Miscellaneous
In 2008, blogger and Mississippi transplant Zachary Wilson arrived in East Harlem straight out of college, dreams of magazine industry employment dancing in his head. One of his first discoveries [...] Read »
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. While readying itself for some killer design inside, the outside of Midtown's new Cassa Hotel and Residences has gotten taggedtwice. The [...] Read »
Studio, 1 BA Rental Rent: $2,745/mo. | Hudson River Views Unit # 28L [The Beatrice] Read »
Read the rest of Boxy Wooden Treehouse Tower Now Open in Netherlands!http://www. inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ ohttp://www.inhabitat.c om/wp-admin/options-gen eral.php?page=better_fe edptions-general.php?pa ge=better_feed [...] Read »
As current buildings make their way toward becoming interactive architectural environments that increasingly gain capabilities to adapt, you can begin to imagine how that kind of buildings communication [...] Read »
This is a series for August 2010 which documents my on-the-ground -- and on-the-webs -- research for my guidebook to contemporary NYC architecture (to be released next year by W. W. Norton ). [...] Read »
(A plan for Southern Sudan's would-be capital city of Juba, via) From NPR comes word of a plan by officials in the government of Southern Sudan to refashion some of the cities of the region (which [...] Read »
Looking for a lounger that is every bit as stylish as it is sustainable? Well the Tonecoon by PIE checks off both boxes with its beautiful hand-woven water hyacinth and rattan frame. Water hyacinth [...] Read »
It's a scientifically proven fact that Park Slope is New York City's best neighborhood for living (as opposed to dying, which is the Upper East Side), so any remaining tiny rundown commercial [...] Read »
New York's JhoRo put together a slideshow of apartments offering buyers all sorts of perks, and we kind of love the Let's Make A Deal strategy at Williamsburg's 1 Powers Street: "A buyer can [...] Read »
Fuel efficiency may have only become a hot topic recently, but some people have been thinking about with hypermiling vehicles for decades. Take, for example, inventors Bill Green and Craig Henderson [...] Read »
Once the can of worms that is Long Island City condo conversion Arris Lofts is opened, there's no predicting what will happen. This time around, not only are the owners of the building's priciest [...] Read »
It's been a while since we've had a new sales office to say hello to in the East Village, but the building weand 14th Streethave been waiting for is here. A tipster notes that listings are finally up for... Read »
Just a quick note to say that I haven't fallen off a bridge, I've simply moved back to Los Angeles after a cross-country drive (the second this summer), we've hauled everything out of a storage [...] Read »
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Think Trump Soho has a hold on the Holland Tunnel hotel scene? Not if the sun has a say in the matter! The empty development lot at 100 Varick [...] Read »
Tengo que contextualizar el evento y las actividades que desarrolla la Fundacion del empresario francés François -Henri Pinault que desde 2006 es propiedad del Palazzo Grassi y exhibe aquí [...] Read »
News
After the overreaching of Modern city planning—barren plazas, rows of soulless apartment slabs—urban design got a bad rap. Read »
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Rather than let wine-loving, apartment-auctioning hedge fund kingpin Bill Ackman successfully execute a hostile takeover, Stuyvesant Town's mortgage holders are prepared to cut a deal for a tenant-led [...] Read »
Not only will DoBro's Toren be getting an "upscale and eco-friendly" grocery store, but Gold Street arrested development poster child Oro is getting a wine store, Brownstoner notes. Way to bounce [...] Read »
There are often rumors of landlords cracking down on rent-stabilized tenants who may not be occupying their apartments legally, but rarely do we find out just what "cracking down" means. Apparently, [...] Read »
In June, right before the government's $8,000 homebuyer's tax-credit program expired, the number of closings in the city shot up 70% from May, the WSJ's Josh Barbanel notes in his latest state-of-the-market [...] Read »
[Brooklyn Bridge Park's new bike path, via Curbed Photo Pool/krugerlive.] · Cuozzo investigates the holdups at Extell's Carnegie 57 monster [NYP] · Analysis of NYC's economic recovery: Manhattan [...] Read »
Housing developers should be allowed to offer ‘very substantial’ cash incentives to win the support of residents for new construction projects in their neighbourhoods, a think-tank report suggests Read »
Will Dixon, AIA, assembled the Architecture 5¢ booth, a new feature at this year’s People’s Choice display (photo by Paul Dustrud, AIA) For the first time ever (I think), I didn’t make [...] Read »
[New Deitch wall gets a tribute to hated graffiti, via Animal] · Not everyone totally on board with latest Aqueduct deal [NYDN] · Forgotten Harlem building grows [HB] · Renters pick up Barack [...] Read »
The state has officially passed a bill requiring landlords to tell prospective tenants about bedbug infestations at an apartment within the past year. The law only applies to prospective tenants, [...] Read »
The groundbreaking for NFL great Emmitt Smith's Harlem Hyatt hotel was originally scheduled for September, but a Harlem Bespoke tipster noticed some activity at the site this morning. Harlem [...] Read »
With Tesla Roadsters already on the road and Americans poised to place their Nissan Leaf orders tomorrow, Coda Automotive is claiming that its electric sedan will hit the market within months [...] Read »
Remarkable views in the heart of the city and a small footprint buildable limited by restrictive easements define a thin house , three stories , with the main living areas and master bedroom [...] Read »
