Barak Pliskin / Pliskin Architecture
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Manhattan based architecture and interior design firm, focused on high-end design projects throughout New York City.
New York City's housing shortage is worse than many assumed.
A draft report from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Department of City Planning (DCP) puts the number at 700,000 homes needed over the next decade.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/n...
A draft report from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Department of City Planning (DCP) puts the number at 700,000 homes needed over the next decade.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/n...
What Will It Take to Fix New York’s Housing Shortage? (Gift Article)
A draft report from the city estimates that 700,000 new units would need to be built over the next decade to accommodate the need for homes.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
New York City's housing shortage is worse than many assumed.
A draft report from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Department of City Planning (DCP) puts the number at 700,000 homes needed over the next decade.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/n...
A draft report from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Department of City Planning (DCP) puts the number at 700,000 homes needed over the next decade.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/n...
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“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
ysph.yale.edu
August 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Pliskin Architecture creates "welcoming threshold" at brick-clad Brooklyn rowhouse:
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/07/01/leonard-street-rowhouse-pliskin-architecture-brooklyn/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/07/01/leonard-street-rowhouse-pliskin-architecture-brooklyn/
July 2, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Pliskin Architecture creates "welcoming threshold" at brick-clad Brooklyn rowhouse:
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/07/01/leonard-street-rowhouse-pliskin-architecture-brooklyn/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/07/01/leonard-street-rowhouse-pliskin-architecture-brooklyn/
Back from hashtag#AIA26 in San Diego, and some of the sessions I keep returning to weren't the biggest rooms.
June 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Back from hashtag#AIA26 in San Diego, and some of the sessions I keep returning to weren't the biggest rooms.
76 n 8th in Williamsburg. The facade is defined through a corbelled brick façade that mediates between scale, pattern, and context. The interior spaces were designed to bring daylight deep into the interior through large openings and carefully framed views of the neighborhood and nearby tree canopy.
June 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
76 n 8th in Williamsburg. The facade is defined through a corbelled brick façade that mediates between scale, pattern, and context. The interior spaces were designed to bring daylight deep into the interior through large openings and carefully framed views of the neighborhood and nearby tree canopy.
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Looks like Eric Adams really delivered on housing production with City of Yes newyorkyimby.com/2026/05/new-...
New York YIMBY’s 2026 First-Quarter Construction Report Tallies a Dramatic Increase in Development - New York YIMBY
YIMBY has revealed its report on construction permit filing activity for the first quarter of 2026 across the five boroughs.
newyorkyimby.com
May 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Looks like Eric Adams really delivered on housing production with City of Yes newyorkyimby.com/2026/05/new-...
Taking stock of industry recognition of the Leonard Street Rowhouse.
In November, the project received a Merit Award from SARA National at their annual gala.
Completed in 2025, this 2-unit rowhouse borrows from the Brooklyn residential vernacular to create a home that is contemporary yet familiar
In November, the project received a Merit Award from SARA National at their annual gala.
Completed in 2025, this 2-unit rowhouse borrows from the Brooklyn residential vernacular to create a home that is contemporary yet familiar
May 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Taking stock of industry recognition of the Leonard Street Rowhouse.
In November, the project received a Merit Award from SARA National at their annual gala.
Completed in 2025, this 2-unit rowhouse borrows from the Brooklyn residential vernacular to create a home that is contemporary yet familiar
In November, the project received a Merit Award from SARA National at their annual gala.
Completed in 2025, this 2-unit rowhouse borrows from the Brooklyn residential vernacular to create a home that is contemporary yet familiar
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Mamdani’s city planning chief announces the admin’s first neighborhood rezoning, of McDonald and Coney Island avenues in Brooklyn, which they call the “South of Prospect Park Plan” gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Mamdani eyes sweeping housing plan for blocks south of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park
The city is also pursuing zoning changes in the North Bronx to spur more housing development.
gothamist.com
May 20, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Mamdani’s city planning chief announces the admin’s first neighborhood rezoning, of McDonald and Coney Island avenues in Brooklyn, which they call the “South of Prospect Park Plan” gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Showing off some recent photos of Opal Residences in Gravesend, a project for Redhoek+.
Balancing architectural clarity and development efficiency, the project delivers a collection of well-planned residences within a rational, highly efficient framework.
Photos by Some Kind of Creative.
Balancing architectural clarity and development efficiency, the project delivers a collection of well-planned residences within a rational, highly efficient framework.
Photos by Some Kind of Creative.
