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CO Adaptive’s work has won numerous awards, including the Municipal Arts Society’s MASterworks Award for Best Adaptive Reuse project. We have been showcased in the inaugural exhibition Architecture Now: New York, New Publics at the MoMA, and named as an Emerging Voice by the Architectural League of NY in 2026.







2026.03Archinect‘We Measure Success by Performance and Longevity:’ A Conversation With Emerging Voices Winners CO Adaptive
2026.02AIA New YorkBobby will speak at the AIANY COTE Driving Digital Decarbonization Symposium
2026.02The Architectural League of NY2026 Emerging Voices Winner
The biennial award recognizes eight practices across North America with distinct voices shaping the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism.
2026.02The University of PennyslvaniaKelvin will speak at the UPenn Wharton-Weitzman Future of Cities Conference
2026.02The Architect’s Newspaper2026 Twenty to Watch in Residential Architecture
2025.11Yestermorrow Design/BuildRetrofitting Passive House (Fall Speaker Series)
2025.08Remodelista8 Best Passive House Architects in the U.S.
2025.06The Architect's Newspaper2025 Best of Practice Winner
2025.06The Trust for Governors Island2025 Climate Solutions Showcase
2025.06Materials for the ArtsSalvaged Material Artist Studio Opening
COA joined MFTA and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs to celebrate the opening of the new Designer-in-Residence studio space within the MFTA warehouse, designed and built entirely from reused, donated, and salvaged materials. (Hanna Grankvist)
2025.03The Trust for Governors Island2025 Climate Solutions Challenge Winner
2025.02The Untangling Circularity PodcastDiverse + Successful Circular Partnerships
2025.01The University of VirginiaAdaptive Futures: Reclaiming Labor and Material Flows
Ruth was invited to speak at UVA alongside Jane Hutton to discuss the social and ecological dimensions of material flows, tracing the journey of materials from their sources to architectural constructs. They shared insights on building responsibly for the future, emphasizing sustainable practices and equitable labor. (Courtesy UVA)

2024.12The Architect’s Newspaper 2024 Best of Design Awards, Editors’ Pick
2024.10Brownstoner The Insider: Boerum Hill Townhouse Reno Beefs Up Energy Efficiency, Saves Detail
COA multiplied the energy efficiency of a landmarked 19th century townhouse while preserving exquisite plasterwork. (Naho Kubota)
2024.10Parsons SCESchool of Constructed Environments Lecture: Architecture as Process
2024.08
COA NewsletterThe Value of Labor: And its Role in Creating Resiliency
2024.08Remodelista Adding Energy Efficiency and Revived Style to 1860s Quarters in Brooklyn
2024.08Dezeen CO Adaptive overhauls Queens home to meet Passive House standards
2024.06Society of American Registered Architects 2024 Design Award of Excellence
2024.05The New York Times ‘You Can Be a Little Different in Queens’: Why This Home Is Not Like the Others
2024.04The Trust for Governors Island Sustainability Hub for Offshore and Coastal Solutions to Climate Change
COA has been selected to provide the interior design, lighting design, and sustainability consulting for the renovation of a 23,000 SF climate research center on Governor’s Island for Buttermilk Labs. (Courtesy Buttermillk Labs)
2024.04Syracuse Architecture NYC: In Practice, Practicum Program and Roundtable
2024.03COA NewsletterCircles Instead of Lines: Building Community Around Reuse
2024.02Cornell AAP The Circular Economy: Science and Business of Construction, Stakeholder Edition
2024.01Center for Architecture Leaning Out X / Women in Circularity Lecture
2023.12e-flux ArchitectureNew York launch of After Comfort: A User’s Guide
2023.10US Architects DeclareAdaptive Futures Series
2023.09 The Municipal Art Society of NY 2023 MASterworks Design Awards: Best Adaptive Reuse
2023.09 The Architectural League of New York Beaux Arts Ball 2023: Sea Change
Asked to design this year’s installation, COA set out to create a piece that embodies our goals around material circularity within the unique setting of the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Agger Fish Building 269. 
2023.09 DETAIL
The Mercury Store in New York by CO Adaptive Architecture
2023.09 AIA New York Building Tour: Timber Adaptive Reuse Theater by CO Adaptive
2023.09 Columbia University GSAPP Ruth and Bobby will teach an advanced design studio titled “Industry of Waste”
2023.02 The Museum of Modern ArtArchitecture Now: New York, New Publics Exhibition
New York, New Publics is the inaugural installation of Architecture Now, a new periodic exhibition series that will serve as a platform to highlight emerging talent and foreground groundbreaking projects in contemporary architecture.
2022.12Metropolis CO Adaptive Uses Low Carbon Design to Rejuvenate Old Buildings
2022.12AIA Brooklyn Design Awards Commendation For Climate Action
2022.10Holzwelt Bretter, die die Welt Bedeuten
2022.09RemodelistaThe Low Impact Home: A Sourcebook for Stylish, Eco-Conscious Living
2022.09Dezeen Awards Shortlist - Rebirth Project
2022.08NBC Open House Elegantly Renovated Bedstuy Townhouse
2022.08Madame Architect Function Before Beauty: Ruth Mandl on Questioning the Status Quo
2022.06Azure Awards Winner & People’s Choice Award in Adaptive Reuse
2022.06Architectural RecordDesign Vanguard
2022.04Design Hunter MexicoThink Green
2022.04Architect MagazineNext Progressives
2022.03Woodworks Design Award Durable and Adaptable Wood Structures Award
2022.03ArchDaily Redesigning the Road to Net Zero: How CO Adaptive is Breaking New Ground
2022.02Wallpaper Sustainable Architecture: Innovative and Inspiring Building Designs
2022 .01 Divisare CO Adaptive Architecture: The Mercury Store
2022.01Dezeen CO Adaptive Architecture converts Gowanus foundry into flexible theater spaces
2021.12CO Adaptive BuildingCO Adaptive Building is launched
2021.12Fast Company What if we didn’t build a single new building in 2022?
2021.11ICON Old Brooklyn Foundry becomes theater incubator
2021.11ArchDaily Adaptive Reuse: Rethinking Carbon, Sustainability and Social Justice
2020.12AIA Brooklyn Design AwardsWinner, Sustainable Design
2020.11Remodelista Kitchen of the Week
2020.03Clever A Passive House Grows in Brooklyn
2020.01Architect Magazine Five Construction Details to Reduce Embodied and Operational Carbon
2019.12Architect Magazine Macon Street Passive House
2019.11Interior Design COA turns a 100 Year-Old Brooklyn Brownstone Into an Energy Efficient Passive House
2019.09The New York Times A 19th Century Home in Brooklyn gets a 21st Century Makeover
2019.05NYCxDesign Awards Winner, Kitchen and Bath
2019.04Passive House AcceleratorFrom Small to Extra Large
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