Category Archives: Modern Decon

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Latest design for 80 South Street

There is a current design for 80 South Street. This was the site that was ear-marked for the quite incredible Calatrava building that got quashed by the GFC. The current design, by Tony Morali and Associates, makes reference to the … Continue reading

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Recent architectural goings-on about town…

Some good recent stuff. Continue reading

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Posted in Carlos Zapata, Construction, Delayed, Fumihiko Maki, Modern Amorphic, Modern Decon, Modern Minimalist, Office, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, WTC 4- 150 Greenwich Street | Leave a comment

Jean Nouvel’s West Chelsea Starchitecture Blinding the Neighbors?

The Frenchman’s 100 Eleventh Avenue is known as the “Vision Machine,” but the building seems to be getting something in the eye of Shigeru Ban’s Metal Shutter Houses, it’s high-profile neighbor across 19th Street. Continue reading

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Posted in Beyer Blinder Belle, Chelsea, Jean Nouvel, Meatpacking District, Modern Decon, Residential, Vision Machine | 1 Comment

Dramatic 57th Street Tower Springs to Life (On the Internet)

Big things are happening at the corner of Second Avenue and 57th Street, but how big remains to be seen. We’re talking about 250 East 57th Street, the World-Wide Group’s plan to replace a school building with a new school, a Whole Foods, more retail and, oh yeah, a 59-story residential tower designed by SOM that tapers and widens as it pierces the East Side sky. Continue reading

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New Schools, 59-Story Tower To Rise at 57th St. and Second Ave.

A developer’s vision for a stunning, hourglass-shaped skyscraper at the corner of 57th Street and Second Avenue is moving forward, albeit in an ill-defined form. Continue reading

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