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1 New york Projects 31 Created 07-Mar-16 By kanter eefting, delft, Netherlands Hearst Building New York, Foster & Partners office MAD Museum of Arts and Design MoMa Museum of Modern Art Seagram Building Chrysler Building Tribeca Issey MiYake 40 Bond New Museum New York Times Building 7 Apple Store Fifth Avenue The Met Breuer 14 Empire State Building 15 Solomon R Guggenheim Museum 16 Flatiron Building 17 New York, Daniel Burnham commercial space, office 8 Prada flagship store 18 New York, OMA - Rem Koolhaas retail, shop 9 Hudson New York Hotel 19 New York, Philippe Starck bar, hotel 10 The High Line 20 New York, James Corner Field Operations bridge, park, promenade 11 New York, Renzo Piano office New York, Frank Lloyd Wright museum New York, SANAA museum 6 New York, Herzog and De Meuron housing 13 New York, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates office New York, Gehry Partners retail, shop, showroom 5 New York, William Van Alen office Blue Tower New York, Marcel Breuer museum New York, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe office 4 New York, Yoshio Taniguchi museum New York, Bernard Tschumi s housing New York, Allied Works ure museum 3 Louis Vuitton store 21 New York, Jun Aoki shop 12 New York, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson retail, shop 41 Cooper Square 22 New York, Morphosis education 1

2 IAC Headquarters New York, Gehry Partners office The Rose Center for Earth and Space The Bank of America Tower TWA Flight Center The Beekman 25 LVMH Tower 29 Alessi Flagship Store 30 TKTS Booth & Redevelopment 31 New York, Choi Ropiha Fighera kiosk, square 26 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 32 New York, Robert Moses culture, square 27 New York, Gehry Partners hospital, housing, primary school Armani Fifth Avenue New York, Asymptote shop New York, Eero Saarinen airport, passenger terminal 24 New York, Cook+Fox s office New York, Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas retail New York, Ennead s museum th Avenue 33 New York, Jean Nouvel housing, restaurant 28 New York, Christian de Portzamparc office 2

3 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 3

4 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 4

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 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 5

6 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 6

7 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 7

8 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 8

9 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 9

10 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 10

11 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 11

12 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)

13 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) 13

14 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) 14

15 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 15

16 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 16

17 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 17

18 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 18

19 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 19

20 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 20

21 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Louis Vuitton store East 57th Street 1 New York New York Louis Vuitton's checkered pattern and the grid of that pattern were maintained in the inner layer of laminated glass and on the interior side of the glass respectively However, a checkered pattern with gradations in the transmission of light ranging from opacity to transparency, produced through changes in the dimensions of squares, was overlaid on that pattern From outside, the building as a whole is slightly opaque, but scenes of the interior can be glimpsed in rectangles with blurred edges The exterior finish was applied to a corner of the New York Trust Company Building, a 1930 work designed by Cross & Cross The present design is an attempt to realize, after 70 years, the spirit of the drawings by Hugh Ferriss, especially his vision of a New York skyscraper as a crystalline cluster(text from architects website) Main designer, Jun Aoki Cross & Cross Louis Vuitton pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski Open seven days a week 21

22 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 22

23 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 23

24 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski 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 photo: Piotr Krajewski 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 24

25 photo: David Sundberg photo: Piotr Krajewski The Bank of America Tower Bryant Park 1 New York New York The design for the Bank of America Tower is inspired by the building's unique site within its Midtown location and the broader urban context Located at the juncture of 6th Avenue - a highly trafficked and commercially important artery -and 42nd Street, near Times Square, with its worldwide reputation as a critical center for arts and entertainment, the building strives to respond to these dense urban conditions Starting from its base, which is designed to improve the complex pedestrian and transit circulation, to the overall massing, continuing up to the tip of the spire, the form is a new character amidst an impressive lineage of iconic skyscrapers, from the Chrysler Building to the east to the old McGraw Hill Building to the west Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Cook+Fox s Severud Associates Bank of America pkrajewski_pl photo: David Sundberg 25

26 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

27 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw The Beekman Spruce Street 8 New York New York The Beekman, also known as Beekman Tower a is a 76-storey skyscraper, designed by acclaimed architect Frank Gehry It is located at 8 Spruce Street, just south of City Hall Plaza and the Brooklyn Bridge The Beekman Tower is one of the tallest buildings in New York City Developed by Forest City Ratner, it contains a public elementary school, which the Department of Education owns Above the elementary school there is a 903-unit luxury residential tower clad in stainless steel The building will also include space for New York Downtown Hospital Its structural frame will be all reinforced concrete 2010 Gehry Partners Forest City Ratner pkrajewski_pl photo: Nazar Leskiw 27

28 photo: Piotr Krajewski LVMH Tower East 57th St 19 New York New York Appearing as a traditional skyscraper viewed through a broken glass bottle, the LVMH Tower is one of the skyscrapers that brings the 1990s bulge-and-bend style to New York The building certainly complements its original owner, a Parisian maker of upscale cosmetics, perfumes and luggage Much like a model on a runway, the LVMH Tower stands tall in graceful style while making the dark slabs that surround it look plain and boring by comparison It has been compared to a lily in an alley And like a model, it's more flash than reality The building is only 23 storeys tall, but makes use of its curving lines and gentle setback to create forced perspective and appear much taller This illusion is enhanced by the fact that the building's lot is only 60 feet by 100 feet (text from Public access unknown! 2001 Christian de Portzamparc pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 28

29 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

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: 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 31

32 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 32

33 photo: David Sundberg photo: David Sundberg th Avenue 11th Avenue 100 New York New York NY In 1987, maverick French architect Jean Nouvel burst onto the international scene with a new headquarters for the Arab World Institute in Paris Over ensuing years Nouvel has woven art, history, cultural references and new building technologies into provocative architectural contrasts between inside and outside, intimacy and the urban network, and has become renowned as one of the most original designers of his generation Nouvel's latest glass and steel landmark, a direct material and conceptual descendant of his Paris tour de force is th, a 23-story tower described by its architect as 'a vision machine' with every angle and structural detail designed to create visual excitement Approximately 1,650 different windowpanes comprise the most highly engineered and complex curtain wall ever constructed th overlooks the Hudson River at the intersection of 19th Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan freshest residential neighbourhood, The Highline District photo: Deezen Magazine Floor area/size m² Jean Nouvel Alf Naman Real Estate Cape Advisors, Inc salpochtron 33