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post updated April 23, 2025

February 14, 2025
Shift House, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY, USA – on Long Island
Design: Palette Architecture

photo : Jody Kivort
Shift House in East Hampton, NY

February 6, 2025
Park Slope brownstone, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Design: Sherman Architects
Park Slope Brownstone, Brooklyn, NYC

January 28, 2025
Fire Island House, Suffolk County
Design: Sherman Architects
Fire Island House, Suffolk County

January 21, 2025
Sheridan Green, Hampton Bays, close to Peconic Bay, Long Island
Design: Christopher Jeffrey Architects, Hampton Bays, NY
Sheridan Green Residence, Hampton Bays

January 3, 2025
Medgar Evers College Student Commons, Brooklyn
Design: ikon.5 architects
Medgar Evers College Student Commons, Brooklyn, NY by ikon.5

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New York Architecture News in 2024

November 16, 2024
The Duo Dynamic Cafe, 36-20 Main St, Queens
Architecture: Design Next Agency

photo : Design Next Agency
The Duo Dynamic Cafe, Queens, New York
Design Next Agency, a top-tier hospitality design-build group, has unveiled The Duo, a transformative café and bar in Queens, NY. Occupying 1,070 square feet, this NYC property transitions seamlessly from a cozy daytime café to a vibrant cocktail bar at night, offering Flushing residents a unique and adaptable social space.

September 8, 2024
The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly Building, 125 Greenwich Street
Design: Rafael Viñoly Architects
Interior Design: MAWD

image : Evan Joseph
The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly, New York City
We take a look inside The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly, which is one of the acclaimed architect’s final projects in NYC. The 88-story tower features 272 residences and over 27,000 square feet of sky-high amenities.

May 3, 2024
Filson’s New York flagship, Broadway, Midtown
Architecture: Heliotrope Architects, Seattle

photo : Kevin Scott
Filson NYC Flagship, New York City interior
Filson’s New York flagship store in mid-town Manhattan occupies a 4,000-square-foot former mattress store in an 1800s brownstone located on Broadway, near Union Square. The store showcases the product line in an immersive experience that brings the brand to life in the heart of the city.

April 18, 2024
Hudson Valley Residence, Germantown, NY
Design: HGXDESIGN, Brooklyn
Hudson Valley Residence, NY

February 29, 2024
Midtown Bus Terminal
Architects: Foster + Partners, UK

image : Foster + Partners
Midtown Bus Terminal, Manhattan, USA
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s new Midtown Bus Terminal building in Manhattan replaces the existing 73-year-old, functionally obsolete terminal with a world-class facility. Designed by Foster + Partners and A. Epstein and Sons International Inc, under contract to the Port Authority, the terminal will provide a best-in-class customer experience that serves the region’s 21st century public transportation needs and enhances the surrounding community.

January 31, 2024
Manhattan West Tower, Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY
Architects: SOM

photo: Dave Burk © SOM
Manhattan West Tower
The office tower is the final piece of Manhattan West, a mixed-use development decades in the making, which brings new life to a previously underdeveloped district over-active railroad tracks.

January 8, 2024
Four Twenty Five Restaurant, 425 Park Avenue
Architects: Foster + Partners

photograph : Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Four Twenty Five restaurant
The Foster + Partners designed Four Twenty Five restaurant opens at the base of 425 Park Avenue. Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s new restaurant is split across the first two stories of the tower building, and includes a cocktail lounge, private dining room and a mezzanine dining level.

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New York Architecture News 2023

New York City Architectural Designs in 2023 – recent selection from e-architect:

November 17, 2023
Lever House, 390 Park Avenue
Date built: 1952
Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill – SOM Architects

photograph : Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM
Lever House, 390 Park Avenue
The preservation of the modernist icon captures the original aesthetic through a combination of material science and careful craftsmanship.

November 21, 2023
JPMorgan Chase HQ, 270 Park Avenue
Design: Foster + Partners

photograph : Nigel Young / Foster+Partners
JPMorgan Chase HQ, New York City
The final steel beam at 270 Park Avenue was raised to complete the framing for JPMorgan Chase’s 1,388-foot, global headquarters office property. Architect Norman Foster was at the event alongside JPMorgan Chase Chairman & CEO Jamie Dimon, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and local officials, held to thank the construction workforce on the project.

