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OMA's New Museum expansion tops out on the Bowery

2024-11-15T10:11:00-05:00

Shohei Shigematsu has provided an update on the newly topped out New Museum expansion designed by OMA with Cooper Robertson. The $89 million project adds 60,000 square feet, effectively doubling the institution’s exhibition spaces while supporting a host of new programmatic inclusions for the public and arts community. OMA expects the new building to debut in 2025 alongside its SANAA-designed neighbor, whose facade's materiality is repeated while fusing laterally with the new structure on its second through fifth floors.

The project was announced in 2019. Image courtesy of OMA and Bloom.

New York could bring back congestion pricing under revised plan

2024-11-14T09:48:00-05:00

New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul has indicated the return to congestion pricing could be imminent before the new year. ABC7 reports: "Along with announcing a revised congestion pricing proposal, setting the base fare at $9 instead of $15, she is expected to discuss an alternate revenue source to make up for the lost $6, a 40% decrease in revenue."

The move comes after a last-minute pause right before its originally scheduled start in June and in anticipation of the second Trump administration’s return to the White House. The plan will ultimately work to alleviate the MTA's large budget deficits, which are projected to reach $900 million. Several lawsuits have attempted to halt it otherwise. Kate Wagner recently pointed to congestion pricing as an area for architects to invest their energies in as "agents of change."

Sotheby’s taps Herzog & de Meuron and PBDW to renovate historic Breuer Building

2024-11-04T15:45:00-05:00

The opportunity to renovate one of New York City’s most important cultural buildings, Marcel Breuer’s Brutalist icon at 945 Madison Avenue, has been granted to a partnership that includes Herzog & de Meuron and PBDW Architects after Sotheby’s named the firm to the project on Monday.

H&dM's co-founder Jacques Herzog says the project will be carried out with much the same precision as the firm’s previous renovation of the Park Avenue Armory not far away in their shared Upper East Side neighborhood. Existing spaces will be adapted to meet the current business and exhibition needs, while Breuer’s "original vision" of the 58-year-old design is recuperated both within and without for both the public and private clients.

"The Breuer Building is such an amazing architectural icon of postwar modernism which we—just like all architects—have always admired. Since our early work in the 1970’s, we have always placed great importance on working with existing buildings, not only from a sustainable...

Three creative New York City interiors by Michael K. Chen Architecture: Your Next Employer?

2024-10-28T12:04:00-04:00

Following our previous visit to nARCHITECTS, we are keeping our Meet Your Next Employer series to New York City this week to explore the work of Michael K. Chen Architecture.

Led by Michael K. Chen, the firm describes its mission as to provide “innovative and superbly crafted work for clients seeking thoughtful and well-considered design.” In 2021, Chen spoke with Archinect as part of our Studio Snapshot series, offering readers an insight into how the firm playfully blends the boundaries between architecture, interior, and product design.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for a Junior Architect / Designer to join their New York City team. For candidates interested in applying for a position or anybody interested in learning more about the firm’s output, we have rounded up three creative interiors by Michael K. Chen Architecture that exemplify the firm’s ethos.

Park Avenue Apartment. Image courtesy of MKCA

Park Avenue Apartment, New York, NY

In a prestigious Carneg...

Columbia GSAPP's floating 'Cloud' installation seeks to unite a fractious campus

2024-10-24T19:08:00-04:00

Columbia GSAPP has shared details of its new student-led, temporary inflatable Cloud structure in Avery Plaza.

The installation culminates a two-semester seminar led by GSAPP faculty members Laurie Hawkinson and Galia Solomonoff.

Photo: Nicholas Knight/Columbia GSAPP

The temporary pavilion structure, which is made out of metallic foam fabricated by a Spanish manufacturer called Àrea Cúbica, "envisions a participatory experience that emphasizes the interconnectedness of peoples’ actions in shared spaces."

Photo: Nicholas Knight/Columbia GSAPP

Inside, seating is anchored by a cascading series of nets. The pavilion is 66 feet wide and suspended by 25 cables, emerging from a fourth-floor classroom window. Columbia says its appearance works to reframe "the relationship between Avery Hall and Avery Plaza, questioning notions of connectivity between interior and exterior spaces" while also "challenging boundaries of conditioned space."

