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New York Architecture : Buildings
Guide to NYC Property Developments / Architects, USA
post updated September 20, 2024
New York Architecture Links – latest Manhattan buildings
New York Architecture Guide
New York is famous for tall architecture – skyscrapers – but also cultural buildings such as the Guggenheim and MoMA. Of all the cities in the United States of America, New York has more quality architecture and many of its buildings feature in the key histories of World Architecture. Famous architects that achieved major architecture works here include Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Manhattan is based on a grid, with many interesting buildings by famous architects.
New York Architecture ; Brooklyn Bridge ; Manhattan skyscrapers – photos © Tim Collins
e-architect select the most interesting Manhattan Building Designs. We cover completed Manhattan buildings but also major new building designs. We also feature NYC architecture competitions. The focus of the page is on contemporary New York buildings.
We have 7 pages of Manhattan Architecture selections.
New York Architecture : key projects (this page)
New York Buildings : A-B
Manhattan Buildings : C-E
Manhattan Building Developments : F-K
Manhattan Building Designs : L-O
Manhattan Architecture Designs : P-S
Manhattan Architecture Developments : T-Z
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Ten Key New York Buildings
10 Major NYC Buildings:
1. Statue of Liberty
Frederic Bartholdi
photo © Andrew McRae
Statue of Liberty New York
2. Flatiron Building
Daniel Burnham Architect
image © Isabelle Lomholt
Flatiron Building : the original New York skyscraper
3. Grand Central Station Building
Reed and Stem; Warren and Wetmore
picture © Tim Collins
Grand Central Station : famous architecture backdrop in many American films
4. Chrysler Building
William Van Alen Architect
photo © Joe Lekas
Chrysler Building : Art Deco skyscraper – world-famous symbol for New York
5. Empire State Building
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Architects
photograph © Andrew McRae
Empire State Building : 381m high skyscraper – famous New York landmark
6. Rockefeller Center
Raymond Hood Architect
photo © Andrew McRae
Rockefeller Center New York
7. Guggenheim Museum, East Harlem
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect
photo : David M. Heald, © SRGF, New York
Guggenheim New York : famous internal spiral ramp wraps around the atrium
8. Seagram Building
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Architect; Philip Johnson
Seagram Building
9. TWA Building, John F Kennedy International Airport
Eero Saarinen Architect
TWA Building : futuristic organic architecture
10. Whitney Museum, Upper East Side
Marcel Breuer Architect
Whitney Museum Building
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New York Architecture
Key NYC Building Designs, alphabetical:
23 East 22nd Street, Flatiron district
OMA
skyscraper image from OMA
23 East 22nd Street
56 Leonard Street
Herzog & de Meuron
image © Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, 2008
56 Leonard Street
200 Greenwich Street, WTC Tower 2
Foster + Partners
picture : Foster + Partners
200 Greenwich Street Buildings
AT&T Building, central Manhattan
Philip Johnson, Architect with John Burgee
photograph : Isabelle Lomholt
AT&T Building : Postmodern architecture
BLUE Residential Tower, Lower East Side
Bernard Tschumi
photo : Peter Mauss/ESTO
New York residential building
Dream Downtown Hotel, Chelsea
Handel Architects
photograph : Bruce Damonte
Dream Downtown Hotel
Giorgio Armani, Fifth Avenue
Massimiliano Fuksas Architects
picture courtesy of Studio Fuksas
Giorgio Armani New York
Hearst Building
Foster + Partners
photograph © Andrew McRae
Hearst Building
IAC Headquarters, Chelsea
Frank Gehry Architect
picture © 2008 Gehry Partners LLP
IAC Headquarters Manhattan
LVMH Building
Christian de Portzamparc Architect
photo : Wade Zimmerman
LVMH Building
Museum of Modern Art – MoMA project
Yoshio Taniguchi with KPF Architecture
picture © Andrew McRae
MoMA New York
New Museum of Contemporary Art, SoHo
SANAA architects
photograph from SANAA
Manhattan Art Gallery
New York Times Building, Manhattan
Renzo Piano / FXFOWLE
photo © Andrew McRae
New York Times headquarters
Prada Store New York
Rem Koolhaas, Architect / OMA
photo : Armin Linke
Prada New York
Sperone Westwater Gallery, 257 Bowery
Foster + Partners
image : Foster + Partners
Sperone Westwater Gallery
The Standard New York
Polshek Partnership
photo © Nikolas Koenig/Hotels AB
The Standard New York
Time Warner Center
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects
photograph © Andrew McRae
Time Warner Center
World Financial Center, Lower Manhattan
Design: various architects
picture © Andrew McRae
World Trade Center towers
UN Building : classic Modernist Architecture
Architects : Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer
Freedom Tower skyscraper, Lower Manhattan
David Childs of SOM Architects; Daniel Libeskind Architects
Lever Building
Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects
Times Square
photograph © Tim Collins
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Location: New York City, NY, USA
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Manhattan Buildings
Visiting NYC Architecture:
Architectural League of New York Urban Planning
457 Madison Avenue, Midtown, New York: Architecture Exhibitions, admission free
Contact: 212-753-1722
New York State Architecture Designs : Key architecture outside Manhattan
New York Building : Photographs
Architecture Design
Contemporary Building Designs – recent architectural selection from e-architect below:
Buildings / photos for the New York Architecture page welcome