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QueensWay Elevated Park Receives Over $440K in Funding for First Phase

2014-12-15T11:28:00-05:00

The WXY Studio Architecture + Urban Design and dlandstudio design of an elevated park in Queens, New York has just gotten a $440,000 cash infusion from New York State. The money will go towards the design of the first phase of the project, estimated to cost $120M to build. The park, when complete, would transform 3.5 miles of abandoned elevated railway into a park akin to the High Line Park in Manhattan.

“Queensway Connection” competition exhibition to open July 17 in NYC

2014-07-07T20:09:00-04:00

Earlier this year, the AIANY Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) Committee revealed the winners of its biennial design ideas competition QueensWay Connection: Elevating the Public Realm (previously on Archinect). Now the public is invited to take a closer look at the winning entries at the upcoming competition exhibition opening on Thursday July 17 at 6:00 PM at New York's Center for Architecture.

The exhibition is accompanied by a symposium hosted by ENYA at the CFA on Saturday, July 19 from 12:00 - 4:00 PM to highlight the winning entries’ visions for future development of the site and neighborhood.

ENYA Prize, $5000: The Queensway Steps by Carrie Wilbert and Eleonore Levieux of Paris, France

2nd Prize, $2500: Queens Billboard by Nikolay Martynov of Basel, Switzerland

3rd Prize, $1000: Make It! Grow It! by Song Deng and Rene Biberstein of Toronto, Canada

Student Prize, $1000: EBB & Flow by Jessica Shoemaker, Paul Crespo and Jessica Johnson of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Honorable Menti...

AIANY ENYA reveals winning ideas for QueensWay Connection competition

2014-02-17T13:57:00-05:00

Plans for building a new QueensWay are moving forward. The AIANY Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) Committee revealed the winners of QueensWay Connection: Elevating the Public Realm. The biennial competition brought in ideas from around the globe on how to transform an abandoned railway into an urban greenway as a community space for nearby neighborhoods in Queens, New York.

Out of 120 proposals from 28 countries, the jury selected the following winners:

ENYA Prize, US$5,000: The Queensway Steps by Carrie Wilbert (Paris, France)

2nd Prize, US$2,500: Queens Billboard by Nikolay Martynov (Basel, Switzerland)

3rd Prize, US$1,000: Make It! Grow It! by Song Deng (Toronto, Canada)

Student Prize, US$1000: EBB & Flow by Jessica Shoemaker (Albuquerque, NM, USA)

Honorable Mention: Upside Down Bridge by Hyuntek Yoon (Queens, NY, USA)

For more details, head over to Bustler.