GBds Winter 2024 Newsletter

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Congratulations Frank Spataro

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GBds 2023 Summer Newsletter

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GBds 2022 Spring Newsletter

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GBds 2020 Winter Newsletter

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GBds 2019 Summer Newsletter

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The East Hampton Star

"Montauk Library Pitches $7.5 Million Expansion"

"College of Fellows Elevates Raymond Beeler, FAIA"

The Pelhams - PLUS
139 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, NY

"Six Story Rental Apartment Building Proposed at 139 Fifth Avenue"

Rockland/Westchester Journal News
70 Memorial Plaza, Pleasantville, NY

"Developer Plans 82 Downtown Pleasantville Lofts"

GBds 2018 Winter Newsletter

Read the latest on GBds Current Projects, Transformations, and Team Recognition.

LI Herald
North Bellmore Library, North Bellmore, NY

We are excited to announce that Katie Gotterbarn has joined Gallin Beeler Design Studio. Katie is a licensed architect that has been working in Westchester for nearly ten years. She brings to the firm a strong background working with public and private schools in the tri-state area. We are so glad to welcome her to the team.

GBds 2018 Summer Newsletter

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GBds 2017 Winter Newsletter

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GBds 2017 Spring Newsletter

Read the latest on GBds Selected Projects On The Board, Projects Recently Completed and Team News

Rob Texiera was awarded the AIA Westchester + Hudson Valley ARE Scholarship in December 2016. This scholarship recognizes Associate AIA members that have made significant contributions at an early stage in their careers to the profession of architecture and to encourage their pursuit of licensure. This past year Rob worked with Arch for Kids on a challenge for high school students and the Mount St Michael Architecture Club to help encourage, excited, and promote architecture as an interesting and creative career path. We are so happy for Rob and wish him much luck on upcoming exams.

On September 30th, Ray Beeler was honored with the New York State American Institute of Architects Matthew W. Del Gaudio Service Award at a ceremony in Saratoga Springs NY. The Del Gaudio Award recognizes outstanding and significant service by an AIANYS member to the profession through promoting the profession of Architecture. The Del Gaudio Award is conferred each year to an AIANYS member who has provided distinguished service to AIANYS and demonstrated notable competence advancing the profession of architecture. This annual honor award was established in 1971 in honor of Matthew W. Del Gaudio FAIA, who was one of the founders of the NYS Association of Architects and its third president from 1944-1947. Ray Beeler pictured above with Margaret O'Donoghue Castillo, 2016 AIANYS President.

GBds 2016 Spring Newsletter

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A new after-school Architecture Club had its kick-off session on September 27th at the Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx. Organized by Ray Beeler as an AIA Westchester Hudson Valley social outreach initiative, the Club will meet every week through the end of the 2016-2017 school year. Students in grades 6 – 12 will receive instruction about the profession of Architecture, current design trends, hand drawing, 2D and 3D CAD as well as going on field trips to visit significant buildings in the NY area and visiting Architect’s offices. Students interested in a career in Architecture will have mentorship opportunities and help preparing a portfolio for Architecture Schools applications.

ArchForKids facilitated a design challenge for high school students this past July at Westchester Community College. The challenge was based on the The Super School Challenge which seeks to rethink the American high school for a changing future. Karolina Spataro and Rob Texiera had the opportunity to volunteer at this event with students from Riverside High School. The students had no architectural experience but with Rob and Karolina's guidance they were able to design and build a 3-d model of what they think an American high school of the future should be.

GBds 2016 Spring Newsletter

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On September 17th, 914INC Magazine presented Gallin Beeler Design Studio with an award for Excellence in Westchester County's Small Business community. Principals Ray Beeler and Michael Gallin both expressed appreciation for not only the Westchester business environment, but also their team, some of whom are pictured with Ray and Michael.

Gallin Beeler is the recipient of over 25 awards for design excellence and we are honored to receive this one for our business acumen.

