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New York Architecture News 2018

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Dec 26, 2018
Georgica Cove House, East Hampton
Design: Bates Masi + Architects
New House in East Hampton, NY

Dec 18, 2018
Hither Hills House, Montauk, NY
Design: Bates Masi + Architects
Hither Hills House in Montauk, NY

Dec 14, 2018
Hunter’s Point South Phase II, Long Island City, Queens
Design: SWA/BALSLEY and WEISS/MANFREDI, with ARUP

photo : Bill Tatham © Tatham/SWA, courtesy SWA/BALSLEY and WEISS/MANFREDI
Hunter’s Point South Long Island City, NY
Completion of the infrastructure, roadways and waterfront park, part of the greater Queens West project and district.

Dec 13, 2018
425 Park Avenue Manhattan

Dec 5, 2018
Park Slope Duplex Apartment in Brooklyn

Dec 11 & 10, 2018
55 Hudson Yards, Manhattan
Design: Kohn Pedersen Fox

rendering : Kohn Pedersen Fox
55 Hudson Yards is the second office tower to be completed and the shortest skyscraper of Phase I at Hudson Yards.
Rising 51 stories tall. The 780 feet high building is designed by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF). The developers are Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group Inc.
The high-rise building is the 21st-tallest tower in the Five Boroughs. The tower is the 74th tallest building in the USA.
It topped out around 18 months after steel construction started in Spring 2016. The only section of the building yet to be completed and enclosed is the crown. The development contains 1.3 million sqft of space set on a 40,000 square foot block.

Nov 30, 2018
Design: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
53W53 Manhattan

Nov 30, 2018
130 William, Lower Manhattan
Design: Adjaye Associates

image : Binyan
130 William Manhattan Skyscraper Building
Lightstone, one of the largest and most diversified privately held real estate companies in the United States, is developing 130 William, a new luxury high-rise tower located in lower Manhattan.

Nov 26, 2018
118 East 59th Street

rendering : Williams New York
Manhattan’s first major casualty of Chinese capital crackdown:
The site for 118 East 59th Street, Midtown East, has been cleared of previous buildings that once stood, and is a partially excavated pit, report YIMBY. Permits for the 470-foot high, 38-story residential tower were filed back in September 2014. SCDA is designing both the exterior and the interiors. Architect of Record is SLCE Architects. The 29 residential units are expected to be around 2,400 sqft each. The developer of the project is Hong Kong-based Euro Properties.

Nov 26, 2018
131-141 East 47th Street

rendering : SLCE Architects
YIMBY report a similar situation at 131-141 East 47th Street where another tower appears to be stalled: it is likely also due to Chinese capital outflow restrictions. The site for the 49-story, 122-unit residential tower was cleared but remains dormant since 2016. Developer for the 151,013 sqft building is New Empire Real Estate, with SLCE Architects. Proposed height is 581 feet.

Nov 26, 2018
277 Fifth Avenue Tower, NoMad, central Manhattan
Design: Rafael Viñoly Architects

rendering : Three Marks
277 Fifth Avenue Tower
The tallest residential building on Fifth Avenue: contemporary design features elegant proportions and corner exposures through floor-to-ceiling windows from every residence and a façade composed of high-performance cast panels, custom fabricated in Finland in a bespoke Indigo color.

Nov 21, 2018
Happy on Flatiron North Public Plaza, NY

Nov 20, 2018
The Greenwich Street Loft
Design: Specht Architects

photograph : Andrea Calo
The Greenwich Street Loft in Tribeca, NYC

Nov 20, 2018
Greenwich West Tower, 110 Charlton Street

Nov 18, 2018
De Maria Pavilion Bridgehampton

Nov 18, 2018
Amazon Headquarters NY
Amazon is to split HQ2, its second headquarters, between Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, and Long Island City, in Queens, NY.

Nov 15, 2018
303 East 44th Street Tower

Nov 15, 2018
One Vanderbilt Building, East Midtown
One Vanderbilt, designed by US architects Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), has reached the 54th floor. The terracotta-clad 77 storey skyscraper building is located next to Grand Central Terminal is due to open in 2020. The 1.7 million-sqft building is already 37% pre-leased.

