Over the past 40 years, Marvin H. Meltzer has crafted a boutique architecture practice focused on the creation of a variety of housing types, including low income, special needs and affordable housing for the non-profit sector. In addition, his portfolio of work encompasses market rate and luxury housing; community and educational facilities, as well as mixed-use and cultural/religious projects.

Marvin has a reputation of designing projects on difficult sites with complex conditions. He is expert at maximizing buildable square footage, and in many cases has been able to find creative ways to add more square footage to a project without sacrificing the aesthetic quality of the exterior facades.

His design for Melrose Court, a high density, low rise affordable condo project in the Bronx won the "Pillars of the Industry Award" for the best multi-family project in the country in 1994. In 2002, Marvin was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award for "an illustrious career that has added to the betterment of Architecture in New York City."