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2024-11-21T10:59:40-05:00
https://archinect.com/news/article/150451220/the-vessel-reopens-with-improved-safety-barriers-after-three-years
The Vessel reopens with improved safety barriers after three years
Josh Niland
2024-10-21T16:55:00-04:00
>2024-10-23T21:23:56-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/170ddb9b0d972aa98ce2117238f4bf3c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/the-vessel-hudson-yards-reopens/" target="_blank">CBS News</a> is reporting on the re-opening of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/811942/vessel" target="_blank">The Vessel</a> at Hudson Yards after closing abruptly in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150244877/hudson-yards-vessel-closed-following-another-suicide" target="_blank">January of 2021</a> in response to a rash of suicides. </p>
<p>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.<br></p>
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. <a href="https://t.co/UgszqwYQOB" target="_blank">https://t.co/UgszqwYQOB</a> <a href="https://t.co/o60jOONtdr" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/o60jOONtdr</a><br>— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNewYork/status/1848471651005952229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 21, 2024</a>
<p><br>Video source <a href="https://x.com/NBCNewYork/status/1848471651005952229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1848471651005952229%7Ctwgr%5E75a47d416ff301d6903ad47b8e7dbe61e9da280e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Farchinect.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F150451220%2Fthe-vessel-reopens-with-improved-safety-barriers-after-three-years" target="_blank">@...</a></p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150445411/high-line-founders-release-op-ed-opposing-final-hudson-yards-development-phase
High Line founders release op-ed opposing final Hudson Yards development phase
Josh Niland
2024-09-06T18:28:00-04:00
>2024-09-09T13:44:47-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c8/c80f1a551944bc282a0dfbe51fc363c5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>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.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Leading with the claim that <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/31717720/related-companies" target="_blank">Related</a> "wants to undo the agreement and rezone the site again", two founders of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/640612/the-high-line" target="_blank">The High Line</a> (Joshua David and Robert Hammond) say they are opposing the next phase of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards/" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>’ redevelopment. The $12 billion plan, the details for which <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150444232/related-unveils-plans-for-next-phase-of-hudson-yards" target="_blank">became a bit clearer</a> 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.</p>
<p>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."</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150444232/related-unveils-plans-for-next-phase-of-hudson-yards
Related unveils plans for next phase of Hudson Yards
Josh Niland
2024-08-30T11:30:00-04:00
>2024-09-05T17:32:23-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/59/590354fe14846f5fc470978be667d4ab.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Renderings of the next phase of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards/" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a> 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 <a href="https://archinect.com/hollanderdesign" target="_blank">HOLLANDER</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/17195943/sasaki-associates" target="_blank">Sasaki</a>.</p>
<p>Related's CEO Jeff T. Blau says it will "be an oasis that becomes the new calling card of the neighborhood."</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/25/256f16e7ee0a63c5b73b12273fc0744a.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/25/256f16e7ee0a63c5b73b12273fc0744a.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering Courtesy of Related Companies and Wynn Resorts</figcaption></figure><p>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.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c1/c1c1812e0f0eccbfbab955a5f317139e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c1/c1c1812e0f0eccbfbab955a5f317139e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering Courtesy of Related Companies and Wynn Resorts</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://archinect.com/skidmoreowingsmerrill" target="_blank">Skidmore, Owings & Merrill</a> (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...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150424025/the-vessel-to-reopen-with-improved-safety-measures
The Vessel to reopen with improved safety measures
Josh Niland
2024-04-15T11:44:00-04:00
>2024-04-22T12:45:11-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6daa8cbe0cae0c441b380f391e775b56.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/811942/vessel" target="_blank">The Vessel</a> has announced it will again be open to visitors in New York City later this year after upgraded anti-suicide safety measures are installed in response to a spate of tragedies that have befallen its existence since being inaugurated in March of 2019. The attraction has <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150244877/hudson-yards-vessel-closed-following-another-suicide" target="_blank">been closed since 2021</a> and will reopen with its uppermost level kept inaccessible to the public. </p>
<p>The <em>New York Times</em> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/nyregion/towering-vessel-sculpture-at-hudson-yards-will-reopen-after-suicides.html" target="_blank">reported</a> a representative from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/31717720/related-companies" target="_blank">Related Companies</a>, which manages the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/354290/thomas-heatherwick/30" target="_blank">Thomas Heatherwick</a>-designed property, as saying a “floor-to-ceiling steel mesh” barrier would be installed. It will replace existing barriers that were only waste-high and not "cut-proof," as the new fencing is understood to be made.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5b6d5c1465986902d474868dd67f7c85.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5b6d5c1465986902d474868dd67f7c85.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150244877/hudson-yards-vessel-closed-following-another-suicide" target="_blank">Hudson Yards Vessel closed following another suicide</a></figcaption></figure><p>"While we think it took Related four lives too many to make these physical adjustments, these are the changes we requested, which will allow for prioritizing the safety of everyone who visits the Vessel," Manhattan Communit...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150420470/this-is-what-hudson-yards-west-will-look-like-according-to-developers
