Manhattan’s First Passive House

Manhattans First Passive House NY

Baxt Ingui Architects, P.C. designed this house, which is exciting in many ways. It is Manhattan’s first Certified Passive House, Certified LEED for Home Platinum and it is in a NYC Landmark district.

The Switchback House Brooklyn

The Switchback House in Brooklyn

Designed by L/AND/A the Switchback House is a new prototype for contemporary urban living that inverts and opens up the traditional row house by replacing a stacked stair with a switchback stair and inserting a dramatic skyline atop the new vertical stair volume.

Shock Therapy in NYC Fitness Studio

Shock Therapy in NYC

Shock Therapy Upper East Side flagship, bringing NYC its first group EMS workout destination, Fitness studio: interior design by Eray/Carbajo brings exciting twist to building’s beautiful landmark exteriors

Upside Down House in Montauk, New York

Upside Down House in Montauk

To take advantage of ocean views this “upside down” house was designed by Berg Design, with open plan living areas, master bedroom suit and expansive exterior decks on the second floor.

265 West 45th Street in New York tower

265 West 45th Street in New York

The super slender tower project, designed by RB Systems, explores a novel and captivating tower typology which emerged in New York in the last years. Located on a small, currently vacant site on West 45th St which footprint measures at approx. 30x30m.

Kinfolk Studio Brooklyn, New York

Kinfolk Studio in Brooklyn

Within an old car garage with 20 foot high ceilings Berg Design designed geodesic dome shell structures in the middle of the space. A flexible retail area and a bar space was required to work with 30 patrons up to 150.

Pier 2: Apartment of the Future, Manhattan

Pier 2 Apartment of the Future New York City

Futuristic Manhattan waterfront building design by Humphreys & Partners Architects – sustainable modular building with micro units, co-working spaces, activity and wellness centers, plus a range of innovative elements from artificial intelligence to drones, home automation and autonomous vehicles.

Pier 40 Hudson River Apartments, New York

Pier 40 Manhattan building

New York City’s sea level is due to rise 50 to 75 inches by 2100: most buildings cannot accommodate such changes. The design for Pier 40, a dilapidated 15-acre structure in the Hudson River, by DFA uses exposed lattice framing around a cluster of cylinderical towers, with honeycomb soffits at ground level.

Bubble Shade for New York City Parks

Bubble Shade

Designed by Valerie Schweitzer Architects Bubble Shade are clear-stained aluminum pods with wide openings and oculi at their roofs provide a sequence of refuges for a park, urban plaza or backyard. They are modules that may increase in number depending on the size of the site and the need for shade.

Tammany Hall 44 Union Square Renewal

Tammany Hall 44 Union Square Renewal by BKSK

The makeover by BKSK Architects of the landmarked Tammany Hall at 44 Union Square East forms new / revitalized office and retail spaces. The key architectural feature is the new glazed glass dome floating over the top floor.

76 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

76 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

Construction of The Eleventh, designed by Danish architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, has started. The two High Line towers of 25 & 34 floors are located between 17th & 18th Streets and Tenth & Eleventh Avenues, and joined by glass skybridges.

Penn Station-Moynihan Train Hall Complex

Penn Station-Moynihan Train Hall Complex | www.e-architect.com

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pushes for large-scale renovation of Manhattan’s Pennsylvania Station. The first phase of his $1.6 billion plan to revamp the “overcrowded, decrepit and claustrophobic” building into a more spacious and high-tech transit hub is designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM).

130 William in NYC Luxury Condominium

130 William in NYC

Lightstone collaborates with world renowned architect Sir David Adjaye on his first condominium Tower in New York City. 130 William features 244 residences and rises 66 stories to make a bold addition to the iconic Manhattan skyline

UN Building New York: United Nations Building

United Nations Building New York City

The U.N. is building a new tower to house its operations across the street from the under-renovation U.N. Secretariat, the only Corb building in New York. Architects are Fumihiko Maki with local partner FXFowle. The UN Tower architecture competition was only open to Pritzker Prize-winning architects.

Statue of Liberty Museum Building, New York

The Statue of Liberty sculpture

Topping off for new $70 m free-standing 20,000-sqft museum building. It is due to accommodate far more people than the current exhibition space. It will be constructed of glass, granite, and concrete–materials inspired by the waterfront.

AT&T Building New York – 550 Madison Avenue

AT&T Building New York

Former AT&T Building is being considered for landmark designation. This famous Postmodern building with its so-called ‘Chippendale Chair’ top is a 647 feet tall, 37-story skyscraper at 560 Madison Avenue (at 56th Street), designed by US architect Philip Johnson with John Burgee.