Kliment Halsband Architects is a leading architecture firm based in New York City with a 50-year reputation for design excellence. The firm is led by four partners -- Frances Halsband FAIA, Alex Diez AIA, LEED AP, Michael A. Nieminen FAIA, and Michael Maza AIA, LEED AP-- and is characterized by their direct involvement in all aspects of each project. The work of the firm has been recognized with over 100 awards, including the AIA Firm Award in 1997 and the New York AIA Chapter AIA Medal of Honor in 1998, each of which is one of the highest honors given annually for consistently distinguished architecture.The firm has a diverse portfolio that includes over 100 completed projects across the United States, with a special expertise in education, culture, religious, civic, and government projects. These projects include campus master planning, programming and design of new structures, and the renovation and transformation of existing buildings. Recently completed projects include the renovation three historic townhouses at Friends Seminary in New York City, joining seven buildings around a central court; a new center for the School of Global Public Health at New York University in New York City; and a prototype for a self-sustaining ambulatory surgical facility for Mount Sinai in Kyabirwa, Uganda.