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Chad Smith Architect was founded in 2005. We are committed to creating sustainable and rich city life through innovative design, materials, and assemblies. Our...

Chad Smith Architect 2004 - present 2010 New York Hoffman Roof Garden (construction) San Francisco GVB House (design) New York Definitions Gym 3 (design) New York...

Sunnyside Woodside Boys And Girls Club Sunnyside, Queens, New York City design 2011-2012 This project for a 60,000 sf multi-use community center creates advantages...

American Transfer Company Building Construction 2012 with Mike Jacobs Architecture Located in the heart of Manhattan's Meatpacking neighborhood, 22 Little West...

Atlantic Vista House Fire Island Pines, New York construction 2008-9 The site for this house is unique: it is one of the few non-beachfront houses in the Pines...

Definitions Personal Training Gym New York construction 2011-12 The primary activity at a gym, as much as exercising, is looking at one’s body and at others. ...

GVB House San Francisco, construction 2012 This house is located on a rare vacant lot in San Francisco. The site is narrow and steeply sloped but with...

Hoffman Roof Garden New York, NY Construction 2010 For this new roof garden in Manhattan, we took the DNA of traditional Japanese gardens and reconfigured it. The...

Fabrication And Material Exploration Projects Project team: Chad Smith, Mike Jacobs, Biayna Bogosian

West Village Duplex Manhattan, New York construction 2004-5 The client for this duplex residence had one directive: a place for everything. Our inspiration was...

University of Georgia School of Art Manhattan, New York planning and design 2001-2 Designed while at Rogers Marvel Architects The School of Art at the University...

gHOST CITY, L.A. Competition 2010 with Mike Jacobs Architecture Los Angeles is host to the largest undocumented immigrant community in the country. As a result,...

Lite Brite Neon Convention Display New York, New York 2006

Collaborations with Olafur Eliasson New York, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Cambridge, Houston 2000-2005 Olafur ELIASSON Your now is my surroundings 2000 Skylight,...

Union Square Residence Manhattan, New York construction 2002-3 Designed while at Rogers Marvel Architects This residence is a block-long loft that is only 25 feet...

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery Manhattan, New York construction 1997-8 Designed while at Rogers Marvel Architects

Oliver Kamm Gallery New York, New York Construction 2005

Zach Feuer Gallery New York, NY 2006

Dartmouth College Arts Expansion Master Plan Manhattan, New York planning 2000-2001 Designed while at Rogers Marvel Architects The Hopkins Center for the...

South Point Wellness Center Roosevelt Island, New York City Competition 2006 Roosevelt Island has traditionally been an island of healing and refuge from nearby...

The High Line Manhattan, New York Competition 2003 Exhibited in Grand Central Station, Summer 2003 The High Line is already beautiful. Yet to be successful, the...

The Museum For Land Art Woodbridge, New Jersey 1997 The Museum For Land Art is the first institution of its kind for exhibiting Land Art. Because most of the...

Feuer Artist Residency Craryville, New York Construction 2008 Renovation of an existing church into an artist retreat, and design of the grounds. Project team:...

Fox Feuer Residence New York, New York 2005 This project combined two inefficient apartments in adjoining mews buildings into an efficient and open two bedroom...

Hoffman Residence New York, New York Construction Spring 2008 Full-height open shelving (solid walnut and mill-finish steel plates) was complimented with...

Teachers And Writers Collaborative New York, New York Construction 2006

Le Coq Sportif NA Showroom Construction 2005 This showroom for the famous European sportswear brand's launch into the North American market cost only $56 per...