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SHoP Design for Atlantic Yards Unveiled

Last week, we announced that SHoP Architects was joining the Atlantic Yards team. It is quite the departure from Gehry's design, which was typical of the architect's swoopy, signature style, and Ellerbe Becket's design, released earlier this...

SHoP Takes Over at Atlantic Yards

Out with the old, in with the new. As we previously reported, Frank Gehry was dismissed from the goings-on at Atlantic Yards. Ellerbe Becket was to take over designing the Nets stadium, with a less-than-impressive rendering as...

9/11 Memorial Preview Site

For now, the former World Trade Center site appears to still be—for the most part—a huge hole in the ground. With all of the controversy surrounding the designs, the developers and the city, most of us...

Pier 57 to be Redeveloped

The YoungWoo & Associates team was recently selected to redevelop Pier 57 by the board of the Hudson River Park Trust. The structure, which is located at the end of West 15th Street, was built in 1952 and...

NYCDOT & NYCDOB Encourage Bike Commuters

For those of us who live in New York and own a bike, the riding part is a lot less complicated than what to do with the bike once you get to your destination. If you chain it up...

Charles Gwathmey Passes

Architect Charles Gwathmey, a founder of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, died in Manhattan Monday at the age of 71. An aclaimed Modernist, he was known especially for his home designs, including those for celebrity clients Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and...

New York Architecture Blogs: Curbed

Billed as the New York City neighborhoods and real estate blog, Curbed is an essential read for architects, brokers and residents alike. It was established in 2004 and has distinguished itself with its snarky commentary on our ever-evolving...

West 8 to design Miami's Lincoln Park

West 8, an international landscape architecture and urban design firm with an office in New York, was selected by the New World Symphony and the City of Miami Beach to design Lincoln Park. Located in the cultural and civic heart...

Midtown West's proposed Clinton Park development

The western side of Midtown Manhattan has been lacking something. Ten Arquitectos has come up with a design to fill that void - a mixed use development called Clinton Park. It comprises more than 1.3 million square feet of residential...

A Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint

Open space is prime in New York City, so finding room to plant a large vegetable garden seems out of the question. Ben Flanner had loftier plans - utilizing 6,000 square feet of rooftop on an industrial building in Greenpoint...

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