Fradkin Cooper Architects is a New York City based collaborative design practice.

Our experience encompasses a diverse range of project types, including:

  • Institutional projects such as schools, daycares, and higher education

  • Commercial projects such as offices and retail

  • High-end residential including townhouse guts, apartment renovations, and new construction

  • Adaptive reuse and work within historic properties 

We practice architecture as a collaborative discipline through dialogue with our team and our clients.  Our approach brings our talents, insight, and leadership grounded in decades of experience to thoughtfully and creatively design to our clients’ objectives.  Our designs are transformative and inspiring to those who use them.

Fradkin Cooper is the successor firm to Fradkin & McAlpin Architects, following David McAlpin’s retirement in 2024.

BENNETT FRADKIN, AIA

PRINCIPAL

Bennett has over 40 years of experience working on a diverse array of projects.

Throughout his career, Bennett has been responsible for a number of widely renowned projects, including the new Science, Technology & Innovation Center for Landmark College; the Russell Sage Foundation’s expansion of their Philip Johnson headquarters; as well as overseeing the firm’s international work for Tiffany & Co.  Bennett was also the driving force behind the design of technically complex projects such as the Brooklyn Brewery and the New York Distilling Company.

Bennett received his B. Arch from Carnegie Mellon University, and is a registered architect in New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Colorado, Washington DC, and Hawaii.

LIBBY COOPER, AIA

PRINCIPAL

Libby joined FMA in 2008 and has since been instrumental in the majority of our religious and community projects.  She excels at coordinating diverse teams for complex and institutional projects such as the historically sensitive renovation of the Brick Presbyterian Church and School, and numerous projects for the Salvation Army, the Archdiocese of New York, and Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Libby holds a B. Arch from the Cooper Union, and is a registered architect in New York.