NYC Projects 24 Created 06-Mar-13 By Leo Harf, Tel Aviv, Israel New Museum SANAA museum Storefront for Art and ure MAD Museum of Arts and Design New York Times Building Hearst Building MoMa Museum of Modern Art American Folk Art Museum Blue Tower Hudson New York Hotel 7 Tribeca Issey MiYake Prada flagship store 14 The High Line 15 Shake Shack 16 41 Cooper Square 17 Morphosis education 8 The Cooper Square Hotel 18 Studio Carlos Zapata hotel 9 IAC Headquarters 19 Gehry Partners office 10 The Bank of America Tower 20 Cook+Fox s office 11 Philippe Starck bar, hotel SITE bar, cafe, kiosk Bernard Tschumi s housing 6 Tod Williams Billie Tsien museum 13 James Corner Field Operations bridge, park, promenade Yoshio Taniguchi museum 5 Foster & Partners office 40 Mercer Residences OMA - Rem Koolhaas retail, shop Renzo Piano office 4 Allied Works ure museum Jean Nouvel apartment Steven Holl gallery 3 Zuccotti Park 21 Cooper, Robertson & Partners park, square 12 Gehry Partners retail, shop, showroom http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 7 World Trade Center 22 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill office 1
The Standard Hotel New York Ennead s hotel 23 Alessi Flagship Store Armani Fifth Avenue 25 Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas retail 24 Asymptote shop http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 100 11th Avenue 26 Jean Nouvel housing, restaurant 2
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 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 10-2007 Main designer, SANAA Gensler Arup New Museum Naomi Wednesday 12-6 PM Thursday and Friday 12-10 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 3
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 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 11:00-1800 / 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 4
photo: Richard Barnes photo: Hélène Binet MAD Museum of Arts and Design Columbus Circle 2 New York New York http://madmuseumorg 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 9-2008 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 5
photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez New York Times Building 8th Avenue and West 41st Street 620 New York New York http://wwwnewyorktimesbuildingcom/ 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 11-2007 Main designer, Renzo Piano FXFOWLE s New York Times Company and Forest City Ratner Companies asanchez http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 6
photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Hearst Building Eighth Ave at W57 Street 951-969 New York New York http://wwwhearstcom/ 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! 5-2006 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 7
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 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 11-2004 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) 708-9400 Subway: E or V to Fifth Avenue/53 Street; B, D, or F to 47-50 Streets/Rockefeller Center Bus: M1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to 53 Street http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 8
photo: Alberto M Sánchez American Folk Art Museum West 53rd Street 45 New York New York 10019 http://wwwfolkartmuseumorg/ The American Folk Art Museum is clad in sixty-three lightly textured tombasil panels (a white bronze alloy) The building is surrounded on the front and back sides by sites owned by the Museum of Modern Art The façade is designed to make a strong but quiet statement of independence The lustrous, sculptural façade is the product of a manual fabrication process evocative of the hands-oriented approach characteristic of folk art; its panels are cast by pouring molten metal directly into gated forms on the concrete floor of the foundry The faceted panels, which appear stonelike and metallic at the same time, create different visual effects catching the light of the sun as it rises and sets, east and west along 53rd Street Seven of the eight levels of the new building are entirely dedicated to public space The galleries on the four top floors of the building vary in scale from intimate spaces to allow for a personalized art experience to open areas for the display of larger works 12-2001 Tod Williams Billie Tsien asanchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez T 212 265 1040, info@folkartmuseumorg Tuesday - Sunday : 10:30am - 5:30pm Friday: 10:30am - 7:30pm Monday: Closed The museum is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day Subway lines B,D,F,V to 47th-50th Streets, Rockefeller Center Subway E,V 47th-50th Streets, Rockefeller Center Bus 1,2,3,4, along 5th Avenue, and numbers 5,6,7 along 6th Avenue / Avenue of the Americas http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 9
photo: Thom Mckenzie photo: Thom Mckenzie Blue Tower Norfolk Street 105 New York New York 10002 http://wwwbluecondonyccom/ 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) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 10
photo: Roderick Trompert Hudson New York Hotel West 58th Street 356 New York New York NY 10019 http://wwwhudsonhotelcom 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 11
Tribeca Issey MiYake Hudson Street 119 New York New York NY 10013 http://wwwtribecaisseymiyakecom '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: 1100-1900 / Sunday: 1200-1800 Subway 1, Franklin St Station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 12
photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert 40 Mercer Residences Mercer Street 40 New York New York NY 10013 http://www40mercersohocom/ An extraordinary testament to progressive architecture and ingenious engineering, this stunning, 15-storey block-long building offers magnificent glass curtain walls with a rhythm of clear panes intermixed with vibrant hues of red and blue Jean Nouvel has conveived a building in which glass acts as both a presence, as in massively scaled transparent sliding walls, and an absence, ie the disappearing floor-to-ceiling windows that bring the outside in (text from website project) Project is not public! 2001 Jean Nouvel Roderick photo: Roderick Trompert Subway N,Q,R,W / Canal St Station Subway 6 / Spring St Station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 13
photo: Roderick Trompert Prada flagship store Broadway 575 New York New York NY 10012 http://wwwpradacom/ 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 14
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 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 6-2009 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 07:00-2200 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 15
Shake Shack Madison Square Park 1 New York New York 10010 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) 2004 SITE pkrajewski_pl Can be reached by the N,R,W (subway) to 23 St; 6 to 23 St http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 16
41 Cooper Square Cooper Square 41 New York New York 10003 41 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 9-2009 16258 m² Morphosis The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 17
The Cooper Square Hotel Cooper Square 25 New York New York 10003 http://wwwthecoopersquarehotelcom/ The 21-storey, 145-room hotel, dubbed 'Downtown Luxury' by its owner/developer, has an open plan with a modern European feel The main public spaces include a library with a bar and fireplace, an intimate screening room, and a destination restaurant, the first in New York for celebrated Los Angeles-based chef Govind Armstrong The hotel's interior organization and circulation plan is inspired by the small courtyards of the East Village There are several small, intimate spaces on the back of the building and one can access the second floor bar without having to go into the lobby, forming a continuous loop between the many intimate spaces inside and outside the building (text from http://wwwworldarchitecturenewscom) 2008 Studio Carlos Zapata pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 18
IAC Headquarters West 18th Street 555 New York New York 10011 http://wwwiacbuildingcom 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 Public access unknown! 2007 Gehry Partners IAC pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 19
photo: David Sundberg The Bank of America Tower Bryant Park 1 New York New York 10001 http://wwwbankofamericacom 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 2009 195000 m² Structural engineer Cook+Fox s Severud Associates Bank of America pkrajewski_pl photo: David Sundberg http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 20
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 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 2006 3100 m², Landscape architect, Urban planner Cooper, Robertson & Partners pkrajewski_pl Brookfield Financial Properties http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 21
7 World Trade Center Greenwich Street 250 New York New York 10007 http://wwwwtccom/ 7 World Trade Center is a building in New York City, located across from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan The name '7 World Trade Center' has referred to two buildings: the original structure, completed in 1987, and the current one On September 11, 2001, 7 WTC was damaged by debris when the nearby North Tower of the WTC collapsed 7 WTC would eventually collapse completely later that day Associated with the World Trade Center complex only by name, the new 7 WTC aspires to be a fresh image representing new growth The 52-storey Manhattan tower looks to historic SOM predecessors as a model of simple form and functional representation, but moves beyond these precedents through contemporary building enhancements that have created a new model for life safety and sustainable design (text from Wikipedia and architects' website) Public access unknown! 2006 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 22
The Standard Hotel New York Washington Street 848 New York New York 10014 http://wwwstandardhotelscom/new-york/properties/high-li ne Standing over The High Line, the concrete building of the Standard Hotel New York reminds of Le Corbusier's works The integration at public space level turns this building into more than just another addition to the NY skyline, becoming an urban piece of the Meatpacking District and a detonator of the current renovation of the area The 20-storey building includes 337 rooms, a restaurant (The Standard Grill) and a bar (The Living Room) The interiors were designed by NY-based architects Roman and Williams 1-2009 Associate architect Ennead s Roman and Williams pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 23
photo: Asymptote ure photo: Asymptote ure Alessi Flagship Store Greene Street 130 New York New York 10012 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 9-2006, Interior architect Asymptote jacksolo17 Alessi Mon-Sat 11am-7pm Sun 12pm-6pm http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 24
photo: Jack Solomon photo: Jack Solomon Armani Fifth Avenue 5th Avenue 717 New York New York 10022 "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 2-2009 Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Armani jacksolo17 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 25
photo: David Sundberg photo: David Sundberg 100 11th Avenue 11th Avenue 100 New York New York NY 10011 http://nouvelchelseacom/architecturephp 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 100 11th, 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 100 11th 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 6-2010 13 m² Jean Nouvel Alf Naman Real Estate Cape Advisors, Inc salpochtron http://wwwmimoaeu/users/leonardo64/guides/nyc/ 26