KOL DOROT

KOL DOROT

Kol Dorot is a Reform Jewish Community located on Kinderkamack Road in Oradell. The Ives Architecture Studio repurposed an existing office building into a new home for the congregation, and took the project from the early planning phases through the Planning Board...
TZU-CHI BUDDHIST TEMPLE

TZU-CHI BUDDHIST TEMPLE

Cedar Grove, New Jersey Joel Ives, AIA, architect of a major renovation to an existing two-story office building, and the designer of a number of religious buildings, was the perfect candidate to renovate this structure for Tzu-Chi to convert it into a Buddhist Temple...
TEMPLE ETZ CHAIM

TEMPLE ETZ CHAIM

Livingston, NJ This synagogue,which was designed by Joel Ives, AIA, NCARB, began on a site that was an empty field. We coordinated and designed the site plan, parking, location of the building, sukkah and entrance plaza. The building program was developed to relocate...
TEMPLE EMANUEL

TEMPLE EMANUEL

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey Temple Emanuel was founded in Paterson, N.J. in 1906. Due to changing demographics, the congregation left their iconic 1929 art deco synagogue built by Jacob Fabian the theatre mogul. The beautiful structure and stained glass windows were...
TEMPLE BNAI TORAH

TEMPLE BNAI TORAH

Greenwood Lake, New Jersey The Ives Architectural Studio working with John Montoro, AIA was called in to design a new synagogue for the B’nai Torah congregation after they suffered a disastrous file that destroyed their synagogue. The insurance settlement limited the...
TEMPLE BETH SHALOM

TEMPLE BETH SHALOM

Cary, North Carolina This new synagogue was designed to be built in two phases in order to be responsive to young growing congregation that started by renting space in a church and has experienced steady growth due to Jewish families moving into the “Research...