures were used to suggest a range of materials enabling the architect to realize his design vision.
Mott Haven
- Category: New
- Architects: ConEd
- Contractor: Donofrio
- Installer: Donofrio
- Material: GFRC
This multi-block ConEd power plant is cloaked with a continuous faux-brownstone façade to better integrate the facility into the existing community. GFRC elements applied to monolithic precast façade elements (by Core Slab) suggest classic turn of the century New York.
Kenyon Square, Washington DC
- Category: New
- Architects: Gallas & Partners
- Contractor: S.E. Foster
- Installer: Telligent Masonry
- Material: Precast/Cast Stone
This multi-façade condo complex brings new life to downtown Washington, DC. Multiple materials were used adjacent to one another for a seamless color and texture match.
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