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Pop-Up Hotel Manhattan - 23 May 2013
Design: PinkCloud.dk

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The design of the Pop-Up Hotel focuses on the transformation of empty Class A office spaces into hospitality spaces. The setup is simple. We intend to partner with various owner/leasing agencies around Midtown to identify buildings in need of revitalization. A uniquely urban experience, the Pop-Up hotel will feature a variety of amenities and rooms catering to a wide diversity of clientele.

One World Trade Center, NYC, USA : view from the spire - film

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One World Trade Center is New York's tallest building - 1,776ft tall

MirrorMirror, New York City - 14 May 2013
Design: George Rafialidis and Stephanie Davidson

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The project was a competition winning scheme in a design contest that was organized by the New Museum in NYC. It is an excellent example of a small project that can be the basis of a design/build competition, helps young architects and has enabled the museum to have a greater presence on the street and host a civic event.

American Folk Art Museum - building news, 14 May 2013
Design: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien

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MoMA announced that Diller Scofidio & Renfro will provide a clear rationale for expansion to the west of its current site, which would subsume the former museum. Today's news is that MoMA has agreed to re-examine an earlier decision and "provide a clear rationale" for potentially tearing down the former American Folk Art Museum.

Superhero, New York City - 3 May 2013
Design: OFL Architecture

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If you wanted to summarize the path of the biological life and the part that Man has played in the History of the planet Earth, we could start from the first organic cell up to Usain Bolt. In a surprising way, we would not use more than 60 seconds, because evolution has followed very simple and accurate guidelines and rules.

The Bougheries - 25 Apr 2013
Design: atmos studio

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The Bougheries project seeks to harness and reveal the extraordinary elegance and energy of humanity with a series of structures that map and mirror the ergonomics of everyday movements and gestures – from sitting to standing, lounging to laughing.

The Queens Museum of Art Building Expansion, NY - 28 Mar 2013
Design: Grimshaw

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On April 11 2013 the Queens Museum will be hosting a first look at their $68 m architectural expansion, which will double the size of the museum. The expansion project, designed by Grimshaw, will further enhance the museum’s ability to present high-quality art to the uniquely diverse communities of Queens through a broad variety of exhibitions and programs that reflect the richness and breadth of the cultural environment.

Bleecker Street Station Restoration & Upgrade, New York
Design: Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects with Weidlinger Associates

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The MTA’s $94.5 m rehabilitation of the Bleecker Street Station complex, designed by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects (LHPA) in a joint venture with Weidlinger Associates, structural engineers, introduces an uptown link between two major subway lines while returning one of the city’s oldest stations to its original glory. It includes a 300-ft extension of the Bleecker Street IRT uptown platform and a new transfer connection between it and the Broadway-Lafayette station on the IND line. It also restores the landmarked IRT station’s 1904 Beaux-Arts finishes, which were designed by the noted architecture firm Heins & LaFarge; widens the downtown platform by 240 feet; introduces ADA access and efficient movement; and consolidates NYCT facilities.

Rainbow Folly, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City - 21 Feb 2013
Holm Architecture Office + Sebastian Misiurek

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The original architectural folly of the 19th century created focal points within manicured landscapes. The folly sought to integrate nature and building in a romantic setting, using predetermined views to create points of interest and enable the visitor to see the surroundings in new ways. With the Rainbow Folly we propose a similar interaction between the real and the romantic.

East 180th Street Station, Bronx - 18 Feb 2013
Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects with Weidlinger Associates

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The New York City Transit Authority’s East 180th Street Station has just undergone a $65 million restoration and upgrade that reestablishes the 100-year-old complex as a major Bronx landmark. This station was originally meant to be the flagship for the emerging New York Westchester and Boston Railway Company and its transformation returns it to its original glory.

MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, Queens, NY - Runner-Up design - 6 Feb 2013
Design: TempAgency (Kutonotuk + mcdowellespinosa)
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“My Hair is at MoMA PS1” is a project about everyone: the waste we produce, our hair. It is an element that links us, divides us, fascinates us, and traces our diversity as a process and relic of life and reflection of ourselves.

Max Micro Apartments, New York City - 23 Jan 2013
HWKN Architects

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Bloomberg Administration and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development launched adAPT NYC in 2012, a pilot program to develop a new model of housing to adapt to the City’s changing demographics.

South Hamptons Villa, NY - 20 Jan 2013
Design: ABIBOO Architecture

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This 17,000 sqft (1,600 sqm) villa is located in a privileged area in the South-Hamptons with the sea surrounding the plot on two 2 different sides. The house belongs to a couple who uses the house during the summer with their relatives and friends. The family’s passion for boats inspires the way the house gets integrated with the site as well as the seascape.

Porcelanosa Flagship New York Showroom - 17 Jan 2013
Design: Foster + Partners

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Porcelanosa revealed designs for its new flagship showroom in the historic Commodore Criterion building in Midtown Manhattan. The firm purchased the 1,700 sqm, six-storey building northwest of Madison Square Park at 5th Avenue and Broadway in 2012 and selected Foster + Partners to refurbish the interiors - the project is due to be completed in spring 2014.

