{{Short description|American architectural firm}} {{Update|ownership information after the recent acquisition by Page |date=March 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Davis Brody Bond, LLP | logo = Davis Brody Bond Logo.jpg | logo_size = 190 | type = Limited Liability Partnership | founded = New York City, New York, United States ({{Start date|1952}}) | founders = Lewis Davis<br/>Samuel Brody<br/>Chester Wisniewski<br/>J. Max Bond Jr. | predecessor = Davis, Brody & Associates<br/>Bond Ryder & Associates | industry = Architecture and Planning | services = Architecture<br/>Urban Design<br/>Master Planning<br/>Interior Design<br/>Programming<br/>Historic Preservation<br/>Sustainable Design | website = davisbrodybond.com | area_served = International | num_employees = >100 }}
[[Image:National september 11 Memorial & museum.jpg|thumb|right|300px|National September 11 Memorial & Museum ]] [[Image:NYC Public Library Research Room Jan 2006.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A panoramic view of the New York Public Library Rose Main Reading Room, facing south]] [[Image:Audubon Ballroom WTM wikiWhat 054.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Audubon Business and Technology Center, showing the restored façade of the Audubon Ballroom]] [[File:Harlem Children's Zone Mad 125 jeh.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Harlem Children's Zone and Promise Academy]] [[File:Ford Design Building Northwestern.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ford Engineering Building, Northwestern University]]
'''Davis Brody Bond''' is an American architectural firm headquartered in New York City, New York, with additional offices in Washington, DC and São Paulo, Brazil. The firm is named for Lewis Davis, Samuel Brody, and J. Max Bond Jr. and is led by five partners: Steven M. Davis, William H. Paxson, Carl F. Krebs, Christopher K. Grabé, and David K. Williams.<ref name="Davis Brody Bond Company Website">{{cite web|url=http://www.davisbrody.com/people/|title=Davis Brody Bond Company Website}}</ref>
The firm’s work encompasses architectural and urban design projects commissioned by major universities, as well as national, state, and local governments. Its portfolio also includes public, private, and institutional developments in the fields of housing, museums, healthcare, and education.<ref name=BondObitNYT /> Notable projects include the National September 11 Memorial & Museum,<ref name=911NYT /> the Portico Gallery at the Frick Collection,<ref name="FrickAN" /> and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-604_o|title=National Museum of African American History and Culture |website=architectmagazine.com|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref>
==History== The firm was founded by Sam Brody, Lew Davis, and Chester Wisniewski in 1952 in New York. Davis, Brody and Wisniewski (now Davis Brody Bond) gained recognition by realizing social housing projects for New York City, such as Waterside Plaza.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/nyregion/23davis.html?_r=0|title = Lewis Davis, Designer of Apartment Towers, Dies at 80|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 23 May 2006|last1 = Dunlap|first1 = David W.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Building the Getty|last=Meier|first=Richard|date=1999|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520217300|page=7}}</ref> While the firm has expanded far beyond its original boundaries, the legacy of quality New York City work to the benefit of New Yorkers is still a keystone of the firm's design philosophy. After J. Max Bond Jr. joined the partnership in 1990,<ref name="DBA BRA merge">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/21/realestate/minority-firm-joins-davis-brody-architects.html|title=Minority Firm Joins Davis, Brody Architects|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=October 21, 1990|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> the firm became Davis Brody Bond in 1996.<ref name="BondObitNYT" /> From 2006 to 2011 Davis Brody Bond was in partnership with Aedas. In 2010, Davis Brody Bond took an ownership interest in the architectural and interiors firm Spacesmith, a certified Women's Business Enterprise;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dasny.org/construc/mwsbereg/results.php|title=M/W/SBE Registry|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414154355/http://www.dasny.org/construc/mwsbereg/results.php|archive-date=14 April 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=14 June 2012}}</ref> the firms are housed together within the same office in New York.<ref name="Davis Brody Bond Company Website" />
==Awards== Davis Brody Bond has been honored with more than 175 design awards including:
*Presidential Award for Design Excellence<ref>{{cite web|title=White House Presents Presidential Design Awards|url=http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/100644|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802055457/http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/100644|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 2, 2010|website= U.S. General Services Administration|access-date=14 June 2012}}</ref> *Architecture Firm Award, the highest honor given to an architectural practice by the American Institute of Architects<ref>{{cite web|title=Architecture Firm Award Recipients|url=https://www.aia.org/awards/7276-architecture-firm-award|website= American Institute of Architects|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> *Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence *Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture<ref>{{cite web|title=Recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture|url=https://www.aia.org/awards/7496-thomas-jefferson-awards-for-public-architecture|website= American Institute of Architects|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>