The new Docet Institute is a preschool in Monterrey, Mexico that was designed with a sensitive eye toward children’s needs, energy requirements, and the wooded downtown property it is sited [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
On September 6th, at some oclock in the evening, it is very likely that you can view a film entitled Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City. Here in Rochester, WXXI will [...] Read »
More and more location data becomes available and makes it possible to visualise the beat of the city over longer periods and/or compressed as a speed up sequence. Eric Fischer has recently published [...] Read »
I had a nice conversation with a friend this weekend who commented on a typical condition of our lives – how we miss noticing things that are otherwise in our presence every day. He had stepped [...] Read »
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Katharine Hepburn spent more than 60 years living at 244 East 49th Street (the nearby intersection of Second Avenue and East 49th Street was renamed "Katharine Hepburn Place" in 2003). That houseone [...] Read »
Two weeks ago I took my son to Canada’s Sugar Beach. He’s a toddler, and I wasn’t sure whether he’d enjoy the visit. The newest park on the waterfront is a playful two acres of landscape [...] Read »
3BR, 4BA, 2,095 sq ft condo Asking: $2,390,000 | Sun, 13pm Apt. 6L [Riverhouse] Read »
It's been 17 hours since news broke that Tiger Woods has moved into a downtown Manhattan bachelor pad, and we're no better informed about which building the world's most eligible golfer is calling [...] Read »
203 N. Wabash is one of only two office buildings designed by the firm of Rapp & Rapp, best known for their lavish movie palaces like the Chicago, Palace, and Oriental. Overall, the slim, 25 [...] Read »
Planted in the middle of a working vineyard in Newberg, a small town in Willamette Valley, The Allison Inn and Spa is doing some amazing things in terms of reducing the ecological footprint associated [...] Read »
During the messy breakup of his marriage, Tiger Woods wasn't the most open guy. He wasn't big into inviting the press over for Pictionary before his sex scandal, either, hence the Florida gated [...] Read »
A group of Croatian architecture practices collaboratively designed Brod / The Ship / La Nave: a floating pavilion for Croatia, to be towed across the Adriatic Sea at 10 x 20 x 3 meters, in the [...] Read »
"Buildings have never been in better condition and yet the socialists in charge keep adding more and more regulations. It doesn't make sense. Is this the way we really should treat landlords [...] Read »
Glassy sliver building 1055 Park Avenue squeezed itself in among the more traditional architecture of Park Ave, but it hasn't had quite as much luck squeezing itself into buyers' hearts. The [...] Read »
Tamir Sapir, Soviet-born cabbie turned Big Apple real estate titan, has had an interesting last few years. His company, the Sapir Organiation, helped develop such high-profile buildings as Trump [...] Read »
Talk of William Pereira’s Geisel Library, the well-known symbol of UC San Diego, has been abuzz online because of its Snow Fortress doppelganger in Inception, which has so far totaled close [...] Read »
The big box stores are invading Greenpoint! In a totally non-threatening way that doesn't seem to bother local mom-and-pop store owners at all. Toys "R" Us is opening a pop-up on Greenpoint's [...] Read »
Responding to a clients desire to leave the field house as a sculpture in the landscape, Nashville House provides an opportunity to design a modern house in a city with a history of traditional [...] Read »
High flying father-son hoteliers Sant and Vikram Chatwal just opened their new Midtown jewel, the Chatwal Hotel, and the Wall Street Journal fills us in on their other NYC projects. The Meatpacking [...] Read »
Technology
Russias leading bank has just unveiled plans to construct a green-roofed corporate university designed by Dutch Architect Erick van Egeraat. Located in a rural setting west of Moscow, the Sberbank [...] Read »
Following in the footsteps of the U.S. militarys embracing of renewable energy, such as fighter jets running on biofuel and hydrogen fuel cell powered tanks, the U.S. coast guard has decided [...] Read »
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The China World Trade Tower III celebrated its grand opening today, closing the third and most recent phase of the incredible China World Trade Center development. The 81-story mixed-use tower [...] Read »
Soaring like robotic birds, these energy generating flying devices were conceived by Carlos Campos Yamila Zynda Aiub Architects for the skies of Dubai. Called Wings, the curious creatures use [...] Read »
Looking for an electric vehicle that is larger and has a greater electric drive range than either the Nissan Leaf or the Chevy Volt? There are options Cincinnati-area-based AMP has started [...] Read »
Two students experimented with a mixture of soil and cement trying to create a brick that would be strong enough to keep its form, but also be porous enough to support plant life. Their idea, [...] Read »
Sculptor, jeweler and industrial designer Boris Bally has created a beautiful series of colorful geometric chairs from old street signs. The unique markings and patina were earned on the road, [...] Read »
Andy Warhol may have brought Campbells Soup to iconic pop art status, but theres one designer bent on redefining this can with a more practical use. Designed by Willem Heeffer for FUSE, an [...] Read »
Haitian Canadian musician Luck Mervil is leading the charge to help rebuild Haiti with houses made from repurposed shipping containers. Mervil is behind the Montreal organization Vilaj Vilaj, [...] Read »
We are proud to announce that the Biennale website is online and that the registration is open now.
