Evan Joseph

512GW Townhouse / Archi-Tectonics

May 27, 2021

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Architects: Archi-Tectonics
Area: 4500 ft²
Year: 2019
Professionals: Cantor & Seinuk, 2LS Consulting

The Modern Residential Towers / Elkus Manfredi Architects

September 19, 2020

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Architects: Elkus Manfredi Architects
Area: 808100 ft²
Year: 2018
Professionals: Elkus Manfredi Architects, Madonna Designs, Vidaris, DeSimone Consulting Engineers, AJD Construction, +4

111 West 57th Street, most Slender Skyscraper in the World Tops Out

November 05, 2019

Centered over Central Park in Midtown Manhattan, 111 West 57th Street, the second tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere has topped out at 1,428 feet. Designed by SHoP Architects with interior architecture by Studio Sofield, the tower is considered the most slender skyscraper in the world.

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Pierhouse & 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge / Marvel Architects

August 31, 2019

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Architects: Marvel Architects
Area: 621138 ft²
Year: 2017
Manufacturers: Sherwin-Williams, Zurn, Abet Laminati, Accurate, Acor, +21Amkel, Concrete Collaborative, Delta Faucet, Elkay, Formica, Hallowell Granite Work, Hygolet de México, Kohler, Lukas Lighting, Maharam, McNichols, Nemo Tile, Pavigym, Pedini, Robin Reigi, Stone Source, Tandus Centiva, The Hudson Company, Toto, Watermark Designs, Waterworks-21
Professionals: Dagher Engineering, AKRF, Desimone, Langan, Marvel Architects

Interview with Enrique Norten: "Architecture is Not a Competition of Strange Objects"

January 05, 2016

Founded in 1986 in Mexico City, Enrique Norten's practice TEN Arquitectos is not known for a signature style, preferring to make each project a modernist-infused response to its own specific conditions. Nonetheless, they have become one of the most widely-recognized architectural practices emerging from Mexico, with projects throughout North America. In the latest interview in his "City of Ideas" column, Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Norten in New York to find out how the architect's past has influenced his current design work, and to discuss the future trajectory of architecture.

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