Photo: Nicholas Knight/Columbia GSAPP

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The Vessel reopens with improved safety barriers after three years

2024-10-21T16:55:00-04:00

CBS News is reporting on the re-opening of The Vessel at Hudson Yards after closing abruptly in January of 2021 in response to a rash of suicides.

The Vessel now includes expanded safety measures, with steel mesh barriers installed on four stairwells and adjoining platforms. These barriers are designed to prevent further tragedies while maintaining the structure’s iconic appearance and panoramic views. The first two levels will be fully accessible to visitors, while only sections with added barriers will be open on higher floors. The topmost floor will remain closed to the public, marking a significant shift in visitor access aimed at enhancing safety.

The Vessel was an instant architectural icon when the honeycombed structure opened in 2019 on the west side of Manhattan. But after a number of people died by suicide there, it was shut down for nearly 1,200 days until now. https://t.co/UgszqwYQOB pic.twitter.com/o60jOONtdr
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Three innovative projects by nARCHITECTS: Your Next Employer?

2024-10-21T06:46:00-04:00

Following our previous visit to Desai Chia Architecture, we are keeping our Meet Your Next Employer series in New York this week to explore the work of nARCHITECTS.

Founded in 1999 by Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang, the firm describes its mission as to “engage with critical issues that are transforming cultural spaces, civic buildings and housing.” Today, the firm has built a portfolio spanning new buildings, transformations, and public spaces, both in the U.S. and abroad, “with a goal of uniting social and environmental resiliency with spatial invention.”

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for a Communications and Business Development Manager to join their team. For candidates interested in applying for a position or anybody interested in learning more about the firm’s output, we have rounded up three innovative projects by nARCHITECTS that exemplify the firm’s ethos.

A/D/O. Image courtesy of nARCHITECTS

A/D/O, Brooklyn, NY

A design space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, A/D/O ...

KPF’s James von Klemperer on 520 Fifth Ave. and being a 'good neighbor'

2024-10-18T11:20:00-04:00

I think all tall buildings, especially, have a kind of responsibility that goes beyond the program and the site. Because once you emerge into the skyline in a significant way, which this building will, the skyline is almost viewed, I think, by us New Yorkers as public property. If you put up a terrible profile on the skyline, everybody has to look at it from uptown, downtown, Long Island, New Jersey. And it’s very subjective.

The firm's forthcoming 1,002-foot supertall, which we first previewed back in February, is ramping up construction towards completion in 2026. Its language of setbacks and arches is a nod to other towers shaped by the famous 1916 zoning envelope mandate that produced the Chrysler Building and many other quintessential designs through mid-century.

KPF is currently working on what will be the new tallest building in Texas for 2026 while the city prepares an 11-block Fifth Avenue pedestrian corridor redesign led by Field Operations.

Image credit: Binyan Studios

Image credit: DBOX

Michael Kimmelman goes in search of Paul Rudolph’s true legacy at the Met

2024-10-17T18:17:00-04:00

He’s now the subject of a modest but riveting retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, organized by Abraham Thomas, called 'Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph,' whose first order of business is obviously to answer a question people outside architecture circles will ask, namely: Who was he?

The exhibition, the Met’s first major show on modern architecture in almost fifty years, opened on September 30th and includes over 80 artifacts from the Kentucky-born Rudolph’s five-decade career. The last day to see this is March 16th, 2025.

Kimmelman says it offers an interesting recount of how the "shining light of the Kennedy era" morphed into league with the originator of his failed Lower Manhattan Expressway plan, Robert Moses, bemoaning "his grand plans and recklessness, his truculence and tragic arc."

Three inviting living spaces by Desai Chia Architecture: Your Next Employer?

2024-10-14T08:48:00-04:00

Following our previous visit to Mapos Architects, we are keeping our Meet Your Next Employer series in New York City this week to explore the work of Desai Chia Architecture.