Have a look at the program and click here to register. Read »
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You never know where inspiration for a story will strike. I was reading Page 6 yesterday and they mentioned that Cornelia Guest (above) is putting her ancestral home, Templeton, on the market [...] Read »
Tenants in Independence Plaza North were on the Stuy Town bandwagon long before there was a Stuy Town bandwagon. They filed a lawsuit five years ago arguing that landlord Laurence Gluck had illegally [...] Read »
International giant RMJM has confirmed that five of its leading lights, including the chief executive of its Asia and Middle East operations, have left the company Read »
My weekly page update: This week's dose features 40R_Laneway House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by superkül inc | architect: The featured past dose is Courtyard House in Toronto, Ontario, [...] Read »
(A representative rendering, via) It all sounds so perfect: Children run playfully about, chasing pigeons. A jogger passes by, and a businesswoman chats on a cell phone. Seniors perch on the [...] Read »
FINANCIAL DISTRICTThe Cipriani family empire may be in a spot of trouble, but the Cipriani Club Residences at 55 Wall Street are getting gussied up. A tipster noticed scaffolding going up on [...] Read »
I had a nice conversation with a friend this weekend who commented on a typical condition of our lives – how we miss noticing things that are otherwise in our presence every day. He had stepped [...] Read »
Boardman plant (photo by Brent Wojahn, courtesy The Oregonian) "Because our customers’ values power the way we operate, serving our customers means reflecting their diverse views in the way [...] Read »
"There was a time when Manhattan cabbies refused fares across the Brooklyn Bridge," but times change, and so here's Fox News' travel guide to Kings County. What does Bill O'Reilly's employer [...] Read »
The popularity of speed dating is proof positive: people enjoy the sweaty-palmed feeling of being sized-up by a stranger so much that they figure, Why limit myself to only once in a night? Following [...] Read »
The house B8 is located 270kms north of Santiago , an area that is characterized by winds that run along the Pacific coast. The commission budgeted a house of about 50m2, with a flexible and [...] Read »
If I had a dime for every time somebody has asked me if there's an iPhone app for finding local architecture, I would have a bunch of dimes. I'm glad to say there's finally an app I can point [...] Read »
Edward Rothstein reviews the newly opened, Old Faithful Visitor Education Center by CTA Architects Engineers of Billings, Montana. He finds a Shrine So Carefully Planned That It Seems to Tame [...] Read »
Architectural Works
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: a blue-foam model city is suspended in the top half of the Dutch pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale . (more&) Read »
Architects: Radionica Arhitekture / Goran Rako Location: Vid, Metković, Croatia Project Team: Mario Beusan, Blanka Gutschy, Goran Rako, Nenad Ravnic Structural Engineering: Branko Galic Project [...] Read »
In addition to being asked to design Baghdad’s newest banking headquarters as we reported previously, Zaha Hadid has also been recognized at the Structural Steel Design Awards. The awards, [...] Read »
Last week we featured some photographs Patricia Parinejad shared with us of the Russian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Now she sent us the Hungarian Pavilion, where architects created some [...] Read »
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: visitors to the Polish pavilion at this years Venice Architecture Biennale launch themselves off a pile of birdcages into a sea of artificial clouds. (more&) Read »
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has unveiled his design for a corporate university campus to the west of Moscow for Sberbank Russia . (more&) Read »
Architects: EXiT architetti associati / Francesco Loschi, Giuseppe Pagano, Paolo Panetto Location: Selva di Cadore, Belluno, Italy Project Manager: Francesco Loschi Structural Engineering: Alberto [...] Read »
In what will be her first project for her native country, Zaha Hadid will design the new headquarters for the Central Bank in Baghdad. Earlier in the summer, Hadid prepared a conceptual presentation [...] Read »
The board of Sberbank, the leading bank of Russia, signed a contract with the Dutch Architect Erick van Egeraat for the realization of their new Corporate University, west of Moscow, close to [...] Read »
You didnt check ArchDaily last week? You may have missed an incredible horizontal skyscraper, an opera house by Zaha Hadid, a pavilion for La Biennale, a fantastic house in Spain and my own [...] Read »
The Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities, with the PaBAAC General Direction for the landscape, fine arts, architecture and contemporary art and the Biennale di Venezia present [...] Read »
Architects: C18 Architekten Location: Rottenburg‐Hailfingen, Germany Client: Kath. Kirchengemeinde St. Laurentius Project Area: 340 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Brigida Gonzalez The [...] Read »
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