This is what Hudson Yards West will look like, according to developers
Josh Niland
2024-03-15T13:25:00-04:00
>2024-03-18T16:54:27-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ca/ca9ef474fc9c2783f04bd0fd58dc7bc0.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Details of the planned Wynn New York City resort scheme from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/31717720/related-companies" target="_blank">Related Companies</a> and the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1156156/oxford-properties-group" target="_blank">Oxford Properties Group</a> have been released, along with new renderings and further details about the final Phase 2 building segment at <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>. </p>
<p>The three-tower scheme chosen from the set of alternative proposals that was <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150417955/plans-revealed-for-hudson-yards-phase-two-with-several-towers-and-a-potential-casino" target="_blank">released in February</a> calls for a 1,189-foot hotel with 1,750 rooms to be placed at the northernmost edge of the site opposite a 1,366-foot office building and across a plaza area from the x-shape third residential tower, which stands at 1,172-feet will include 1,507 units. A 5.6-acre park will complete the master plan, along with a 750-seat public school and 12,250 square feet of ground-level retail. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/67a6941e03909069e09cae98e18aac79.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/67a6941e03909069e09cae98e18aac79.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering courtesy of Related Companies and Wynn Resorts</figcaption></figure><p>Included in this proposal are plans for a gaming component that could potentially earn one of three coveted casino licenses up-for-grabs in the Downstate region (which includes New York City) for $500 million apiece in 2025...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150418072/google-nyc-s-new-adaptive-reuse-hq-design-by-gensler-and-cookfox-opens-at-hudson-square
Google NYC's new adaptive-reuse HQ design by Gensler and COOKFOX opens at Hudson Square
Josh Niland
2024-02-27T12:52:00-05:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/47/47ed1eae30ed95c6ade96272d5c9d82c.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/52478217/google-inc" target="_blank">Google</a>’s brand new New York City headquarters inside St. John’s Terminal at Hudson Square has opened following the completion of a five-year and $2.1 billion project designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/cookfox" target="_blank">COOKFOX Architects</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/gensler" target="_blank">Gensler</a>.</p>
<p>The renovation of the two-block-long former rail terminus yields a total of 1.3 million square feet of new offices. Another nine stories were added above the existing structure. The building will house some 3,000 employees of the tech giant, who said in a <a href="https://blog.google/inside-google/life-at-google/google-nyc-st-johns-terminal-office/" target="_blank">blog post</a> that its design is responsive to a research-driven office strategy and supports a new workplace model that’s meant to foster greater collaboration, creativity, and growth. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/78/78a09089230c3914874fb2e132f6decd.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/78/78a09089230c3914874fb2e132f6decd.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: courtesy of Google</figcaption></figure><p>After restoring the original three floors remaining from its peak usage in the 1930s, the design team created a welcoming space defined by an exterior cut facade detailed on its northern side with reused rail beds that had been leftovers and are kept semi-exposed to create a visible linkage between past and present.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3dad76b33bfae04439d8d7dfe8c11cb8.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3dad76b33bfae04439d8d7dfe8c11cb8.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image...</figcaption></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150417955/plans-revealed-for-hudson-yards-phase-two-with-several-towers-and-a-potential-casino
Plans revealed for Hudson Yards Phase Two with several towers and a potential casino
Niall Patrick Walsh
2024-02-26T12:03:00-05:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/49/49d396f3701746c47015e9bb97451b54.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The next chapter in New York’s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards/" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a> has been revealed, with developers filing a bid for a potential mixed-use casino complex. <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/31717720/related-companies" target="_blank">Related Companies</a> and Wynn Resorts <a href="https://zap.planning.nyc.gov/projects/2024M0108" target="_blank">submitted plans</a> as part of an environmental impact process last week with the New York City Department of City Planning, which includes two scenarios for the plot directly west of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/811942/vessel" target="_blank">The Vessel</a>.</p>
<p>The proposed site is currently occupied by the West Side Yard and would see the Hudson Yards development expand west, separated from the Hudson River only by 12th Avenue. The plot would also be wrapped on three sides by the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2191/high-line" target="_blank">High Line</a>, which already borders the south side of the existing Hudson Yards development.</p>
<p>In 2020, Related Companies offered an indicative insight into the architectural intent for the site when it <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150178998/hudson-yards-repackages-rendering-to-assuage-park-wall-worries" target="_blank">published renderings</a> to assuage concerns that a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150178193/700-foot-wall-could-turn-hudson-yards-into-a-real-gated-community" target="_blank">700-foot wall</a> would separate the development from The High Line.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1f/1ff706c9defe0e724aed748605a442c4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1f/1ff706c9defe0e724aed748605a442c4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a><figcaption>Hudson Yards Phase Two proposed plan. Massing and plan credit: Related/<a href="https://zap.planning.nyc.gov/projects/2024M0108" target="_blank">NYC Planning</a></figcaption></figure></figure><p>Both scenarios sub...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150391366/big-completes-award-winning-the-spiral-tower-in-manhattan