May 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Showing off some recent photos of Opal Residences in Gravesend, a project for Redhoek+.
Balancing architectural clarity and development efficiency, the project delivers a collection of well-planned residences within a rational, highly efficient framework.
Photos by Some Kind of Creative.
Balancing architectural clarity and development efficiency, the project delivers a collection of well-planned residences within a rational, highly efficient framework.
Photos by Some Kind of Creative.
Excited to share that Leonard Street Rowhouse is a finalist in two categories in the 2026 NYCxDESIGN awards.
May 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Excited to share that Leonard Street Rowhouse is a finalist in two categories in the 2026 NYCxDESIGN awards.
Sneak peak of our design for Varonis' new offices in Miami.
Design Architect: Pliskin Architecture / panyc (Mor Segal, Emily Nguyen, Hyuein Song, Barak Pliskin)
Architect of Record: Claro Architecture
General Contractor: JRM Construction Management
Design Architect: Pliskin Architecture / panyc (Mor Segal, Emily Nguyen, Hyuein Song, Barak Pliskin)
Architect of Record: Claro Architecture
General Contractor: JRM Construction Management
April 22, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Sneak peak of our design for Varonis' new offices in Miami.
Design Architect: Pliskin Architecture / panyc (Mor Segal, Emily Nguyen, Hyuein Song, Barak Pliskin)
Architect of Record: Claro Architecture
General Contractor: JRM Construction Management
Design Architect: Pliskin Architecture / panyc (Mor Segal, Emily Nguyen, Hyuein Song, Barak Pliskin)
Architect of Record: Claro Architecture
General Contractor: JRM Construction Management
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Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center
I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.
www.theatlantic.com
April 17, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Science is good. We should fund it.
April 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Science is good. We should fund it.
Honored to be part of AIA Brooklyn's Brooklyn NOW! 2026 Exhibition at BPL's Library for Arts and Culture at L10.
The project, Leonard Street Rowhouse, is one of 20 projects included in the exhibition, which highlights the projects, ideas, and people shaping Brooklyn’s built environment today.
The project, Leonard Street Rowhouse, is one of 20 projects included in the exhibition, which highlights the projects, ideas, and people shaping Brooklyn’s built environment today.
April 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Honored to be part of AIA Brooklyn's Brooklyn NOW! 2026 Exhibition at BPL's Library for Arts and Culture at L10.
The project, Leonard Street Rowhouse, is one of 20 projects included in the exhibition, which highlights the projects, ideas, and people shaping Brooklyn’s built environment today.
The project, Leonard Street Rowhouse, is one of 20 projects included in the exhibition, which highlights the projects, ideas, and people shaping Brooklyn’s built environment today.
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There’s a wide variety of options besides adding meters everywhere, but we do need to reform New York City parking—and it may even help with the budget deficit.
Could Mamdani Really End Free Street Parking?
There’s a wide variety of options besides adding meters everywhere, but we do need to reform New York City parking—and it may even help with the budget deficit.
www.curbed.com
March 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM
There’s a wide variety of options besides adding meters everywhere, but we do need to reform New York City parking—and it may even help with the budget deficit.
The Leonard Street Rowhouse
Developed by LTNG
panyc team: Nishant Jacob, Samuel Warden Hertz, Barak Pliskin
Completed in 2025, the Pliskin Architecture (panyc) designed Leonard Street Rowhouse is 2-unit building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, that attempts to infuse new life into a trusted typology.
Developed by LTNG
panyc team: Nishant Jacob, Samuel Warden Hertz, Barak Pliskin
Completed in 2025, the Pliskin Architecture (panyc) designed Leonard Street Rowhouse is 2-unit building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, that attempts to infuse new life into a trusted typology.
February 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The Leonard Street Rowhouse
Developed by LTNG
panyc team: Nishant Jacob, Samuel Warden Hertz, Barak Pliskin
Completed in 2025, the Pliskin Architecture (panyc) designed Leonard Street Rowhouse is 2-unit building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, that attempts to infuse new life into a trusted typology.
Developed by LTNG
panyc team: Nishant Jacob, Samuel Warden Hertz, Barak Pliskin
Completed in 2025, the Pliskin Architecture (panyc) designed Leonard Street Rowhouse is 2-unit building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, that attempts to infuse new life into a trusted typology.