Led by Katherine Chia and Arjun Desai, the firm describes its approach to design as one that “merges technology, material innovation, sustainability, and the craft of building into collaborative and socially dynamic environments.” The firm has applied this approach to a variety of typologies from single-family homes to medium and large-scale commercial and institutional projects.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for an Intermediate Architect to join their New York City team. For candidates interested in applying for a position or anybody interested in learning more about the firm’s output, we have rounded up three inviting living spaces by Desai Chia Architecture that exemplify the firm’s ethos.

LM Guest House. Image credit: Paul Warchol

LM Guest House, Duchess County, NY

Perched on a rock ou...

Studio Museum in Harlem will open new building in late 2025

2024-10-10T14:02:00-04:00

The Studio Museum in Harlem announced it will reopen in the fall of 2025 at the conclusion of a seven-year and $300 million expansion project designed by Adjaye Associates.

The new building is set to be inaugurated with the first major career retrospective of sculptor Tom Lloyd, whose solo exhibition was notably the first shown at the museum’s founding loft space on 125th Street when it opened in 1968.

The institution will thereafter regain its rightful place in the upper echelon of New York City’s cultural economy, offering visitors a vastly improved experience defined by a collage-like approach to spatial configuration and topped by a roof terrace designed by the landscape firm Studio Zewde.

Image: © Albert Vecerka/Esto

The project is 82.000 square feet and features a public 'reverse stoop' bleacher-style seating amenity, a once novel feature that has recently been labeled a trope for critics. The museum had previously cut ties with Adjaye, who earned the commission for its design...

Explore 20 Project Manager and Project Architect roles available in New York City

2024-10-10T13:10:00-04:00

In this week's curated career highlight from Archinect Jobs, we are featuring 20 Project Manager and Project Architect roles currently available in New York City.

To explore specific job titles from the architectural profession, consult Archinect's Guide to Job Titles series. Also, follow our Archinect Tips series to improve your portfolio, resume, and interviewing skills, to increase your overall chances of getting that next job.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) seeks a Project Manager, Higher Education Practice Lead and a Project Manager - Transportation

Project Manager, Higher Education Practice Lead details: "This role requires understanding of the higher education market, development of relevant data, tools, and models to serve these clients, and contributes to design innovation to advance SOM’s reputation of design excellence in this practice area. Signiﬁcant knowledge and expertise in campus master planning, space programming, stakeholder engagement, and community outreach f...

30 Rock's Top of the Rock space debuts crowning Skylift observation deck

2024-10-07T11:32:00-04:00

One of New York's top tourist draws, Rockefeller Center’s Top of the Rock experiential space, has opened a brand new attraction called Skylift. Standing 30 feet above the roof deck on the 70th floor, the platform offers panoramic views of the city from 900 feet and is illuminated by 636 meters (about 2,086 feet) of LED lights. The project was designed by THG Creative, who previously designed the One World Observatory, and approved by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC).

Image courtesy THG Creative

Image courtesy Tishman Speyer

Four vibrant interiors by Mapos: Your Next Employer?

2024-10-07T07:00:00-04:00

Following our previous visit to Dattner Architects, we are keeping our Meet Your Next Employer series in New York City this week to explore the work of Mapos Architects.

Founded in 2008 by Colin Brice and Caleb Mulvena, the firm houses an “integrated team of architects, designers, and hard-to-label creative instigators that works with clients and colleagues to design creative concepts, architectural environments, and experiential branding.” Over the past two decades, the firm has grown a portfolio spanning retail, hospitality, residential, and workplace, with strategies from adaptive reuse to exhibits to master planning.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for a Senior Architect Project Manager to join their New York City team. For candidates interested in applying for a position or anybody interested in learning more about the firm’s output, we have rounded up four interiors by Mapos that exemplify the firm’s ethos.

Innisfree NYC Store. Image courtesy: Mapos Archit...

SCAPE completes Living Breakwaters coastal resiliency project for Staten Island

2024-10-01T11:01:00-04:00

SCAPE has completed work on the $111 million Living Breakwater coastal resiliency project in Staten Island, New York three years after the start of construction in the borough's Tottenville neighborhood.