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New York Public Library Building, NY, USA - designs revealed - 20 Dec 2012
Design: Foster + Partners

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The project aims to safeguard the building’s legacy and precious books for future generations. The existing research library will be retained as it is today, with more space for researchers, as will many of the public spaces – the project will open twice as much of the building to the public. The centrepiece of the 5th Avenue and 42nd Street building is the magnificent Rose Reading Room, below which are seven storeys of book stacks.

B2 Atlantic Yards New York - 19 Dec 2012
Design: SHoP

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Groundbreaking on B2 residential tower in Brooklyn, due to complete by summer 2014. Event attended by the NYC Mayor.

50 United Nations Plaza, New York, USA - Ground-raising ceremony news - 14 Nov 2012
Design: Foster + Partners

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Construction is underway on the first residential tower by Foster + Partners in the United States. Developed by Zeckendorf Development with Global Holdings, the 44-storey luxury apartment tower occupies a prestigious location within the green setting of United Nations Plaza, with views of the celebrated modernist UN Headquarters building, the East River and the Manhattan skyline.

Statue of Liberty - renewal news - 12 Nov + 29 Oct 2012
Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC

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New Jersey contractor, Joseph A. Natoli Construction Corporation, announces that it has restored permanent power to the Statue of Liberty National Monument. All lighting and electrical systems in the Statue, including lights at the torch and crown, have now returned to full operation. Power at the Statue was knocked out by Superstorm Sandy nearly two weeks ago.

Via Verde South Bronx - 29 Oct 2012
Grimshaw Architects

photograph : David Sundberg_Esto
This South Bronx building is a "revolutionary mixed-use, mixed income residential development" according to the architects. The project showcases high-quality innovative green design while also providing affordable housing for low and moderate income households.

425 Park Avenue - 19 Oct + 3 Oct + 11 Jul 2012 - Exhibition of Four Designs
Foster + Partners wins competition for new tower

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Four of the world’s most acclaimed architecture firms created designs for the conceptual design phase of its architectural competition for a new office tower to be constructed at 425 Park Avenue in Manhattan - Shortlisted Architects:
Foster + Partners (Lord Norman Foster)
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (Lord Richard Rogers)
OMA (Rem Koolhaas)
Zaha Hadid Architects

Grand Central Terminal Building - New York building news - 19 Oct 2012
The Next 100 - Foster + Partners re-imagines Grand Central Terminal for 2013 Centenary

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Norman Foster presented proposals for a masterplan to bring clarity back to Grand Central Terminal at The Municipal Art Society of New York’s annual Summit in New York last night. Grand Central Terminal is one of New York’s greatest landmarks and contains perhaps the city’s finest civic space. However, over time it has become a victim of its own success. A building designed to be used by 75,000 people per day now routinely handles ten times that number with up to a million on peak days.

Barclays Center New York, Brooklyn : opening news - 21 Sep 2012

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"the most anticipated sports and entertainment venue in the world and the home of the Brooklyn Nets, will celebrate its Opening Night on September 28 when Brooklyn’s own JAY Z takes the stage".

Columbia University Medical Center, Washington Heights, Northern Manhattan - 17 Jul 2012
Design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler

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Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) recently announced plans for a new, state-of-the-art medical and graduate education building on the CUMC campus in the Washington Heights community of Northern Manhattan. The new building, with a design led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, in collaboration with Gensler as executive architect, is a 14-storey facility.

Guggenheim Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibition, NYC - 16 Jul 2012
A Long-Awaited Tribute : Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian House and Pavilion

photo : David M. Heald, © SRGF, New York
In 1953, six years before the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened to the public, two of his structures—a pavilion and model Usonian house—were built on the future site of the museum to house a temporary exhibition displaying the architect’s lifelong work.

One World Trade Center - 11 May
Statement from CTBUH

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The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has received many media queries about the ultimate height of One World Trade Center, which is currently planned as the tallest building in North America.

Dream Downtown Hotel, Cheslea - 3 May
Handel Architects

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Dream Downtown Hotel is a 184,000 SF boutique hotel in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC. The 12-story building includes 316 guestrooms, two restaurants, rooftop and VIP lounges, outdoor pool and pool bar, a gym, event space, and ground floor retail.

New York City Center - 3 May
Ennead Architects

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Awards for excellence in architecture and historic preservation honor the recent renovation of New York City Center led by Duncan Hazard of Ennead Architects.
The New York Landmarks Conservancy presented City Center with a 2012 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award on Wednesday at the New-York Historical Society. The annual Moses Awards celebrate the success of historic preservation and its role in the economic, social and cultural vitality of New York City.

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9/11 - Ten Years On : Tenth anniversary of collapse of the World Trade Center

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In the week that we mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 events and the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has commissioned a number of articles from industry leaders, reflecting on how the world of tall buildings has changed since then - 8 Sep

New York by Gehry, NYC - news : Rippling Building Manhattan

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Sperone Westwater Gallery news, NYC : Foster + Partners

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Signature Center Building news : designs by architect Frank Gehry unveiled

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New York Building News : 2009

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Manhattan Tower : building height cut down by 200 feet

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Giorgio Armani New York : Massimiliano Fuksas Architects

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