Bureau V Architecture

Combining the fields of architecture, design, and creative technologies, Bureau V Architecture (BVA) create destination projects of lasting significance, from cultural institutions to performances to virtual spaces.

Bureau V Architecture (BVA) is an award-winning, LGBTBE-certified interdisciplinary architecture and design studio founded by Peter Zuspan and Stella Lee, based in Brooklyn, New York. The studio specializes in culturally responsive design for nonprofit arts institutions, theaters, galleries, hospitality, and mixed-use developments. Landmark projects include the National Sawdust chamber music hall in Williamsburg — called "the city's most vital new-music hall" by The New York Times — the Bushwick Starr theater, and the Brooklyn Public Library Dweck Cultural Center. BVA's work has been recognized with AIA Honor and Merit Awards, the Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research, the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize nomination, an Architectural Digest Innovators designation, and a LEED Gold certification. The firm's collaborative work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale of Art, the Gwangju Biennale, MoMA PS1, Cooper Hewitt, and the Fondation d'Entreprise Galeries Lafayette. Clients include the Brooklyn Public Library, San Francisco Opera, National Sawdust, the Bushwick Starr, Chapter NY Gallery, and HERE Arts Center.

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Peter Zuspan standing in the Bushwick Starr lobby in front of a colorful mural on a rolling garage door

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Architectural Digest Profiles BVA's Peter Zuspan

Street-level brick facade of the Bushwick Starr theater with metal windows, graffiti, and show posters on exterior wall

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The Bushwick Starr

Peter Zuspan standing in a darkened theater space, lit dramatically in red and blue, beside a scaffold structure

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Interior Design Magazine Interviews BVA's Peter Zuspan

Wide-angle interior of National Sawdust chamber hall showing crisscrossing black beams, white acoustic panels, stage, and grand piano

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National Sawdust

Rendering of Dweck Cultural Center performance space with faceted dark ceiling, tiered seating, and three panelists on a lit stage

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Brooklyn Public Library Dweck Cultural Center

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BVA combines the fields of architecture, design, and creative technology.

From cultural institutions and mixed-use urbanism to performances and virtual spaces, we create destination projects of lasting significance.

Let's design the future together

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