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new york Projects 13 Created 06-Sep-16 By camilla sacerdoti,

Art and ure Chrysler Building The Met Breuer MoMa Museum of Modern

10 The MetLife Building 11 New York, Emery Roth & Sons office 5

Zuccotti Park 13 New York, Cooper, Robertson & Partners park,

Taniguchi museum Flatiron Building New York, James Corner Field

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Hall at City College 14 New York, Elemental ure education 8 New

1 new york Projects 13 Created 06-Sep-16 By camilla sacerdoti, berlin, Germany New Museum New York, SANAA museum Storefront for Art and ure Chrysler Building The Met Breuer MoMa Museum of Modern Art Solomon R Guggenheim Museum Seagram Building 9 The High Line 10 The MetLife Building 11 New York, Emery Roth & Sons office 5 The Rose Center for Earth and Space 12 New York, Ennead s museum 6 Zuccotti Park 13 New York, Cooper, Robertson & Partners park, square 7 New York, Frank Lloyd Wright museum 4 New York, Yoshio Taniguchi museum Flatiron Building New York, James Corner Field Operations bridge, park, promenade New York, Marcel Breuer museum 3 New York, William Van Alen office New York, Daniel Burnham commercial space, office New York, Steven Holl gallery 2 Shepard Hall at City College 14 New York, Elemental ure education 8 New York, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe office 1

photo: Dean Kaufman photo: Dean Kaufman New Museum Bowery 235 New York New York NY 10002 http://wwwnewmuseumorg/ The new home of the New Museum of Contemporary Art is a seven-story, eight-level

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

2 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 2

photo: Paul Warchol photo: Paul Warchol Storefront for Art and ure Kenmare Street 97 New York New York 10012 http://wwwstorefrontnewsorg Storefront for Art and ure is a non-profit organization

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

3 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 3

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

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

4 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 4

photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst The Met Breuer Madison Avenue at 75th Street 945 New York New York 10021 http://whitneyorg/about/breuerbuilding The Whitney Museum houses one of the

architect Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) 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

5 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) 5

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 10019-5497 http://wwwmomaorg/ Founded in 1929 as an

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

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

6 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 6

photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Solomon R Guggenheim Museum 5th Avenue 1071 New York New York 10128 http://wwwguggenheimorg/new-york The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum is

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

7 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 7

photo: Fernando Miguel García Martín photo: Fernando Miguel García Martín Seagram Building Park Avenue 375 New York New York 10152 The Seagram Building located at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street

was meant to confirm Mies' assertion that when modern industrialized building technology is truthfully expressed, architecture becomes transcendent Ironically, the luxurious materials used (marble

8 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 8

photo: Roderick Trompert Flatiron Building 5th avenue 175 New York New York NY 10010 The Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building as it was originally called, is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the

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

9 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 9

photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan The High Line Gansevoort Street 100 New York New York NY 10011 http://wwwthehighlineorg The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous

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

10 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 10

The MetLife Building Park Avenue 200 New York New York 10166 Centrally located in the core of midtown Manhattan's prestigious office submarket between Grand Central Terminal and East 45th Street, The

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

11 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 11

The Rose Center for Earth and Space 81st Street 1 New York New York 10024 http://wwwamnhorg/rose/ The Rose Center for Earth and Space is a notable part of the American Museum of Natural History in

Central Park West The Rose Center was designed by James Stewart Polshek and Todd H Schliemann, Polshek Partnership s, and the exhibition design is by Ralph Appelbaum Associates The center is an

12 The Rose Center for Earth and Space 81st Street 1 New York New York The Rose Center for Earth and Space is a notable part of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City The Center's complete name is The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space The main entrance is located on the northern side of the museum on 81st Street near Central Park West The Rose Center was designed by James Stewart Polshek and Todd H Schliemann, Polshek Partnership s, and the exhibition design is by Ralph Appelbaum Associates The center is an extensive reworking of the old Hayden Planetarium, which dated back to 1935 An entirely new building opened to the public on February 19, 2000, featuring a seven-storey tall glass cube that encloses the 87-foot-diameter Hayden Sphere The top half of the Sphere houses the Space Theater, one of the world's pre-eminent planetariums, which incorporates high-resolution fulldome video to create 'space shows' (text from Wikipedia) Ennead s pkrajewski_pl Daily: / Closed: Thanksgiving and Christmas The direct entrance to the Frederick Phineas & Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space is on the north side of the Museum on West 81st Street, just west of Central Park West Access is also available through the Museum from Central Park West at 79th Street 12

Zuccotti Park Liberty Plaza 1 New York New York 10001 Destroyed on September 11, 2001, Liberty Plaza Park is both restored and re-imagined in this design The diagonal walkway from the World Trade

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)

13 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) Floor area/size m², Landscape architect, Urban planner Cooper, Robertson & Partners pkrajewski_pl Brookfield Financial Properties 13

photo: Elemental NYC photo: Elemental NYC Shepard Hall at City College City College of New York 160 Convent Avenue New York New York 10031 This $150 million dollar project has

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

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

14 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 14

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NYC.Projects. New Museum New York, United States SANAA museum. Empire State Building. Flatiron Building. New York Times Building. NYC Projects 12 Created 12-Jan-17 By ania hancke, barcelona, Spain New Museum SANAA museum New York Times Building Hearst Building Chrysler Building Solomon R Guggenheim Museum 4 Seagram Building 8 Flatiron