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Magnusson Architecture and Planning

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Casa Celina—Bronx, NY

We are a purpose-driven architecture firm helping people and places thrive through good design.

For more than 35 years Magnusson Architecture and Planning has been centered on sustainable housing and community development. Our design approach prioritizes inclusivity, quality, and health, beginning with the understanding that everyone deserves beautiful, safe, supportive communities. 

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Our Work

Our work includes affordable, supportive, senior, transitional and market rate housing; schools and community facilities; and community-centered planning and urban design.

 
 

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Our clients—developers, nonprofits, and building owners—want to improve the lives of the people they serve. Our design work has to reflect that mission to be successful.

— Fernando Villa, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal

 

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Casa Celina Earns Mention From Michael Kimmelman In The NY Times
Casa Celina Earns Mention From Michael Kimmelman In The NY Times

Located in the Soundview section of the Bronx, this 16-story building offers affordable senior housing under HPD's Seniors First program at the Sotomayor Houses.

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Renderings Revealed for 450 Union Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn
Renderings Revealed for 450 Union Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn

The 19-story residential building in Gowanus, Brooklyn, is designed by SO-IL with Magnusson Architecture & Planning as the architect of record and developed by Tankhouse and McArthur Holdings.

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MAP Projects In the Built By New York Exhibit at The Center for Architecture 
MAP Projects In the Built By New York Exhibit at The Center for Architecture 

The exhibit features five projects by Magnusson Architecture and Planning.

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2050 Grand Concourse Profiled in Affordable Housing Finance Magazine
2050 Grand Concourse Profiled in Affordable Housing Finance Magazine

The once vacant corner lot now offers 96 affordable housing units for low- and middle-income residents, including 58 apartments for those with special needs, and houses the new headquarters for nonprofit developer and service provider, Unique People Services.

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The earlier we come in to the process, the more we can do for you. Let’s think, design and build together.