city based architecture firm founded by adam kushner noted primarily for its residential and restaurant designs . contents 1 adam kushner 2 in house group affiliated contracting venture 3 notable projects 4 references 5 external links adam kushner edit adam kushner was born in new york city and subsequently moved to suburban long island where he graduated from plainview old bethpage john f. kennedy high school . he then obtained his ba in architecture in 1986 at rensselaer polytechnic institute his march in architecture in 1994 at cornell university and founded kushner studios in 1994 . kushner has taught at pratt institute in the graduate school of architecture as an adjunct professor at njit and nyit and as a design studio instructor at cornell university . 1 2 3 4 in house group affiliated contracting venture edit kushner studio s practice includes the related fields of construction and hands on fabrication of many of the projects it designs through its related general contracting firm in house group inc. this follows a relatively new trend where architects become involved in the development of the projects that they have designed . 5 notable projects edit kushner studios designed the baxter street condominiums which included the first automated parking system in new york city and second in the united states . 6 7 the firm has designed an apartment unit located on barrow street incorporating reclaimed new york city subway car doors and see through glass floors 8 9 as well as other custom apartment renovations . 10 11 the purchase of this townhome was chronicled in season two of bravo s million dollar listing new york . 12 13 additionally the firm specializes in restaurant design and construction having designed new york city eateries including meet 14 en brasserie 15 m.wells penolopes times square caf and kings county distillery . references edit powell matthew september 20 2013 . nydc preview ups excitement for openhousenewyork . designwire.interiordesign.net . archived from the original on january 8 2014 . retrieved november 25 2013 . 5.11.07 adam kushner . new york social diary . may 11 2007 . retrieved november 1 2013 . driver s ed . interior design . august 29 2005 . retrieved november 25 2013 . adam kushner . architizer . retrieved november 25 2013 . gregor alison november 26 2007 . more architects don developers hats . therealdeal.com . archived from the original on october 9 2013 . retrieved november 25 2013 . marino vivian august 22 2004 . postings ; automated parking no tipping necessary . new york times . retrieved november 25 2013 . hughes c.j. december 6 2006 . an urban parking perk the automated garage . new york times . retrieved january 17 2014 . cardwell diane august 15 2011 . these apartments may as well already have monograms . new york times . retrieved january 17 2014 . pope chappell maya september 28 2010 . subway doors in penthouse . the wall street journal . online.wsj.com . retrieved november 25 2013 . rozhon tracie february 3 2008 . a shower stall with a view . new york times . retrieved january 17 2014 . barbanel josh april 3 2005 . a symbol of rebirth in bushwick . new york times . retrieved january 17 2014 . polsky sara january 7 2013 . architect adam kushner buys minetta lane salad house sold stuff curbed ny . ny.curbed.com . retrieved november 25 2013 . 16 minetta lane . ny.curbed.com . retrieved november 25 2013 . grimes william march 8 2002 . meet nyc restaurant review new york city restaurant reviews the new york times . events.nytimes.com . retrieved november 25 2013 . reika and jesse alexander en brasserie . the new potato . june 27 2013 . archived from the original on august 30 2013 . retrieved november 25 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kushner studios & oldid 696537684 categories architects from new york city navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 december 2015 at 21 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view