Comments on: 56 Leonard Street, New York / Herzog & de Meuron

By: From the BLDGBLOG: Cloud « Final Major Project

From the BLDGBLOG: Cloud « Final Major Project — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:08:48 +0000

[...] Habitat 67 as redesigned by BIG in an era of heavily cantilevered structural glass, by way of Herzon & de Meuron, OMA, and perhaps a kind of aerialized Kengo Kuma, in this recent proposal by Singapore’s [...]

By: Alfredo C.F. Lin

Alfredo C.F. Lin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:11:56 +0000

I have to say MAD takes the step even further, comprable to cubist form Herzog & de Meuron in 56 Leonard Street http://bit.ly/91rcHL

By: Taylan

Taylan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:37:16 +0000

the users do not know the history of architecture.
they see something, they like it or not. it is liveable or not. the rest of the noise is luckily heard and made by architects.

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:39:59 +0000

I discovered why I didnt saw its construction site: everything’s stopped due finacial problems :D

By: oscar falcón lara

oscar falcón lara — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:51:30 +0000

This building will definitely be a great sight once it is finished. I can imagine any of those higher apartments being used as a set for a movie or a tv show. Beckons a thought or two.

By: Miao Zhang

Miao Zhang — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:15:39 +0000

That’s nice.I really like it.Meaybe the bean at the first floor is little strang.How does it conect with the inverianment?

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:23:07 +0000

Yesterday I was near the site but I dont saw anything that remember a constuction site. Are they two Leonard Street in New York or what?

By: ygogolak

ygogolak — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:55:47 +0000

So every building that is done now has to credit the person who had a similar idea? It’s all been done before to some extent. I didn’t know Rudolph was the first of his kind to do such work, and to imply that shows a lack of “knowledge of architectural history, theory, and reason”.

By: moun

moun — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:35:13 +0000

I just wanna know, what’s on the ground floor? A bean? A potato? Why? So strange for them to put such a sculpture there.

By: Michelle M McCormack

Michelle M McCormack — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:30:19 +0000

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