Yep. He’s amazing. He has blessed this city so much in the past 10+ years or so.
He is 83. Hopefully we can get 10-20 more years of projects out of him.
No other city in the world is blessed to this extent.
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You’re right, Lion. Hopefully, other architects at his firm have mastered his classical style, and we’ll get more projects like this for quite a while.
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You guys do realize that even though the firm is named after him that he isn’t the only one designing the projects nor is he the only one working there. Thats how it is at all firms that are named after a sole or few principals.
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Yes. That’s what I was getting at in my post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqnsRVgu9Dy/
The architecture/design reminds me of the old skyscrapers built around 1900 in New York.
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Beautiful. It oozes class.
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The Cortland wraps around two other buildings. The foot print is quite intricate; but every detail of the facade front & back is beautifully detailed in stone.
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Clever marketing idea here - the jumbo graphic wraps around the construction barrier wall to give it a 3D affect. This wall graphic went up yesterday. Nice.
Also, some signage on the other side…
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What on earth is that upholstered jersey barrier by the window? How much is it?
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It is AI generated furniture
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How about a ‘chain link’ light fixture. RAMSA Architecture, and RODNEY LAWRENCE interior design: brought to you by ELLE Decor… 
Also, the furniture here is real, the other photo probably computer graphics, or AI generated interior furnishings.
It’s now chic to look like you didn’t want to hire an electrician to wire new junction boxes.
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Funny, but that junction box in the ceiling is actually the issue.
There is usually only ONE electrical junction box in the ceiling: it is embedded into the concrete slab, and can not be moved. The only way to put a ceiling mounted light fixture ‘exactly’ where you need it positioned requires some ‘external’ wire like this clever use of a decorative chain/wire.
Chopping a new electrical channel into the concrete slab is not permitted: so that is why see this type of external wire used in this type of building with concrete slab ceilings/floors.
Very creative designer.
This website has some photographs of the interiors of the Cortland. If I am not mistaken, the interior design aspect of the building was not done by RAMSA - but this other firm linked below. There are a lot of beautiful photos, and a look inside of the Cortlands’ elegant interiors.
You will need to scroll thru the project splash pages till you see the “The Cortland” listed…enjoy.
Window washing at The Cortland is a sight to see… 
These guys have all the gear - and skill - of a mountain climber.
I assume this is how the windows on tall buildings get cleaned if there is no crane/lift machine mounted on top of the building.
The windows above the ground floor are not multi-pane windows: better views out, and easier to clean as well. Look at all that gear. I have 47 previous posts on this topic. Click on my infoshare tag above to see all my photos, comments & links.
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