Design practices SO-IL and West 8 have won a competition to redesign a 37-acre cultural hub along New York's Niagara Gorge. The project will include a renovated main stage and an outdoor ampitheatre, as well as a series of pathways, galleries and viewing stations integrated into the canyon. The teams are tasked with the development of a strategy to revitalize the Artpark grounds, while improving connectivity, facilities and programs.
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SO-IL and West 8 Design Artpark for New York's Niagara Gorge
JFK's Iconic TWA Terminal Reopens as Vintage Hotel by Beyer Blinder Belle
The TWA Hotel has opened at JFK Airport in New York. Centered on the careful restoration of Eero Saarinen’s landmark 1962 former Trans World Airlines terminal, the hotel features 512 soundproof guest rooms, restaurants, and retail outlets. The project was led by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, with two new hotel wings designed by LUBRANO CIAVARRA Architects and Stonehill Taylor, and a 50,000 square meter events center by INC Architecture & Design.
10 Buildings That Helped Define Modernism in New York City
This Article was originally published on Metropolis Magazine here.
The story of architectural Modernism in New York City goes beyond the familiar touchstones of Lever House and the Seagram Building.
Eighty-five years on, the little white town house on East 48th Street by William Lescaze still startles. With its bright stucco and Purist volumes, it pulls the eye away from the do-nothing brownstones on one side and the noirish sub-Miesian tower on the other. The machined rectitude of its upper floors, telegraphed by two clumsily large spans of glass block, is offset by the freer plastic arrangement of the bottom levels. Le Corbusier’s five points are in evidence (minus the roof garden), suggesting an architecture ready to do battle. Built in 1934 from the shell of a Civil War–era town house, this was the first Modernist house in New York City, and its pioneering feeling for futurity extended to its domestic conveniences. (A skeptical Lewis Mumford noted its central air-conditioning.)
207 West 79th Street Apartments / Morris Adjmi Architects
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Architects: Morris Adjmi Architects
- Area: 72000 ft²
- Year: 2018
Camper NYC Store / CAMPER + Jonathan Olivares
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Architects: CAMPER, Jonathan Olivares
- Year: 2019
Renovation of Sotheby’s New York Headquarters / OMA
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Architects: OMA
- Area: 90000 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: Tillotson Design Associates, Structuretone, Cerami & Associates, Robert Silman Associates
Apartment in New York / Crosby Studios
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Architects: Crosby Studios
- Area: 50 m²
- Year: 2017
The Statue of Liberty Museum is Set to Open in New York
The Statue of Liberty Museum is set to open on Liberty Island, New York. Designed by New York-based firm FXCollaborative led by Nicholas Garrison, the 26,000-square-foot scheme seeks to create the illusion of a structure lifted from the earth. To achieve this, the project incorporates angular design techniques and native materials to the island and statue, such as Stone Creek granite, copper, plaster, and native vegetation.
150 Charles Apartment Building / COOKFOX Architects
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Architects: COOKFOX Architects
- Area: 292571 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: WSP, Cerami & Associates, Alan Wanzenberg Architects, Dirtworks PC, Ecological and Vidaris, +5
SHoP Architects' 111 West 57th Street Celebrates Topping Out near Central Park
The SHoP Architects-designed 111 West 57th Street has witnessed a major milestone with the topping out of its reinforced concrete superstructure, as reported by New York YIMBY. The supertall scheme, measuring 1428-feet-tall, will be the second-tallest building in New York City by roof height, and the most slender tall building in the world.
837 Washington Commercial Office Building / Morris Adjmi Architects
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Architects: Morris Adjmi Architects
- Area: 52000 ft²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Accutrack Systems, Arktura, Dawson Doors, Wausau Window and Wall Systems
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Professionals: ICO, Lagan, Plant Connection, Sciame Construction
Shop Zung / Studio Zung
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Architects: Studio Zung
- Area: 1300 ft²
- Year: 2018
Brooklyn's Tallest Building Tops Out, Designed by KPF
Brooklyn Point, the tallest building in Brooklyn, has topped out at 720 feet. Designed by KPF, the 68-story scheme will feature a mixed-use program of apartments, food, shopping, and entertainment functions. After undergoing a three-year design process, construction at Brooklyn Point began in the summer of 2017.
Storefront for Storefront / PARA
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Architects: PARA Project
- Area: 1480 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: JAM
MAD Designs Slender Skyscraper to Soften New York City's Skyline
MAD Architects have revealed a new vision for New York City skyscrapers with a sinuous slender tower near the Empire State Building. Dubbed ‘East 34th’, the project was designed with a dark-colored glass facade that was made to fade into the atmosphere. Located adjacent to one of New York's most iconic structures, the project rethinks the city's rectilinear towers and sharp edges to create a new form for the Manhattan high-rise.
The Shed, a Center for the Arts / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Rockwell Group
- Area: 18500 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Draper, Vector Foiltec
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Professionals: Vidaris, Fisher Dachs Associates, Tillotson Design Associates, Akustiks, Other Means, +5
The Shed Opens in New York's Hudson Yards
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group's iconic Shed has opened after more than a decade in the making in New York City. The building features a 120-foot telescopic shell in Hudson Yards that can extend out from the base building when needed for larger performances. Clad in ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) “pillows,” the project is connected to the High Line on 30th Street to bring performances and art to the city's newest neighborhood,