--- title: "Andrew Franz Architect PLLC — Architects & Building Designers | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/andrew-franz-architect-pllc-pfvwus-pf~1737209000 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1737209000.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Andrew Franz Architect PLLC" category: ["Architects"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/5083c58002a8c001_2157-w400-h400-b1-p10--.jpg address: "135 West 26th Street, New York, New York 10001, United States" latitude: 40.7484 longitude: -73.9967 phone: "(212) 505-1992" website: http://www.andrewfranz.com rating: 5 review_count: 1 best_of_houzz_awards: 8 followers: 169 last_updated: 2026-09-24 --- # Andrew Franz Architect PLLC Original Houzz profile: [Andrew Franz Architect PLLC](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/andrew-franz-architect-pllc-pfvwus-pf~1737209000) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Architects - **Location:** New York, NY - **Serves:** New York City - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (1 review) - **Best of Houzz:** 8 awards (2015–2022), for Design. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Houzz Influencer - 25,000 Ideabook Saves Founded in 2003 by Andrew Franz, Andrew Franz Architect PLLC is an award-winning and widely published architecture and design studio based in New York City. With projects ranging from houses and apartments to commercial and cultural facilities, the studio creates engaging buildings and spaces that are thoughtfully detailed and highly functional with a rich, modern sensibility to stand the test of time. Noted for creating carefully crafted and exceptionally built homes and interiors, Andrew Franz Architect emphasizes the user experience and meaningful connections to the natural environment. The firm works to create flexible, comfortable spaces that bring people together, always striking a balance between practicality and pleasure. Their designs are specific to their site and purpose—neither a statement of current trends, nor seeking to recreate the past. The studio is a close-knit and experienced team of 12 architects, LEED-accredited professionals, and interior designers. The team promotes an approachable and open creative environment that shares original ideas and proven building practices. Andrew Franz Architect approaches each project as a collaborative exploration with their clients to create distinctive and intensely individual design solutions. Whether working on new construction or renovations, the studio is passionate about sustainable and lasting building practices and new technologies to make their projects as smart, energy-efficient, healthy and low-maintenance as possible while reducing costs and environmental impact. The resulting solutions are timeless and fresh, across a broad portfolio of new construction, additions, interior renovations, and historic restorations in Manhattan, on Fire Island and Long Island’s East End, in Connecticut, Colorado, and Maine, and on Martha’s Vineyard and the Bahamas. The firm’s primary goal is to create designs with a positive impact on people, communities, and the environment. ### Services Provided - Architectural Design ### Areas Served - New York City ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Andrew Franz Architect PLLC | | Address | 135 West 26th Street, New York, New York 10001, United States | | Phone | (212) 505-1992 | | Website | http://www.andrewfranz.com | | Followers on Houzz | 169 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/pages/Andrew-Franz-Architect/1453130588244124?ref=hl - Blog — www.andrewfranz.com ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Andrew Franz Architect PLLC](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/andrew-franz-architect-pllc-pfvwus-pf~1737209000) - **Website:** http://www.andrewfranz.com - **Phone:** (212) 505-1992 ## Credentials - **Best of Houzz:** 8 awards (2015–2022), for Design. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 1 review** ### All 1 review **★★★★★ — Mondo Collection, Dec. 2016** > We always look forward to see what pieces this teeam if professionals incorporates into their designs. This professional team is efficient and detailed. Working with Andrew Franz Architect is always a joy. ## Selected projects - [Tribeca Loft](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/tribeca-loft-pj-vj~1841543) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 22 - Description: In Manhattan’s landmarked Tribeca North, the top floor and roof of an 1884 warehouse are reconceived as a warm and welcoming residence with a fluid connection to the outdoor environment. A relocated mezzanine features a sunken court yard with a retractable glass roof and connects to the new green roof garden above. Embracing the building’s industrial past, a visual discourse between new and old is devised through insertions of modern materials along with restored or reclaimed materials. - [Meadow Beach House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/meadow-beach-house-pj-vj~5593036) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 20 - Description: Responding to its beachside meadow setting, a family retreat is crafted with lasting materials and designed to capture and celebrate the ever-changing views, light, and breezes. Vernacular components are distilled to their essence, and a Scandinavian sensibility blends together with the casual context of Martha’s Vineyard. To blend in with its surroundings, the house is clad in the region’s typical cedar shingles and the massing is broken down into different volumes to appear more settled in the… - [Chelsea Apartment](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/chelsea-apartment-pj-vj~1841620) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 7 - Description: To transform this 800-square-foot