Archinect - News2024-12-23T18:27:20-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150429648/manhattanhenge-takes-place-today-here-are-the-best-places-to-watch-according-to-nyc-s-parks-department
Manhattanhenge takes place today. Here are the best places to watch according to NYC's Parks Department Josh Niland2024-05-29T17:56:00-04:00>2024-05-29T17:57:04-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d3/d34bed01e93e95c944d13029da8e402a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The twice-annual celestial experience known as Manhattanhenge peaks today in the Big Apple, providing residents a chance to gather communally for (another) astrological celebration of civic space and the gridded street planning system — an outgrowth of the city’s rationalized original <a href="https://thegreatestgrid.mcny.org/the-1811-plan" target="_blank">Commissioner’s Plan of 1811</a>.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/manhattanhenge" target="_blank">NYC Parks Department</a>, the suggested viewing locations are also the grid’s widest east-west corridors (57th, 42nd, 34th, 23rd, and 14th Streets), the Manhattan Tudor City Overpass, and Hunter's Point South Park in Long Island City. Peak time is 8:12 PM EDT. <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2191/high-line/" target="_blank">The High Line</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>, and other West Side destinations are also popular locations. </p>
<p>The next full-sun Manhattanhenge event will take place Friday, July 12th, at 8:20 PM.</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150378561/renovations-complete-on-einstein-tower-observatory-built-to-represent-einstein-s-theory-of-relativity
Renovations complete on Einstein Tower, observatory built to represent Einstein's theory of relativity Nathaniel Bahadursingh2023-09-29T18:03:00-04:00>2023-10-02T16:29:25-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/330cf6dfcd50019bf291d00eab208ea3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A solar observatory built to substantiate Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity has been reopened near the German capital after a renovation project to preserve it for future generations. [...]
“The Einstein Tower might no longer be at the forefront of research, but it’s not a mere museum piece [...] Following its renovation it’s probably now in a better condition than it was when it was inaugurated almost 100 years ago”</p></em><br /><br /><p>Located on Telegraph Hill in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1873206/potsdam" target="_blank">Potsdam</a>, 16 miles southwest of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1778/berlin" target="_blank">Berlin</a>, Einsteinturm (Einstein Tower) underwent a year of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/6765/renovation" target="_blank">renovations</a> to address its many cracks and extensive dampness, and to preserve its domed zinc roof. The restoration cost approximately $1.2 million. </p>
<p>The structure was built between 1920 and 1922 by German-British architect Erich Mendelsohn in collaboration with astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich. The approximately 66-foot tower was designed to represent and verify Einstein’s theory of relativity. It is considered a landmark in expressionist architecture, with its lack of right angles, organic form, and curved wooden staircase. Originally planned in concrete, a lack of materials after the First World War meant it was built using stucco-covered brick. </p>
<p>The tower is still in operation today as a working solar observatory, run by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics (AIP). In addition, the working <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/582359/telescope" target="_blank">telescopes</a> are the original ones installed nearly a century ago.</p>...
https://archinect.com/news/article/150273717/world-s-largest-astronomy-museum-opens-in-shanghai-with-an-interstellar-design-from-ennead
World's largest astronomy museum opens in Shanghai with an interstellar design from Ennead Josh Niland2021-07-12T19:42:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e4/e4603ba2626b58f02756a6a9b1840632.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A cosmic new museum is bringing out the stars in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/11467/shanghai" target="_blank">Shanghai</a> thanks to a celestial design from <a href="https://archinect.com/ennead" target="_blank">Ennead</a>.</p>
<p>The Shanghai Astronomy Museum opens this weekend following a five-year construction process that left client Shanghai Science and Technology Museum with a new outpost in the heart of the city’s burgeoning Lingang district.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/be/be1f89e11a73a46c071f71656816af96.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/be/be1f89e11a73a46c071f71656816af96.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: ArchExists.</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/de9c46c86543a72fc98712d17ffbc965.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/de9c46c86543a72fc98712d17ffbc965.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: ArchExists.</figcaption></figure><p>The New York-based firm’s plans for the 420,000-square-foot museum won an international <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/7256/competitions" target="_blank">competition</a> in 2014 for its tripartite scheme comprised of a planetarium, IMAX theater, exhibitions spaces, and a new 78-foot-tall solar telescope that will make the research center the largest of its kind anywhere in the world.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a8/a862b5461f400ea8eafde43f53574f35.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a8/a862b5461f400ea8eafde43f53574f35.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: ArchExists.</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/01/01c13088efe5a0e38c39c508e0d54f5d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/01/01c13088efe5a0e38c39c508e0d54f5d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: ArchExists.</figcaption></figure><p>Sun, moon, and stars come together to make a smart reference to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem" target="_blank">three-body problem</a> of mathematics. The curvilinear structure of the museum is meant as a reflection of the orbit of the planets themselves. The planetarium’s profile is choreographed to look like a moonrise. Heaven an...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150094064/hawaiian-supreme-court-green-lights-construction-of-1-4-billion-thirty-meter-telescope
Hawaiian Supreme Court green-lights construction of $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope Alexander Walter2018-11-02T13:46:00-04:00>2018-11-02T13:48:26-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c2/c201dd0b2709d0ccdb31d3275b152f47.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Hawaii's Supreme Court has sided with scientists in a battle to build one of the world's largest telescopes, rejecting efforts by native Hawaiians to block its construction atop what some consider a sacred volcano.
In 2015, a construction permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, to be built on Mauna Kea, was invalidated amid protests and court appeals, claiming the dormant volcano is sacred land that would be violated in the building process.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The embattled TMT astronomical observatory project on Mauna Kea previously in the Archinect news:</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149981005/hawaii-s-thirty-meter-telescope-could-be-moved-to-the-canary-islands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hawaii's Thirty Meter Telescope could be moved to the Canary Islands</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/130483588/hawaii-protesters-block-construction-of-giant-telescope-on-sacred-mountain-mauna-kea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hawaii protesters block construction of giant telescope on sacred mountain Mauna Kea</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/124832287/the-1-5b-30m-telescope-tmt-will-be-the-biggest-ever" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The $1.5B 30m telescope (TMT) will be the biggest ever</a></li></ul>
https://archinect.com/news/article/149983468/the-stonehenge-in-the-amazon-reveals-an-unexpected-ancient-history
The "Stonehenge" in the Amazon reveals an unexpected ancient history Julia Ingalls2016-12-20T18:03:00-05:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xj/xjqbrzet48baoh5c.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Roughly one thousand years ago, a civilization in what is now known as the Brailizan Amazon constructed what appears to be an astronomical observation structure that, thanks to its inadvertent discovery by a tree-razing cattle ranch foreman in the 1990s, has been dubbed the area's "Stonehenge." This <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/world/americas/brazil-amazon-megaliths-stonehenge.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Times</a> article explores how the structure's existence undermines the idea that the Amazon was a lush, vacant backwoods just waitin' for that first touch of human civilization. Instead, many archeaologists increasingly hypothesize that the structure was either used for ritual ceremonies or as a kind of landmark for agriculture and hunting. Archeaologists also speculate that the area hosted a cilivilzation of up to 10 million people, as evidenced by ancient road networks and settlements found nearby.</p><p>Other cool breakthroughs in archaeology thanks to architectural discoveries:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149982755/one-of-the-best-long-reads-of-2016-explores-the-demise-of-a-medieval-u-s-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One of the best long reads of 2016 explores the demise of a medieval U.S. city</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149979032/three-pyramids-in-one-mayan-kukulkan-pyramid-is-an-architectural-russian-nesting-doll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Three pyramids in one: Mayan Ku...</a></li></ul>