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1 New York 2016 Projects 34 Created 22-Mar-16 By Marloes Faber, Veenendaal, Netherlands New Museum New York, SANAA museum Storefront for Art and ure Thor MAD Museum of Arts and Design United Nations Headquarters New York Times Building Chrysler Building The Met Breuer Apple Store Fifth Avenue 7 Solomon R Guggenheim Museum New York, Frank Lloyd Wright museum Blue Tower 14 Seagram Building 15 Empire State Building 16 Tribeca Issey MiYake 17 New York, Gehry Partners retail, shop, showroom 8 Flatiron Building 18 New York, Daniel Burnham commercial space, office 9 Prada flagship store 19 New York, OMA - Rem Koolhaas retail, shop 10 Trump Tower 20 New York, Der Scutt housing, mixed-use development, office 11 New York, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson retail, shop New York, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates office New York, Marcel Breuer museum 6 New York, William Van Alen office 13 New York, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe office New York, Renzo Piano office 5 New York, Wallace Harrison auditorium, congress centre, library, office 40 Bond New York, Bernard Tschumi s housing New York, Allied Works ure museum 4 New York, Marcel Wanders club, leisure, restaurant New York, Herzog and De Meuron housing New York, Steven Holl gallery 3 The High Line 21 New York, James Corner Field Operations bridge, park, promenade 12 Shake Shack 22 New York, SITE bar, cafe, kiosk 1

2 Lipstick Building New York, Philip Johnson office One Madison Park IAC Headquarters The MetLife Building TWA Flight Center NYU Department of Philosophy Shepard Hall at City College New York, Elemental ure education 30 Armani Fifth Avenue 31 CBS Building 32 New York, Eero Saarinen office, recording studio 26 Bayard-Condict 33 New York, Louis Sullivan commercial space, office 27 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 34 New York, Robert Moses culture, square 28 New York, Steven Holl auditorium, library, university 25 New York, Eero Saarinen airport, passenger terminal Alessi Flagship Store New York, Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas retail New York, Emery Roth & Sons office 24 New York, Gehry Partners office New York, Asymptote shop New York, CetraRuddy housing 23 New York University's Bronx Campus 35 New York, Marcel Breuer auditorium, student housing, university 29 Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges 36 New Haven, Eero Saarinen university 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: Marcel Wanders Studio photo: Marcel Wanders Studio Thor Rivington street 107 New York New York Lounge, restaurant, bathrooms and private club at the Hotel on Rivington, ground floor and basement in the Lower East Side Floor finishing materials is ceramic tiles The walls and ceiling are covered with hexagon wallpaper by Marcel Wanders studio and silk screen printing Interior architect Marcel Wanders Hotel on Rivington, Marcel_Wanders_Studio photo: Marcel Wanders Studio telephone:

6 photo: Richard Barnes photo: Hélène Binet MAD Museum of Arts and Design Columbus Circle 2 New York New York The Museum of Arts & Design moved from their home at 53rd Street to the redesigned facility at Columbus Circle The design dramatically opens up the nearly windowless building to enliven its gallery space with natural light and views of the city A series of three separate cuts, each one a continuous line fitted with transparent and fritted glass, weaves across the building s façade to create a light-filled, cantilevered structure These bands of glass continue inside the building across the floors, ceilings, and walls of each level, to provide a unified sense of space and a visual connection among the galleries The building s façade is clad with custom-made terracotta tiles finished in a pale iridescent glaze that changes with the time of day and point of view Through the use of glass and ceramic, two materials that figure prominently in the Museum s collection, the new building design explores and interprets the craft traditions of the institution s core mission Allied Works ure Naomi photo: Hélène Binet Museum: Wed - Sun 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Thurs 11:00 am to 9:00 pm Closed Mon, Tues & Major Holidays The Store at MAD: Mon - Sat 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Thurs 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Sun 10:00 am to 6:00 pm By subway: A, B, C, D or 1 train to Columbus Circle or the N, R, Q or W train to 57th Street and 7th Ave By Bus: M 5, 7, 10, 20 and 104 to Columbus Circle 6

