Multimedia Marketing Company Blue Bottle, a new startup multimedia company at the height of the dotcom boom, brought in DDA to create their corporate offices.  The space they acquired was a  tired, traditional landscape of cubicles and offices – not conducive to the company’s open, interdisciplinary working style. The main goal was to remove the maze-like divisions…

Community Cafe, Montclair NJ The client approached DDA with the notion to take a long neglected two family rental house sitting on a busy corner next to a train station, and turn it into a  vital community cafe that would serve activities as diverse as busy morning commuters’ coffee pick-ups and relaxing afternoon gatherings for book clubs. DDA…

Audio Production Facility Tonic (formerly known as Cool Beans) asked DDA to design a new home in their raw space. The client’s objective: a space with cutting-edge acoustic resources that exudes the playful creativity they promise clients. A structural theme of deep concrete beams radiates throughout the facility.  From there, a high-energy improvisation takes over, with bursts of…

 30,000 Square Foot Multimedia Facility The Imaging Consortium, a national multimedia company based in Texas, hosted a competition to select an architect of record for their New York facility. DDA won the contract for the 30,000 sq.ft. office and production house facility. The program included offices, conference rooms, audio and video booths, shooting stage, photo…

Offices, Audio and Video Editing Facilities, Staff lounge and Lobby Renovation Showtime Networks, the national cable TV company, needed new audio/video editing facilities as well as the reconfiguration of their existing offices, staff area and public lobby. The space is designed in a classic, yet modern style, reflecting the client’s wishes. A seamless blend of…

Landmark Building Renovation The owners of this landmark warehouse building on one of the prime blocks in Tribeca, sought to capitalize on the changing fate of the neighborhood and completely renovate the ground level retail space.  Previously a crude and funky disco, DDA renovated the entire space, creating two retail spaces, one office space, and a portion…

16,000 sq.ft. Orthopedic Office with Physical Therapy Center. Engelwood Orthopedic Associates brought DDA in to renovate and expand their existing facility. The existing 7,000 sq.ft office was dark and cramped with bad circulation and dark, dated interiors.  EOA, the largest orthopedic practice in Northern New Jersey, expanded into additional space on two floors of the building.  They…

Audio Production Facility The challenge issued by client Broadway Video was to create a facility that promotes openness and teamwork between quiet recording rooms and several noisy departments (reception, offices, kitchen, lounge, machine room). The entire floor is treated as one performance space. The “acoustic path” connects the bustle of the business center to the…

Video Production Facilities and Offices Calling upon a history of successful projects, New York City’s famed public broadcasting station, WNET, once again came to DDA to design their facilities after a relocation including New York’s first High-Definition Video Edit Room.  Over the years, DDA has designed over 10,000 square feet of space for WNET maintaining a…

New 16,000 sq.ft of Medical Facility Englewood, New Jersey based Cardiology Consultants approached DDA to design the interiors of their new 16,000 sq.ft cardiology facility including diagnostic, treatment and post surgical spaces. The thoughtful, warm design takes patient-focused concepts to their furthest extension and provides a high-quality environment with a warm and inviting atmosphere. Space planning is based on a “node” concept with four…