GBds is pleased to announce that they are to be recognized at 914INC's Small Business Awards for their outstanding achievements in Westchester County.

It was a long day couple of days, but GBds completed the move from Tarrytown to Pleasantville. Our new address is 23 Washington Avenue, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Our phone number remains 914.693.4004 but extensions have changed. Watch our news feed for information regarding our open house.

Gallin Beeler Design Studio has just received certification in the Westchester Green Business Challenge. GBds is the first architectural firm in Westchester County to receive this designation.

We would like to thank Dani Glaser, Scott Fernqvist and Jana Petrikova - otherwise known as Green Team Spirit - for all of their help in navigating this process.

Our journey to become certified can be viewed here

Renovation or New Construction?
Lessons from the Field on making the Right Decision
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Tarrytown architect Raymond Beeler, principal at Gallin Beeler Design Studio, and Judith Lockman, Public Library Consultant, in partnership with Westchester Library System, will discuss library construction and the decision path to renovate, add on or build new. Using real life examples, Ray and Judy will discuss processes and procedures that Boards utilize to assure their Library will meet the needs of the community well into the future.

Register Here

Michael Gallin, AIA, LEEDap, was a presenter at the 2015 AIA National Convention in Atlanta on Friday, May 15th.

The topic was "Dramatically Improve Efficiency with Project Life-cycle Information Management". Case studies highlighted these benefits during pre-design, design, bidding, construction and post construction. Attendees took away tools and techniques for implementation of information management systems for more profitable efficient operations.

"Ray Beeler, an architect from Gallin Beeler Design Studio, heard many concerns in his meetings with the staff, including:

The children’s department needs an activity room for programs.
The community room has to be reserved months in advance because it is currently the only large space available for children, teenagers, adults and community organizations to meet.
There is no young adult room.
DVDs and periodicals are scattered around the library wherever they fit."

Read the full article at LI Herald

In performing staff interviews with the North Bellmore Public Library on a project to renovate the library, it became apparent that every department had outgrown it's space. We were able to develop a program for how much space would be needed to solve all of those problems stated Ray Beeler of Gallin Beeler Design Studio

See the full article at LI Herald

On Wednesday, March 18, Gallin Beeler Design Studio was an "Ask the Expert" Exhibitor in Westchester County's Largest B2B Expo. The exhibit spaces bustled with hundreds of the region's business leaders, innovators and decision makers and is the premier business event of the year in the region. Office Manager Stacey Ronczy was on the Expo Committee and integral in deploying an exhibitor map - a MegaMixer/Expo first - sponsored and created by GBds.

GBds 2015 Spring Newsletter

Read the latest on the GBds Relocation, our Selected Projects Under Construction and Partner Engagement

AIA National Grassroots Conference gathers AIA leadership from around the country to share their initiatives and recognize accomplishments. Ray Beeler, AIA, along with Eric Goshow, AIA, Kelly Hayes McAlonie, AIA, and Georgi Ann Bailey, CAE participated in a panel to discuss AIA New York State's three year plan of change and renewal. Ray focused on his 2014 Presidency's theme of statewide outreach and engagement.

Ray also received an award for his participation and achievements regarding the three year plan and Hurricane Sandy Efforts.

Principal Ray Beeler will be speaking at the 2015 AIA Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference in Washington DC on March 6th. Georgi Ann Bailey, CAE, Hon. AIANYS, Executive Director, AIA New York State Ray Beeler, AIA, President, AIA New York State Eric Goshow, AIA, 2013 President, AIA New York State Kelly Hayes McAlonie, AIA, 2012 President, AIA New York State This workshop will examine how three AIANYS presidents were able to work together to create a portfolio centric, team-based collaborative entity.

On November 21, Michael Gallin, AIA, LEEDap will join a "talented and energetic jury" to review submissions for the AIA Rhode Island 2014 Design Awards.

Michael enjoys promoting quality design through serving on award juries. "Exceptional design requires ambition, perseverance, and talent. It is not easy to achieve and requires a team with shared goals to realize. When exceptional design is achieved it should be celebrated – this is what the AIA design awards are all about.”

