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1 NY Projects 31 Created 08-Oct-12 By serena orlandi, cesena, Italy New Museum New York, SANAA museum Storefront for Art and ure United Nations Headquarters New York Times Building Hearst Building Chrysler Building The Met Breuer Apple Store Fifth Avenue MoMa Museum of Modern Art 7 Solomon R Guggenheim Museum 40 Bond 14 Seagram Building 15 Hudson New York Hotel 16 Empire State Building 17 New York, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates office 8 Tribeca Issey MiYake 18 New York, Gehry Partners retail, shop, showroom 9 Flatiron Building 19 New York, Daniel Burnham commercial space, office Mercer Residences 20 New York, Jean Nouvel apartment 11 New York, Yoshio Taniguchi museum New York, Philippe Starck bar, hotel New York, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson retail, shop 6 New York, Marcel Breuer museum 13 New York, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe office New York, William Van Alen office 5 New York, Foster & Partners office American Folk Art Museum New York, Herzog and De Meuron housing New York, Renzo Piano office 4 New York, Wallace Harrison auditorium, congress centre, library, office New York, Tod Williams Billie Tsien museum New York, Steven Holl gallery 3 Prada flagship store 21 New York, OMA - Rem Koolhaas retail, shop 12 New York, Frank Lloyd Wright museum Apple Store West 14th Street 22 New York, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson commercial space, congress centre, retail, shop, showroom 1

2 The High Line New York, James Corner Field Operations bridge, park, promenade The Morgan Renovation and Expansion 41 Cooper Square The MetLife Building Zuccotti Park 25 7 World Trade Center 29 TKTS Booth & Redevelopment 30 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 31 New York, Robert Moses culture, square Pine Street 32 New York, IM Pei office 27 New York, Cooper, Robertson & Partners park, square The Standard Hotel New York New York, Choi Ropiha Fighera kiosk, square New York, Emery Roth & Sons office 24 New York, Morphosis education New York, Ennead s hotel New York, Renzo Piano library, museum 23 New York University's Bronx Campus 33 New York, Marcel Breuer auditorium, student housing, university 28 New York, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill office 2

3 photo: Dean Kaufman photo: Dean Kaufman New Museum Bowery 235 New York New York NY The new home of the New Museum of Contemporary Art is a seven-story, eight-level structure located on the Bowery at a pivotal geographic and cultural intersection in New York s urban fabric A composition of stacked boxes rising 174 feet above the street and shifted off axis in different directions from the building core, conveys the dynamism of the institution, creates skylights that bring natural light into interiors, and is punctuated by windows that offer city vistas The building is clad in a silvery aluminum mesh that captures the effects of changing daylight in a vivid metaphor for the constantly changing dynamics of contemporary art and the openness and permeability of the New Museum itself The building is the first art museum building constructed from the ground up in downtown Manhattan photo: Dean Kaufman Main designer, SANAA Gensler Arup New Museum Naomi Wednesday 12-6 PM Thursday and Friday PM Saturday and Sunday 12-6 PM Monday and Tuesday closed The Museum is closed to the public on Monday and Tuesday CIT Free Thursday Evenings (from 7 PM to 10 PM) The New Museum is located at 235 Bowery (at Prince Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets, one and a half blocks south of Houston) Subway: 6 to Spring Street or N/R to Prince Street Bus: M103 to Prince and Bowery or M6 to Broadway and Prince 3

4 photo: Paul Warchol photo: Paul Warchol Storefront for Art and ure Kenmare Street 97 New York New York Storefront for Art and ure is a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of innovative positions in architecture, art and design Steven Holl and artist Vito Acconci were commissioned as a collaborative team to renovate the Storefront's aging façade The gallery itself is a limited, narrow wedge with a triangulated exhibition interior, such that the most dominant structure for the Storefront is the building's long façade Seeking to introduce improbability and to puncture the façade, Acconci and Holl challenged this symbolic border which underlines the exclusivity of the art world, where only those on the inside belong Using a hybrid material comprised of concrete mixed with recycled fibers, Holl and Acconci inserted a series of hinged panels arranged in a puzzle-like configuration When the panels are locked in their open position, the façade dissolves and the interior space of the gallery expands out on to the sidewalk (text from website Steven Holl s) photo: Paul Warchol 1993 Main designer, Artist Associate architect Steven Holl Vito Acconci Chris Otterbine Storefront for Art and ure + Shirin Neshat + Kyong Park booce Tuesday - Saturday 11: / Closed Sunday and Monday The gallery is located at 97 Kenmare Street, between Mulberry and Lafayette Street Subway: 6 to Spring; N/R to Prince; B/D/F/V to Broadway Lafayette 4