November 9, 2023
The Garnet Apartments, Brooklyn, NYC
Design: Shakespeare, Gordon, Vlado: Architects PLLC, Brooklyn
The Garnet Apartments, Brooklyn, NYC

November 8, 2023
The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly, downtown Manhattan

22 Thames Street skyscraper building photo : Michael Young
The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly, NYC
The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly is among the world-renowned architect’s final roster of notable, and tallest, projects designed for New York City. The 88-story tower, located in downtown Manhattan, also features interiors by critically acclaimed firm MAWD.

Oct 24, 2023
The Spiral, West 34th Street, NY
Design Architect: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

image courtesy of architects practice
The Spiral Skyscraper in New York City
Named the world’s Best Tall Building in its category by The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat at the organization’s annual conference last week, The Spiral visually extends the landscape of the nearby High Line Park up and around The Spiral’s exterior, allowing access to green outdoor terraces from each of the building’s 66 stories.

September 18, 2023
Fifth Avenue Luxury Apartment, 262 5th Avenue, NYC, USA
Design: Kuoo Tamizo Architects

photo : Kuoo Tamizo Architects
Fifth Avenue Luxury Apartment
The interior design concept for the two-story apartment in the newly designed tower at 262 5th Avenue in New York City is a visionary submission for a competitive realization contest.

Aug 24, 2023
Architecture needed to be liberated from itself – a video interview with James Wines
By Vladimir Belogolovsky
Architecture needed to be liberated from itself
James Wines, a New York architect and environmental artist and founder of SITE, sat down with critic Vladimir Belogolovsky to discuss his iconic works: Ghost Parking Lot (Hamden, CO, 1977), Highrise of Homes (theoretical project, 1981), and, in detail, nine stores he designed and built across America from 1972 to 1984.

August 20, 2023
Neue Cabin, Rhinebeck, Upstate New York, USA
Design: S3 Architecture

photo : Ethan Abitz
Neue Cabin, NY
The Neue Cabin modernist interpretation of the quintessential Upstate cabin evolves the classic form and materials into this two-story architect designed retreat, clad in cedar shake with walls of glass and iconic dormers.

August 25, 2023
MILOS Hudson Yards
Architects: AtelierCarle

image : Felix Michaud
MILOS Hudson Yards
AtelierCarle unveils its exquisite design of MILOS Hudson Yards, a restaurant located on the 5th and 6th floors of a commercial complex in Hudson Yards, a major New York real estate development built between 2012 and 2019.

July 26, 2023

Crane Collapse in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City

At least six injured.

A construction crane sitting 45 stories atop a building in the Hell’s Kitchen neighbourhood of New York City caught fire and partially collapsed on Wednesday morning. Around 7.30am, a fire broke out on the arm of a crane located on a building under construction near Tenth Avenue and West 41st Street.

Crane Collapse in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City

post updated May 22, 2023

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New York Architecture News in 2023

May 22, 2023
200 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, NYC
Design: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects

photo : Paul Rivera
200 Montague Street Brooklyn Heights
200 Montague Street, a new 20-story, 121-unit residential building in Brooklyn Heights, is completed. Located in the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District, 200 Montague reinterprets the architectural essence of its historic neighbors to create a contemporary residential building for today’s Brooklyn Heights.

May 18, 2023
Ansche Chesed Synagogue
Architecture: Studio ST Architects

photo : Bilyana Dimitrova
Ansche Chesed Synagogue
On April 29, the Ansche Chesed Synagogue dedicated their newly renovated spaces in a community-wide luncheon. The dedication will conclude a three-year $8 million renovation, which tripled the main lobby space in this 94-year-old landmarked building on West End Avenue and 100th Street.

Apr 5, 2023
Cathedral Church of St John the Divine, Morningside Heights
Architecture: Ennead Architects

photo © Demian Neufeldk
Cathedral Church of St John the Divine
Internationally renowned architecture firm Ennead Architects completed its three-year preservation of the Crossing Dome at the heart of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City. Located in Morningside Heights in Manhattan, the landmark Cathedral has suffered years of deterioration, water infiltration and damage from a 2001 fire.

