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Dizzying Designs

Jan 17

A Million Little Tiles: Foster + Partners Design Understated Showroom on Madison Square Park

Lord Norman Foster, the hyper-modern British Pritzker Prize winner, is having a moment in New York, with numerous projects underway
By Matt Chaban
Jan 10

The Architecture Alphabet, from Aalto to Zaha [Video]

[vimeo 56974716 w=600 h=337] It’s like Sesame Street for the black-glasses-and-T-square set. The Architect’s Newspaper spotted this great video of
By Matt Chaban
Big, pointy apartments. (Durst/Fetner)
Dec 20

BIG News: Planning Commission Approves Durst’s 57th Street Pyramid Apartments

When Douglas Durst began deciding, yet again, what to do with the almost block-long property he owns at 57th Street
By Matt Chaban
Hello, Central Park.
Sep 24

Just How Many Skinny Luxury Towers Can We Jam Onto 57th Street? Well, Here’s Another 51-Story Doozy

By Matt Chaban
Sep 21

Starchitect Switcheroo! Will the Upper West Side Get Any Pritzker-Worthy Buildings at Riverside Center?

By Matt Chaban
If you build it... actually, please don't. (wongbooks.com)
Sep 17

Just What Chinatown Needs, a 2,173-Foot Tower of Insanity Created by Some Retired Local

By Matt Chaban
Sep 14

Super Spirals! New World Financial Center Winter Garden Taking Shape

By Matt Chaban
Sep 12

Everybody Hava Nagilah! Groovy Installation Celebrates History of Judaism’s Favorite Song

By Matt Chaban
Meds and eds and cool designs. (CUNY)
Sep 10

A Healthy Architectural Addition: CUNY and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Building New East Side Facilities

By Chloƫ Ashby
Sep 7

Vornado Sprucing Up 1290 Avenue of the Americas With New Lobby

By Matt Chaban
Prices may rise in tandem with the tower.
Sep 4

Higher Tower, Higher Prices: Is 432 Park Avenue Upping Its Asking Prices?

By Kim Velsey
Jul 26

Mayor Celebrates the 10 Best Public Works of the Past Year at Design Excellence Awards

By Matt Chaban
Jul 24

A BIG Nothing: Durst Planning, But Not Building, Tiny Apartment Building Next to West 57th Street Pyramid

By Matt Chaban
Jun 28

More Insane Renderings of Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s New Columbia Med School Tower

By Matt Chaban
Hello Midtown.
Jun 5

Just How Crazy Will New York’s Tallest New Building Be? The 432 Park Avenue Pics You’ve Been Waiting For

By Matt Chaban
May 31

Pier 15 Is for Lovers: SHoP Reshapes the East River Waterfront

By Matt Chaban
New York, as seen in Legoland... California? (Wikimedia Commons)
May 25

Oh, SNAP! New York’s First Legoland Coming to Yonkers, Courtesy of Bruce Ratner

By Matt Chaban
Apr 3

A Pretty Parking Lot Opens in the Bronx

By Matt Chaban
Feb 15

Now We Get It: Minsikoff’s 51 Astor May Be New York’s Strangest New Building

By Matt Chaban
Feb 6

Times Square Loves Bjarke Ingels [UPDATE: Now With Five-Times More Heart]

By Matt Chaban
Jan 23

One57 In the Flesh

By Matt Chaban
Religious icon? Design icon? (Alex Pincus)
Dec 15

The Power of Christ Compels You… to Plug In: Architect Alex Pincus Crucifies the Power Adapter

By admin
Nov 16

Hungry Birds and Alexander McCan Shoes: Feasting on CANstruction 19

By Matt Chaban
Nov 8

18 Varieties of Hines Development: The Bespoke Builders' New York Projects

By Matt Chaban
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