5 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez United Nations Headquarters First Avenue at 46th Street New York New York NY The Headquarters of the World Organization is located on an 18-acre site on the East side of Manhattan It is an international zone belonging to all Member States The Headquarters consist of four main buildings: the General Assembly building, the Conference Building, the 39-floor Secretariat building, and the Dag Hammarskjold Library, which was added in 1961 The complex was designed by an international team of 11 architects, led by Wallace K Harrison from the The UN complex is both an historical and architectural landmark It is seen all over the world as a symbol of the United Nations itself and it is a rare example of the international style architecture of the 1950 s 1950 Main designer, Wallace Harrison Le Corbusier Oscar Niemeyer Sven Markelius asanchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Guided tours of the United Nations operate daily from the General Assembly Public Lobby Guided Tours are conducted Monday through Friday from 9:45 am to 4:45 pm Tours last approximately 45 minutes Read more here: The United Nations Headquarters in New York is located on First Avenue between 42nd Street and 48th Street The Visitors' Entrance is located on First Avenue at 46th Street As the United Nations does not offer parking facilities, it is suggested that public transportation be used Subway: number 4,5,6 or 7 trains to Grand Central Station; walk on 42nd Street to First Avenue Buses: M15, M27, M42, or M

6 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez New York Times Building 8th Avenue and West 41st Street 620 New York New York Renzo Piano Building Workshop & FXFOWLE collaboratively designed a new headquarters for The New York Times The building, located on Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Street opposite the Port Authority Bus Terminal, unites the company's employees under one roof in an exceptional signature structure The design incorporates a transparent glass tower screened by planes of glazed terracotta tubes that seem to float above the street An advanced sunshading system, floor to ceiling glass, increased ceiling heights, efficient lighting and mechanical systems, displaced ventilation, extensive mock-up testing, and a variety of additional sustainable features will ensure that the New York Times Building will bring a new standard of comfort and efficiency in high-rise office space The building is 52 Stories (1,142 feet) tall, including antenna photo: Alberto M Sánchez Main designer, Renzo Piano FXFOWLE s New York Times Company and Forest City Ratner Companies asanchez 6

7 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Hearst Building Eighth Ave at W57 Street New York New York The Hearst Tower in New York is the world headquarters of the Hearst Corporation The former 6-story headquarters building was commissioned by the founder, William Randolph Hearst and awarded to the architect Joseph Urban The building was completed in 1928 The original cast stone façade has been preserved in the new design as a designated Landmark site Originally built as the base for a proposed skyscraper, the construction of the tower was postponed due to the Great Depression The new tower addition was completed nearly 80 years later The uncommon triangular framing pattern of the tower (also known as a diagrid) required (reportedly) about 20% less than a conventional steel frame Hearst Tower was the first skyscraper to break ground in NYC after September 11, 2001 It's the first green building completed in NYC, with a number of environmental considerations built into the plan The building was designed to use 25% less energy than the minimum requirements for the city of NY Project is not public! Foster & Partners Hearst Corporation asanchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Hearst Tower in New York City, New York is located at 300 West 57th Street on Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle 7

8 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Alberto M Sánchez Chrysler Building Lexington Avenue E 42nd Street 405 New York New York The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, has various fine architectural details and especially the building's gargoyles were modelled after Chrysler automobile products like the hood ornaments of the Plymouth; they exemplify the machine age in the 1920s Standing at 319m it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931 However, the Chrysler Building remains the world's tallest brick building The New York Times Building, which opened in 2007, is exactly level in height Composed of 7 radiating terraced arches, Van Alen's design of the crown is a cruciform groin vault constructed into 7 concentric members with transitioning set-backs, mounted up one behind each other The Chrysler Building's distinctive profile has inspired similar skyscrapers worldwide photo: Alberto M Sánchez 1930 William Van Alen asanchez The building is used as office space, you can only visit the lobby For great views from across the street, visit the German National Tourist Office at 122 E 42nd -- it's on the 20th floor, and the eagles are a lot easier to see, from their window See s_new_yorkhtm Subway: 4/5/6, 7 to Grand Central 8