Feb 26, 2023
Wonderforest, Prospect Heights district, Brooklyn, NY
Design: Palette Architecture

photos by Pavel Bendov and James Clark
Wonderforest Nature Preschool Brooklyn

Feb 9, 2023
Opera169, Washington Heights, Manhattan
Architects: ADAT Studio

photo : ADAT
Opera169, Washington Heights, Manhattan
ADAT Studio presents Opera169, a six-story residential building in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Carried out for Harrest, an international real estate development company, the new project aims to maximize outdoor spaces and promote a sense of belonging in a green and historic New York neighborhood.

Feb 1, 2023
Mid-Century Italian Tribeca Apartment, Tribeca
Design: Jessica Gersten Interiors

photo : Blaine Davis
Mid-Century Italian Tribeca Apartment, NYC

Jan 24, 2023
North Salem Residence, North Salem, Upstate New York, USA
Design: Archi-Tectonics’s
photo : Federica Carlet
North Salem Residence, Upstate New York Renovation

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New York Building News in 2022

Dec 3, 2022
Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, NY
Architects: AC Höcek Architecture LLC

photo : Stefan Hagen
Museum of the Moving Image, Queens NYC
Since its opening in 1988, the Museum of the Moving Image has been recognized as a major, internationally known institution and the only museum in the United States dedicated to exploring the art, history, and technology of the moving image.

Oct 27, 2022
425 Park Avenue, Manhattan
Architects: Foster + Partners

photo © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
image Courtesy architecture office
425 Park Avenue New York City Office Building
British architect Norman Foster attended the grand opening of 425 Park Avenue, the first full-block office building on New York’s Park Avenue in over 50 years. The new building is located alongside Modernist icons such as the Seagram Building, Lever House and the CBS Building, on the world’s grand boulevard of commerce.

Oct 21, 2022
50 Hudson Yards, Hudson Yards district, NYC
Architects: Foster + Partners

photo : Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
50 Hudson Yards
This 78-story office building covers an entire block – the tower is a distinctive piece of the city that mindfully sits within New York’s urban grid. The LEED Gold-designed tower building acts as a gateway to New York’s vibrant new neighborhood, offering a direct underground connection to the adjacent subway station.

Oct 6, 2022
The Richard Gilder Center For Science, Education, And Innovation, American Museum of Natural History, NYC
Design: Studio Gang

photo : Denis Finnin / © AMNH
Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, Manhattan
The American Museum of Natural History today announced that the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation will open to the public on Friday 17 February 2023. Designed by Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang, the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation project will add exhibition galleries, state-of-the-art classrooms, an immersive digital theater, and a redesigned library as well as reveal more of the Museum’s scientific collections.

Sep 27, 2022
David Geffen Hall, Wu Tsai Theater, Lincoln Center, Manhattan
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects

photo © Michael Moran
David Geffen Hall New York City
The new David Geffen Hall opens to the public on October 8, 2022, the home of the New York Philharmonic and new welcoming cultural home for New York. Completed two years early with a transformative design by Diamond Schmitt Architects and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, the project represents a statement of faith in New York and its artistic community, while delivering jobs and economic development at a crucial time for the city’s rebound.

July 22, 2022
West Residence, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
Architecture: concrete
West Residence, New York Apartments

Jul 17, 2022
Sag Harbor Residence, NY
Design: Narofsky Architecture

photo : Ber Murphy
Sag Harbor Residence, NY

July 14, 2022
Great Neck Residence
Design: Narofsky Architecture
Great Neck Residence

July 12, 2022
Klaynberg Residence, North Shore, Long Island, Queens, NYC
Design: Narofsky Architecture
Klaynberg Residence, North Shore Long Island

July 6, 2022
Manhattan Neighborhood Network
Design: Kostow Greenwood Architects

image © Kostow Greenwood Architects
Manhattan Neighborhood Network, New York City
This building is a new state-of-the-art community media facility in NYC’s Midtown West neighborhood. The 3rd and 4th floors of 509 West 38th Street (“Henry Hall”), a new commercial condominium residential tower in the Hudson Yards neighborhood will be delivered as white space.

Jun 17, 2022
Carroll Gardens Townhouse, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Design: Barker Associates Architecture Office

photo : Francis Dzikowski/OTTO
Carroll Gardens Townhouse, Brooklyn, NY
The Carroll Gardens Townhouse project is situated one block from the Gowanus Canal in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The family of four, a husband and wife working in the publishing field, and their two daughters, lived in the house for ten years before deciding to do an extension to expand their kitchen and to create bigger rooms for their two daughters.