BIG completes award-winning The Spiral tower in Manhattan
Josh Niland
2023-10-25T19:57:00-04:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cde7aeb20068c03067c7414a266611e8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39902/big-bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">BIG</a> has shared photos to follow the firm’s completion of the new 2.8 million-square-foot <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/147663869/big-s-concept-for-a-spiraling-landscape-tower-in-nyc-s-hudson-yards" target="_blank">The Spiral</a> office tower in Midtown Manhattan. </p>
<p>Located at the entrance to the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2191/high-line" target="_blank">High Line Park</a> on 34th Street between 10th Avenue and Hudson Boulevard, the 66-story structure rises to a total height of 1,031.5 feet and offers the neighborhood skyline a distinctive new visual identity taken from its stepped silhouette and a ribbon of outdoor terraces that cascade down the setback facade to a street level podium. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/17943f538cb984ce35ccc2f69e883049.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/17943f538cb984ce35ccc2f69e883049.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo © Laurian Ghinitoiu</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9e/9e959e686448c456568c49888ef0f3f3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9e/9e959e686448c456568c49888ef0f3f3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo © Laurian Ghinitoiu</figcaption></figure><p>The design team, which also included <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150326509/adamson-associates-inc" target="_blank">Adamson Associates</a>, made wind- and drought-resistant biophilic elements a central part of the building’s exterior, working to unprecedented new heights for commercial high-rises. Certain plant species were selected for their ability to flower as early as February, in combination with evergreen ivy varieties. The program also creates flexible workspaces and includes an exclusive clubhouse on the uppermos...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150355827/go-inside-the-shed-s-short-lived-sonic-sphere-installation-with-the-new-york-times
Go inside The Shed’s short-lived Sonic Sphere installation with The New York Times
Josh Niland
2023-07-06T17:26:00-04:00
>2023-07-07T14:52:53-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/04/04c0af84b2f550bfc3a937b0c114d15b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>“It’s about a change in consciousness that leaves a memory,” [Ed] Cooke said of the project. “Can people have an experience where they touch some new territory of consciousness, not in a way that is like an altered state, but one that actually leaves a trace?”</p></em><br /><br /><p>The 50-ton space, which is suspended some 34 feet above the ground, has a capacity of 250 people and was promoted by co-designer Merijn Royaards as a “sensory laboratory that [...] bends time, expands consciousness, and punctures our perception of reality” at the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150349214/the-shed-debuts-sonic-sphere-suspended-musical-feature" target="_blank">project’s announcement</a> in early May. </p>
<p>Video courtesy of The Shed/YouTube</p>
<p>Its design was supposedly inspired by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen’s <a href="https://ed.blog/2021/02/28/which-is-better-a-bitcoin-or-a-spherical-concert-hall/" target="_blank">Kugelauditorium</a> from 1970 and includes a JBL sound system for special 45-minute ticketed performances. The venue closes on July 30th, with a return to New York planned for next year. Speaking of their intent for the $2 million project, Royaards' colleague Ed Cooke told the <em>Times</em><em></em>, “We want to give [people] something magical.”</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150349214/the-shed-debuts-sonic-sphere-suspended-musical-feature
The Shed debuts Sonic Sphere suspended musical feature
Josh Niland
2023-05-09T13:17:00-04:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bd/bd03d828379663a66538043bfb57622e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/994977/the-shed" target="_blank">The Shed</a> at New York City’s Hudson Yards has unveiled plans for a new, temporary 65-foot spherical concert hall feature to be placed inside the arts venue’s McCourt performance space this summer.</p>
<p>The space is the product of architectural designers Ed Cooke, Merijn Royaards, and Nicholas Christie and has previously been enacted at the 2022 Burning Man festival and ten other venues. </p>
<p>Lounge-type seating is combined with a listening platform that's suspended 34 feet off the ground. Standing sections and a netted center complete the spatial design, with a capacity for 250 persons, a JBL sound system, and lighting design from Polina Zakh. The space was supposedly inspired by Karlheinz Stockhausen’s 1970 <a href="https://ed.blog/2021/02/28/which-is-better-a-bitcoin-or-a-spherical-concert-hall/" target="_blank">Kugelauditorium</a> for the World Expo in Japan that same year.</p>
<p>Royaards explains: “My first experience of clubbing was during a cold winter in early ’90s Rotterdam. The interference patterns of visual, sonic, and kinetic waveform transmissions that flooded the dance floor and enveloped me we...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150328031/foster-partners-50-hudson-yards-officially-opens-in-new-york-city
Foster + Partners' 50 Hudson Yards officially opens in New York City
Nathaniel Bahadursingh
