Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects LLP

City-funded organization

Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects LLP, now doing business as MBB Architects, is a New York City architecture firm founded in 1998 by Jeffrey Murphy, Mary Burnham, and Harold Buttrick, based at 48 West 37th Street in Manhattan, known for preservation work on landmark buildings such as St. Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity Church Wall Street. Its NYC agency work is with the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) and Department of Parks and Recreation for architectural design services citywide. Checkbook NYC shows the firm holds $18 million in active city contracts as of August 2026 across 6 registrations, including a $5.8 million "Multiple award" competitively procured contract, "Home Life Building - Interior Renovation," with DDC, and has been awarded $49 million since 2010; 25% of that value, $12 million across 2 contracts, was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, both as "Renewal (not re-bid)" architectural design services requirements contracts for Parks and DDC, while its other current contracts, including a $1.8 million Maspeth Library renovation design contract and a $1.7 million DeGraw Firehouse renovation design contract, were awarded as "Multiple award"

Industry (per city contracts)
Professional Services
City contracts (active)
$17,913,982 · 6 contracts
Awarded all-time
$48,620,299 · 12 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$17,656,007
Won without a fresh bid
25% of contract value · $12,000,000 · 2 contracts
Based in
New York, NY

Holds contracts at

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

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