Chabad Interior Design

The connection is rooted in our family’s history. Our grandfather, Rabbi Sidney Sholom Hecht OBM, was very close with the Rebbe — what one would call an open-door relationship — and we are honored to carry that legacy forward by designing spaces for Shluchim and their communities worldwide. That heritage means we arrive at a project already fluent in what a Chabad house is for: fostering spiritual growth, community engagement, and cultural enrichment for every Jew who walks through the door. Each engagement is approached with meticulous attention to detail, harmonizing the principles of Torah and mitzvot with modern functionality, from masterplanning through interior design.

Our Chabad portfolio spans the United States and beyond. Notable projects include Chabad of St. Petersburg and Chabad of Venice in Florida, both Boca locations including the Chai Center, Chabad Jewish Center of Jupiter, Chabad of Guatemala, Chabad Lubavitch of Yardley in Pennsylvania, Chabad of Short Hills and the Chabad Jewish Center of Marlboro in New Jersey, Chabad of the Berkshires, Chabad of Greenwich, and campus and regional centers including Chabad of Rowan University, Chabad of Buffalo, and Chabad Downtown of Binghamton. In Crown Heights and Queens, our work includes Bais Rivkah and Ohel Chabad Lubavitch in Cambria Heights, along with the Mikvah at Chabad of the Shore in Deal, New Jersey.

A Chabad house is inherently multifunctional, and the program has to reflect that. Beyond the main sanctuary, we plan the Rabbi’s office where much of the one-on-one work of Shlichus happens; a lobby and library experience that welcomes an unaffiliated visitor as warmly as a regular; social and dining space for Shabbos meals and community events; classrooms for Hebrew school and adult education; and, where the community requires it, a mikvah. The design challenge is making these functions coexist gracefully — a room that hosts a farbrengen Thursday night and davening Shabbos morning — and our track record across dozens of Chabad houses is built on solving exactly that.

Yes. Mikvah design is part of our core Chabad work — the Mikvah at Chabad of the Shore in Deal, New Jersey is among our completed projects — and it is a discipline where halachic precision and hospitality-level design must operate together. The halachic construction of the bor and the rainwater collection system is developed under the supervision of the rav hamachshir your community designates, while our design work focuses on everything the halacha leaves open: the preparation rooms, lighting, materials, acoustics, and the sense of dignity and calm that determines whether the mikvah becomes a cherished part of community life. We coordinate both tracks from the first drawing so neither compromises the other.

Yes — masterplanning is central to how we serve Chabad communities, and phased construction is the reality of most Chabad building campaigns. We design the complete vision first: sanctuary, social hall, classrooms, mikvah, offices, and future expansion zones resolved on one coherent plan. Then we structure the phases so each stage functions fully on its own — a community should never dave in a construction site — while infrastructure like structure, mechanical routing, and plumbing is positioned so later phases connect without demolishing earlier work. A clear masterplan also serves the campaign itself: renderings and phased drawings give donors something concrete to fund, and give the Shliach a consistent story to tell from groundbreaking through dedication.

This is the defining question of Chabad design, because a Chabad house serves the full spectrum — from the observant regular to the visitor stepping into a shul for the first time. The halachic elements are non-negotiable and designed with care: the sanctuary and mechitzah, the kosher kitchen, the mikvah, each resolved with the Shliach and rabbinic guidance. The welcome is designed with equal intent: a lobby and library that feel more like gracious hospitality than institutional religion, warm materials, generous light, and spaces that make a newcomer comfortable before a single word is exchanged. Our experience across Chabad houses worldwide is precisely in making those two obligations reinforce each other rather than compete.