Per SCAPE: "The project consists primarily of 2,400 linear feet of near-shore breakwaters—partially submerged structures built of stone and ecologically-enhanced concrete units—that will break waves, reduce (and eventually reverse) erosion of the beach along Conference House Park, and provide a range of habitat spaces for oysters, fin fish and other marine species."

Image courtesy SCAPE/Ty Cole

Staten Island was heavily impacted by Superstorm Sandy, prompting the launch of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Rebuild By Design competition in 2013. A live oyster installation for the project is expected to follow by 2027.

Image courtesy SCAPE/Ty Cole

Port Authority signs on to Foster + Partners' $10 billion Midtown Bus Terminal replacement plan

2024-09-30T18:19:00-04:00

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in conjunction with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), has announced the signing of the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the revised Midtown Bus Terminal replacement plan from Foster + Partners and Epstein.

The $10 billion project, which was last updated in February, calls for a 2.1-million-square-foot terminal to be delivered in phases over four years with an eventual 2032 completion. The plan will partially close 41st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. A temporary facility will come online by 2028. The terminal currently services around 100,000 passengers per day.

Image: Foster + Partners & Epstein

Four community-orientated New York City projects by Dattner Architects: Your Next Employer?

2024-09-30T09:46:00-04:00

Following our previous visit to BVC Architecture + Interiors, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to New York City this week to explore the work of Dattner Architects.

A women-owned firm based in Midtown Manhattan, the firm describes its mission as to “enrich the urban experience, transform environments, and strengthen communities.” Last week, our news team reported on the firm’s inclusion in Archtober 2024, with their 425 Grand Concourse project being among those open for public tours throughout the month of October. Earlier this year, the firm also collaborated with Ennead on preliminary visuals for the Science Park and Research Campus to be developed on the East Side of Manhattan.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for several positions to join their New York City team. For candidates interested in applying for a position or anybody interested in learning more about the firm’s output, we have rounded up four projects around the city by Dattner Archi...

Bjarke Ingels and Robert de Niro preview Wildflower Studios project in Queens

2024-09-26T11:11:00-04:00

“Cinema is probably the art form most similar to architecture,” [Ingels] says, in that both require “armies of people” to bring singular visions to life.

BIG’s 765,000-square-foot design is equipped with 11 sound stages is one of a pair the firm has designed in the New York area. De Niro is one of several celebrity clients to have worked with the mainstream media darling, including fellow Dane Lars von Trier.

Adam Gordon is the developer behind the Wildflower Studios project. He says: "Some of the most talented creative artists have been spending large parts of their career working in completely dehumanizing spaces. And I thought, 'van Gogh painted in Arles, right? Picasso lived in the South of France.' And that’s the spirit of the creative process [...] It’s having beautiful circumstances that make you feel like making art."

Archtober 2024: Check out these Buildings of the Day with architect-led tours in NYC next month

2024-09-25T11:34:00-04:00

Archtober is back for its 13th edition in New York City. The month-long event, organized each year by the Center for Architecture in collaboration with partner organizations, includes the always-popular Building of the Day spotlight, offering architects a unique close-up inspection of superlative new projects in the region with tours led by architects and other design professionals.

You can view the complete list of this year's sites below and use the Archtober Map to New York as your handy mobile guide.

Domino Sugar Refinery by Practice for Architecture (PAU). Photo by Max Touhey

Wednesday, October 2: 520 Fifth Avenue
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

Thursday, October 3: Sportime Randall’s Island/John McEnroe Tennis Academy
Architect: Ricardo Zurita Architecture and Planning P.C.

Friday, October 4: Inwood Library
Architect: Andrew Berman Architect

Saturday, October 5: Bronx River Greenway/Starlight Park
Architect: NV5

Sunday, October 6: Brick House
Architect: Philip Johnson; Restorati...

