(lydia_x_liu– flickr/creative commons license) The Lincoln Center was established by John D. Rockefeller under an urban renewal program by Robert Moses. The 16 acre complex replaced the homes of 7,000 families, at a cost of $184.5 million. It opened in …
Category: New York
(Lauren Manning– flickr/creative commons license) Federico Negro of SHoP Architects designed the 290 Mulberry Condominiums in New York, still incomplete. Frank Seta & Associates designed the undulating brick facade. Zoning laws required a “predominantly masonry” facade, like the next-door historic …
William Van Alen designed the art deco Chrysler Building in New York City, completed in 1930. At 77 floors and 1,048ft it was the tallest building from the start of the Great Depression until being surpassed by the Empire State …
(David Jones– flickr/creative commons license) Calvert Vaux and J. Wrey Mould designed the Victorian Gothic American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in Manhattan New York City, NY, just on the edge of Central Park. It was completed in 1877. The …
(Hobbes vs Boyle– flickr/creative commons license) Quinlivan, Pierik and Krause designed the brutalist Richard G. Folsom Library for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. It was completed in 1976. After the old library was destroyed in a fire, the …
(Jules Antonio– flickr/creative commons license) Carlos Zapata designed the recently completed Cooper Square Hotel in Bowery New York City, with interiors by Antonio Citterio. The 21 story tower has 145 rooms that slightly twist round a glass and steel structure. …
(yusunkwon– flickr/creative commons license) Marcel Breuer designed four buildings including Bergrisch Hall for the City University of New York (CUNY) Bronx Community College of what was then New York University completed in 1964. Often overlooked as a relic of ugly …
(jonolist– flickr/creative commons license) Marcel Breuer designed the Whitney Museum of American Art on 945 Madison Ave. at 75th Str. in New York City, completed in 1966. Renzo Piano concurrently developed a modern extension at the entrance to the high …
(torbakhopper– flickr/creative commons license) Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architecture and Gruzen Samton designed the new Cooper Building, completed in 2009. It contains classrooms, laboratory, and studio facilities. The 9 story building features a full atrium with careful connections vertically and …
(daniel0685– flickr/creative commons license) The 1.45-mile section of elevated freight railroad in west Manhattan opened as a refurbished urban greenway Park for pedestrians in June 2009. James Corner Field Operations, Piet Oudolf and Diller Scofidio + Renfro contributed to the …