7 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

8 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 8

9 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 9

10 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) 10

11 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)

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: 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 13

14 photo: Thom Mckenzie photo: Thom Mckenzie Blue Tower Norfolk Street 105 New York New York This seventeen-storey tower, located in the Lower East Side, contains thirty-two apartments and rises to a height of 55m The building is Bernard Tschumi's first residential tower and his second building in New York City The building took two and a half years to design and construct and was influenced by the constraints of NYC zoning laws and market-driven commercial forces The building attempts to create an interesting form which adheres to building codes and creates a unique building The blue pixelated façade stands out against the sky as it rises far above the neighbouring buildings of the historic Lower East Side neighbourhood The design of the façade represents the diversity and the dynamism of the neighbourhood, as well as the internal organisation of the building Public access unknown! 2007 Bernard Tschumi s thom photo: Thom Mckenzie The building is located one block west of Essex St-Delancey St subway station (F,M,J or Z lines) 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 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 16

17 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 17

18 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 18

19 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 19

20 photo: Roderick Trompert Trump Tower Fifth Avenue 725 New York New York NY mp_tower/trump_towerasp Trump Tower is a 58-storey skyscraper in New York City, located at 725 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of 56th Street The mixed-use tower was developed by Donald Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company Designed by Der Scutt of Swanke, Hayden Connell, it was completed on 30 November 1983 The tower is a reinforced concrete, shear-wall/core structure and was the tallest structure of this type in New York City when completed A concrete hat-truss at the top of the building ties exterior columns with the concrete core This increases the effective dimensions of the core to that of the building in order to resist the overturning of lateral forces (wind, minor earthquakes, and impacts perpendicular to the building's height) photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! Structural engineer Der Scutt Irwin Cantor Donald J Trump Roderick Subway F / 57th St Station Subway E,V / 5th Ave - 53rd St Station Subway N,R,W / 5th Ave Station 20

21 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 21

22 Shake Shack Madison Square Park 1 New York New York This small food kiosk is designed for the historic Madison Square Park in New York City The concept responds to several important features of the surrounding community - the triangular shape of Daniel Burnham's Flatiron Building, the plan of the historic park, the profusion of vegetation, and the festive atmosphere that prevails during all seasons The kiosk is designed to serve typical American hot dogs, hamburgers, milk shakes and other simple lunch items A large shade trellis, overgrown with English ivy, covers an inclined roof and the entire back wall of the 500 sq ft building The general intention of the design is to provide a food kiosk for Madison Square Park that becomes a miniature garden in itself (text from architects' website) photo: Piotr Krajewski 2004 SITE pkrajewski_pl Can be reached by the N,R,W (subway) to 23 St; 6 to 23 St 22

23 photo: Piotr Krajewski Lipstick Building Third Avenue 885 New York New York The Lipstick Building (also known as 53rd at Third) is a 453 foot (138 meters) tall skyscraper located at 885 Third Avenue, between East 53rd Street and 54th Street, across from the Citigroup Center in Manhattan, New York City, It was completed in 1986 and has 34 floors The building was designed by John Burgee s with Philip Johnson The building receives its name from its shape and color, which resemble a tube of lipstick At three levels, blocks of the building recede as part of Manhattan's zoning regulation in which the building is required to recede within its spatial envelope, to increase the availability of light to street level The result is a form that looks as though it could retract telescopically The shape, which is unusual in comparison to surrounding buildings, uses less space at the base than a regular skyscraper of quadrilateral footprint would use This provides more room for the high numbers of pedestrians who travel via Third Avenue 1986 Main designer, Philip Johnson John Burgee pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski The Lipstick Building is on the east side of Third Avenue at 53rd Street 23

