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Winning entry, Pablo Esteban Zamorano and Marcos Cárdenas

Winners have been recently announced for the Lavender Lake art factory competition sponsored by suckerPUNCH. This competition proposed a new artists factory for the “public space” site of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York.

The proposals were designed to both foster creative production and attract visitors to the factory and neighborhood. The factory will contain private/shared art studios, a storefront gallery/bar, analog/digital shops, and live/work spaces for rotating artists in residence.

Pablo Esteban Zamorano and Marcos Cárdenas from Santiago, Chile won the competition with their proposal “Water Fields”. See the winners and honorable mentions after the break. read more »

Bruce Ratner originally looked to Frank Gehry to design the Atlantic Yards’ basketball arena, a 22 acre development project in Brooklyn.  Gehry’s scheme looked promising as the arena and surrounding buildings were carefully categorized in different zones and then reassembled to create “startling urban moments.”  When Gehry was fired early in the summer and replaced by Kansas-based firm Ellerbe Becket, many were worried that the project would not be realized with the care Gehry had given it.  When Becket’s original design seemed below par, Ratner quickly hired SHoP Architects to get the design back on track.

More about SHoP’s addition to the Atlantic Yards after the break. read more »

Architects: Slade Architecture
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Client: Ricky Kenig
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Jordi Miralles

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Innovative developer, Eli Karp of Supreme Builders, partners with world-renowned artist, Edin Velez, to showcase fascinating video art in techno-chic condo lofts. The Opening Reception will be on Thursday, April 2nd, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at The Sydney, one of the Hello Living buildings, located at 957 Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Check in for the event will be at The Madison, located at 925 Pacific Street. Guests are invited to watch Velez at work and become art subjects in a special video featuring couples kissing.

Assets can be found here.
More information here.

In June 2008, Transportation Alternatives launched the competition 21st Century Street. Partecipants to the competition should redesign the intersection between 9th Street and 4th Avenue in Brooklyn, in order to allow more space for pedestrians, cyclists and public transports.

On December 9, 2008, the results of the competition have been announced, and you can see the winners after the break.

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