2022-10-25T21:05:00-04:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/94684c178d773acc59be0b969ed6a010.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/fosterandpartners" target="_blank">Foster + Partners</a>’ 50 Hudson Yards, a 78-story, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/238888/mixed-use" target="_blank">mixed-use</a> office tower in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/12384/new-york-city" target="_blank">New York City</a> has officially opened.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ff/ff1580bdff007fda8f4df12916106de6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ff/ff1580bdff007fda8f4df12916106de6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><p>The nearly three million-square-foot and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/36738/leed-gold" target="_blank">LEED Gold</a>-designed structure occupies an entire block and features flexible office space, retail facilities, and public spaces. It also offers restaurants, bike parking, and transport connections, which is in the form of an underground connection to the adjacent subway station. Work on the latest addition to <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a> began in 2016.<br></p></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d2b003bc2907fdf0efd3953565d4a35e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d2b003bc2907fdf0efd3953565d4a35e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p></figure><p>“Our project is a response to the site within Hudson Yards, but its geometry also respects the wider context of the New York street grid,” said Foster + Partners founder <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4305/norman-foster/" target="_blank">Norman Foster</a>. “ The innovative elevator strategy and unique space planning provide prime users of the tower with their own lobbies, exclusive access, and separate identities. Column-free floor plates and generous ceiling heights provide high-quality workspaces with maximum flexibility for change in the future. A purpose-built tunnel c...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150319445/some-of-nyc-s-biggest-high-rollers-want-a-casino-in-coney-island-but-local-residents-aren-t-buying-in
Some of NYC’s biggest high-rollers want a casino in Coney Island, but local residents aren’t buying in
Josh Niland
2022-08-04T10:00:00-04:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/deb32bcbf8db514fabe4e60d029e8470.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>If real estate developers get their way, Coney Island may soon be losing its seasonal vibe. The <em>New York Post</em> is <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/24/nyc-developers-eyeing-casinos-for-hudson-yards-times-square-willets-point-coney-island/" target="_blank">reporting</a> that several of the city's leading corporate entities, including Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross' Related Companies, Vornado, and S.L. Green, have expressed interest in two of the state's <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-08/new-york-budget-deal-to-call-for-three-new-casinos-for-nyc-area" target="_blank">three new available casino licenses</a> as part of an expansion endorsed by <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1832066/governor-kathy-hochul" target="_blank">Governor Kathy Hochul</a>. <br></p>
<p>Looking to Atlantic City as a model, Thor Equities owner Joe Sitt is pitching a gaming destination in his native Coney Island as a potential commercial booster. <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/87175/times-square" target="_blank">Times Square</a>, and Queens’ Willets Point neighborhood have also been floated. In total, the projects could bring in at least $1.5 billion in license revenue for the state. The year-round operation of the casinos could engender even greater profits dependent on an agreed-upon tax rate between the state and potential developers. </p>
<p>Other than <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/28/hard-rock-eyeing-casino-license-put-chips-behind-hochul/" target="_blank">money</a>, the subway system seems to be the main determining factor in the m...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150313106/the-project-s-architect-says-he-had-no-active-role-in-hudson-yards-tower-design
The project's ‘architect’ says he had no active role in Hudson Yards tower design
Nathaniel Bahadursingh
2022-06-13T13:48:00-04:00
>2022-06-22T11:01:06-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/13/138e69ceec439c02a7e265b02b834f3d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>But Mr. Schiffman said he had no active role in those projects, a statement that raises questions about whether the buildings were approved for construction without the oversight and involvement of a registered architect — a requirement in New York State to ensure that buildings are properly designed and do not pose a safety risk.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The <em>New York Times</em> has obtained a document showing that the credentials of a retired architect in his mid-80s were used to fake his approval of building designs that he did not review. Warren L. Schiffman has been designated as the architect of record on an under-construction, 642-feet-tall hotel rising in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>, along with a hotel near <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/628437/laguardia-airport" target="_blank">LaGuardia Airport</a> and dual high-rise residences in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/7905/queens" target="_blank">Queens</a>. Each of these projects fall under developer Marx Development Group.</p>
<figure><p>The document shows a contract Schiffman signed upon his retirement from Marx Development Group in 2016 that details how the company’s design firm, <a href="https://archinect.com/dsmdesigngroup" target="_blank">DSM Design Group</a>, could continue to use his seal of approval following his absence. Signed shortly before Marx Development Group embarked on the three aforementioned projects, the contract called for Schiffman to provide his architectural stamp and signature to DSM Design Group when requested. However, Schiffman claims he was never asked to review any building plans. </p><p><br></p><p>In addi...</p></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150286378/billie-tsien-on-new-york-city-student-loans-and-hating-hudson-yards
Billie Tsien on New York City, student loans, and hating Hudson Yards
Josh Niland
2021-10-26T14:26:00-04:00
>2021-10-27T11:46:08-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/14/142d7780e0a2379ccc50c4b10e96f41f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>I would like to remove Hudson Yards. I don’t even know what I would replace it with. I just feel really angry because it’s a part of the city that turns its back to the city. It’s not even the buildings, or size of the buildings — which are humongous — that bother me. It’s that back-turning. I actually have refused to enter it, except when I was walking on the High Line […] it pretends to be a space for everybody when it is not.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Tsien, who <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150283248/watch-barack-obama-break-ground-on-the-obama-presidential-center-in-chicago" target="_blank">broke ground</a> last month on the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago, recently began a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150265225/biden-administration-ousts-members-of-the-u-s-commission-of-fine-arts-justin-shubow-removed-after-refusing-to-resign" target="_blank">four-year term</a> as Chair of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which will afford her a direct line to government officials on a number of different topics involving the design community.</p>