24 photo: Piotr Krajewski One Madison Park East 23rd Street 23 New York New York One Madison Park is CetraRuddy's new 50-story addition to New York's skyline The graceful 618 foot high building is dark bronze glass which relates to the limestone and masonry Flatiron neighbourhood The lower is punctuated by five 6-story pods of clear and white glass that add articulation to the tower while giving residents 270 degree views Loggia residences, located at the rooftop of each pod, provide outdoor private terraces, surrounded by elegant glass rails The seventy homes within the tower enjoy the amenities of a spa and pool, outdoor terrace facing the historic Madison Square Park, wine cellar and butler service (text from architects' website) Public access unknown! 2010 CetraRuddy Slazer Enterprises pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 24

25 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski IAC Headquarters West 18th Street 555 New York New York IAC/InterActiveCorp Headquarters is a Frank Gehry-designed building located in the Chelsea, Manhattan neighbourhood of New York City Completed in 2007, it houses the offices of IAC corporation Reminiscent of several Gehry designs, it appears at a gross level to consist of two major levels: a large base of twisted tower-sections packed together like the cells of a bee hive, with a second bundle of lesser diameter sitting on top of the first The cell units have the appearance of sails, skinned over the skeleton of the building The overall impression is of two very tall storeys, which belies its actual 10-storey structure photo: Piotr Krajewski Public access unknown! 2007 Gehry Partners IAC pkrajewski_pl 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: Ton Stam photo: Ton Stam TWA Flight Center JFK Terminal 5 1 New York New York The TWA Flight Center or Trans World Flight Center, opened in 1962 as the original terminal designed for Trans World Airlines by Eero Saarinen at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport Portions of the original complex have been demolished and the Saarinen terminal (or head house) is partially encircled by and ultimately serves as a ceremonial entrance to a new adjacent terminal completed in 2008 Together, the old and new buildings comprise JetBlue Airways' JFK operations and are known collectively as Terminal 5 or simply T5 The City of New York designated both the interiors and the exteriors of the Saarinen terminal a historic landmark in 1994 and in 2005 the National Park Service listed the Trans World Flight Center on the National Register of Historic Places photo: Ton Stam 1962 Eero Saarinen Trans World Airlines (TWA) pkrajewski_pl In this moment project is under renovation and it's closed, the best view is from the new JetBlue terminal 5 From Jamaica Subway Station, take Airtrain to terminal

28 photo: Frankss photo: Frankss NYU Department of Philosophy Washington Place 5 New York New York This project is the complete interior renovation of an 1890 corner building for the consolidation of the NYU's Department of Philosophy within a concept which organizes the new spaces around light and phenomenal properties of materials A new stair shaft below a new skylight joins the 6-level building vertically with a shifting porosity of light and shadow that change seasonally Prismatic film was installed on the south-facing stairwell windows which occasionally break the sunlight into a prismatic rainbow The Ground level, utilized by the entire University, contains a new curvilinear wooden auditorium on a cork floor The upper level floors contain Faculty Offices and Seminar Rooms which are done in different shades and textures of black & white, according to the texts in Ludwig Wittgenstein's book 'Remarks on Colour' The building exists within the NoHo Historic District and is part of the NYU campus within Greenwich Village and is sited on access to Washington Square Park photo: Frankss Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Interior architect Security consultant Lighting designer Structural engineer Acoustics consultant Steven Holl CH Guernsey & Company Renfro Design Group Robert Silman Associates Shen Milsom & Wilke New York University Franks 8th St/NYU Station is 2 blocks north east of the department 28

29 photo: Elemental NYC photo: Elemental NYC Shepard Hall at City College City College of New York 160 Convent Avenue New York New York This $150 million dollar project has entailed the reconstruction of a 400,000 SF landmark building built shortly after the turn of the 20th Century, and in fact, the first building built for public higher education in the The client has been the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York acting as agent for CUNY Exterior work has included reconstructing the entire building shell including replacing 65,000 different pieces of ornamental terra cotta with new durable thin-shell GFRC Interior work has included restoration of the Great Hall, interior stairs and a complete evaluation of fire safety systems, IT systems and mechanical systems This building is now restored to its place as the centerpiece of the City University of New York's main campus photo: Elemental NYC Floor area/size m² Elemental ure Dormitory Authority of the State of New York ElementalNYC 29

