American Medical Center
Abu Dhabi, UAE
WQB Architecture provided programming and design services for a high-tech diagnostic and treatment center for American Medical Center on behalf of Abu Dhabi. WQB programmed, designed and coordinated a full package of diagnostic services for both men and women, while maintaining cultural sensitivity through a separation of the sexes. Men and women had separate entrances, separate staff and never saw each other while attending the facility.
WQB Architecture is currently developing a Master Plan for PNG Land for development of 1,000,000 sf of
housing and health facilities. The project includes an 80 bed full service hospital which will be operated by
St. Vincent’s Hospital of Sydney, Australia.
The hospital will also include a separate medical office building which includes research facilities focused on
Malaria and Diabetes and will be sponsored by the World Health Organization of the United Nations. The
hospital will also be affiliated with St. Mary’s Health Center, a local clinic managed by PNG Land. WQB is also assisting in the redevelopment of St. Mary’s. The Master Plan will also include 250 apartments for hospital employees.
American Hospital of Moscow
Moscow, Russia
As a result of the popularity o their clinics with both the expatriate and local population, American Medical Center was asked to consider development of a hospital. As it started, Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, needed a heart bypass surgery. AMC arranged for famed heart surgeon, Michael DeBakay, to supervise the surgery. As a result, President Yeltsin and Moscow Mayor, Yuri Luzhkor had AMC bring WQB Architecture to Moscow to work with the local architects and planners on the development of the Mockba City project along the Volga River. At that time the Health Code was comprised over 20 volumes of Codes related more to Hospice State and Modern treatment. WQB worked with local architects and government officials to update the Code for modern health services. The hospital was programmed and planned as a full service treatment center with 250 patients beds and 24 VIP high security beds.
The Manhattan Initialized New York District of the Church of the Nazarene retained WQB Architecture to assist them in developing a full service international administrative center which included a performing art center, recording studio, library with coworking spaces, dormitory space for traveling and domestic students and apartments for local and international students attending the Nazarene missionary study center.
Bethal International Church
79-06 51st Ave
Flushing, New York
WQB Architecture assisted the Bethel International church in zoning and the redesign of the building envelop in the center of Elmhurst which included to providing alternative options to a corner lot to enlarge building footprint. The work anticipated construction a new five story building. WQB provided zoning analysis and preliminary designs proposal for construction of new build church. The sanctuary can host 200 people and has mezzanine to host 85 people. The building program included sanctuary, multi-purpose space, community kitchen, Sunday school classroom and dwelling unit on the top floor.
Far Rockaway Church of Nazarene co-developed an affordable housing project for 180 apartments which included retaining the first and second floor of the building for use as a new church and community facilities including a childcare center, a coworking and job development center, Roc Kitchen and Roc Studio. The sanctuary can host 700 people and has extensive audio-visual facilities with a 13 by 25 ft LED video screens available for use by community and community performance, wedding banquets and events.
400 Fifth Avenue is a LEED Silver rated residential green building project located in Harlem. At the time of its completion, it was the largest affordable and energy efficient
Freehold Corporate Center
303 West Main Street
Freehold, NJ
303 West Main Street is an office building which was originally built in 1975 and suffered from years of deferred maintenance and a negative management reputation. Working with the owner, Yassky Properties and the Schultz Organization, WQB provided planning, design and project management services for redesign of all public spaces, redesign of the building facade, redesign of landscape and public areas and redevelopment of mechanical systems including the elevators.
Court TV
600 Third Avenue
New York, New York
Type of Building:
Location: 600 Third Avenue New York, NY
Approximate area (m2): 7,432
Approximate cost ($):12 Million
Completed / under construction: Completed
Disciplines provided by the firm: Architecture, Programming, Interior design and Project Management
Court TV Required a new Headquarters for the New York offices as its share of the media audience rapidly enlarged. The new headquarters needed to expand to serve as a showplace and corporate image for a rapidly growing and evolving media enterprise.
The new headquarters space served multiple functions as a showplace for investors, production studios, research facilities for programming, support and executive staff coordinating facilities for live feeds and facilities for advance teleconferencing to remote cities and temporary locations as well as network affiliates. It required the integration of very public as well as very secure components as well as the integration of rapidly evolving high technology communication and production technology.
Alley NYC is a 16,000 square foot entrepreneurial hub, where teams and individuals can grow there businesses surrounded by like minded people, and work collaboratively in a supportive environment.