The AIA Rhode Island Award Ceremony will be held Thursday, December 4, at Hope & Main in Warren, Rhode Island.

Ray Beeler and AIAWHV President John Fry

Michael Gallin and AIAWHV President John Fry

At Gallin Beeler Design Studio's core is advocating and celebrating good design. On November 5, 2014, the AIA Westchester / Mid-Hudson design awards for 2014 were presented at the annual design gala. The award committee was chaired by Michael Gallin who also served as Masters of Ceremony. Congratulations to the winners www.aiawhv.org.

Mark R. Lepage is the founder of Entrepreneur Architect , an online education resource inspiring architects to build better businesses. Mark featured Michael in his podcast on October 16, 2014.

Michael believes architecture is a synthesis of context, program and a sense of where we are in history. Mark describes Micheal as "...not only a principal at Gallin Beeler Design Studio, an award winning firm creating some fantastic modern designs, but he is also a software developer and has recently launched a project management and collaboration tool for architects named Adosar".

Listen to the podcast here

or on iTunes

Michael Gallin presented Beyond BIM: Cloud Based Project Information Management at the 2014 AIA NYS New Practice, New Design Conference.

Adosar, a database housed in the cloud, was developed and implemented at Gallin Beeler Design Studio (GBds). Adosar provides a system to deliver projects more efficiently and with higher quality. The benefits of standardizing building product data so that information can flow seamlessly from an online library to project documentation were explained.
To find out more about Adosar, please contact Michael mgallin@gb-ds.com or visit www.adosar.com.

The New York State American Institute of Architects, led by 2014 President Ray Beeler, hosted a Design Conference on the theme of “New Practice New Design” in Saratoga Springs on October 9-11th. Attended by over 300 Architects from across the state, the conference explored dramatic changes taking place in the way Architects practice and the associated design innovation that results. The event brought together world-renown Architects and academics from 6 Schools of Architecture in NYS, for an enlightening look at where the Architectural profession is headed.

GBds is partnering with the Westchester Library System as a major sponsor to provide opportunities for Library Trustees to understand the challenges entailed in providing library services to Westchester County and surrounding communities. In 2015, GBds will not only sponsor, but will be a guest speaker furthering the understanding of trustees regarding the unique nature of an expansion and/or renovation project. GBds has been instrumental in several library expansion/renovation projects including the public process of bond initiatives.

A GBds designed Kitchen won Second Place in NYC&G Innovation in Design Awards. This addition and renovation created a modern combined cooking, living, and dining experience in a traditional home. GBds work closely with Deane Kitchens, Inc. and Renae Cohen Interiors to complete this project. The Kitchen will be featured in the NYC&G October Issue

GBds was thrilled to be a raffle sponsor for the Business Council of Westchester's Entergy Day of Golf on September 23, 2014. At GBds, we create spectacular architecture through great design. We hope we can inspire great design, and to help, GBds Office Manager Stacey Ronczy presented an iPad to Jamie Johns, raffle winner and member of the BCW's Rising Star Committee.

On a rainy Saturday in August, ten intrepid teams waited to produce images relating to the 1950s for Cross County Shopping Center's Sidewalk Chalk (CCSC) Competition.

GBds chose to honor CCSC by looking back to the original design of the center. The team designed a 3D image of the hospital, Gimbel's and pedestrian area that is the core of the Center.

We would like to thank the CCSC, their management and operations personnel, for providing an opportunity to showcase our work. Thanks also to our GBds Team who took on the challenge to represent Good Design within the confines of the 1950s Theme. Every Team member provided design input and we enjoyed working together on a project.

On May 20th, Gallin Beeler Design Studio was an ‘Ask the Expert’ Exhibitor at the Westchester Business Expo at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook. Attending the leading business-to-business trade show in the Hudson Valley was invigorating. We are looking forward to Wexpo 2015!