30 photo: Asymptote ure photo: Asymptote ure Alessi Flagship Store Greene Street 130 New York New York The first Alessi Flagship Store New York City opened to the public in September 2006 at 130 Greene Street in SoHo Commissioned to create a new identity for the Alessi brand, Asymptote designed not only the store's interior architecture, but also all of its graphic elements from wall graphics to packaging to a unique modular display system The store also features an espresso bar and gallery/exhibition area that expands the conventional retail program photo: Jack Solomon , Interior architect Asymptote jacksolo17 Alessi Mon-Sat 11am-7pm Sun 12pm-6pm 30

31 photo: Jack Solomon photo: Jack Solomon Armani Fifth Avenue 5th Avenue 717 New York New York "The building that incorporates Armani/5th Avenue holds a very important place in the history of architecture because its face is one of the first examples of the 'International Style' When one is dealing with such a cultural milestone, one must always bear in mind that the exterior is totally New York, while the interior should have its own identity A reflection of the flair and aesthetic values that define the Giorgio Armani style The grand staircase is the focal point, an exciting sculptural feature which connects all the different levels that accommodate the Armani universe range by range Innovative in both layout and content, Armani/5th Avenue is the first concept store in which all the Armani products are presented in a single space, where the same design has been adopted throughout: the subtle colours and restrained shapes emphasise the value of the product" photo: Jack Solomon Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Armani jacksolo

32 photo: Andre Staalenhoef photo: Andre Staalenhoef CBS Building W 52nd Street 51 New York New York The CBS Building in New York City, also known as Black Rock, is the headquarters of CBS Corporation The building, opened in 1965, was designed by Eero Saarinen It is located at 51 West 52nd Street, at the corner of Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) The 38 story building is 490 feet (150 m) tall and measures approximately 872,000 rentable square feet The interior spaces, as well as the furnishings were designed by Saarinen and Florence Knoll photo: Andre Staalenhoef Public access unknown! 1965 Eero Saarinen yep 32

33 photo: Andre Staalenhoef photo: Andre Staalenhoef Bayard-Condict Bleecker Street 65 New York New York The Bayard-Condict, 65 Bleeker Street This commercial office building is clad in white terra cotta over a masonry wall The Bayard Building was one of the first steel skeleton frame skyscrapers in New York City and the Department of Buildings raised numerous objections to the design before the plans were finally accepted It is one of the first examples of the Chicago school style of architecture in New York City The division of the building into three sections - an ornamented base, a shaft of identical stacked floors, and a decorated crown illustrates Sullivan's views on skyscraper design At 13 stories and 162 feet (49 meters) high, the building does not attempt to disguise its height, but rather accentuates it by leaving relatively undecorated mullions and pilasters Sullivan's signature ornate floral designs decorate the base and top of the facade, and across the spandrels below the window openings Figural sculptures of angels were added at the request of the client photo: Andre Staalenhoef Public access unknown! 1898 Louis Sullivan yep 33

34 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 34

35 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 35

36 photo: Andre Staalenhoef photo: Andre Staalenhoef Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges York Street 304 New Haven Connecticut Eero Saarinen remarked during the construction of Stiles and Morse Colleges that he had embarked "on unchartered waters" in his design In many ways, this is true: The coarse walls of a poured concrete-and-stone mixture with thin strips of vertical windows and the complex's overall massing and layout (there are no right angles) are indeed unique What is most splendid about Stiles and Morse, however, is that despite their idiosyncratic modernity they are nonetheless in harmony with the rest of campus, with two towers that establish strong ties to the nearby Payne Whitney Gymnasium and Hall of Graduate Studies, and a winding alley between the two colleges that at once calls to mind the streets of Italian hill towns such as San Gimignano and the intimate courtyards of James Gamble Rogers's residential colleges of the 1920s 1962 Eero Saarinen yep photo: Andre Staalenhoef 36