1100 Architect is an architecture firm based in New York City and Frankfurt, founded by principals David Piscuskas and Juergen Riehm. Established in 1983, the firm provides architectural design, programming, space analysis, interior design, and master planning services to both public and private clients. Their work includes educational and arts institutions, libraries, offices, residences, retail environments, and civic facilities.Some of their award-winning projects include the design for the Children’s Library Discovery Center in New York City, Calvert Vaux Park Facility in New York City, and a residential house in Palm Beach, Florida. Other projects include the Riverside Health Center, The New York University Department of Linguistics Building, New York Public Library (Battery Park City Branch), Irish Hunger Memorial, Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School, Hudson River House, Putnam County, Brooklyn Brownstone, Brooklyn, Repertoire, New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York Design Store, Office for Brand New School, Los Angeles, California, HM/FM House, Truro, Massachusetts, House on Bergstrasse, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany.1100 Architect has received numerous awards for its projects. The firm received the 2014 ALA /IIDA Library Design Awards for Best of Competition Winner and Best Public Library 30,000 Sq. Ft & Smaller. The firm’s design for a house in Palm Beach, Florida received the Elizabeth L. and John H. Schuler Award which annually recognizes design "in keeping with the traditional character of Palm Beach architecture". Other awards include the 2015 - SARA Silver Award of Honor, Queens Central Library, Children’s Library Discovery Center, Queens, NY, 2015 - NYC PDC Award for Excellence in Design, NYC Parks Department, Calvert Vaux Park Facility, Brooklyn, NY, 2014 - ALA /IIDA Library Interior Design Awards for Best of Competition Winner, Queens Central Library, Children’s Library Discovery Center, Queens, NY, 2014 - ALA /IIDA Library Interior Design Awards for Best Public Library 30,000 Sq. Ft & Smaller, Queens Central Library, Children’s Library Discovery Center, Queens, NY.
