Landmark Preservation Commission
Design Studio: C&G Partners
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the agency responsible for administering the City’s Landmarks Preservation Law. It protects New York’s architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings and districts by granting landmark designation and overseeing their care after approval.
Signage and Environmental Graphics
Privacy Film System
C&G Partners, in collaboration with MBB Architects, developed a comprehensive environmental graphics system for LPC’s new offices. The visual identity draws inspiration from LPC’s distinctive perforated approval stamp, creating a unified dot-pattern motif that anchors the experience of the space.
Perforated Approval System
Environmental Graphics
This motif appears throughout: applied to glass conference rooms as privacy film referencing historic windows; used in large-scale halftone murals of iconic landmarks; and embedded into signage, where rooms are named after notable NYC architectural styles.
Signage
We also created a cohesive display framework for landmark photography—consolidating a once-disparate archive into a unified visual system. A curated slide library and interpretive signage highlight a historic column, a remnant of the site’s past as an Art Deco restaurant, adding richness and texture while reinforcing LPC’s civic mission.