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This gives a whole new meaning to in the Heights. (Columbia)

Here Is the Craziest Building in Harlem, if Not the Entire City: Diller Scofidio Design New Columbia Medical Building

This gives a whole new meaning to “in the heights.”

Columbia University Medical Center has just announced that Diller Scofidio + Renfro will be designing a new 14-story medical building on Haven Avenue between 171st and 172nd streets that will be home to high-tech class facilities for all four CUMC colleges as well as the biomedical program within Columbia University’s college of art and science.

The university tapped DS+R, along with Gensler, to create a new landmark for the medical center, one that will be visible from both the George Washington Bridge and Riverside Park. Read More

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Roosevelt Renderers! Top Architects Tapped to Design Cornell Tech Campus

The innovation offered by a new tech campus on Roosevelt Island is not limited to New York’s technology sector but the design one, as well. Almost every bid had soaring renderings and flashy flythroughs, most notably the winning entry from Cornell. Now the upstate university has announced six of the world’s top firms, including a few local favorites, are in the running to design the new tech campus. Read More

Starchitects

Don’t You Dare Call Liz Diller a Starchitect

Diller Scofidio + Renfro is arguably one of the biggest names in New York City architecture at the moment. You may not know the designers behind the firm, but they are responsible for such high-flying projects as the High Line and the reimagining of Lincoln Center. They have recently picked up two major commissions in Read More