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Jonathan Kirschenfeld

New York architect Jonathan Kirschenfeld is the principal of Jonathan Kirschenfeld Architect PC, a firm that specializes in environmentally and socially-sustainable projects in urban housing, childcare centers, recreation and performance facilities. He has taught Columbia University’s School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, Pratt Institute, and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Kirschenfeld has been twice selected as first-alternate for the Rome Prize, and has recently founded the Institute for Public Architecture (IPA) a not-for-profit think-tank and residency colony for architects.

The Floating Pool: Jonathan Kirschenfeld

Jonathan Kirschenfeld, architect, talks about the unconventional waterfront amenity he helped bring to Hunts Point, the only community district in New York City without access to a public pool.

Architecture
Jonathan Kirschenfeld • Jan 06, 2009