<p>"The biggest problem and opportunity facing the profession of architecture is diversity," she told <em><a href="https://www.curbed.com/2021/10/21-questions-billie-tsien.html" target="_blank">Curbed</a></em> when asked about the challenges facing the industry today. "And one of the causes is expensive graduate school with not necessarily any payoff in the end. Leaving school $200,000 in debt, and the prospect of a job that might pay $65,000 a year, is daunting to anybody."</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150281481/see-the-elevated-pedestrian-pathway-that-will-connect-the-high-line-to-moynihan-train-hall
See the elevated pedestrian pathway that will connect the High Line to Moynihan Train Hall
Dana Schulz
2021-09-22T19:08:00-04:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/559d2e62faabd785aed8849fd7f1ed8d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Governor Kathy Hochul has unveiled designs for an elevated pedestrian pathway that will connect the High Line to the recently opened Moynihan Train Hall. The $50 million project will also connect Chelsea with other West Side destinations like Hudson Yards, Manhattan West, Penn Station, and the Javits Center. The pathway is expected to be completed by Spring 2023.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a2e91c5226a5a72b718c502cf57b3ac6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a2e91c5226a5a72b718c502cf57b3ac6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering courtesy of the Governor's Office</figcaption></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150265629/the-vessel-at-hudson-yards-is-reopening-after-a-string-of-suicides
The Vessel at Hudson Yards is reopening after a string of suicides
Josh Niland
2021-05-27T21:22:00-04:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7e/7ea5fb4ab9827489d1c4a173cca04838.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a> is reopening <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/811942/vessel" target="_blank">The Vessel</a> this week with a renewed focus on suicide prevention following a rash of incidents last year.</p>
<p>The Vessel was <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150244877/hudson-yards-vessel-closed-following-another-suicide" target="_blank">closed in January</a> after three people took their lives inside the 150-foot sculpture over a period of 15 months.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/us/vessel-hudson-yards-ny-reopening-suicide-prevention-trnd/index.html" target="_blank">Harm-reduction trainings</a> have been added along with a number of other security precautions including a ban on solo entry, signs promoting suicide prevention, and added staff, which developer <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/31717720/related-companies" target="_blank">Related Companies</a> says will be funded by a new $10 ticket fee.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d9/d92498fa3dd9f5d6dc9839f0c5081fcc.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d9/d92498fa3dd9f5d6dc9839f0c5081fcc.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Previously on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150244877/hudson-yards-vessel-closed-following-another-suicide" target="_blank">Hudson Yards Vessel closed following another suicide</a></figcaption></figure><p>Related Companies did not offer to raise the waist-high barriers that line the walkway inside of <a href="https://archinect.com/heatherwick" target="_blank">Thomas Heatherwick</a>’s centerpiece sculpture. The move would have mirrored similar prevention measures taken recently at NYU and the George Washington bridge with some success, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/nyregion/hudson-yards-vessel-reopening.html" target="_blank">according to the <em>New York Times</em></a>.</p>
<p>“I understand that the Vessel is seen as a work of art and architecture, and there’s a certain aestheti...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150248965/massive-nyc-development-grinds-to-a-halt
Massive NYC development grinds to a halt
Michael Schwartz
2021-02-08T16:38:00-05:00
>2021-02-12T11:25:09-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8f/8f4d4ef4ca8007d4f636684afa3f8fb2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Even more perilous, the promised second phase of Hudson Yards — eight additional buildings, including a school, more luxury condos and office space — appears on indefinite hold as the developer, the Related Companies, seeks federal financing for a nearly 10-acre platform on which it will be built.
Related, which had said the entire project would be finished in 2024, no longer offers an estimated completion date.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The New York Times is reporting on the uncertain future of the $25 billion Hudson Yards mega-development in Manhattan’s Far West Side.</p>
<p>The starchitect-studded development is reeling from ongoing effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic, as luxury condos remain unsold and commercial tenants go under. Additionally, tourist attractions remain closed and the development's centerpiece—Heatherwick Studio's <em>Vessel</em>—has been closed following its third suicide in less than a year.</p>
<p>The situation enveloping Hudson Yards is representative of the state of speculative real estate across the country, though the Manhattan project is perhaps the nation's largest single site. Developers, architects and the entire real estate vertical are rethinking the needs of cities in which dramatically more people are working from home, demand for office space is shrinking, and delivery services are bringing more food and products directly to our doorsteps.</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150244877/hudson-yards-vessel-closed-following-another-suicide
Hudson Yards Vessel closed following another suicide
Alexander Walter
2021-01-13T13:04:00-05:00
>2022-05-19T20:46:08-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ca/ca339af7cbe96eb10fc39270bd7c0623.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Vessel, the spiraling staircase at Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s Far West Side, was closed to visitors on Tuesday, a day after a 21-year-old man jumped to his death in the third suicide in less than a year.