9 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst The Met Breuer Madison Avenue at 75th Street 945 New York New York The Whitney Museum houses one of the world's foremost collections of twentieth-century American art It owes its striking granite presence at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and 75th Street to the Hungarian-born, Bauhaus-trained architect Marcel Breuer ( ) To design a third home for the Museum which had gradually migrated northward from its original location on West 8th Street to West 54th Street Breuer worked with Hamilton Smith, creating a strong modernist statement in a neighborhood of traditional limestone, brownstone, and brick row houses and postwar apartment buildings Considered somber, heavy, and even brutal at the time of its completion in 1966 ("an inverted Babylonian ziggurat," according to one critic), Breuer's building is now recognized as daring, strong, and innovative It has come to be recognized as one of New York City s most notable buildings and identified with the Whitney Museum's approach to art 1966 Marcel Breuer Naomi photo: Alberto M Sánchez Wednesday Thursday: 11 am 6 pm Friday: 1 9 pm (6 9 pm pay-what-you-wish admission) Saturday Sunday: 11 am 6 pm Monday & Tuesday: Closed General Information: (212) Subway: 6 Train to 77th Street Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 to 74th Street Car: Two parking garages offer discounts with Whitney ticket validation 35 East 75th Street (10% discount) 68 East 80th Street (3 hours for $20) 9

10 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Apple Store Fifth Avenue 5th Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets 767 New York New York NY Apple's second Manhattan retail store is located at 767 Fifth Avenue, the prominent site near FAO Schwarz and Bergdorf Goodman provides views of Central Park The store occupies the underground retail concourse of the General Motors Building, with entry from the plaza level above With this design, New York has a new public space Designers Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and structural engineers Eckersly O'Callahan (glass elements) in collaboration with Apple used Apple Stores' signature structural glass vertical circulation to entice plaza level passersby down to the store's underground main level The 32-foot structural glass cube marking the store's entrance makes a bold architectural statement Housing a transparent glass elevator wrapped by a circular glass stair, the transparent cube beckons potential customers down to the retail level below By day it is a skylight bringing natural light underground, while at night the lighted cube is a sign photo: Alberto M Sánchez Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Apple Computer, Inc asanchez 24/365 In the city that never sleeps, there s a store that never stops tel: (212)

11 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez MoMa Museum of Modern Art West 53 Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues 11 New York New York Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world Japanese architect Taniguchi won a competition in 1997 to redesign the MoMa, beating out ten other internationally renowned architects, including Rem Koolhaas, Bernard Tschumi, and Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron The MoMA commission was his first work outside Japan Taniguchi's beautiful and bold design reflects the unique vitality of midtown Manhattan and sensitively draws upon and transforms the language of modernism Highlights include larger, more flexible, sky-lit galleries for contemporary art; architecturally distinctive galleries for masterpieces of modern art; and prominent and more comprehensive areas for study, research, and educational endeavors Yoshio Taniguchi MoMa Museu of Modern Art asanchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Saturday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Sunday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Monday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Tuesday closed Wednesday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Thursday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Friday 10:30 am 8:00 pm Closed Thanksgiving Day Closed Christmas Day tel: (212) Subway: E or V to Fifth Avenue/53 Street; B, D, or F to Streets/Rockefeller Center Bus: M1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to 53 Street 11

12 photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Solomon R Guggenheim Museum 5th Avenue 1071 New York New York The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum is located in a key site in front of Central Park, an oasis of tranquility in the big city Wright took his inspiration from nature and organic forms But the main innovation in his design was the new concept of 'circulation' Visitors have to rise to the top of the building via an elevator, and then walk downward through the galleries on a continuous helical spiral ramp The building was finished six month after Wright's death, it being his last major work It is a masterpiece of Modern ure still now, even though it was finished in 1959 photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Frank Lloyd Wright Solomon Guggenheim MVar Saturday - Wednesday: / Friday: / Closed Thursdays, Christmas, and Thanksgiving Day To reach the museum by subway, take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street Walk west on 86th Street, turn right at 5th Avenue and proceed north to 88th Street To reach the museum by bus, take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus on Madison or Fifth Avenue 12