apartment into a spacious and light-filled place, we removed walls to bathe the space in sunlight, and added full-height glass partitions and high-gloss lacquered ceilings to brighten every inch. Historic details restored include crown moldings, door surrounds and window frames. Kitchen cabinets in white, natural fir and two alternating shades of green contrast with marble backsplashes. Acoustically separated ceilings, new glazing, air conditioning and central h… - [Park Avenue Duplex](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/park-avenue-duplex-pj-vj~1841582) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 13 - Description: A new duplex apartment with exceptional daylight and views is transformed from a grand Park Avenue residence to a contemporary, family-friendly home. Handcrafted, custom installations are designed for every room to complement its striking pre-war bones, such as the private elevator vestibule’s paneling of rosewood, white lacquer and bronze. The color palette grows subtly more intense as one approaches the more private zones. - [Hudson Street Townhouse](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/hudson-street-townhouse-pj-vj~404161) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 4 - Description: For this 1930s red-brick townhouse in New York’s Greenwich Village Historic District, we renovated and enlarged the existing mixed-use building to add functionality, openness, and green space. The building was extended in the rear creating levels of patios and terraces. A rooftop addition with a ribbon of casement windows serves as an expanded living area adjacent to a new urban roof garden. The landmarked façade was restored, including the wooden storefront at the street level, while a fire esc… - [Village Townhouse](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/village-townhouse-pj-vj~397621) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 10 - Description: A historic four-level townhouse in the Greenwich Village landmark district was enlarged and redeveloped to preserve its historic façade, windows and interior details while reworking the interiors for improved flow, comfort, efficiency and amenity. The project adds a finished garden and outdoor room as well as an improved penthouse level, all expressing the client’s notion of family. - [Soho Penthouse](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/soho-penthouse-pj-vj~397561) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 4 - Description: Created for a French filmmaker, this colorful, bright apartment takes advantage of a penthouse by opening it up to the roof, adding large windows for daylight as well as a patio with 360-degree skyline views. The colors, materials and spare lines reflect the client’s personal style. As the client desired, the pied-à-terre feels “distinctly American, harking back to the postwar optimism and experimentation of designers like Charles and Ray Eames,” wrote Wendy Goodman in New York Magazine. - [Central Park West Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/central-park-west-residence-pj-vj~404116) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 3 - Description: Through careful layout changes and the relocation of bathrooms and a kitchen, Andrew Franz Architect crafted an open, loft like three-bedroom apartment from three small studios and one-bedroom units. Using a simple palette of materials while maximizing multiple exposures to gain park views, the residence feels far larger than it is. Central air-conditioning was integrated in spite of the 7-foot beams and low, 8-foot ceilings. - [Ansonia Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/ansonia-residence-pj-vj~404093) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 5 - Description: By redistributing public and private spaces, an open, bright and modern apartment was created in architect Paul E. Duboy’s “grandest hotel in Manhattan,” the 1899 Ansonia on the Upper West Side. Contemporary appointments include a wood-paneled master bath and bespoke built-ins. - [OTTO by Andrew Franz - Molly Slide Cabinet](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/otto-by-andrew-franz-molly-slide-cabinet-pj-vj~407320) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 4 - Description: This modular wall unit offers discrete storage behind wood or metal-clad sliding panels alongside open shelves and can easily adapt to any room. The mix-and-match modules accommodate multiple storage needs while maintaining a clean, finished look. Concealed storage areas can house audiovisual systems, televisions, home office needs, clothing and -- depth allowing -- a dry bar. The storage unit is available in wood only or wood with metal sliding doors and, from two modules wide and two modules t… [See all 10 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/andrew-franz-architect-pllc-pfvwus-pf~1737209000) ## Community Q&A **Q: ceiling paint color** *(in Photo Questions)* What is the brand and finish is the ceiling paint? I’ve tried to get this glass look. A: It's 5 brushed coats satin impervo from Benjamin Moore. **Q: Who/where is sofa from? Please! This would solve the unsolvable!** *(in Photo Questions)* Thank you A: Glad you like it! It's custom made by us. **Q: Who did the landscape design?** *(in Photo Questions)* I love the overflowing greenery A: Thank you! We designed the landscaping. **Q: Tile** *(in Photo Questions)* Heath?? Color? A: Yes Heath Field Tiles in Frost **Q: where can I buy the vanity-is it custom? Its perfect.** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Glad you like it! It's custom designed by us. **Q: Where is this light fixture from?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: The chairs are PP701 / PP Mobler and the rug is Kasthall Greta-green. Hope this helps! --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-24.*