why we are different:

KURV ARCHITECTURE D.P.C. is a New York City, MANHATTAN, based architecture, urban planning, design and development firm. We are a unique multidisciplinary team that combines award winning DESIGN methodology and state of the art ARCHITECTURAL design technology in order to improve upon the projects and products of BUILDINGS, SITES, STRUCTURES, SPACES and INTERIORS. Whether erected ground up as new buildings, rehabilitated, renovated, retrofitted, re-made into sustainable, PASSIVHAUS, net zero or otherwise re-imagined or re-developed, we practice the ART of adding intrinsic value through better DESIGN towards the end PRODUCT of any building or renovation project, no matter the size or scale.

We are foremost an ARCHITECTURE firm, specializing in knowing where to add tangible, intrinsic VALUE to a project through the implementation of unique award winning DESIGN. The word DESIGN is used in the broadest sense to describe the full scope of a project’s potential development process. Therefore, we work at all scales and all stages of the professional design process to ensure that increased value is always returned as a direct result of our involvement as ARCHITECTS and CONSULTANTS. 

Our architectural SERVICES include feasibility studies, zoning and land use analysis, bulk envelope massing calculations and visualizations, landmarks + preservation committee applications, board of standards and appeals (bsa) variance proposals, planning and zoning board presentations, ULURP applications, parametric modeling of building pro forma, energy modeling and design, computational design, advanced architecture and interior design, full project design development, construction documents, construction administration and project coordination. We also provide general consulting services, owner’s side project management representation, and technical consulting as well as nyc dob special project progress inspections.

Whether we have skin in the game as partners or are acting solely as consultants, or just creating and building for ourselves, we work hard to make sure that added VALUE of our CREATIVE design experience shows through to the end result in every detail of a project.

Our company's role and mission is to apply our collective knowledge and experience of the worlds of real property, buildings, ARCHITECTURE, structures, interiors, building systems, and construction in addition to the world of industrial DESIGN, industrial manufacturing, production, and digital technology onto NEW ideas and experiences for better buildings, better development projects and ultimately a better built world. Simply put, we provide a smarter built world by leveraging our unique DESIGN knowledge, our industry contacts and accumulated first hand experience. 

We are unique in our multidisciplinary approach because we design, model and oversee the production of the entirety of a building's integrated components, from the foundations and superstructure to the art that hangs on the wall, integrating everything else in-between; kitchens, lighting, plumbing, flooring, textiles, ceramics, electronics, millwork, materials and HVAC. No other design - development studio in the world can bring this broad spectrum of approach to detail into the world of buildings in such an wholistic way. 

We've all heard that a good BUILDING or SPACE is more than a sum of its individual parts. WE are what happens when everything from the development process itself down to the door handles you touch are individually well designed parts collectively working together for bigger picture results. KURV Architecture’s built projects have established a reputation for increased intrinsic value with better SPACES, BUILDINGS and PROJECT RESULTS that positively affect everyone involved, from the clients, developers and partners who initiate the projects, the tradesmen, contractors and vendors who build and construct, to the new owners, tenants, end users and the surrounding communities who DWELL within and where these projects are BUILT.

We add value by applying better DESIGN for the benefit of everyone involved in a building’s lifecycle.