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Mamdani's DOT commissioner wants NYC to be more like Paris, Bogotá, Tokyo https://gothamist.com/news/mamdanis-dot-commissioner-wants-nyc-to-be-more-like-paris-bogot%C3%A1-tokyo
Mamdani's DOT commissioner wants NYC to be more like Paris, Bogotá, Tokyo
In Paris, more than 10% of commuters travel by bicycle. Only about 2% ride bikes in New York City.
New York City's transportation system is far from the greatest in the world. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has tasked his transportation chief with turning things around. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Mamdani's DOT commissioner wants NYC to be more like Paris, Bogotá, Tokyo https://gothamist.com/news/mamdanis-dot-commissioner-wants-nyc-to-be-more-like-paris-bogot%C3%A1-tokyo
Rafael Hasid, founder of the beloved Brooklyn restaurant Miriam, tapped Pliskin Architecture/panyc to design the 4th Miriam venue, located in the heart of the West Village. The result is a space that feels both familiar and new, reflecting the essence of Miriam’s menu.
Photos: Patrick Gaslonde
Photos: Patrick Gaslonde
January 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Rafael Hasid, founder of the beloved Brooklyn restaurant Miriam, tapped Pliskin Architecture/panyc to design the 4th Miriam venue, located in the heart of the West Village. The result is a space that feels both familiar and new, reflecting the essence of Miriam’s menu.
Photos: Patrick Gaslonde
Photos: Patrick Gaslonde
See a bridge, post a bridge
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM
See a bridge, post a bridge
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Highway robbery:
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
December 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Highway robbery:
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
Excited to announce that Leonard Street Rowhouse was honored with a 2025 SARA (Society of American Registered Architects) Merit Award, an annual program recognizing the best projects across the country.
Completed in 2025, the 2-unit rowhouse attempts to infuse new life into a trusted typology.
Completed in 2025, the 2-unit rowhouse attempts to infuse new life into a trusted typology.
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Excited to announce that Leonard Street Rowhouse was honored with a 2025 SARA (Society of American Registered Architects) Merit Award, an annual program recognizing the best projects across the country.
Completed in 2025, the 2-unit rowhouse attempts to infuse new life into a trusted typology.
Completed in 2025, the 2-unit rowhouse attempts to infuse new life into a trusted typology.
We were fortunate to support the team at Miriam, a Park Slope staple for 20 years, with their first major overhaul of the space since opening. The space was reconfigured to create an experience that feels familiar and true to the restaurant Rafi Hasid started in 2005.
Project Architect: Hyuein Song
Project Architect: Hyuein Song
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We were fortunate to support the team at Miriam, a Park Slope staple for 20 years, with their first major overhaul of the space since opening. The space was reconfigured to create an experience that feels familiar and true to the restaurant Rafi Hasid started in 2005.
Project Architect: Hyuein Song
Project Architect: Hyuein Song
"Small buildings offer developers an alternative blueprint for creating spaces that New York needs and the homes that New Yorkers want"
@crainsnewyork.bsky.social
www.crainsnewyork.com/op-ed/op-ed-...
@crainsnewyork.bsky.social
www.crainsnewyork.com/op-ed/op-ed-...
Op-ed: How building small could help solve NYC's housing crisis
Solutions don't have to be complicated. There is one easy and overlooked answer to New York City's urgent need for diverse housing: building small.
www.crainsnewyork.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Small buildings offer developers an alternative blueprint for creating spaces that New York needs and the homes that New Yorkers want"
@crainsnewyork.bsky.social
www.crainsnewyork.com/op-ed/op-ed-...
@crainsnewyork.bsky.social
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Poolhaus, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
Designed by Pliskin Architecture, Fab314AW, and RISE Architecture
Developed by Redhoek+
Renderings by @hb_vis
panyc/FAB314 team: Nimrod Meir Levi, Hyuein Song, Barak Pliskin
Designed by Pliskin Architecture, Fab314AW, and RISE Architecture
Developed by Redhoek+
Renderings by @hb_vis
panyc/FAB314 team: Nimrod Meir Levi, Hyuein Song, Barak Pliskin
June 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Poolhaus, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
Designed by Pliskin Architecture, Fab314AW, and RISE Architecture
Developed by Redhoek+
Renderings by @hb_vis
panyc/FAB314 team: Nimrod Meir Levi, Hyuein Song, Barak Pliskin
Designed by Pliskin Architecture, Fab314AW, and RISE Architecture
Developed by Redhoek+
Renderings by @hb_vis
panyc/FAB314 team: Nimrod Meir Levi, Hyuein Song, Barak Pliskin