Milliken & Moeller is the early-20th-century New York firm responsible for The Orwell House (1916) at 257 Central Park West — the pre-war cooperative between West 85th and 86th Streets whose dignified red-brick-and-limestone facade and substantial floor-plate program established the building as one of the more architecturally restrained commissions on the upper reaches of Central Park West. The building's recent renovation program (24-hour-attended fitness center, restored lobby, landscaped rooftop terrace with midtown skyline views) has modernized the operational character while preserving the original architectural shell. Milliken & Moeller's broader Manhattan portfolio is limited, with The Orwell House remaining the firm's most prominent residential commission and one of the more discreet, architecturally consistent options on this stretch of the avenue.
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