13 photo: Alberto M Sánchez American Folk Art Museum West 53rd Street 45 New York New York The American Folk Art Museum is clad in sixty-three lightly textured tombasil panels (a white bronze alloy) The building is surrounded on the front and back sides by sites owned by the Museum of Modern Art The façade is designed to make a strong but quiet statement of independence The lustrous, sculptural façade is the product of a manual fabrication process evocative of the hands-oriented approach characteristic of folk art; its panels are cast by pouring molten metal directly into gated forms on the concrete floor of the foundry The faceted panels, which appear stonelike and metallic at the same time, create different visual effects catching the light of the sun as it rises and sets, east and west along 53rd Street Seven of the eight levels of the new building are entirely dedicated to public space The galleries on the four top floors of the building vary in scale from intimate spaces to allow for a personalized art experience to open areas for the display of larger works Tod Williams Billie Tsien asanchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez T , info@folkartmuseumorg Tuesday - Sunday : 10:30am - 5:30pm Friday: 10:30am - 7:30pm Monday: Closed The museum is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day Subway lines B,D,F,V to 47th-50th Streets, Rockefeller Center Subway E,V 47th-50th Streets, Rockefeller Center Bus 1,2,3,4, along 5th Avenue, and numbers 5,6,7 along 6th Avenue / Avenue of the Americas 13

14 photo: Thom Mckenzie photo: Thom Mckenzie 40 Bond Bond Street 40 New York New York This luxury apartment building on 40 Bond Street in New York, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is a sparkling reinterpretation of the traditional cast iron and brick loft buildings of the surrounding area The 11-storey building contains 27 luxury apartments and 5 townhouses, creating a new typology of apartments which combine housing with the services and amenities of a 5-star hotel The façade is constructed of concrete wrapped in blackened copper and luminescent curved glass The materials of the façade have been treated in numerous ways which create an ornamental ground floor and shimmering upper floors that respond to changes in light At street level the private entrances to the townhouses are protected by a large cast aluminium graffiti-inspired gate The building fits comfortably into its context by reinterpreting the typical Noho loft buildings and their materiality whilst standing out through the interesting and unique use of new materials and manufacturing processes Project is not public! 2007 Herzog and De Meuron Ian Schrager thom photo: Thom Mckenzie Subway: Take the 6 Line to Bleeker St or the B,D,F, V Lines to Broadway-Lafayette 14

15 photo: Fernando Miguel García Martín photo: Fernando Miguel García Martín Seagram Building Park Avenue 375 New York New York The Seagram Building located at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, was designed by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in collaboration with the American Philip Johnson and was completed in 1958 The Seagram Building was meant to confirm Mies' assertion that when modern industrialized building technology is truthfully expressed, architecture becomes transcendent Ironically, the luxurious materials used (marble for the plaza benches, travertine for the lobby walls and floor, tinted glass and bronze for the curtain wall) and the carefully controlled customized details that pervade the building remind the viewer that this building is far from being the simple result of rationalized industrial production and construction techniques Much copied but not matched, the Seagram Building is generally recognized as the finest example of skyscrapers in the International Style (text from New York ure Images) Public access unknown! 1958 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Joseph E Seagram & Sons fotosvoladoras photo: Fernando Miguel García Martín 15

16 photo: Roderick Trompert Hudson New York Hotel West 58th Street 356 New York New York NY This modern hotel near Central Park features an impressive entrance Yellow/green escalators bring visitors to the elevated lobby, which is marked by the 12m high ceiling covered with plants Adjacent to the lobby you can find the Private Park with an inspired assortment of antique and modern garden furniture Located on the 15th floor is the Sky Terrace; a large private landscaped terrace with sweeping city and Hudson River views, all for the exclusive enjoyment of the hotel guests 2000, Interior architect Philippe Starck Roderick photo: Roderick Trompert Subway 1, A, B, C, D / 59th St - Columbus Circle Station 16

