In taking on the design and administration of a $1.8 million rooftop renovation project for the United Nation’s International School in Manhattan, the team at Bone/Levine Architects wanted to honor the school’s tradition as a premiere learning institution. Located on the East River, the private school, completed in the early 1970s, is home to students from around the world.
The renovation features a 42,000-square-foot recreational roof installed during the summer breaks, 20,160 square-feet in 2013 and 21,840 square-feet in 2014. The finished multi-purpose roof includes basketball and tennis courts, track, and of course, soccer, or as most students at the school would call it, “football.”