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Manhattan House's crisp white brick was a counterpoint to the cluttered red brick of the East 60s when it was built in 1951. (Photo Courtesy Costar Group)

The Bloomingdale’s of Apartment Buildings—Manhattan House Conversion Draws to a Close

Manhattan House has been famous for a seemingly interminable condo conversion, but its sell-out, which has been a decade in the making, now appears imminent.
By Kim Velsey

Touring the New School’s New Brass and Glass-Clad Union Square Building [Photos]

A week before the New School was set to open its new 375,000-square-foot University Center at 65 Fifth Avenue, a
By Kim Velsey

With Another Luxury Tower, 57th Street Becoming Manhattan’s New Gold Coast

Back in September, The Observer wondered just how many luxury towers could possibly pop up on 57th Street, following the
By Matt Chaban

A High Line for the East Side: Strolling the Park Avenue Promenade

By Matt Chaban

For Its Roosevelt Island Tech Campus, Cornell Pursues Some Cutting-Edge Designs by Thom Mayne and SOM

By Matt Chaban

In Updated Designs for 1 World Trade Center, Does the Spire Still Look Like a Spire?

By Matt Chaban

Inside the Retro-Futuristic Moynihan Station: Newest Plans Are a Throwback to the Old Post Office

By Matt Chaban

Dia’s Downtown Dreams: Art Foundation Returns to 22nd Street With SOM-Approved Designs

By Matt Chaban

Roger Duffy’s Art Houses: A Dozen Designs From Dia’s Daring New Architect

By Matt Chaban

The Art Handler: SOM’s Roger Duffy, With the Help of His Artist Friends, Thinks Outside the Old Glass Box

By Matt Chaban

The Class Is Always Greener: Columbia’s Manhattanville Campus Earns Top Sustainabilty Grade

By Matt Chaban
Antenna or architecture?

Get to the Point: If Anyone Can Save 1 WTC’s Symbolic Spire, It Is the Dursts—They Snuck Onto the Skyline Before

By Matt Chaban

Roosevelt Renderers! Top Architects Tapped to Design Cornell Tech Campus

By admin

Interior Fly Through of Cornell-Technion Campus Makes It Look Like Magic, Basically [VIDEO]

By Nitasha Tiku

Take a Shine to It! 1 World Trade Base Will Be Pleated Rather Than Prismatic

By Matt Chaban
Naked no more. (Getty)

Shatter Proof! SOM Solves the 1 World Trade Center Pedestal Problem

By Matt Chaban

‘Vornado and Landmarks Sitting in a Tree’ Sings Local Media

By Thornton McEnery

Mini 1 World Trade Center Discovered in Tianjin, China

By Matt Chaban

Lightning Strikes 1 World Trade Center! Making Room for Rods, Tower Will Be Taller Than 1,776 Feet

By Matt Chaban

Pretty 1 WTC Shattered by Bunker Reality

By Matt Chaban

Architects, Dust Off Your T-Squares and Funny Glasses

By Matt Chaban

ABCs and Net-Zeros: City’s First No-Energy School

By Matt Chaban

Nice Piece of Glass… But Where’s the Sculpture?!

By Matt Chaban

Diller Scofidio + Renfro Designing Kravis Business Buildings for Columbia

By Matt Chaban
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