The parent company of Gucci and Bottega Veneta is hiring a store designer in New York

2024-09-11T08:00:00-04:00

Following our previous look at an opening for a Visualization Designer at Payette, we are using the latest edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Store Planning Designer at Kering Beauté.

The role, based in New York with the possibility of a remote arrangement, calls for an individual who will “develop and execute store planning strategies for all Kering Beauté Americas brands.” Other responsibilities include conducting space planning analyses to maximize efficiency, optimize store layouts, and enhance customer flow, as well as various technical design, project management, and quality assurance roles. Among the core requirements for the role are a bachelor’s degree in interior design, architecture, or a related field, alongside proven experience in retail design.

Gucci - Soho by Atmosphere Design Group. Image courtesy: Atmosphere Design Group

Why the role interests us

The open role at Kering Beauté offers us the opportunity to explore the...

Now you can experience Calatrava's St. Nicholas Church at the 9/11 site also digitally

2024-09-10T19:53:00-04:00

A new digital recreation of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine has been released in time for the 23rd anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan.

The creative team behind the new app's development, G&A, says they wanted to find a way for those located outside of New York City to share in its inspiring and symbolic rebirth in a lasting way that harkens to the spiritual mission undertaken by church leaders since its establishment during the first World War.

In-app visual. Image courtesy G&A

Using drone-enabled 3D photogrammetry, Santiago Calatrava-designed architecture and recovered original iconography can be experienced in detail along with supplementary text, audio, and short films relating the story of its history and documenting the $95 million worth of contributions that led to its eventual regeneration in 2022.

In-app visual. Image courtesy G&A

"We’re proud of th...

Win tickets to Beaux Arts Ball 2024: HEAT

2024-09-10T18:40:00-04:00

Next Friday, September 20th, the Architectural League of New York is hosting its annual Beaux Arts Ball. This year’s event will be themed HEAT and examine the challenges that climate change imposes on the built environment as its subject, asking those in attendance to imagine a better future relative to how the current "foundation of extractivism, carbonization, anthropocentrism, and technocracy are put under increasing pressure."

The event takes place inside the Turbine Hall of the new Herzog & de Meuron-restored Powerhouse Arts venue in Brooklyn beginning at 9:00 PM. The space will feature a special installation piece related to the theme designed by Olalekan Jeyifous, lighting design by Joel Fitzpatrick Studio, and a live set from DJ Tara. Be sure to dress festively and prepare to dance the night away!

Thanks to The Architectural League, Archinect is giving away five party tickets to five of our readers.

For a chance to win a ticket, leave a comment below naming your favorite rec...

NYIT School of Architecture & Design's Fall events feature the Aluminaire House saviors, the Atypical Architectures Symposium, and more

2024-09-09T14:52:00-04:00

The semester has begun for students and faculty at the School of Architecture & Design at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). Here’s a comprehensive look at the activities on tap for the Fall as part of our ongoing event highlights at Archinect Partner Schools in the new academic year.

Events begin with Design Intelligence: "The Leadership Summit on the Business of Design: The Future of Talent, Organizations, & Leadership," which takes place over two days from October 7th to 8th. Following is the two-day NYC Biennial 2024 kickoff event, "Architectural Intersections," from October 17th to the 19th. The following week, the school will be hosting a book launch for Evan Shieh’s Autonomous Urbanism on October 23rd at 5:30 pm. A guest lecture from Anna Dyson will close the month on October 30th.

Next, the "Atypical Architectures Symposium: Design for Neurodiversity and Inclusion" will be held on November 7th beginning at 1:00 pm.

Albert Frey's Aluminaire House was re-installed in P...

High Line founders release op-ed opposing final Hudson Yards development phase

2024-09-06T18:28:00-04:00

Related and Wynn’s new proposal would sweep away the years of civic engagement that led to a 2009 rezoning of the proposed development site. We have just one chance to get this right. Related and Wynn’s new plan fails the test of sensible and authentic urban design and must be fought with the same spirit that brought the High Line to life 25 years ago.