17 photo: Roderick Trompert Empire State Building 5th Ave 350 New York New York NY As a result of a competition between John Raskob (General Motors) and Walter Chrysler (Chrysler Corporation) to build the tallest building in the world, the Empire State Building was constructed The construction of the 381m high tower began on januari 22nd 1930 and finished on may 1st 1931; long before the planned finish date For a long period, the Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world In 1971 this title was taken by the Twin Towers of the World Trace Center Though, ever since the destruction of the WTC due to the terrorist attacks on september 11th 2001, the Empire State Building is once again the tallest building in New York Contractor Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates Starrett Brothers and Eken General Motors Roderick photo: Roderick Trompert Open daily, 365 days a year: 08: / Last elevators go up at 01:15 6 at 33rd St B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, W at 34th St-Herald Sq 17

18 Tribeca Issey MiYake Hudson Street 119 New York New York NY 'Shop Until You're Blown Away' is the message of the Issey MiYake flagship store in Tribeca, New York It was designed by Frank O Gehry and his former protégé, Gordon Kipping of Manhattan-based GTECTS The designs of the eternally experimental Japanese couturier have always carried a whiff of chaos 'The Tornado' is the name of the 25-foot-high titanium column-like structure which dominates the Hudson Street shop It's pure Gehry - and yet if you squint you'd swear you're looking at a classic pleated MiYake dress Extending from a shaft emerging from the cellar floor to a turbulent sprawl engulfing the ceiling of the ground floor, the Tornado does energize the whole room, both engaging and provoking the shopper photo: Roderick Trompert 2001 Main designer, Gehry Partners Gordon Kipping Issey MiYake Roderick Monday - Saturday: / Sunday: Subway 1, Franklin St Station 18

19 photo: Roderick Trompert Flatiron Building 5th avenue 175 New York New York NY The Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building as it was originally called, is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, and is considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built Upon completion in 1902 it was one of the tallest buildings in New York City The building sits on a triangular island block at 23rd Street, Fifth Avenue and Broadway, anchoring the south (downtown) end of Madison Square The neighborhood around the building is called the Flatiron District after its signature building The Flatiron Building was designed by Chicago's Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts style Like a classical Greek column, its limestone and glazed terra-cotta façade is separated into three parts horizontally Since it was one of the first buildings to use a steel skeleton, the building could be constructed to 285 feet (87 m), which would have been very difficult with other construction methods of that time (text from Wikipedia) Project is not public! 1902 Daniel Burnham Roderick photo: Roderick Trompert Subway R, W / 23rd St Station 19

20 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert 40 Mercer Residences Mercer Street 40 New York New York NY An extraordinary testament to progressive architecture and ingenious engineering, this stunning, 15-storey block-long building offers magnificent glass curtain walls with a rhythm of clear panes intermixed with vibrant hues of red and blue Jean Nouvel has conveived a building in which glass acts as both a presence, as in massively scaled transparent sliding walls, and an absence, ie the disappearing floor-to-ceiling windows that bring the outside in (text from website project) Project is not public! 2001 Jean Nouvel Roderick photo: Roderick Trompert Subway N,Q,R,W / Canal St Station Subway 6 / Spring St Station 20

21 photo: Roderick Trompert Prada flagship store Broadway 575 New York New York NY Upon entering the store, which previously housed the SoHo branch of the Guggenheim Museum, visitors are met with a largely vacant space dominated by an oversized, round elevator OMA is said to have spent two months of research "investigating ways to reinvent the retail experience" Perhaps as a result of this, the ground floor only has a small amount of merchandise, relegating the majority of merchandise and actual shopping activity to the basement level, which feels cramped and lacks appropriate lighting The store's main design component is the half pipe-like wooden curve that connects the two floors visually On the Broadway side, the curve has steps and serves as a place for clothes to be shown According to OMA, this portion of the half pipe also serves as place for people to try on shoes, though in reality the shoe department is under the stepped side of the curve, and seating is provided there for shoppers photo: Roderick Trompert 2001, Interior architect OMA - Rem Koolhaas Roderick Prada Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 11am-7pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday:11am-8pm Sunday: 12pm-7pm Subway B,D, F, V Broadway-Lafayette St Station 21

22 photo: Roderick Trompert Apple Store West 14th Street W 14th Street 401 New York New York NY Apple opened its newest retail store on West 14th Street in New York's Meatpacking District on Friday December 7 in 2007 The Apple Store West 14th Street is Apple's first three-storey store with two floors dedicated to products and a third dedicated to services, including a 46-foot Genius Bar and specially designed areas for workshops and personal training Eye-catcher of the store is the all-glass spiral staircase that connects the two floors , Interior architect Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Roderick Apple photo: Roderick Trompert Monday - Saturday: 09: / Sunday: 09: Subway A,C,E,L / 8th Ave - 14th St Station 22

