Blurring Boxes in Brooklyn

Blurring Boxes

Design: Architensions. The design for a renovation and additions to a townhouse in Brooklyn is generated from the idea of fusing the interior space with the outdoor landscape through the creation of ground-up pavilions with specific experiential qualities.

AIA New York Honor Awards 2017 Winners

The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, Columbia University

Winners news – 35 winning projects: Best in Competition goes to The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, Columbia University by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler.

Columbia University Medical Center: CUMC

The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center New York

Design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler. Columbia University Medical Center medical and graduate education building on the CUMC campus in the Washington Heights community of Northern Manhattan.

The Shop East at VSP Global Manhattan

The Shop East at VSP Global

Design: Kostow Greenwood Architects. VSP Global has established a new home in The Shop East, an innovation lab that focuses on developing technologies for the physical and digital aspects of eyewear and eye care.

601 Lexington Avenue, New York City Tower

601 Lexington Avenue Tower

Architects Gensler design a 200,000-sqft ‘Market Building’ consisting of a new outdoor plaza and terraces, an interior atrium space with retail and restaurants. The original tower design was by Hugh A. Stubbins & Associates, completed in 1978.

Emergency Medical Station 50 Queens Hospital

Emergency Medical Station 50

Design: Dean/Wolf Architects. The Queens Hospital EMS station was commissioned by the design excellence initiative process implemented by the New York City Department of Design and Construction, for the Fire Department of New York City. 

45 West 27th Street Office Building, NYC

45 West 27th Street Office Building

The Kaufman Organization, a full-service commercial real estate firm, announced today that London-based design agency, Design Bridge, has signed a 5,702-sqft, full-floor lease on the seventh floor at 45 West 27th Street (45W27).

MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program 2017

MoMA / P.S.1 YAP 2017 Program Winner - Jenny Sabin Studio

MoMA PS1 2017 Young Architects Program winner news – Jenny Sabin Studio selected in annual competition hosted by The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 that fosters innovative architecture.

Brooklyn Grange, New York: Navy Yard Farm

Brooklyn Navy Yard farm

Brooklyn Grange is the leading rooftop farming and intensive green roofing business in the US. They operate the world’s largest green roof farms, located on two buildings in New York City, and grow over 50,000 lbs of organically-cultivated produce per year.

514 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

514 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

Instead of building a 1,000 foot-tall spire, Silverstein Properties is exploring a plan to build two towers in separate phases at 514 Eleventh Avenue, a former Mercedes-Benz car dealership purchased in 2015

Statue of Liberty Museum Competition, New York

The Statue of Liberty sculpture

Architecture competition winners news – this design contest received 268 registrations from all around the world. It demanded a stimulating and exciting approach towards the design of a building on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Building, Pier 5

Brooklyn Bridge Park Design

Landscape Design: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates ; Buildings Design: Architecture Research Office (ARO). Renderings revealed of the six-acre plot, called Pier 5 Uplands, located between Joralemon and Montague streets.

Second Avenue Subway Stations NYC

Second Avenue Subway New York City

First major expansion of New York City subway system in nearly a century, with three new station buildings, plus one upgraded station. The AECOM-Arup joint venture provided full engineering and architectural services for Phase 1 of the US$4.451 billion landmark project.