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
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
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
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
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
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...
TEMPLE BETH RISHON
Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes, New Jersey The Ives Group, Architects/Planners led by Joel Ives, AIA, early in the 1980’s, designed an educational center for Temple Beth Rishon and was called back years later to design this project which required a larger sanctuary that...
TEMPLE BETH AHM
Aberdeen, New Jersey The Ives Architectural Studio was called by the congregation to design a Chapel that was needed with the merger of another synagogue. Rather than heating and cooling the main sanctuary that could hold hundreds of people, the Chapel was constructed...
TEMPLE BETH ABRAHAM
Bergenfield, New Jersey Beth Abraham is a modern orthodox synagogue located in a residential neighborhood in Bergenfield, New Jersey. The congregation initially worshiped in a renovated house. The Ives Group led by Joel Ives, AIA designed a 350 seat sanctuary on the...
TEMPLE AVODA
Fair Lawn, New Jersey Joel Ives, AIA founder of The Ives Architecture Studio has performed many projects for Temple Avoda in Fair Lawn New Jersey. During the 1980’s there was a complete interior renovation of the building. Large sliding door panels were installed to...
CONGREGATION GATES OF PRAYER
Metairie, Louisiana The Ives Group, Architects/Planners founded by Joel Ives, AIA and Michael Callori of Callori Architects, were selected to design and expand a New Orleans suburban congregation that traces its origins to the Civil War. In developing the solution,...
BERGEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CHAPEL
Paramus, NJ The Bergen Regional Medical Center, located in Paramus, NJ is one of the region’s largest hospitals, and behavioral care clinics, housing many long term patients. Providing religious services and pastoral care for patients of different faiths was...
CHABAD CENTER STUDY
Florida Waterfront The Ives Architectural Studio was asked to develop a study for a Chabad Center in Florida. Our design was modeled after the iconic headquarters building of Chabad located at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn combined with the Mediterranean revival...