It was unclear when the 150-foot structure, the vast development’s centerpiece, would reopen to the public.</p></em><br /><br /><p>According to the <em>NYT</em>, the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/811942/vessel" target="_blank">Vessel</a> sculpture at <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>, which opened in March 2019, will remain closed "until further notice."<br></p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150188852/over-1-100-foot-high-observation-deck-to-open-in-hudson-yards-will-be-highest-in-western-hemisphere
Over 1,100 foot-high observation deck to open in Hudson Yards, will be highest in Western Hemisphere
Sean Joyner
2020-03-10T11:46:00-04:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fa/fa26390080ec7d2cc9372000fd3f40df.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/kohnpedersenfox" target="_blank">KPF</a>-designed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150072135/30-hudson-yards-the-development-s-tallest-tower-tops-out-at-1-296-feet" target="_blank">30 Hudson Yards</a> has long been deemed the tallest building of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards development</a>, and due to open this month is the anticipated observation deck <em>Edge,</em> which, floating right at 1,131 feet high, will be the tallest observation deck in the Western Hemisphere. Located on the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards, it will take visitors a 52 second elevator ride to reach the platform's 7,500 square foot viewing area.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5c/5ca6484dc52fe4baeec7cafeceeaf7e8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5c/5ca6484dc52fe4baeec7cafeceeaf7e8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/90/90adb427709d6c1a3a54305255b38044.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/90/90adb427709d6c1a3a54305255b38044.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/87/8740be0534c18d7bdd4ac67d7863cbdb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/87/8740be0534c18d7bdd4ac67d7863cbdb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>Nine-foot tall glass walls of angled glass allow viewers to "lean out over Manhattan." The sky deck also includes a glass floor to further exaggerate the intensity of the observation experience as the deck extends almost 80 feet from the face of the tower. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/01/01744242b23e4f77e4e33f325fd273a4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/01/01744242b23e4f77e4e33f325fd273a4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d9/d9126280143151a22d97c6125c1da87d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d9/d9126280143151a22d97c6125c1da87d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></figure></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150185347/see-the-views-from-nyc-s-highest-outdoor-residential-space-at-15-hudson-yards
See the views from NYC’s highest outdoor residential space at 15 Hudson Yards
Dana Schulz
2020-02-19T19:18:00-05:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/82/8201fc84a4585713ef1959f220c1b88d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Adding to Hudson Yards’ height superlatives, the city’s highest outdoor residential amenity space has opened at 15 Hudson Yards. Rising 900 feet in the air, “Skytop” features 6,000 square feet of curvy indoor-outdoor space, which follows the shape of the building’s crown. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with interiors by Rockwell Group, the amenity space offers unobstructed views of the Hudson River and beyond.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f6/f65b37a7555a045a61ecba56c0ab7862.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f6/f65b37a7555a045a61ecba56c0ab7862.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image by Scott Frances for Related-Oxford</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/01/01c84a9e4f5e81ebb048b1781824af5a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/01/01c84a9e4f5e81ebb048b1781824af5a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image by Scott Frances for Related-Oxford</figcaption></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150181782/19-year-old-jumps-to-his-death-from-the-vessel-in-hudson-yards
19-year-old jumps to his death from the Vessel in Hudson Yards
b3tadine[sutures]
2020-02-03T00:27:00-05:00
>2020-02-03T12:23:48-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/37/37d5b5ac6caf7a6fff01fe3005b68ae6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Police officers on the scene Saturday night asked visitors climbing on the 154 interconnecting staircases to leave the structure. It closed 30 minutes before its usual 7 p.m. shutdown. On Sunday, the site reopened to the public.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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https://archinect.com/news/article/150181315/hudson-yards-now-has-its-own-video-game-starring-comedian-conner-o-malley
Hudson Yards now has its own video game starring comedian Conner O'Malley
Sean Joyner
2020-01-30T08:41:00-05:00
>2020-01-30T21:09:02-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/80/80f6d8ce2ef59be13d1567e016f945f6.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Hudson Yards has received its share of mockery. Be it <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150128806/ikea-buys-naming-rights-to-heatherwick-s-vessel-at-hudson-yards" target="_blank">Archinect's April Fools' day joke</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150131993/extra-extra-shaving-the-shawarma" target="_blank">Vessel's Shawarma</a> like appearance or the <em><a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150162823/sex-toy-architecture-xxx-hy-a-luxury-real-estate-dildo-experience" target="_blank">Luxury Real Estate Dildo Experience</a>, </em>there has been a fair share of criticism and poking fun of the new development. </p><p>Well now, there is a Hudson Yards "video game," and it stars comedian Conner O'Malley. Check it out below!</p>
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https://archinect.com/news/article/150178998/hudson-yards-repackages-rendering-to-assuage-park-wall-worries
Hudson Yards repackages rendering to assuage park wall worries
Antonio Pacheco
2020-01-15T14:57:00-05:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/da/da14338705fbb3fff896855e7e18ed7c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Following reports that plans for the western <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a> site would include a massive <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150178193/700-foot-wall-could-turn-hudson-yards-into-a-real-gated-community" target="_blank">700-foot-long wall separating the development</a> from the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2191/high-line" target="_blank">High Line</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/31717720/related-companies" target="_blank">Related Companies</a>, the developer behind the $25 billion mega-development, has published a rendering in an attempt to contradict those previous reports. </p>
(3/4) Our plan has always been to build an open space along the lines of this years-old rendering and we are working to manage the technical challenges to achieve this. There has never been a wall along the High Line and there will never be a wall. <a href="https://t.co/KNy9mBEJml" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/KNy9mBEJml</a><br>— Hudson Yards NYC (@_HudsonYardsNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/_HudsonYardsNYC/status/1217464201163280384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 15, 2020</a>
<p><br>Writing via official Hudson Yards Twitter account, project backers state: "We have always shared the vision that the Western Yard should include a great public open space. We don’t yet have a final design but have always understood clearly that our open space needs to work well with the High Line and the Hudson River."</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/46/46eebfa461df4fc6825a6d947fc55c70.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/46/46eebfa461df4fc6825a6d947fc55c70.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>View of the previously released designs...</figcaption></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150178193/700-foot-wall-could-turn-hudson-yards-into-a-real-gated-community
700-foot wall could turn Hudson Yards into a real gated community
Antonio Pacheco
