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PAU’s Domino Sugar Refinery Reopens as Brooklyn’s Newest Workspace

Maria-Cristina Florian — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:30:00 +0000

Two Trees Management announced the official reopening of The Refinery at Domino Sugar, one of Brooklyn’s most iconic buildings transformed into a modern workspace. The design of the adaptive reuse project, led by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) began in 2017 with the purpose of reimagining the monument to become a point of connection between the existing neighborhood and the recaptured waterfront. The building now features 15 stories of office space, approximately 460,000 square feet, complete with retail spaces, communal workspaces, a private club, and event spaces.

The Landscapes of the Black Atlantic World

Jared Green — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 03:30:00 +0000

The institution of slavery shaped landscapes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. And in turn enslaved and free Africans and their descendants created new landscapes in the United States, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. African people had their own intimate relationships with the land, which enabled them to carve out their own agency and culture.

Domino Park Turns 2: A Look Back on New York City’s Game-Changing Development Site

Kaley Overstreet — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 07:35:00 +0000

When Jane Jacobs famously said, “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody,” she might as well have been foreshadowing the successful partnership formed between SHoP Architects, James Corner Field Operations, and Two Trees Management. The team, who collaborated on the 11-acre Domino Park master plan in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has been hailed for creating a benchmark standard in perfecting the process for designing and understanding what it means to maintain a park that actively participates in a two-way dialogue with the community.

PAU's Plans for the Domino Sugar Refinery Sent Back for Revisions Despite Popular Support

Audrey Wachs — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published by The Architect's Newspaper as "Landmarks sends PAU’s Domino Sugar Refinery design back for revisions."

SHoP’s First Domino Sugar Residential Building Gets New Renderings as Construction Marches Forward

Patrick Lynch — Tue, 30 May 2017 16:10:00 +0000

Development on the site of the former Domino Sugar factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is moving straight along, with today marking the launch of leasing at 325 Kent, the first building to open as part of the mega-development. Designed by SHoP Architects, the doughnut-shaped building will offer up 16-stories of modern apartment units arranged around an elevated courtyard featuring uninterrupted views of the East River and the Manhattan skyline.

New Images Revealed of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Factory Redevelopment

Patrick Lynch — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Real estate developer Two Trees Management has unveiled new images of the James Corner-designed Domino Park to coincide with the announcement of the park’s opening date, slated for Summer 2018. Located along the East River in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, the park is a central component of the 11-acre Domino Sugar redevelopment site, which will feature several new residential towers and a transformation of the former Domino Sugar factory by the Partnership for Architecture and Urbanism and Beyer Blinder Belle.

HAO Makes Counter-Proposal To "Save" Sugar Factory from Development in Brooklyn

Jose Luis Gabriel Cruz — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

HAO, together with community group, Williamsburg Independent People, hope to save the historic Domino Sugar Factory site and halt the current masterplan by SHoP Architects which proposes an additional 2,200 luxury apartments along the East River waterfront in Brooklyn, New York.