WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff and Dattner Architects designed the 7 IRT Flushing Line subway extension to New York’s 34th Street-Hudson Yards. As part of the Hudson Yards redevelopment, this project was bid in an attempt to get the 2012 Olympics. But …
Category: New York
(MTAPhotos– flickr/creative commons license) Grimshaw Architects and Arup Engineering designed the Fulton transportation hub in Lower Manhattan, completed in 2014. The rectangular building fits the site, with glazed facades and hefty metal structure that fits the modern face of New …
(cultivar413– flickr/creative commons license) WXY and artist George Tsypin designed the Sea Glass Carousel in Manhattan, New York City. It was completed in August 2015 at a cost of $16 million. That’s right, it cost $16 million and took 10 …
(Tanenhaus– flickr/creative commons license) Snøhetta designed the September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center site in New York City. The memorial opened in May 2014 at a cost of $700 million. The crystaline form is the only surviving …
(_davidphan– flickr/creative commons license) COOK FOX Architects designed the Bank of America at One Bryant Park. At a pricey $1 billion, it is the first LEED Platinum skyscraper ever designed. The Bank of America tower achieved its green rating using …
(JasonParis– flickr/creative commons license) Frank Gehry designed the Beekman Tower at 8 Spruce Street in New York City. It is 76 floors tall and surrounded by famous skyscrapers like City Hall, Woolworth Building, and Mead & White Municipal Bldg. The …
(Reading Tom– flickr/creative commons license) SHoP Architects and AECOM designed the Barclay’s Center arena at the site of the Vanderbilt Yards rail yard in Brooklyn, New York City. The project was awarded LEED silver for sustainable construction techniques, as evidenced …
(Unexplained Bacon– flickr/creative commons license) Rem Koolhaas of OMA designed Milstein Hall for the Cornell College of Architecture, Art and Planning AAP in New York. It was completed this year with 14,000 m2 of area, and came after a contentious …
(Kai Brinker– flickr/creative commons license) Eero Saarinen designed the TWA Flight Center in 1962, and restored by Beyer Blinder Belle. Heavy concrete soars playfully into the sky with the form of a large bird taking flight. Circulation fits perfectly into …
Michael Arad and Peter Walker designed the Reflecting Absence memorial for the victims of the 911 terrorist attack on Ground Zero, New York. Two sunken reflecting pools mark the footprint of the World Trade Towers that collapsed on September 11, …