Leading with the claim that Related "wants to undo the agreement and rezone the site again", two founders of The High Line (Joshua David and Robert Hammond) say they are opposing the next phase of Hudson Yards’ redevelopment. The $12 billion plan, the details for which became a bit clearer on August 30th, would establish a hotel, casino, and office components with a 5.6-acre park over what is now the undeveloped Western Rail Yards at Eleventh Avenue and 33rd Street.

The agreement they're referring to pertains to the aesthetic agreement of any new developments with the existing character of the High Line. To that score, the authors say, "principal changes include much taller and wider buildings at an overwhelming scale, less accessible green space, more office space (in a city that has a glut), and less housing in a city that has a desperate shortage."

Pratt's School of Architecture Fall programming features RUR, Deborah Berke, Curry J. Hackett, and return of Climate Week NYC

2024-09-06T12:48:00-04:00

This Fall semester at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture, check out the slate of upcoming events and speakers coming to Brooklyn as part of our look at what our Archinect Partner Schools have planned.

The term begins with a timely reflection on the influential seven-decade career of the late pioneering female architect Debora Reiser on September 12th at 6:15 pm in Higgins Hall. Featuring Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, Deborah Berke, and others, the event will stage a series of five-minute talks in celebration of her life in architecture and is followed by the kick-off of Climate Week NYC.

Deborah Berke. Photo: Winnie Au, courtesy Deborah Berke Partners.

That includes a September 23rd panel discussion hosted by the MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems and a September 28th walking tour of North Brooklyn. September will also see the start of Adaptations 2.0 Island(ing), which features a September 24th panel discussion from the Admiral's House on Governors Island. Pratt's ...

Take a look inside Rafael Viñoly's The Greenwich before its long-awaited debut

2024-09-05T12:07:00-04:00

Archinect has received a first look inside The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly and its March & White (MAWD)-led interior design. After a four-year hiatus, the 912-foot, 88-story new landmark is drawing near completion in the Financial District with 272 residences.

Each apartment, along with the building's 27,000 square feet of upper-floor amenities spaces, features one of three (Terra, Aqua, and Stratus) earth-toned color palettes designed to match the corresponding vistas at each level. The units all have floor-to-ceiling windows. Viñoly's son Román says the project "embodies the essence of my father's uncompromising modernism," adding, "It is an elegant and powerful testament to my father's creative vision."

Photo: Laura Randall, Optimist Consulting

Image: Evan Joseph

Photo: Laura Randall, Optimist Consulting

The Cooper Union is starting to bring back free tuition

2024-09-03T17:02:00-04:00

In a surprising move, The Cooper Union has announced a return to tuition-free education for all undergraduate seniors within each of the next four years starting with its Class of 2025. The reversal comes ten years after school trustees formally voted to do away with its free mandate for the first time as a result of financial strain. The New York Times was first to report on the announcement, which follows a $6 million grant from three Cooper alumni.

The Cooper Union says it is on track to be free to all students by the 2028-29 academic year. Current costs for undergraduates hover at $44,550. However, the school is prioritizing the ten-year plan. Current first-, second-, and third-year students will receive full-tuition scholarships in their senior years under it. In a statement, outgoing President Laura Sparks said progress on the issue "[reaffirms] the ideals that have been foundational to this institution since Peter Cooper opened its doors in 1859."

Previously on Archinect: Coo...

Related unveils plans for next phase of Hudson Yards

2024-08-30T11:30:00-04:00

Renderings of the next phase of Hudson Yards have been made public by Related Companies along with a construction price tag of $12 billion. Hudson Yards West will be built on top of the site’s still-undeveloped western rail yards and cultivate a 5.6-acre park called Hudson Green designed by HOLLANDER and Sasaki.

Related's CEO Jeff T. Blau says it will "be an oasis that becomes the new calling card of the neighborhood."

Rendering Courtesy of Related Companies and Wynn Resorts

Once in place, the project will yield a total of 1,500 new apartment units (Related has promised that 324 will be affordable) with an anchoring 80-story Wynn Resorts hotel and casino tower at Eleventh Avenue and 33rd Street. An architect for either of these components has yet to be named.

