"Los Angeles becomes a leader in the sustainable building movement... The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 to adopt the Sustainable Building Initiative... requiring all new projects over 7500 square feet to meet the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certified Standard beginning in July 2003."

-Southern Sierran, June 2002"
Franke, Gottsegen, Cox Architects
www.fgca.com
 
Loft Residence
New York, NY
Renovation of 3 open loft floors. Design is minimal and spare to accommodate a significant art collection. Main feature of triplex is a custom staircase.
Size: 10,000 SF
Completed: 2002
Photos: Alexander Vertikoff
 
60 Riverside Drive
New York, NY
Design of an exquisite, modernist interior. A serene, elegant refuge with custom millwork, stainless steel and glass sliding doors, and an in-house A/V system. Plan combined two apartments into one.
Size: 1,500 SF
Completed: 2003
Photos: Jon Wallen
 
Upper West Side Apartment
New York, NY
Design of an Upper West Side apartment for a musician and his family. Accommodates family life and maximizes sweeping skyscraper and Central Park views. Clean modern design achieves a richness through use of wood and rigorous detailing.
Size: 3,600 SF
Completed: 2003
Photos: Albert Vecerka / Esto
 
Fifth Avenue Residence
New York, NY
Designed for an avid sailor, this Fifth Avenue apartment functions with the efficiency and storage capacity of an ocean-going sailing yacht. Design includes custom furnishings as well as walls and doors of cherry and ribbon-striped mahogany.
Size: 1,615 SF
Completed: 1990
 
7 Essex Street
New York, NY
New 10-story residential apartment building in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Spare modernist design with the luxury of maximized daylight, air and views in loft condominiums. Soil conditions required complex construction strategies.
Size: 37,000 SF
Completed: 2003
Photos: Jon Wallen
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