New York
McMasterpieces at the Ace Hotel
During New York Design Week curator Monica Khemsurov organized the McMasterpieces show on the 8th floor of the newly opened Ace Hotel. Khemsurov invited a handful of designers to create objects using only materials found in the industrial supply McMaster-Carr catalog. Placards listed the parts used along with the catalog number - everything from epoxy […]
Dragonfly Vertical Farm for a Future New York
Modeled after the wings of a dragonfly, this incredible urban farm concept for New York City’s Roosevelt Island intends to ease the problems of food mileage and shortage, and reconnect consumers with producers. Urban farming is a growing trend amongst savvy city dwellers today, but in a densely packed borough like Manhattan, growth must come […]
Public farm one
MoMA and P.S.1 provide an architectural competition Young architects program. Jury chose Public farm one to be the best project. Author is New York young office Work architects. It´s a space structure made by large cardboard tubes. In tubes are located flowers, which are trying to bring the qualities of the countryside into the […]
Three plans for NY
Three possible designs have been showen for an office tower for New york city port authority bus termina. It´s very interesting pleace, where many different people meet. Three best projects are from Pelli architects, Kohn pederson and Rogers Strik harbour and partners. Project from last studio is very fearless, exposed construction is holding three cubes […]
The first new art museum in the Downtown Manhattan
The New museum of contemporary art in an old industrial Downtown Manhattan, NY, has been building since last fall according to plans of Tokyo based architects Sejima+Nishizawa/Sanaa. Minimalistic, neutral 7-storeys container is contradistinguished from neighbourhood, however concept of division and stacking issues to little lofts, aborigine incident at that place. The building contains […]
Fight about space for Columbia University
One of the most famous US university is fighting about united space in NY. Columbia University nowdays is alll around NY and student spend hours by travelling. So Uni presents new plan by Renzo Piano and SOM, which are rebuilding university areal on three lined streets in Manhattan. But is not so easy, lot of […]
Tower Verre in New York by Jean Nouvel
Architect Jean Nouvel has revealed his design for a new 75-story tower. The building is situated in centre of NY, next to the Museum of Modern Art,MoMa. The tower contain a hotel, luxury apartments and three floors for use by MoMA. The most important part of the project is construction. It´s made from steel […]
Machine for living by Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel describes his proposal for a tower with residential living on 110 11th street in NY, USA as „a vision machine“. The building is noted for rounded wall a using diverse colourless panels of glass, set together in different angles and turning. 1650 panels on a 23 story structure just confirm amazement from proposal. […]
Recycled materials in Manhattan - Hearst Tower by Norman Foster
Hearst Tower in Manhattan, New York, USA designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Norman Foster was opened at the end of the last year. The 42 levels tower is characteristic by glass- and metal-skinned facade with huge diagonal grid, which make multistory corner triangles. The building was constructed using 85 percent recycled steel and designed to […]
