Big U – Manhattan Flood Defence

Big U Manhattan 1

Design: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group. After months of research and community engagement across the Sandy-affected region, the BIG Team and the 9 other Rebuild by Design teams have unveiled their final proposals at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan and Liberty Science Center in Jersey City on Thursday. The teams, along with hundreds of tri-state residents and government representatives, gathered to view the proposals heard from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Rockefeller Foundation President Dr. Judith Rodin.

551W21 New York Condo, NYC Apartments

551 West 21st Street

Scott Resnick and Brown Harris Stevens announce the opening of the sales office for 551W21, the new 19-story luxury condominium in West Chelsea by architects Foster + Partners. Designed by Lee Mindel of Shelton, Mindel & Associates, the sales office meticulously presents the signature interior elements of Foster + Partners’ building design.

The condominium overlooks the Hudson River and features 44 large-scaled residences. Beyer Blinder Belle is the executive architect for the building.

Richard Meier Model Museum in New Jersey

Model Museum Opens 8

Richard Meier & Partners announce opening of the new Richard Meier Model Museum at Mana Contemporary at 888 Newark Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey. The new museum designed and curated by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier includes a large model exhibition area, a sculpture exhibition area, an archive and a library that is open to students and scholars.

Journal Squared – Tallest Tower in Jersey City

Journal Squared 1

Design: Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) and Handel Architects. Journal Squared, designed by Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) and Handel Architects, marks a profound renaissance for the Journal Square area of Jersey City. The project follows a long history of innovative transit-based urban renewal projects by the KRE Group, whose prior developments include Grove Point, 225 Grand Street and 18 Park, also in Jersey city.

Queens Museum of Art Building Expansion

The Queens Museum of Art Building

The first phase of the newly expanded Queens Museum designed by Grimshaw is now complete, signaling a new era for the historic New York City building and the surrounding community. Located in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, the Museum has now doubled in size to 105,000 sqft.

Eyebeam Brooklyn, Lafayette Avenue Building

Eyebeam Brooklyn

Design: WORK Architecture Company. Cultural facility as part of mixed-use development designed by Dattner Architects / Bernheimer Architecture. Eyebeam is pleased to announce the selection of WORK Architecture Company (WORKac) as the architectural firm to design Eyebeam’s future facility in Brooklyn, located at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and Ashland Place.

Barclays Center Brooklyn, Atlantic Yards New York

Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Design: SHoP Architects. Award nomination for DMD Weathering Steel patina on the exterior of the Barclays Center, New York, New York, NY. The Barclay’s Center Arena was constructed with a latticework composed of 12,000 pre-weathered steel panels. Taking a cue from the Japanese Wabi-Sabi aesthetic, the tactility of the metal is designed to gracefully age without comprising the integrity of the cladding.

P.S.216 Brooklyn, New York Edible Schoolyard

Edible Schoolyard 1

Design: WORK Architecture Company. WORKac designs the first Edible Schoolyard in New York. The project, to be located at what is now the school parking lot, consists of an organic garden, a mobile greenhouse, a kitchen classroom, and a systems wall containing a rainwater cistern, solar batteries and a chicken coop

551 West 21st Street – New York Condo

551 West 21st Street

Scott Resnick announce Foster + Partners as design architect of 551 West 21st Street – a modern, 19-story luxury condominium overlooking the Hudson River in West Chelsea. 551 West 21st Street features 44 large-scaled residences, including three penthouses. Beyer Blinder Belle is the executive architect, and construction of the fully-financed building is under way with anticipated occupancy in the fall of 2015.

Atlantic Yards Barclays Center New York

Atlantic Yards

Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Shanghai-based Greenland Group Co. today announced that they have completed a definiteive agreement for a joint venture to develop Atlantic Yards, a 22-acre residential and commercial real estate project in Brooklyn. The two companies had announced a memorandum of understanding for the joint venture in October.

The joint venture, which is expected to close in 2014, would cover both phase one and phase two of the project – excluding Barclays Center and B2.

Queens Museum of Art Expansion New York

Queens Museum of Art Expansion New York Building

The newly expanded Queens Museum, designed by Grimshaw, was inaugurated by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the museum’s Executive Director Tom Finkelpearl, and museum trustees.

For a Resilient Rockaway Competition

For a Resilient Rockaway (FAR ROC) Design Competition

Ennead Architects/Ennead Lab was recognized for Leading Innovation in Resilient Waterfront Development and named runner-up in the For a Resilient Rockaway (FAR ROC) design competition.

Campbell Sports Center Building, Columbia

Campbell Sports Center Building, Columbia University

Steven Holl Architects’ Campbell Sports Center at Columbia University has been named the Best New Building in New York in the 2013 MASterworks Awards, administered by the Municipal Arts Society.

New Yorker Hotel Student Commons

New Yorker Hotel Student Commons Midtown Manhattan

New Yorker Hotel Student Commons: 481 8th Avenue and 34th Street, Manhattan. The New Yorker Hotel Student Commons occupies half of a 20,000-square-foot, full-floor renovation of the sixth floor of the New Yorker Hotel in midtown Manhattan.

Holy Tabernacle New York City: T’rumah

Holy Tabernacle New York City - T’rumah

Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) makes one minor tweak to “T’rumah”, the detailed plans laid out in the Bible for the Holy Tabernacle. Turning it vertical is the only way to squeeze the Tabernacle into the world’s second biggest Jewish city.

Via Verde South Bronx Residence, Building

Via Verde South Bronx Housing NYC

Via Verde is a revolutionary mixed-use, mixed income residential development in the South Bronx. The project showcases high-quality innovative green design while also providing affordable housing for low and moderate income households.

Far Rockaway Public Library – Building in Queens

Far Rockaway Public Library - Building in Queens

Snøhetta releases the design of the Far Rockaway Branch Library in Far Rockaway, Queens. The new building will replace the existing library building, while also doubling the area of library spaces. The project, currently in design development in New York City.