2020-01-10T16:28:00-05:00
>2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b1/b1bcf24ea1758f0b5c249000d467bf75.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/arts/design/hudson-yards-expansion.html" target="_blank">Writing in <em>The New York Times</em></a><em></em>, architecture critic <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/15010/michael-kimmelman" target="_blank">Michael Kimmelman</a> sounds off against recently revealed intentions by <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53805/related-companies" target="_blank">Related Companies</a>, the developer of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>, that could wall off a semi-public park slated for the western end of the mega-project's second phase site. <br></p>
<p>The plan for the so-called Western Yard development was originally approved containing a green space that dipped down to meet the city's Hudson River edge, but is now potentially being changed to create a "man-made promontory" that could limit visual connections between the High Line and the park, potentially cementing the district's already strong reputation for existing as a "quasi-gated community" in the heart of Manhattan. </p>
<p>Describing rumors of the changing design, Kimmelman writes, "The developer has recently been talking about elevating the yard’s deck several stories to fit a parking garage underneath," adding, "the site would no longer decline toward the river but rise up, as it moved east to west, cre...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150176414/new-york-real-estate-stories-in-2019
New York real estate stories in 2019
Alexander Walter
2019-12-30T21:35:00-05:00
>2019-12-30T21:52:31-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/06/069190ffe8e974bc1ce1460f81a90cad.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>There were highs and lows for New York real estate this year. Sales records were broken, but the overall market hit the brakes, even as mortgage rates stayed low. Design took center stage in many new developments, and Hudson Yards opened to great fanfare.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>The New York Times</em> takes a look back at the 2019 real estate highlights in the nation's biggest city. The roundup features a number of property stories that were also published (and some hotly debated) on Archinect, including the recently opened, Robert A.M. Stern-designed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/611147/220-central-park-south" target="_blank">220 Central Park South</a> with its record-setting <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150118742/megapenthouse-at-stern-designed-220-central-park-south-sells-for-238m-now-the-most-expensive-home-sold-in-the-u-s" target="_blank">$238 million penthouse sale</a> in January, rapid-fire completions and topping-outs this year at the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a> development (did someone say <em><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/811942/vessel" target="_blank">Vessel</a></em>?), and the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150159853/condo-boom-hangover-more-than-a-quarter-of-nyc-s-new-units-remain-unsold" target="_blank">steadily slowing condo sales</a> despite <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150159552/world-s-tallest-residential-building-tops-out-in-new-york-city" target="_blank">record-breaking residential construction</a> in New York City.<br></p>
<p>If the astronomical NYC property price tags leave you dizzy and unbalanced, revisit the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150175276/new-york-mayor-bill-de-blasio-pledges-to-end-street-homelessness-as-we-know-it-within-five-years" target="_blank">pre-Christmas announcement</a> of Mayor de Blasio pledging to end 'street homelessness as we know it' within five years.</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150175747/the-vessel-will-become-accessible-with-an-ada-compliant-platform-and-lift
The Vessel will become accessible with an ADA-compliant platform and lift
Antonio Pacheco
2019-12-23T13:54:00-05:00
>2024-02-26T11:40:17-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e8/e8ec30cb9decbaec58f14643a80b692a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Representatives of the United States Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York and the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced today that <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53805/related-companies" target="_blank">Related Companies</a> and ERY Vessel LLC have agreed to install a new accessibility platform at the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/811942/vessel" target="_blank">Vessel</a> in Hudson Yards as part of a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1229251/download" target="_blank">legal agreement</a> aimed at bringing American with Disabilities Act (<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/618663/american-with-disabilities-act" target="_blank">ADA</a>) compliance to the eight-story outdoor sculpture. </p>
<p>The agreement dictates that Related and ERY will design, construct, install, and operate a "one of a kind platform lift mechanism on the upper levels of the <a href="https://m.archinect.com/heatherwick" target="_blank">Heatherwick Studio</a>-designed Vessel ... to increase the Vessel’s accessibility for individuals with disabilities," according to a United States Justice Department <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-agreement-related-companies-increase-accessibility" target="_blank">announcement</a>. The platform will ensure that people with disabilities can move around the upper level perimeter of the Vessel in order to enjoy the Vessel's 360-degree views over Hudson Yards, the Hudson River, and New Jersey. </p>
<p>According to the m...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150162823/sex-toy-architecture-xxx-hy-a-luxury-real-estate-dildo-experience
Sex toy architecture? "XXX-HY: A Luxury Real Estate Dildo Experience"
Sean Joyner
2019-10-04T11:45:00-04:00
>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f8/f8544c1c899857bc80ca64d9670229e1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Architecture practice <a href="https://archinect.com/wolfgangandhite" target="_blank">Wolfgang & Hite</a> has designed architectural sex toys reimagine each of the new buildings at the Hudson Yards. “There’s a lot to love in NYC’s recent building boom, but the city and developers have been jerking each other off for decades, so naturally we wanted to join in the fun… Masturbation is a great metaphor for the latest wave of development in New York City," <a href="https://www.wolfgang-hite.com/#/xxxhy/" target="_blank">writes the group on their website</a>. </p>
<figure><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/327ba619198711d908d78433567044dd.gif"></figure><p>The <em>collection</em> has been named <em>XXX-HY: A Luxury Real Estate Dildo Experience</em>. Each piece has been scaled to 1"= 100' and includes <a href="https://archinect.com/heatherwick" target="_blank">Heatherwick Studio's</a> Vessel as an "amateur buttplug," <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106441/diller-scofidio-renfro" target="_blank">DSR</a>'s Shed as a clitoral stimulator, and <a href="https://archinect.com/kohnpedersenfox" target="_blank">KPF</a>'s "gargantuan roof deck tower as a magnum fisting dildo - recommended for those without a fear of heights." Also in the bunch is <a href="https://archinect.com/som" target="_blank">SOM</a>'s "super-slender" 25 Hudson Yards.</p>
<figure><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/92/92b22fb3fcdebfd8bb108d55f3dd094d.gif"></figure><p>"Sex does the body good. After the fiery criticisms of Hudson Yards this year, we thought city officials might need a healthy outlet for working through some of that guilt," wr...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150157090/cultural-offerings-at-the-shed-dry-up-as-fashion-week-artists-avoid-the-venue-due-to-developer-s-trump-donations
Cultural offerings at The Shed dry up as fashion week, artists avoid the venue due to developer's Trump donations
Antonio Pacheco
2019-09-05T14:30:00-04:00
>2019-09-09T09:31:04-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/22/22d5e509c957c4c13169a4a109d5293a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Hudson Yards’ nonprofit arts center, The Shed, has been shunned by the fashion elite since developer Stephen Ross’ Trump ties were exposed in early August.
