CO Adaptive’s work has won numerous awards, including the Municipal Arts Society’s MASterworks Award for Best Adaptive Reuse project. We have been recognized as part of Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard, and showcased in the inaugural exhibition Architecture Now: New York, New Publics at the MoMA.







2025 NovemberYestermorrow Design/Build SchoolRetrofitting Passive House (Fall Speaker Series)
2025 AugustRemodelista8 Best Passive House Architects in the U.S.
2025 JuneArchitect's Newspaper2025 Best of Practice Winner
2025 JuneThe Trust for Governors Island2025 Climate Solutions Showcase
2025 JuneMaterials 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 MarchThe Trust for Governors Island2025 Climate Solutions Challenge Winner
2025 FebruaryThe Untangling Circularity PodcastDiverse + Successful Circular Partnerships
2025 JanuaryThe 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 DecemberThe Architect’s Newspaper 2024 Best of Design Awards, Editors’ Pick

2024 OctoberBrownstoner 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 OctoberParsons SCESchool of Constructed Environments Lecture: Architecture as Process
2024 August
COA NewsletterThe Value of Labor: And its Role in Creating Resiliency

2024 AugustRemodelista Adding Energy Efficiency and Revived Style to 1860s Quarters in Brooklyn
2024 AugustDezeen CO Adaptive overhauls Queens home to meet Passive House standards
2024 JuneSociety of American Registered Architects 2024 Design Award of Excellence

2024 MayThe New York Times ‘You Can Be a Little Different in Queens’: Why This Home Is Not Like the Others
2024 AprilThe 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 AprilSyracuse Architecture NYC: In Practice, Practicum Program and Roundtable

2024 MarchCOA NewsletterCircles Instead of Lines: Building Community Around Reuse
2024 FebruaryCornell AAP The Circular Economy: Science and Business of Construction, Stakeholder Edition

2024 JanuaryCenter for Architecture Leaning Out X / Women in Circularity Lecture

2023 Decembere-flux ArchitectureNew York launch of After Comfort: A User’s Guide
2023 OctoberUS Architects DeclareAdaptive Futures Series
2023 September The Municipal Art Society of NY 2023 MASterworks Design Awards: Best Adaptive Reuse
2023 SeptemberThe 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 September DETAIL
The Mercury Store in New York by CO Adaptive Architecture

2023 September AIA New York Building Tour: Timber Adaptive Reuse Theater by CO Adaptive
2023 September Columbia University GSAPP Ruth and Bobby will teach an advanced design studio titled “Industry of Waste”
2023 February 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 DecemberMetropolis CO Adaptive Uses Low Carbon Design to Rejuvenate Old Buildings
2022 DecemberAIA Brooklyn Design Awards Commendation For Climate Action
2022 OctoberHolzwelt Bretter, die die Welt Bedeuten

2022 SeptemberRemodelistaThe Low Impact Home: A Sourcebook for Stylish, Eco-Conscious Living
2022 SeptemberDezeen Awards Shortlist - Rebirth Project
2022 AugustNBC Open House Elegantly Renovated Bedstuy Townhouse

2022 AugustMadame Architect Function Before Beauty: Ruth Mandl on Questioning the Status Quo
2022 JuneAzure Awards Winner & People’s Choice Award in Adaptive Reuse
2022 JuneArchitectural RecordDesign Vanguard
2022 AprilDesign Hunter MexicoThink Green
2022 AprilArchitect MagazineNext Progressives
2022 MarchWoodworks Design Award Durable and Adaptable Wood Structures Award
2022 MarchArchDaily Redesigning the Road to Net Zero: How CO Adaptive is Breaking New Ground
2022 FebruaryWallpaper Sustainable Architecture: Innovative and Inspiring Building Designs
2022 JanuaryDivisare CO Adaptive Architecture: The Mercury Store
2022 JanuaryDezeen CO Adaptive Architecture converts Gowanus foundry into flexible theater spaces
2021 DecemberFast Company What if we didn’t build a single new building in 2022?
2021 NovemberICON Old Brooklyn Foundry becomes theater incubator
2021 NovemberArchDaily Adaptive Reuse: Rethinking Carbon, Sustainability and Social Justice
2020 DecemberAIA Brooklyn Design AwardsWinner, Sustainable Design
2020 NovemberRemodelista Kitchen of the Week
2020 MarchClever A Passive House Grows in Brooklyn
2020 JanuaryArchitect Magazine Five Construction Details to Reduce Embodied and Operational Carbon
2019 DecemberArchitect Magazine Macon Street Passive House
2019 NovemberInterior Design COA turns a 100 Year-Old Brooklyn Brownstone Into an Energy Efficient Passive House
2019 SeptemberThe New York Times A 19th Century Home in Brooklyn gets a 21st Century Makeover
2019 MayNYCxDesign Awards Winner, Kitchen and Bath
2019 AprilPassive House AcceleratorFrom Small to Extra Large
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