Rendering Courtesy of Related Companies and Wynn Resorts

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is responsible for the total 13-acre master plan, which includes another 2-million-square-foot office component and public K-8 school. This...

New York City releases RFP to transform Park Avenue into a verdant, public space

2024-08-30T08:00:00-04:00

Earlier this week, the City of New York released a request for proposals (RFP) to redesign a portion of Park Avenue, between East 46th Street and East 57th Street, by adding greenery, public seating, concessions, and safer crossings for pedestrians.

This section of Park Avenue sits atop the Grand Central Terminal Train Shed, which is currently undergoing a major rehabilitation by the City and the MTA. The project includes replacing the train shed roof structure and waterproofing membrane, along with enhancing Park Avenue, which will be removed and reconstructed in stages as underground work occurs. The street will be restored with an expanded median for pedestrians. Its redesign aims to enhance public space, promote sustainable transit options, and foster community for residents and visitors.

The New York City Department of Transportation is seeking design services from a contractor with a background in landscape architecture or urban design to fill the wider median with elements,...

NYC forms task force to search for housing opportunities on gov't owned land

2024-08-26T14:53:00-04:00

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the formation of a new multi-agency task force aimed at finding city-owned land and properties that can be redeveloped in the interest of putting an end to its greatest housing crisis in more than 50 years.

According to amNewYork, the new City Housing Activation Task Force is operating under a directive to “review all land under the ownership and control of the city or of other participating and cooperating agencies and entities … to identify potential sites for housing development and to determine if such sites could be used to further housing production … without disruption to critical operations."

Former NYCEDC President Maria Torres-Springer is leading the task force. It expands on the 'City of Yes for Housing Opportunity’ proposal that was launched by the Adams administration in September of 2023.

Archinect - News

OMA's New Museum expansion tops out on the Bowery

New York could bring back congestion pricing under revised plan

Sotheby’s taps Herzog & de Meuron and PBDW to renovate historic Breuer Building

Three creative New York City interiors by Michael K. Chen Architecture: Your Next Employer?

Columbia GSAPP's floating 'Cloud' installation seeks to unite a fractious campus

The Vessel reopens with improved safety barriers after three years

Three innovative projects by nARCHITECTS: Your Next Employer?

KPF’s James von Klemperer on 520 Fifth Ave. and being a 'good neighbor'

Michael Kimmelman goes in search of Paul Rudolph’s true legacy at the Met

Three inviting living spaces by Desai Chia Architecture: Your Next Employer?

Studio Museum in Harlem will open new building in late 2025

Explore 20 Project Manager and Project Architect roles available in New York City

30 Rock's Top of the Rock space debuts crowning Skylift observation deck

Four vibrant interiors by Mapos: Your Next Employer?

SCAPE completes Living Breakwaters coastal resiliency project for Staten Island

Port Authority signs on to Foster + Partners' $10 billion Midtown Bus Terminal replacement plan

Four community-orientated New York City projects by Dattner Architects: Your Next Employer?

Bjarke Ingels and Robert de Niro preview Wildflower Studios project in Queens

Archtober 2024: Check out these Buildings of the Day with architect-led tours in NYC next month

The parent company of Gucci and Bottega Veneta is hiring a store designer in New York

Now you can experience Calatrava's St. Nicholas Church at the 9/11 site also digitally

Win tickets to Beaux Arts Ball 2024: HEAT

NYIT School of Architecture & Design's Fall events feature the Aluminaire House saviors, the Atypical Architectures Symposium, and more

High Line founders release op-ed opposing final Hudson Yards development phase

Pratt's School of Architecture Fall programming features RUR, Deborah Berke, Curry J. Hackett, and return of Climate Week NYC

Take a look inside Rafael Viñoly​'s The Greenwich before its long-awaited debut

The Cooper Union is starting to bring back free tuition

Related unveils plans for next phase of Hudson Yards

New York City releases RFP to transform Park Avenue into a verdant, public space

NYC forms task force to search for housing opportunities on gov't owned land

Take a look inside Rafael Viñoly's The Greenwich before its long-awaited debut