Merry Christmas from New York (0)

12/23/11 •

There is no doubt in my mind that NYC is the most beautiful place in the world to spend Christmas.

Port Authority Pictures ‘Sphere’ in Park Near WTC Site (0)

12/23/11 •

The Port Authority has yet to announce a permanent home for the battered 22.5 ton sculpture “The Sphere,” the iconic memorial to the tragedy of Sept. 11 that now resides in Battery Park. But renderings prepared for a possible presentation, obtained by the Trib, show the Authority’s concept of how the sculpture might look in the future Liberty Park—near the World Trade Center site but not on it.

Dubious MVRDV Skyscraper design (0)

12/13/11 •

Last week MVRDV unveiled plans for “The Cloud” – two luxury condo towers in Seoul, South Korea joined by a pixelated “cloud” of protruding sections that bloom from the middle. Much to the surprise of MVRDV, the design has set off a media frenzy with hundreds of people claiming that the buildings were intentionally designed to evoke September 11 and the fall of the Twin Towers that once stood in New York City’s World Trade Center. MVRDV has released an official apology, but it will likely take much more than that for the crowds to quiet.

15CPW- Weill Takes Step Toward ‘Downsizing’ (0)

11/11/11 •

Sanford I. Weill, the former chairman and chief executive of Citigroup Inc., has put one of the most celebrated postwar penthouses in Manhattan on the market for $88 million, saying that at a difficult period in the country’s history, it is “a pretty good time” for wealthy Americans “to be quiet.”

Steve Jobs- A Genius of the Storefront, Too (0)

10/25/11 •

WHEN the architect Peter Bohlin arrived for his first meeting with Steve Jobs, he wore a tie. “Steve laughed, and I never wore a tie again,” Mr. Bohlin recalled.

Thus began a collaboration that has extended from Pixar’s headquarters, completed in 2001, to more than 30 Apple Stores (and counting) around the globe, all with design work by Mr. Bohlin and his firm, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson — and Mr. Jobs himself.

15 Union Square West- interesting makeover with layers peeled off. (0)

9/25/11 •

Fascinating layered history and facade reuse and reinterpretation at Union Square.

It wouldn’t happen to Banksy: ‘The Morning After New York’ to be demolished (0)

9/15/11 •

Nick Walker, the renowned British graffiti artist, painted “The Morning After New York” one night in October 2008 on the side of a building in the East Village.

911- images of reactions from around the world (0)

9/10/11 •

The world woke with shock and grief to the news of 911, ten years ago today.

World Trade Center timeline (0)

9/07/11 •

The twin towers of the World Trade Center were more than just buildings. They were proof of New York’s belief in itself. Built at a time when New York’s future seemed uncertain, the towers restored confidence and helped bring a halt to the decline of lower Manhattan. Brash, glitzy, and grand, they quickly became symbols of New York.

They’ll never keep us down: Ground Zero ten years on. (0)

8/30/11 •

After lying dormant for years, the 6.5-hectare World Trade Center site is teeming with cranes, earth movers and 3,000 construction workers daily.

Recent architectural goings-on about town… (0)

8/22/11 •

Some good recent stuff.

100 11th Ave: Vision Machine – by Jean Nouvel (0)

8/17/11 •

It would be a fast turnaround for an ordinary building, but for the finest French starchitecture has to offer—quelle horreur! We might have guessed the lobby rocks threw things out of balance, but it turns out the boulders are just three of many horreurs plaguing the building’s buyers.