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Statue of Liberty Museum / FXCollaborative

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 24 May 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Enhancing the Visitor Experience on Liberty Island. FXCollaborative set two goals for the design of the Statue of Liberty Museum: 1) To create a building that uplifts the experience of the island for all visitors, and 2) To extend and add to the island’s open space, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to a beloved international monument.

Rutgers University-Camden: Nursing and Science Building / Perkins Eastman

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:00:00 +0000

After several decades of disinvestment and decline, the City of Camden, New Jersey, has recently shown a commitment to revitalization and community-building. This commitment is realized in the new Rutgers University-Camden: Nursing and Science Building. The building announces the seriousness of purpose about the revitalization efforts underway that are positioning Camden as a major player in “eds and meds.”

Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage & spring street Salt Shed / Dattner Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:00:00 +0000

The Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage, overlooking the Hudson River at the corner of Spring Street and West Street, houses three district garages for the NYC Department of Sanitation. The new multi-story building accommodates over 150 sanitation vehicles including trucks, front-end loaders, salt spreaders, heavy-equipment wreckers, and personnel vehicles; separate vehicle wash and personnel facilities for each district; and centralized fueling and repair facilities. The double-skin façade wraps the curtain wall with 2,600 custom, perforated, metal fins, vertically articulating and lighting the building’s massing. Operable for the occupied spaces, the fins reduce solar heat gain and glare, create an ethereal wrapper to obscure mechanical louvers, and shield the view of headlights from neighbors. An extensive 1.5 acre green roof softens views from neighboring buildings, protects the roof membrane, and enhances storm water retention and thermal performance.

Dumbo Townhouses / Alloy Design

Cristobal Rojas — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 13:00:00 +0000

The DUMBO Townhouses are located at the corner of Pearl and Water Streets in the Borough of Brooklyn. The project involves the demolition of an existing one story, warehouse located in the DUMBO Historic Section of Brooklyn and the new construction of 5 single family townhouses. The total project includes approximately 18,000 gross sf.

35XV / FXCollaborative

Cristobal Rojas — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:00:00 +0000

Rising 347 feet above its mid-block site, 35XV is a unique, hybrid residential-academic building located in Manhattan’s vibrant Chelsea neighborhood. Utilizing excess development rights from the historic Xavier High School, the design artfully resolves the project’s principal requirements: providing needed expansion space for Xavier; creating highly crafted residential units that take advantage of their elevated location; conforming to highly restrictive municipal bulk controls, including sloped sky exposure planes; and being a “good neighbor”, relating to the both the Xavier Campus and to the neighboring streetscape, despite the project’s overall size.

Perry World House / 1100 Architect

Valentina Villa — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Designed by 1100 Architect, Perry World House serves as the University of Pennsylvania’s new hub for global engagement. The new space allows affiliates from each of the university’s 12 schools to address international affairs in a cross-disciplinary way. To accommodate the organization’s diverse programs, the 17,400-square-foot building includes a range of spaces, including classrooms, meeting rooms, 14 offices, a 50-person conference room, and common areas, all designed to encourage interaction. At its core is the World Forum, a glass-enclosed atrium that serves as a dynamic multi-use event space capable of hosting seminars, lectures, and special events.

Irish Hunger Memorial / 1100 Architect

Valentina Villa — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 11:00:00 +0000

To create a memorial commemorating the Great Irish Hunger of 1845-1852, the Battery Park City Authority selected a team consisting of 1100 Architect, landscape architect Gail Wittwer-Laird, and artist Brian Tolle. Located in Battery Park City on a site adjacent to the Hudson River, the memorial is a contemplative space where visitors explore the famine and its connections to world hunger today.

Baccarat Hotel & Residences / SOM

Cristian Aguilar — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:00:00 +0000

Baccarat Hotel & Residences is a 605-foot-tall, mixed-use building located on 53rd Street between 5th and 6th Avenue in New York City. SOM was tasked with designing a destination that embodied the elegance and artistry of Baccarat, the luxury crystal brand founded by King Louis XV more than 250 years ago. Like a honed piece of exquisite glassware, the tower distinguishes itself within its surroundings through its formal restraint and focus on detail.

Grace Farms / SANAA

Igor Fracalossi — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +0000

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SO-IL Reveals Plans for New Brooklyn Art Gallery

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:27:00 +0000

New York-based SO-IL has unveiled plans for a new Brooklyn art gallery, dubbed Artes Amant. The 1,320-square-meter building will house the production, display and storage of art in a four-story "concrete mass" that is "spatially marked by its industrial past."

West 57th Street / BIG

Finn MacLeod — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Bjarke Ingels Group has reached the 22nd storey of its first project in the United States, a 32 storey sloped residential tower in New York City that will eventually be home to 750 people. The building is shown in recent photos from Field Condition draped in orange meshing as it nears the final stages of structural construction.

Rutgers Business School / TEN Arquitectos - Enrique Norten

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The 150,000 square foot Rutgers Business School is the gateway to Rutgers University’s Livingston Campus in Piscataway, New Jersey as envisioned by the campus master plan. The L-shaped form of the building spans 60 feet above Rockafeller Road becoming the physical gate through which most campus traffic passes. The building is part of a push, in keeping with the goals of the master plan towards a high density campus development complete with urban facilities, shared amenities, and a walkable campus. Similarly this building reflects the ongoing shift in higher education away from a focus on classroom-oriented organization and towards a focus on collaboration spaces. This shift is especially present in contemporary business where the cross collaboration of ideas, cultures, and concepts is necessary to create, evaluate, and market the next big idea.

Via Verde / Grimshaw + Dattner Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Via Verde is an affordable, sustainable residential development comprising 222 apartments in three distinct building types—a 20-story tower at the north end of the site, a 6- to 13-story mid-rise duplex apartment component in the middle, and 2- to 4-story townhouses to the south. The project was the winning entry in the international New Housing New York Legacy Competition, sponsored New York City HPD, the AIA New York, NYSERDA and Enterprise Community Partners. It reflects a public commitment to create the next generation of social housing and seeks to provide a setting for healthy, sustainable living.

Weeksville / Caples Jefferson Architects PC

Jonathan Alarcón — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The primary purpose of the new structure and landscape is to serve as a gateway to the historic houses on the premises - remnants of the 19th century free African American community of Weeksville - with state-of-the-art exhibition, performance and educational facilities, as well as to provide a green oasis for visitors and the local community. The main lobby will include introductory exhibits, and leads to a gallery for changing shows, a lecture and performance space for 200, classrooms for visiting groups and for community education, and a library resource center for visiting scholars. Administrative offices are to be located on the second floor, and the cellar is to include archival storage space as well as a room for recording oral histories.

653 10th Ave. Housing / Cannon Design

Javier Gaete — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Site Characteristics
The project is located on the corner of 46th Street and Tenth Avenue in New York City’s Clinton historical district. Most of the urban fabric consists of six story brick masonry tenement buildings in addition to lower scale brownstones. This building typology is arranged into long rectilinear blocks with their street walls located on the property lines. Setbacks are provided in the rear yards, creating units that face the street and some that face the inner courtyards and gardens.

Brooklyn Navy Yard / workshop apd + Beyer Blinder Belle

Jonathan Alarcón — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Workshop/apd, in collaboration with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP, transformed Building 92 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard into a premier tourist destination in Brooklyn. For the first time in its 210-year history, the once cloistered Yard opens its gates to the public, celebrating the Yard’s storied past and prosperous future.