CURBED NY: BAM Cultural District Hotel Plans to Involve Local Arts Groups →

In February, plans were announced for a 200-room hotel in the BAM Cultural District, and we chatted with a member of the development to get more details about the 30-story, Thomas Leeser designed tower soon to rise at 95 Rockwell Place. Mitch Garrett, Vice President of Acquisitions and Development at VOS Hospitality, Second Development Services' partner on the project, sent along a few more renderings, telling us the design is trying to "literally fracture the mold" with a sliced facade featuring crevice-like cutouts....read more at Curbed NY >>

LONDON TIMES: The World's 50 Best Museums →

Before they made films in Hollywood, they made them in Queens: this museum, which has recently been extensively renovated, is housed in the former Astoria Studios complex. Here you’ll find one of the largest and most comprehensive collection of artefacts relating to the art, history, and technology of the moving image. And it’s loads of fun: you don’t have to be a geek to be fascinated by what you’ll find here - dub your voice into The Wizard of Oz, or alter the soundtrack of a film so a chance sequence goes from sinister to jolly. Brilliant. Don’t miss the fantastic collection of early arcade games...read more at The Times >>

ARCH DAILY: Museum of Moving Image Wins 2013 Red Dot Design Award →

LEESER Architecture’s design for the Museum of Moving Image has recently been announced as the winner of the 2013 Red Dot Design Award in its highly competitive Architecture and Urban Design category.  Completed in 2011, the Museum of the Moving Image houses a comprehensive collection dedicated to educating the public about the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media...read more at ARCH Daily >>

The ARCHITECT'S NEWSPAPER: Unveiled> Rockwell Place Hotel Leeser Architecture adding a multifaceted tower to the Brooklyn Downtown Cultural District. →

As its expansion of the BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn and UrbanGlass complex nears completion, Leeser Architecture is embarking on its next project in the Brooklyn Downtown Cultural District. The Brooklyn-based firm has been tapped to design the new 200-room Rockwell Place Hotel next to The Theater for a New Audience. With the new Barclays Center only a block away and a flood of new arts and cultural venues cropping up in the area, the 30-story hotel will accommodate the growing number of visitors flocking to the borough...read more at The Architect's Newspaper >>

CURBED NY: 200-Room Hotel Planned for BAM Cultural District →

The BAM Cultural District is getting another new tower, this time a hotel. The Post reports that at 200-room hotel will be rising at 95 Rockwell Place, not far from the 32-story apartment building planned by Two Trees. To design the hotel, developer Second Development Services tapped architect Thomas Leeser, who has created such stunners as the Museum of the Moving Image and the 2012 London Olympic Park...read more at Curbed NY >>