Jun 16, 2022
Maison Meadowlark, Bridgehampton, South Fork of Suffolk County, NY, USA
Architecture: Studio Zung
Maison Meadowlark, Bridgehampton, NY

Jun 16, 2022
Kerns McCall Apartment
Design: Narofsky Architecture

photo : Tom Sibley
Kerns McCall Apartment
The building was built in 1929 and is a classic Art Deco Design. Out of respect to the very beautiful detailing found in this building, when designing the Kerns McCall Apartment, Narofsky Architecture were inspired to continue the feel while entertaining current modern lifestyles.

Jun 13, 2022
Garden-Level Apartment, Chelsea, Manhattan, NYC, USA
Design: Martin Hopp Architect

photo : Fei Liu
Garden-Level Apartment, Chelsea
Located in a 1930s building, this Garden-Level Apartment needed major structural repairs. The odd layout and challenging features of exposed foundation walls and large structural columns were further complicated by being partially submerged below grade and hemmed in by foundations.

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May 23, 2022
Maspeth Squash, Queens, NY
Architecture: Jacobschang Architecture

photo : Ryan Lahiff
Maspeth Squash, Queens, NY
Maspeth Squash is a professional quality outdoor squash facility located in the heart of industrial Maspeth, Queens. The project was initiated from the owner’s desire to construct an easily accessible court for everyday use but also as a vehicle for introducing the sport of squash to a broader.

May 17, 2022
Time & Life Building, Midtown Manhattan, NYC, USA
Design: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

photo : Albert Vecerka/ESTO
Time & Life Building, Midtown Manhattan
The launch of the television series Mad Men, set in the Time & Life Building in Midtown Manhattan, introduced the iconic 1959 tower to a new generation. But despite its growing fame, the aging tower owned by Rockefeller Group struggled to compete in the New York City commercial real estate market due to an inefficient building envelope, outdated mechanical systems, and a timeworn lobby.

Mar 18, 2022
Inside Out Cabana, East Hampton, NY, USA
Design: The Up Studio

photo : Conor Harrigan
Inside Out Cabana, East Hampton NY
As the eye flows from the street to the woodlands, this Long Island pool house responds in kind by gradually shifting from solid to void. This East Hampton property’s covered area provides shade from the hot summer sun with seating beside a large outdoor bar.

April 29, 2022
Olson Kundig New York City Architects Office News

photo : Angela Hau
Olson Kundig New York City Architects Studio

April 28, 2022
FILTER at Design Pavilion / NYCxDesign Festival, Times Square, NYC
Design: CLB Architects

image : CLB Architects
FILTER Times Square
Designed as both a monumental object and an ephemeral experience, the pavilion establishes a new node in the heart of New York City’s urban fabric – reorienting that experience toward the natural, rather than the man-made. Evoking the rugged Wyoming landscape from which it originates, FILTER draws the visitor into an engagement of its flowing folds of weathered steel and timber.

April 27, 2022
Flatiron Loft, Flatiron District, Manhattan, NY 10011
Design: thread collective
Flatiron Loft Interior

Apr 19, 2022
ModernHaus Hotel, 27 Grand Street, SoHo, Manhattan
Architecture: Palette Architecture

photo : Pavel Bendov
ModernHaus Hotel, SoHo
Contemporary refurbishment of a luxurious 114-room boutique hotel formerly known as The James New York. Situated in NYC’s vibrant SoHo district, the property was acquired by the current owners in 2017, and the hotel has changed ownership twice since its original construction in 2010.

Mar 28, 2022
Pulse Studio, Empire State Building, Manhattan
Design: Interdisciplinary Architecture

photo : LinkedIn
LinkedIn Studio, Empire State Building NY
Interdisciplinary Architecture (IA) recently completed Pulse Studio, a flagship video production facility for LinkedIn in the company’s New York City headquarters at the Empire State Building. IA designed the 6,900-sqft studio to take advantage of its iconic location while still offering total acoustic insulation from the building’s mechanical systems and the bustling streets below.

