Heralding a new chapter for the nearly 20-year-old practice, integrated design firm Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design (JZA+D) has announced the opening of a new office in Midtown Manhattan. With licenses secured to operate and practice architecture in New York State, the firm’s leadership seeks to bring the JZA+D’s valuable experience and long track record to bear on a range of projects in the New York metro region and beyond. 

Known globally for design innovation, JZA+D was founded in 2006 by managing partner Joshua Zinder, AIA, LEED AP, and has since amassed a considerable portfolio of works in architecture, interiors, product, furniture, and graphic design under the direction of Zinder and partner Mark A. Sullivan, AIA, LEED AP. At the same time, the firm has emerged as a pillar of the building and real estate communities both locally in Princeton, New Jersey — where it is headquartered — and regionally and across the United States and globally.

“JZA+D works across as many sectors and typologies as possible, because we believe firmly in the importance of cross-pollination of ideas,” says Zinder, a past-president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New Jersey chapter. “The results are innovative, modern and cost-effective solutions that are in demand widely. I started my career here in New York, and we have projects — completed, active or in planning — in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan as well as over the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J.”

Adds Zinder, “Expanding our practice to Manhattan just seemed like a natural next move for us.”

Now bringing the same commitments to innovation, sustainable design and support for local communities to the New York Metro Region, the firm has recently completed a gallery space in Tribeca, and is currently at work on an Upper West Side residence and a senior center in Queens. JZA+D is also providing ongoing design and consulting services to two synagogues in Brooklyn and Jersey City, through its DBA division Landau | Zinder Architecture, which focuses on design for Judaic spaces. 

Previous work in New York includes multiple residential interiors, plus an illustrative example of the firm’s talent for adaptive reuse: the transformation of a three-story mixed-use property in Queens into a meeting hall for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056.

To lead the New York office Zinder and Sullivan have named principal Richard Perry, AIA, LEED AP. With over 30 years of experience on a variety of project types, Perry is a registered architect in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut whose extensive experience working in the region has more than prepared him for the task. 

“I live in New York City and have for quite some time,” says Perry. “As one of JZA+D’s leaders I’ve seen how clients and communities respond both to our built work and our involvement and advocacy, and I believe the New York Metro Region will benefit from our being more active here.”