If you stand in Manhattan Avenue Park in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood, you’ll see the Long Island City skyline across a small creek. On the Greenpoint side of the creek, a historic neighborhood of row houses and industrial sites is rapidly growing. On the Long Island City side, high-rise apartments and hundreds of art galleries and studios line the East River. Just a stone’s throw away, Long Island City can feel like a world apart from Greenpoint. That’s in large part due to the fact that only one bridge connects the neighborhoods—and it’s meant more for cars than pedestrians or cyclists. Isn’t there a better way? Architect Jun Aizaki thinks so. For the past few years, he and his team at CRÈME Architecture and Design have been working on the so-called “Timber Bridge at Longpoint Corridor."
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A Floating Timber Bridge Could Connect Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Long Island City
Supreme Store / Neil Logan Architect
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Architects: Neil Logan Architect
- Area: 2938 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Benjamin Moore, Fine Paints of Europe, McNichols, Rixson
Medly Pharmacy / Sergio Mannino
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Architects: Sergio Mannino
- Area: 176 m²
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: Minas Construction
Studio Gang Unveils Images of Rippled Condominium Tower in Brooklyn, New York
Studio Gang has released details of their proposed condominium tower in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. “11 Hoyt” has been designed with an emphasis on nature and community-building, responding to a lack of comfortable outdoor space in Brooklyn through the creation of an “outdoor-indoor environment."
The Studio Gang scheme, designed in collaboration with Hill West Architects, reclaims a former parking garage site in a rapidly-densifying area, where the population has increased by 40% in twenty years. 11 Hoyt is set to transform the site into an elevated green podium anchored by a 770,000-square-foot (71,000-square-meter) residential tower featuring a “scalloped” façade.
Brooklyn Passive House Plus / Baxt Ingui Architects
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Architects: Baxt Ingui Architects
- Area: 6370 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Brooklyn Solarworks, Sto Limited, Zehnder, Zola Windows
Dumbo Townhouses / Alloy Design
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Architects: Alloy Design
- Area: 18000 ft²
- Year: 2015
Downtown Brooklyn's Latest Megaproject Will Feature a 986-Foot-Tall Tower and 2 Schools by ARO
Renderings have been revealed for another landmark addition to Brooklyn’s skyline: 80 Flatbush, a dual tower and school complex to be built in the borough’s fast growing Downtown.
Located on a triangular site directly across the street from TEN Arquitectos’ recently completed 300 Ashland and steps from the Barclay’s Center, 80 Flatbush will consist of a mix of new-built and renovated historic structures. Two towers designed by Alloy Development – the taller of which will reach 986 feet – will flank two new schools designed by Architecture Research Office and two 19th century buildings that will be repurposed as retail and cultural facilities. Open spaces will be designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects.
The Western Hemisphere’s Highest Residential Infinity Pool to be Built in Brooklyn
A new infinity pool offering unparalleled views of New York City is to be constructed atop KPF’s upcoming Brooklyn Point tower. At 680 feet above grade – nearly 100 feet higher than the iconic infinity pool at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore – when completed the pool will become the “highest residential infinity pool in the Western Hemisphere."
3D-Printed "Window to the Heart" to Be Constructed in Times Square for Valentine's Day
The collaboration of Aranda\Lasch + Marcelo Coelho has been selected as the winners of this year’s Times Square Valentine Heart Design competition for their 3D-printed proposal, Window to the Heart.
Envisioned as the “world’s largest lens,” the installation was in response to its location within one of the world’s most instagrammed places, Times Square. The 12-foot-diameter Fresnel lens, designed with 3D-printing manufacturer Formlabs and structural engineer Laufs Engineering Design, will capture the image of the square within the heart-shaped window at its center, bending and distorting the surround myriad lights and colors.
Greenpoint EMS Station / Michielli + Wyetzner Architects
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Architects: Michielli + Wyetzner Architects
- Area: 12500 ft²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Hage Engineering
S9 Architecture's Dock 72 Tops Out in Brooklyn
S9 Architecture’s Dock 72, a 17-storey commercial office project expected to bring 4,000 workers to the Brooklyn Navy Yard area, has been topped out this month marking the completion of the building’s steel superstructure.
Over 350 construction workers, local business leaders, community representatives and public officials attended the ceremony, which ended with the raising of the final beam signed by all the members of the Dock 72 team.
Brooklyn's Tallest Building Revealed in New Renderings
Brooklyn Point by Kohn Pederson Fox will hold the title of Brooklyn’s tallest building - although for a short while as the downtown developer craze competes for the next top spot. The mixed-use skyscraper is the final step in the City Point mega-development and is the first of Extell Development Company in the borough
After being in the design process for the past three years, construction of Brooklyn Point began this summer; it is only now that Extell is releasing the details of the tower in a new render that displays the extent of the façade.
Bed-Stuy Loft / New Affiliates
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Architects: New Affiliates
- Area: 750 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Blueman Hardware Corporation
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Professionals: Create NYC Contracting Inc.
Carroll House / LOT-EK
- Area: 5000 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Dagher Engineering, Silman
Little House. Big City / Office of Architecture
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Architects: Office of Architecture
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Dornbracht, Alape, Duravit, Subzero/Wolf, Acor, +9
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Professionals: Montestbuild Inc., Blue Sky Design, Sol Building Consultants
New Drone Footage Shows Construction of the Largest Residential Development in Bushwick, New York
ODA New York’s design for Bushwick II, a high-end residential complex on the former site of Brooklyn’s Rheingold Brewery, is coming to life in the fast-growing neighborhood of Bushwick, New York. Developed by All Year Management, 123 Melrose is already being clad. Meanwhile, Rabksy Group’s development, 10 Montieth, recently topped out.
Together, the projects will cover three full city blocks, totaling 1.35 million gross square feet. Bushwick II will be the largest housing increase this neighborhood of Brooklyn has ever seen.