Mar 23, 2022
Greenpoint Brownstone House, Brooklyn, NYC
Greenpoint Brownstone House, Brooklyn

Mar 18, 2022
C+S House, East Hampton, Long Island
C+S House, East Hampton NY

Mar 10, 2022
New York Small World, Chelsea, Manhattan
Design: Efficiency Lab for Architecture

photo © Inessa Binenbaum
Small World Daycare Center NY
Designed by Efficiency Lab for Architecture, the New York Small World project is an interior renovation of the second floor of Avenues: The World School’s Chelsea, Manhattan building to expand its existing Daycare Center. At the heart of the newly transformed Small World level lies an interior Movement Room, an undulating playscape that encourages discovery, creativity, and exploration.

Mar 9, 2022
David Geffen Hall Concert Hall, Lincoln Center, Manhattan
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects

image : DBOX
David Geffen Concert Hall, New York
$550M Fundraising Goal Achieved! The Hall will be delivered two years ahead of schedule and on budget. Building through the crisis to create a home for all New Yorkers. The project supports 6,000 jobs, $600 million in economic development for recovering city.

Mar 8, 2022
Interwoven, Flatiron North Public Plaza, E 23rd St, Manhattan, NYC
Design: Atelier Cho Thompson

photo : Martin Seck
Interwoven Flatiron North Public Plaza, NY
Atelier Cho Thompson was selected as the winner of the eighth annual Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition sponsored by the Van Alen Institute & Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership. The project, entitled Interwoven, will be on view November 22, 2021–January 2, 2022 in the Flatiron North Public Plaza on Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and 23rd Street, creating a highly visible landmark in the heart of Manhattan throughout the holidays.

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Winfield Hall, Long Island Mansion

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Feb 9, 2022
Wildflower Studios, Queens, New York, USA
Architects: BIG

image courtesy of architects practice
Wildflower Studios, Queens by BIG
Wildflower Studios is a 760,000 sqft commercial film studio situated in the Ditmars-Steinway neighborhood of New York City. It is located on an industrial five-acre lot bound by the Steinway Creek and Steinway Pianos manufacturing warehouse.

Feb 8, 2022
168 Plymouth in DUMBO, 168 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Design: Alloy Design

photo : Pavel Bendov
168 Plymouth in DUMBO, Brooklyn
Alloy Development announce that 168 Plymouth, the final two historic factories-to-loft conversions in DUMBO, is over 75-percent sold and has reached completion of construction. Move-ins started at the residential development last Fall, which features 46 homes in four distinct designs, including brick and timber lofts, daylight factory lofts, townhouses, and contemporary penthouses.

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Pashby-Amann Residence, Vernon Township NJ – in neighboring New Jersey

Jan 20, 2022
603 West 44th Street, west Manhattan
Design: Sydness Architects

photo : Sydness Architects
603 West 44th Street New York
603 West 44th Street is a six-story office building on Manhattan’s west side is the result of adding five new floors onto an existing one-story pub/restaurant. McQuaid’s Public House has been a fixture in the neighborhood for decades and the owner wanted to retain the existing pub and add the new office building floors and ground floor lobby with as little interruption to pub operations as possible.

New York City Penthouse Property
New York City Penthouse Project for Sale

Jan 20, 2022
1156 Avenue of the Americas
Design: Sydness Architects

image : Sydness Architects
1156 Avenue of the Americas, New York
A classic 1911 building at the corner of 45th Street and Avenue of the Americas, 1156 will be modernized and upgraded with a new entry facade, new enlarged double-height lobby and new elevators in a repositioning project designed by Sydness Architects.

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Jan 25, 2022
Kanuk, Greene Street, Soho, Manhattan
Design: Atelier Barda

photo : Eric Petschek
Kanuk Shop, SoHo New York City
This Canadian manufacturer of handcrafted winter coats since 1970, opened up its first international boutique in a historical six-storey building on Greene Street in the heart of SoHo, far away from its original headquarters in Montreal. With the addition of this New York store, designed by Montreal architecture studio Atelier Barda, the Quebec-based brand continues to export its legacy to international markets.

Jan 12, 2022
New York fire underlines importance of compartmentation

photo courtesy of author
American fire compartmentation and building safety
The recent tragic fire in New York underlines how fire remains a potent threat, despite advances in building design and construction and strict building regulations. Some 20 people, including nine children died during a fire in the Bronx apartment building. Another 32 people were taken to hospital, several of whom remain in a critical condition.