Gans & Company is a woman owned business with twenty-five years of experience in related fields of architecture, planning, interiors, and industrial design. Our central mission is to shape a more equitable city through the power of good design for all. Since our founding, we have been a proactive force in responding to emerging social and environmental challenges, particularly those related to housing and climate change. Our practice is deeply engaged in civic life and has contributed designs for schools, museums, housing, and restaurants to the street life and public culture of the city we love.
awards
2022 Brooklyn/Queens AIA Commendation for Sheepshead Bay
2018 Brooklyn AIA Firm Award
2016 Design Excellence Firm City of New York
2014 State AIA Design Citation for Shechet Studio
2010 National AIA Faith and Form award for Museum at Eldridge street
Design Competition AWARDS
2016 Van Alen Institute, Future Ground
2006 Architectural Record, High Density for High Ground
2001 Van Alen Institute, Under the Gowanus
1999 Architecture for Humanity, Transitional Housing for Kosovo
Grants
2018 Institute for Design + Construction : Research in Prefabrication
2006 HUD Plum Orchard New Orleans
2002 Johny Walker Keep on Walking: Refugee Emergency Housing
1996 NEA: Housing the Spectacle
1990 NYSCA: Pedestrian Connections in New York
Exhibits and Permanent Collections
2022 Center for Architecture: Re:Play Reclaiming the Commons
2022 Pratt Institute Siegel Gallery: ADFAB: Advanced Fabrication
2014 Museum of the City of New York, Making Room
2010 Guggenheim Museum, Permanent Collection, Contemplating the Void
2009 Rotterdam Biennial, How to Squat on Your Own Land
2008 US Pavilion Venice Biennial, Positioning Practice
2007 Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, After the Flood
2005 Rosenbach Museum, Philadelphia, Cities without Citizens
2003 Slought Gallery, Philadelphia, Cities without Citizens I
2004 New York Historical Society, Permanent Collection, WorkBox
2001 Van Alen Institute, First Step Housing
1991 RIBA London and IFA Paris, Transitional Housing
1988 Parsons, Bearings
1989 The Architectural League of New York, New Schools for New York
1987 The Architectural League of New York, Vacant Lots