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The restoration of the Old Main Terrace at Delbarton School — one of New Jersey's most distinguished independent schools — required the same precision and sensitivity that defines our finest residential commissions. New York Roofscapes undertook a complete transformation of the deteriorated terrace, replacing the original surface with large-format grey paving, installing a new decorative balustrade railing system, continuous planter boxes with hydrangeas and ornamental grasses, and integrated up-lighting to illuminate the historic stone façade at night. The project was completed between May and October 2018 in collaboration with David R. Salerno ASLA. The terrace restoration techniques developed across 25 years of NYC roof deck construction and penthouse terrace design were applied here to a historic stone building requiring the same sensitivity as a Manhattan landmark — proof that the standards New York Roofscapes sets on New York City rooftops translate to any scale of institutional commission.

Founded in 1891, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, is one of the most storied institutions in American sports — the oldest incorporated golf club in the United States and home to the oldest purpose-built golf clubhouse in America, designed by Stanford White. Ahead of the 2018 U.S. Open, one of golf's four major championships, New York Roofscapes was selected to replace and restore the original 1891 wraparound porch on the main clubhouse and the deck outside the pro shop. Before a single material was specified, David R. Salerno ASLA, principal of New York Roofscapes, Inc., studied the archive of Stanford White's original architectural drawings and the club's 127-year construction record — examining the porch profiles, decking module, and structural logic of the original design to ensure that every element of the restoration answered to White's architectural intent rather than merely approximating it. The ipe hardwood species, the structural connection details: each was resolved against the documentary record before fabrication began. Construction was then executed by New York Roofscapes' own skilled craftsmen to the methodically precise standards that a Stanford White landmark and a U.S. Open championship venue deserves. The result is a seamless restoration — one that honors the original architecture, meets the demands of a world-class sporting institution, and stands as evidence that the craftsmanship New York Roofscapes brings to Manhattan's finest penthouse terraces and NYC roof decks translates without compromise to any scale of historic commission.

Bell Works — the landmark Eero Saarinen-designed Bell Labs campus in Holmdel, New Jersey, reimagined as a mixed-use innovation hub — presented one of the most ambitious exterior transformation projects in our firm's history. Saarinen's 1962 masterpiece, with its vast glass curtain wall and uncompromising modernist geometry, demanded a roof deck design that could hold its own against one of the defining works of 20th-century American architecture. Before a single element was specified, David R. Salerno ASLA, principal of New York Roofscapes, Inc., studied the archive of Saarinen's original architectural drawings and the building's construction documentation — examining the curtain wall module, the structural bay rhythm, the material palette, and the proportional logic of the original design to ensure that the roof deck answered to Saarinen's architectural intent rather than competing with it. The ipe herringbone tile field, the sedum green roof panels, the custom steel cable railings, the grey concrete bench profiles: each material and dimension was resolved against the documentary record before fabrication began. Construction was then executed by New York Roofscapes' own skilled craftsmen to the methodically precise standards that an Eero Saarinen architectural landmark deserves — the same standards we hold on every commission, from Manhattan penthouse terraces to co-op amenity roof decks across New York City.