Archinect - News 2024-11-22T15:44:37-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149979521/the-new-silhouettes-of-new-york The New Silhouettes of New York Nam Henderson 2016-11-20T20:58:00-05:00 >2019-07-19T14:54:57-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/qa/qayyurmwf2fdep3q.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Thanks to new concrete technologies, we have witnessed an eruption of very slender, very tall (some might say very crass) buildings. But for every heroic skyscraper, there are more than a few more humble, human-scale ventures &mdash; a salt shed, a library, a residential hyperbolic paraboloid (see No. 10, above).</p></em><br /><br /><p>Matt A.V. Chaban compiles a list of new(ish) architectural/urban projects in NYC, with help from various&nbsp;shapers and observers (ranging from Dean Amale Andraos to&nbsp;David Rockwell) of the city.</p>