In 1992, multiple Grammy winner Vince Gill sang a country classic with the refrain “There ain’t no future in the past.” We beg to differ. Our contemporary practice includes the preservation of many of New York City’s historic buildings—irreplaceable beacons of the past.

As the old show-business quip goes, “It’s worse than dog eat dog—it’s dog doesn’t return dog’s phone calls.” SUPERSTRUCTURES is doing its part to assure that this run-around doesn’t apply to the business of architecture and engineering. We return calls and emails—whether we end up taking the job or not.

What’s black and white and red all over? No, not a newspaper. We’re talking about SUPERSTRUCTURES’ logo. We felt it was time to reflect on what this brand symbol stands for.

SUPERSTRUCTURES’ professional relationship is ultimately with our clients: building owners. The contractors we work with also answer to owners, so we view them as natural allies in getting our designs built as intended for the benefit of our clients.

When you think of Qualified Exterior Wall Inspectors (QEWIs), think of SUPERSTRUCTURES. Why? Because we have 14 QEWIs on our team—nearly twice as many as comparably sized firms in our field.

While we can’t claim an armored Aston Martin or an exploding briefcase, SUPERSTRUCTURES does have one thing in common with James Bond’s MI6: a Tech Studio.

What do exterior restoration and sushi have in common? Sushi is an art form as much as it is a cuisine, so the best sushi is made by the most expert chefs. With forty years of experience in restoring New York’s buildings and a talented team of architects and engineers, SUPERSTRUCTURES’ practice parallels the seasoned skills required to craft world-class sushi.

We’re honored that the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has entrusted SUPERSTRUCTURES with the design for restoration of the roofs on its Manhattan campus—roofs that protect billions of dollars of irreplaceable artwork.

On every project, we take our clients’ viewpoint by asking ourselves, “What if it were our building?” or “If it were our money, how would we spend it?” This professional perspective is part of why we’ve been retained for more exterior restoration projects than any other firm in NYC.

Two years before he published the seasonal classic, A Christmas Carol (1843), Charles Dickens visited New York for the first time. He published his impressions of the city in American Notes, including this remark on the restless rebuilding of Lower Manhattan: “Wall Street has furnished and dismantled many of [its spacious houses] very often…” Today, SUPERSTRUCTURES is in the business of restoring rather than dismantling.