Follow this tag to curate your own personalized Activity Stream and email alerts.
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. — 6sqft
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... View full entry
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. — bustler.net
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... View full entry