Sources say that Michael Kors, Vera Wang and the Academy of Art University were all slated to show their collections at the sleek, $475 million venue but have pulled out. Rag & Bone publicly nixed the space, which opened in April, right after news broke of Ross’ Aug. 9 Trump fundraiser in the Hamptons.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Fern Mallis, the mogul who created New York Fashion Week in the 1990s, told <em>The New York Post </em>that The Shed is “kind of over,” adding, “If you know people showing at The Shed, please tell me because I don’t know who is."</p>
<p>The fallout comes <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150151567/what-about-the-developers-who-love-and-love-to-donate-to-donald-trump" target="_blank">after news broke in August</a> that Stephen Ross, one of the developers behind the Hudson Yards development, was hosting a $250,000-a-seat fundraiser for President Donald Trump. The news was met with boycotts of many Ross-affiliated business enterprises. </p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150154427/undulating-glass-tower-with-canted-gridded-facades-coming-to-hudson-yards-site
Undulating glass tower with canted, gridded facades coming to Hudson Yards site
Antonio Pacheco
2019-08-23T14:30:00-04:00
>2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/04/0471f66640c82f10a3c880a912180c67.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Architects <a href="https://archinect.com/dsmdesigngroup" target="_blank">DSM Design Group</a> and <a href="http://marxrealty.com/portfolio/" target="_blank">Marx Development Group</a> have unveiled renderings for an undulating glass tower slated for New York City's <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>.</p>
<p>The 487-foot tower design differs markedly from previous iterations of the project, which displayed more conventional and monolithic glass skin designs. The latest version of the tower, according to a rendering published by <a href="https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/08/ultra-contemporary-redesign-revealed-for-450-eleventh-avenue-in-hudson-yards.html" target="_blank">New York YIMBY</a>, features a skinny, undulating body wrapped in canted gridded glass facades. Stacked in two-floor modules, the cuboid tower appears to move as it rises, reflecting the sky and its surroundings in slightly oblique compositions. The lower levels of the building contain a series of protruding double- and triple-height volumes .</p>
<p>New York YIMBY reports that excavation for the project's foundations are well underway and that the structure will eventually contain a 531-room hotel. Additionally, the site reports that the project is due to be completed in the fall of 2022. </p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150149115/reflecting-on-joseph-giovannini-s-review-of-the-shed-three-months-after-its-opening
Reflecting on Joseph Giovannini's review of "The Shed" three months after its opening
Katherine Guimapang
2019-07-31T10:33:00-04:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a3/a38eca781cc8afb6111fb9c26c50d391.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Roughly three months after the opening of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/12391/diller-scofidio-renfro" target="_blank">Diller Scofidio + Renfro</a> and the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/541701/rockwell-group" target="_blank">Rockwell Group</a>'s cultural venue at <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>, several media publications and critics have voiced their opinions about <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/994977/the-shed" target="_blank">The Shed</a>. Having received a variety of reviews, some have shown <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-shed-is-the-only-reason-to-go-to-hudson-yards-new-yorks-most-hated-new-development/2019/04/02/604766a2-5235-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html?utm_term=.70583403347c" target="_blank">interest and praise of the space</a> while others have<strong> </strong>addressed the Shed's connectivity to <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/the-shed-hudson-yards-vessel-essay/" target="_blank">corporate greed, false philanthropy, and inclusion</a>. Despite it all Manhattan's newest cultural hub still stands, hosting performances and other events since its grand opening, as intended. However, a <a href="https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14044-the-shed-by-diller-scofidio-renfro-with-rockwell-group" target="_blank">review made by famed architectural critic Joseph Giovannini</a> back in April casts The Shed in a different light.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/58/581e6a9966cf9d6998a20662de6e722b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/58/581e6a9966cf9d6998a20662de6e722b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image © Ajay Suresh via flickr</figcaption></figure><p>A prominent figure in architectural writing and criticism, Giovannini has reviewed and shared his thoughts on several projects over the years, including <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/peter-zumthor-lacma-preacher-wrong-church#" target="_blank">Zumthor's LACMA design</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/arts/design/building-zaha-hadids-bold-afterlife.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fjoseph-giovannini" target="_blank">Zaha's Port House</a>, and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/arts/design/two-shows-for-frank-gehry-as-his-vuitton-foundation-opens.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fjoseph-giovannini&action=click&contentCollection=undefined&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=collection" target="_blank">Ghery's Louis Vuitton Foundation</a>. Pulling from his own experience in professional practice and writing, Giov...</p>