23 photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan The High Line Gansevoort Street 100 New York New York NY The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan's streets Section 1 of the High Line is now open as a public park, owned by the City of New York When all 3 sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighbourhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings Fixed and movable seating, lighting, and special features are also included in the park photo: Iwan Baan Main designer, Landscape architect James Corner Field Operations haaijk Diller Scofidio + Renfro New York City Department of Parks & Recreation The High Line is open from 07: daily Subway: L / A / C / E to 14th Street & 8th Avenue C / E to 23rd Street & 8th Avenue 1 / 2 / 3 to 14th Street & 7th Avenue 1 to 18th Street & 7th Avenue 1 to 23rd Street & 7th Avenue Bus: M11 to Washington Street M11 to 9th Avenue M14 to 9th Avenue M23 to 10th Avenue M34 to 10th Avenue 23

24 photo: Piotr Krajewski The Morgan Renovation and Expansion Madison Avenue 225 New York New York Located on Madison Avenue, in Lower Manhattan, the Library is one of the world's most important museums for rare books, manuscripts and drawings An intervention was necessary to meet new requirements that were much needed by the library These included improved internal circulation and the creation of new spaces within the perimeter of the complex An additional aim was to reunify the existing buildings and restore a sense of harmony to the overall complex Three new pavilions have been built to house entrance facilities, exhibition galleries, a new reading room and administrative offices An internal piazza connects the spaces, facilitating circulation between the six different wings of the Morgan Library (text from architect's website) 2006 Renzo Piano The Morgan Library & Museum pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski The Morgan Library & Museum and the Morgan Shop are open Tuesday through Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: The Morgan closes at 1600 on Christmas and New Year's Eve Closed Monday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day 24

25 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski 41 Cooper Square Cooper Square 41 New York New York Cooper Square, the new academic building for The Cooper Union, aspires to manifest the character, culture and vibrancy of both the 150 year-old institution and of the city in which it was founded The institution remains committed to Peter Cooper's radically optimistic intention to provide an education 'as free as water and air' and has subsequently grown to become a renowned intellectual and cultural centre for the city of New York 41 Cooper Square aspires to reflect the institution's stated goal to create an iconic building, one that reflects its values and aspirations as a center for advanced and innovative education in Art, ure and Engineering (text from architect's website) Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Morphosis The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 25

26 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski The MetLife Building Park Avenue 200 New York New York Centrally located in the core of midtown Manhattan's prestigious office submarket between Grand Central Terminal and East 45th Street, The MetLife Building is a 58-storey, trophy-quality asset, comprised of 30 million square feet of office and retail space with an adjacent six-level parking garage The history of The MetLife Building begins in 1954 as part of the plan to reconstruct Grand Central Terminal Erwin S Wolfson developed the project in the early 1960's with the assistance of the architects Emery Roth and Sons, Walter Gropius and Pietro Belluschi When the doors of The MetLife Building opened on March 7, 1963, it was known as 'The Pan Am Building' and was the focal point of Park Avenue It stretches from East 43rd Street to East 45th Street and offers direct access to Grand Central Terminal, an important transportation hub in New York City (text from wwwstreeteasycom) Main designer, Emery Roth & Sons Pietro Belluschi Walter Gropius MetLife pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 26

27 photo: Piotr Krajewski Zuccotti Park Liberty Plaza 1 New York New York Destroyed on September 11, 2001, Liberty Plaza Park is both restored and re-imagined in this design The diagonal walkway from the World Trade Center site to Broadway is recreated with 24 granite benches, 53 honey locust trees, and a paving stone pattern all set on this diagonal axis On the walking surface, milk-white glass pavers, set flush with the granite slabs, are lit from below by 500 lights transforming the park at night The design received a 2008 AIA Honor Award as reported in ural Record (text from architect's website) photo: Piotr Krajewski Floor area/size m², Landscape architect, Urban planner Cooper, Robertson & Partners pkrajewski_pl Brookfield Financial Properties 27