==Notable projects== {{dynamic list}} * Audubon Ballroom – historic preservation and addition<ref name=BondObitNYT>{{cite news|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|title=J. Max Bond Jr., Architect, Dies at 73|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/arts/design/19bond.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1339427482-LDYIY5pBmuSB/houoO1ZGg|access-date=11 June 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 February 2012}}</ref> * Civic Hall at Union Square – technology hub in New York City<ref>{{Cite web |last=lincolnvillagesun |date=2023-11-03 |title=Union Square 'Tech Hub' touted as diversity uploader |url=https://thevillagesun.com/union-square-tech-hub-touted-as-diversity-uploader |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=The Village Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> * District of Columbia Public Library Benning Library, Shaw Library<ref name=ShawAR>{{cite news|last=Lentz|first=Linda C.|title=Watha T. Daniel – Shaw Neighborhood Library|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/lighting/2012/02/Shaw-Neighborhood-Library.asp|access-date=13 June 2012|newspaper= Architectural Record |date=February 2012}}</ref> * East Midtown Plaza<ref name="NYT-1974-02-10">{{cite news |last=Huxtable |first=Ada Louise |date=10 February 1974 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/10/archives/breaking-the-mold-architecture.html |title=Breaking The Mold |work=The New York Times |access-date=1 February 2026}}</ref> * Frick Collection – addition of the Portico Gallery<ref name="FrickAN">{{cite news|last=Heintz|first=Molly|title=Frick Portico Gallery|url=http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5837|access-date=11 June 2012|newspaper=The Architect's Newspaper|date=10 January 2012|archive-date=6 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606135327/http://www.archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5837|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Manhattanville – phase I + II implementation of Columbia University's new campus<ref name="CUManhattanville">{{cite web|url=https://manhattanville.columbia.edu/news/columbia-selects-davis-brody-bond-aedas-architect-record-proposed-expansion|title=University Selects Davis Brody Bond Aedas as the Architect of Record for Proposed Manhattanville Expansion|publisher= Columbia University |date=29 June 2007|access-date=5 February 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910235826/https://manhattanville.columbia.edu/news/columbia-selects-davis-brody-bond-aedas-architect-record-proposed-expansion|archive-date=10 September 2020}}</ref> * National Mall – Union Square redesign<ref name=WaPoMall>{{cite news|last=Welton|first=J. Michael|title=Mall design contest winners named to redo D.C. sites|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/mall-design-contest-winners-named/2012/05/02/gIQAAHIdxT_story.html|access-date=13 June 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2 May 2012}}</ref> * National September 11 Memorial & Museum<ref name=911NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/13/nyregion/finding-a-place-for-culture-in-a-quadrant-of-mourning.html|title=BLOCKS; Finding a Place for Culture in a Quadrant of Mourning|first=David W.|last=Dunlop|work=The New York Times|date=13 October 2005|access-date=19 February 2009}}</ref> * New York Public Library Main Branch – major renovations and addition of the South Court<ref name="Project Page on Architectural Record">{{cite web|url=https://www.world-architects.com/en/davis-brody-bond-new-york/project/new-york-public-library-south-court|title=New York Public Library South Court|website=World-Architects|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barreneche|first=Raul A.|date=November 2002|title=Davis Brody Bond Gives New Life to a Beaux-Arts Grande Dame, with the Modern New South Court of the New York Public Library|journal= Architectural Record |volume=190|pages=134}}</ref> * River Park Towers<ref name="NYT-1974-02-10" /> * Ruppert Yorkville Towers<ref name="NYT-1974-02-10" /> * Waterside Plaza<ref name="NYT-1974-02-10" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Architecture}}
*[http://www.davisbrodybond.com Davis Brody Bond official web site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120629205802/http://www.nationalmall.org/design-competition/photo-gallery/us-ggn-dbb National Mall Design Competition: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol + Davis Brody Bond for Union Square] *[http://www.911memorial.org/ National September 11 Memorial & Museum] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120224192902/http://nmaahc.si.edu/About/Building National Museum of African American History and Culture Museum Building Construction]
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