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  • Christopher McVoy

    Part-time Lecturer

    Email
    chrismcvoy@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Christopher McVoy

    Profile

    Chris McVoy co-founded O’Neill McVoy Architects in 2012 to make transformative architecture by catalyzing the latent potentials of a project – the special qualities of site, client’s aspirations, and cultural exigencies.  The studio’s award-winning built work and theoretical proposals include residential, commercial and institutional buildings realized with the aim of elevating the everyday through shaping contours of space and material, animated by light.

    Chris is an expert in the design and construction of cultural and educational buildings.  He also specializes in seamlessly integrating new projects into contexts of cultural and historical importance.  Prior to co-piloting O’Neill McVoy Architects, he was Senior Partner at Steven Holl Architects for over two decades, where he is now Partner Emeritus. Chris has led transformative designs for a wide-range of public and private clients.  His work has received international recognition and awards. He has lectured widely, and has been an active visiting critic at several universities.

    Degrees Held

    Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Master of Architecture, 1992

    University of Virginia, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 1986

     

    Recent Publications

    “O'Neill McVoy inserts mass-timber children's museum into 1920s Bronx powerhouse.” Dezeen, April 2023

    “Bronx Children’s Museum is Just Antic Enough.” Justin Davidson. New York Magazine, February 2023

    “New Topographical Landscape by O’Neill McVoy Architects.” Architectural Record, February 2023

    “A Conversation with Steven Holl and Chris McVoy on the Recently Opened Kinder Building.” DOMUS, 2020

    “Winter Visual Arts Center at Franklin & Marshall College by Steven Holl Architects” Architectural Record 2020

     

    Awards And Honors

    O’Neill McVoy Architects, Bronx Children’s Museum:

    Urban Land Institute NY 2023 Excellence in Adaptive Reuse

    Architect Magazine 2023 Architecture & Interiors Award for Civic & Cultural Interiors

    Architect’s Newspaper 2022 Best of Design Award for Interiors-Institutional

     

    O’Neill McVoy Architects, Church Hill Community Hybrid:

    Architect's Newspaper 2022 Best of Design Award for Social Impact & Project of the Year Finalist

    Architizer A+ 2022 Award Special Mentions for Mixed Use & Architecture + Concrete

     

    Current Courses

    Design Studio 6
    PUAD 4011, Spring 2025

    Past Courses

    Design Studio 5
    PGAR 5401, Fall 2024

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