28 photo: Piotr Krajewski 7 World Trade Center Greenwich Street 250 New York New York World Trade Center is a building in New York City, located across from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan The name '7 World Trade Center' has referred to two buildings: the original structure, completed in 1987, and the current one On September 11, 2001, 7 WTC was damaged by debris when the nearby North Tower of the WTC collapsed 7 WTC would eventually collapse completely later that day Associated with the World Trade Center complex only by name, the new 7 WTC aspires to be a fresh image representing new growth The 52-storey Manhattan tower looks to historic SOM predecessors as a model of simple form and functional representation, but moves beyond these precedents through contemporary building enhancements that have created a new model for life safety and sustainable design (text from Wikipedia and architects' website) Public access unknown! 2006 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 28

29 The Standard Hotel New York Washington Street 848 New York New York ne Standing over The High Line, the concrete building of the Standard Hotel New York reminds of Le Corbusier's works The integration at public space level turns this building into more than just another addition to the NY skyline, becoming an urban piece of the Meatpacking District and a detonator of the current renovation of the area The 20-storey building includes 337 rooms, a restaurant (The Standard Grill) and a bar (The Living Room) The interiors were designed by NY-based architects Roman and Williams Associate architect Ennead s Roman and Williams pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 29

30 photo: John Saeyong Ra photo: John Saeyong Ra TKTS Booth & Redevelopment Times Square New York New York NY TKTS was a project that began in 2000 with an international competition to re-design the existing TKTS-booth at the centre of Times Square The competition was the largest in New York's history at the time and attracted 683 entrants from 31 countries While the competition brief simply requested designs for a small scale architectural structure to replace the existing booth, we re-framed the problem as one requiring an urban design response Our proposal for the new ticketing booth consists of a tiered red 'resin' staircase that rises to form a backdrop for the nearby statue of Father Duffy, simultaneously providing roofing to the booth and a public space above The shell of the booth is lit from within, generating a powerful glow at night The design's iconic strength has seen it become instantly part of the identity of the city and popular culture Widely acclaimed, it has received an unprecedented 18 international and national awards photo: John Saeyong Ra Floor area/size m² Associate architect Associate architect Choi Ropiha Fighera Perkins Eastman PKSB Times Square Alliance, Theatre Development Fund, Coalition for Father Duffy and City of New York CHROFI 30

31 photo: Andre Staalenhoef photo: Andre Staalenhoef Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center Plaza 10 New York New York NY ing_arts A consortium of civic leaders and others led by, and under the initiative of John D Rockefeller III, built Lincoln Center as part of the "Lincoln Square Renewal Project" during Robert Moses's program of urban renewal in the 1950s and 1960s Respected architects were contacted to design the major buildings on the site, and over the next thirty years the previously blighted area around Lincoln Center became a new cultural hub photo: Andre Staalenhoef 1962 Urban planner Robert Moses yep 31

32 photo: Andre Staalenhoef 88 Pine Street Pine Street 88 New York New York NY This 32-story investment office tower, intended for an unknown and varied tenancy with diverse space requirements, was designed for maximum interior flexibility The building program stipulated that large amounts of undivided space be provided for Wall Street brokerage houses The solution is a loft building designed with economically placed columns and slabs; only essential components are expressed The white aluminum cladding was selected to stand out among other, darker towers downtown, and to complement historic sailing vessels moored at South Street Seaport The white finish was achieved by "painting" the curtain wall with baked-on silicone-reinforced acrylic enamel, the first such large-scale application Each 28-foot bay frames a continuous window comprising three large panes of glass butt-joined with silicone sealant The absence of mullions preserves the building's simplicity and suggests its interior flexibility 1973 yep photo: Andre Staalenhoef 32

33 photo: Andre Staalenhoef photo: Andre Staalenhoef New York University's Bronx Campus University Avenue New York New York Beginning in the 1950s, NYU began expanding both their downtown and uptown campuses In 1956, the administration hired renowned modernist architect Marcel Breuer, who had experience working with colleges such as Sarah Lawrence and Vassar, to develop a master plan for the future University Heights The architect's avant-garde style differed greatly from the classical design used by Stanford White Instead of using marble, Breuer opted for concrete, instead of ornate fixtures, the Hungarian chose simplicity During the 50s and 60s, observers began criticizing classical works for being simply pretty, but not necessarily functional, making Breuer's aesthetic perfect for the times photo: Andre Staalenhoef 1970 Marcel Breuer yep 33