Nov 12, 2018
John F Kennedy Airport Building News

Nov 12, 2018
520 West 28th Street Architecture News

Oct 31, 2018
WeGrow school
Architects: BIG

photo © Dave Burk
WeGrow school Building
BIG and WeWork’s collaboration and belief in creativity manifests through the first WeGrow school in New York City. The interactive learning landscape supports a conscious approach to education, nurturing the growth, spirit and mind of the 21st century child.

Oct 17, 2018
Central Park Tower Building, 225 West 57th Street, Midtown
Design: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill architects (AS+GG)

image Courtesy Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill
Central Park Tower Building
Currently nearing the 1,100-foot height above West 57th Street, Central Park Tower has officially launched sales of the 179 units, which begin on the 32nd floor.

Sep 26, 2018
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Building Renewal

photo © Stephan Wurster
St Patrick’s Cathedral Building New York City

Sep 26, 2018
Temple Brown Home in Southampton, NY

Sep 24, 2018
35XV New York Apartments

Sep 11, 2018
ICRAVE’s Rippling Digital Art Sculpture
Design: UAP

photography: Jason Rampe
Rippling Digital Art Sculpture in Manhattan
This is a 2-story digital art sculpture for a residential lobby interior in New York. The large-scale artwork is titled Luci. It is comprised of two curved stainless-steel rails, each rail supporting 600 sqft of custom-designed projection fabric.

Aug 26, 2018
New Entry at Empire State Building New York City
A new entrance officially opened on August 22nd to better accommodate the large number of visitors and create a more enjoyable experience.
New Entry at Empire State Building

Aug 15, 2018
Temple Israel Renovation & Expansion News, 112 East 75th Street
Temple Israel of the City of New York are modernizing and expanding their aging house of worship on the Upper East Side.

rendering : Scott Baumberger, Baumberger Studio)

The design architect is PBDW.

The synagogue currently occupies the lower portions of a mixed-use building, but will expand vertically to include new educational areas and meeting spaces.

render : Scott Baumberger, Baumberger Studio)

The building’s 75th Street frontage will receive new facade treatments comprised of limestone and multi-colored glass panels.

Interior project scope includes the relocation of existing worship spaces to improve usability and to maximize capacity, a new expandable chapel, and easier access to outdoor areas.

Aug 14, 2018
Nevelson Chapel at Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Avenue
Renewal Design: Architect Jane Greenwood, Kostow Greenwood Architects

photo : Thomas Magno Photography
Chapel of the Good Shepherd NYC
A critical restoration for Louise Nevelson’s 1977 masterwork Chapel of the Good Shepherd is now underway in New York City. The work is colloquially known as Nevelson Chapel.

Aug 2, 2018
230 Central Park West
Design: Detail Renovation

image from architects
230 Central Park West
Detail Renovation combined two apartments, creating a guest bedroom with multiple usages, yet still preserving good park views.

Jul 26, 2018
Carroll House Brooklyn

Jul, 2018
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Building Restoration, Fifth Avenue
Restoration Architects: Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects

photo courtesy of The Chicago Athenaeum
St Patrick’s Cathedral Building Restoration
The conservation was a ten year project that cost $177m, impacting an entire city block.

Jun 28, 2018
AERIAL FUTURES: Urban Constellations
A new short film initiated by the non-profit organization AERIAL FUTURES takes a look at the complex interface between the city and its airports.
AERIAL FUTURES: Urban Constellations – event in NYC

Jun 15, 2018
Elmhurst Community Library, 86-07 Broadway, Elmhurst, Queens, NY

Design: Marpillero Pollack Architects

Elmhurst Community Library Building, Queens, New York

photo : Marpillero Pollack Architects
Elmhurst Community Library Building in Queens
It is the largest outcome of the NYC-DDC Design Excellence Program for small firms, replacing a 1904 Carnegie library.

Jun 14, 2018
3 WTC Building in New York City
Design: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP)
Fifth tallest skyscraper in New York City officially opened by Silverstein Properties:
3 WTC Building

Jun 9, 2018
Il Makiage pavilion
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects

photograph : Paul Warchol
Il Makiage pavilion by Zaha Hadid
The pavilion’s structure reinterprets the distinctive motif that wraps around the corner of all Il Makiage’s packaging.