New York Buildings, USA : Information + Images

Manhattan Building Guide New York is famous for tall architecture - skyscrapers - but also cultural buildings such as the Guggenheim and MoMA. Of all the cities in the United States of America New York has more quality architecture and many of its buildings feature in the key histories of World Architecture. Famous architects that achieved major architecture works here include Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Manhattan is based on a grid, with many interesting buildings by famous architects. New York Architecture ; Brooklyn Bridge ; Manhattan skyscrapers - photos © Tim Collins New York Architecture News New York Buildings - full list of key architecture New York Architects New York Skyscrapers Ten Key New York buildings, alphabetical: 1. Statue of Liberty Frederic Bartholdi photo © Andrew McRae Statue of Liberty New York 2. Flatiron Building Daniel Burnham, Architect image © isabelle lomholt Flatiron Building : the original New York skyscraper 3. Grand Central Station Building Reed and Stem; Warren and Wetmore picture © Tim Collins Grand Central Station : famous architecture backdrop in many American films 4. Chrysler Building William Van Alen, Architect Chrysler Building : Art Deco skyscraper - world-famous symbol for New York 5. Empire State Building Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects photo © Andrew McRae Empire State Building : 381m high skyscraper - famous New York landmark 6. Rockefeller Center Raymond Hood, Architect photograph © Andrew McRae Rockefeller Center New York 7. Guggenheim Museum, East Harlem Frank Lloyd Wright Architects Guggenheim Museum : famous internal spiral ramp wraps around the atrium 8. Seagram Building Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect; Philip Johnson Seagram Building 9. TWA Building, John F Kennedy International Airport Eero Saarinen, Architect TWA Building : futuristic organic architecture 10. Whitney Museum, Upper East Side Marcel Breuer, Architect Whitney Museum Building New York Architecture, alphabetical: 23 East 22nd Street, Flatiron district OMA skyscraper image from OMA 23 East 22nd Street 56 Leonard Street Herzog & de Meuron image © Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, 2008 56 Leonard Street 99 Church Street Tower, Lower Manhattan Robert A. M. Stern Architects image : dbox Courtesy of: Silverstein Properties Manhattan Tower for Silverstein Properties 200 Greenwich Street, WTC Tower 2 Foster + Partners image : Foster + Partners 200 Greenwich Street Buildings 400 Park Avenue South Christian de Portzamparc image from the architect Manhattan skyscraper AT&T Building, central Manhattan Philip Johnson, Architect with John Burgee image : isabelle lomholt AT&T Building : Postmodern architecture BLUE Residential Tower, Lower East Side Bernard Tschumi photo : Peter Mauss/ESTO New York residential building Brooklyn Arts Tower Behnisch Architekten with StudioMDA image from Behnisch Architekten Brooklyn Tower Brooklyn Bridge John A. Roebling, designer / civil engineer photo © Tim Collins Brooklyn Bridge : key New York engineering Bronx County Hall of Justice Rafael Viñoly image from the architect New York building Columbia University Campus Plan Renzo Piano Building Workshop with SOM image from the architect Manhattan Development Coney Island Ampitheater Grimshaw image from the architect Coney Island Ampitheater Croton Water Filtration Plant, Bronx Grimshaw image © Grimshaw Croton Plant Bronx Diane von Furstenberg HQ WORK Architecture Company picture : Elizabeth Felicella Manhattan Studios Giorgio Armani, Fifth Avenue Massimiliano Fuksas Architects picture courtesy of Studio Fuksas Giorgio Armani New York Glenwood waterfront Will Alsop, Architect image from the architect Yonkers buildings Hearst Building Foster + Partners photograph © Andrew McRae Hearst Building Hudson Yards New York Masterplan various architects image courtesy of Steven Holl Architects Hudson Yards New York Buildings IAC Headquarters, Chelsea Frank Gehry Architect picture © 2008 Gehry Partners LLP IAC Headquarters Manhattan James G. Dinan & Elizabeth R. Miller Gallery Polshek Partnership Architects picture © Aislinn Weidele/Polshek Partnership Architects Museum of the City of New York Phase 1 LVMH Building Christian de Portzamparc, Architect photo : Wade Zimmerman LVMH Building Louis Vuitton store Jun Aoki, Architect photo © Andrew McRae New York store Museum of Modern Art Extension Jean Nouvel image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel MoMA Tower New York Museum of Modern Art - MoMA project Yoshio Taniguchi with KPF Architecture picture © Andrew McRae MoMA New York New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion Ben van Berkel picture : UNStudio New Amsterdam Plein New Museum of Contemporary Art, SoHo SANAA architects image from SANAA Manhattan Art Gallery New York City Projects TEN Arquitectos image from the architect Manhattan Projects New York Times Building, central Manhattan Renzo Piano Building Workshop, FXFOWLE photo © Andrew McRae New York Times headquarters NYC Information Center WXY architecture + urban design image from the architect NYC Information Center One Bryant Park - Bank of America Tower Cook + Fox Architects picture © Jock Pottle, Esto for Cook+Fox Architects One Bryant Park One Liberty Plaza, Lower Manhattan Skidmore Owings & Merrill photograph © Andrew McRae Manhattan skyscraper 121st Police Precinct Stationhouse Rafael Vinoly Architects image from the architect Staten Island Police Prada Store New York Rem Koolhaas, Architect / OMA photo Armin Linke Prada New York Pronovias Store GCA Arquitectos Asociados picture : Wade Zimmerman Photographer Pronovias store Sperone Westwater Gallery, 257 Bowery Foster + Partners image : Foster + Partners Sperone Westwater Gallery The Standard New York Polshek Partnership photo © Nikolas Koenig/Hotels AB The Standard New York Switch Building, Lower East Side nARCHITECTS photo : Frank Oudeman Switch Building : apartment + art gallery Time Warner Center Skidmore Owings & Merrill Architects photograph © Andrew McRae Time Warner Center 9 West 57th Street, central Manhattan Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects picture © Andrew McRae Midtown skyscraper World Financial Center, Lower Manhattan various architects picture © Andrew McRae World Trade Center towers UN Building : classic Modernist Architecture Architects : Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer New York World Trade Centre + Freedom Tower skyscraper, Lower Manhattan David Childs of SOM Architects; Daniel Libeskind Architects Javits Convention Center Building I M Pei & Partners, Architects Lever Building Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects Times Square photograph © Tim Collins