Gil Even-Tsur Architecture Workshop

Gil Even-Tsur Architecture Workshop sits two blocks south of 116th Street, tucked into a stretch of 12th Avenue where the Upper West Side rolls down toward the Hudson. Need plans for a storefront tilt-and-turn system or a mid-century rethink in Morningside Heights? They’ll scope the project with you, then draft the drawings and shepherd permits through city channels. Renderings can pivot from concept to code-compliant in one pass if you’re up for it, or you can hand them raw massing diagrams and walk away with full construction docs. Across the street, the 2331 12th Ave address is easy to spot: a pair of brick walk-ups with lobbies that still use the original brass letter slots. A short buzzer sequence brings a draft into the lobby within days; elevator lobbies, façade studies, and rooftop additions follow the same lean pipeline. They’ll bend steel into parametric railing profiles one week and pivot to a fiber-cement rainscreen the next, all through the same drafting table. In the end, you get one set of files—permit-ready sheets that carry straight to the contractor. Bring your rough sketches downtown and decide whether you want conceptual models, zoning verifications, or LEED pre-checks layered in. When you’re ready to lock the drawings, they hand you a stack of PDFs plus a Dropbox link and leave the rest to the builders. The ride back on the M11 bus drops you at 116th and Broadway if you’re heading east. For the most direct route, pull up their spot on the map:

Gil Even-Tsur Architecture Workshop at 2331 12th Ave—call (917) 262-0372 so they can time the draft drop to your site visit.