Category Archives: Soho

BMW Guggenheim Lab Opens in New York

BMW Guggenheim Lab- is there an actual purpose to this or is it a cunning viral scheme to entice a new generation of rich hipsters to German luxury cars?
With the building designed by Tsukamoto, the co-principal of Atelier Bow-Wow, the eclectic programming is “part social experiment, part conceptual art installation and part quixotic entertainment”. Hmmmm.
See below for Tamara Warren’s spiel- Continue reading

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STOP PRESS- Thursday night lecture on Hotel Design

Featuring Todd Schliemann of Ennead Architects on the Standard Hotel; Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz of BNO Design on the Mondrian Soho; and Scott Salvator on redesigning interiors at the Carlyle. Continue reading

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For Office Market, It’s All About Jobs. The new office tower at 11 Times Square is attracting interest.

The market for Manhattan office space is emerging from a two-year slumber. But it’s up to the city’s jobs engine to make sure that it doesn’t doze off. Continue reading

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Posted in FX Fowle Architects, MIDTOWN, Modern Minimalist, Office, Skyscraper, Soho, Times Square Plaza | Leave a comment

The new face of Trump!

Don’t judge a book by its cover, and don’t ever
judge a building until it’s done. Trump SoHo,
arguably the city’s most controversial and
anticipated new structure, is finally complete. Continue reading

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Posted in Construction, Handel Architects, Modern Minimalist, Office, Residential, Skyscraper, Soho, Trump SoHo | Leave a comment

Taj Banal

Donald Trump at his Trumpiest embodies a defiantly tasteless brand of glamour that New Yorkers are free to detest but can’t really disown. From the original Trump Tower to retro-steroidal Trump Place along Riverside Boulevard to the renovation of Wollman Rink and the beach-bronzed façade of Trump International Hotel & Tower at Columbus Circle, the master of gilt, black glass, and polychrome marble has proven that he gets New York, even if he’s looking at it with a rapacious eye. Continue reading

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