New York City – Hurricane Sandy Time Lapse / Silas Maniatis
This Amazing Time Lapse Video Shows Sandy’s Assault On New York And The Moment The Lights Went Out A camera on top of 2 Northside Piers shows New York before Sandy rolled in, its destructive approach, and the sudden loss of power as the storm surge flooded lower Manhattan. This is the best angle and the longest exposure we’ve yet […]
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Empty America: New York City Time Lapse / Ross Ching x Thrash Lab
Thrash Lab‘s Empty America timelapse travel series takes you to New York City. All the bridge and tunnel people have been sent home and Manhattan has been wiped empty! Penn Station, Wall Street, Central Park, Times Square, The Met and Fifth Avenue have never looked so vacant. Previously, we featured the San Francisco edition of […]
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HouseWING / AnLstudio + Heebon
HouseWING is a residential intervention by New York and Seoul-based firm AnLstudio and Heebon in an apartment in Seoul, Korea. On the tenth floor of a historical landmark building, this renovated space integrates a working environment into the dwelling for an artist. The unit accommodates the conflicting activities by creating two clusters that share the spaces between the […]
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Columbia University Medical Building / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
New York based architecture firm, Diller Scofidio + Renfro have released images for the proposed medical education center at Columbia University, in uptown Manhattan. The medical education center is the third major project in New York for DS+R. The firm recently completed The High Line and the renovation of Lincoln Center, which were both well received by critics and the general public....
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House of Shoes / Shigeru Ban and Dean Maltz
The Existing Building has been gutted to make way for a 1,200 SF Retail Space on the Ground Floor with 1,200 SF of Basement Storage below. Atop the flat roof is Shigeru Ban’s signature Paper Tube Structure in the form of a triangle. The new gable shape celebrates Camper’s first owner occupied building in New […]
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The Forty Story / Pentagram
London–based design firm Pentagram celebrated their 40th year of business with this quirky stop animation video. The The Forty Story highlights some of the firm’s most significant clients and projects. Happy 40th, Pentagram. -@ybaynes The Forty Story ,The story of a boy born on the day Pentagram opened and how his life has been tracked (and kerned) by forty years of Pentagram...
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Dream Downtown Hotel / Handel Architects
Dream Downtown Hotel is a 184,000 SF boutique hotel in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. The 12-story building includes 316 guestrooms, two restaurants, rooftop and VIP lounges, outdoor pool and pool bar, a gym, event space, and ground floor retail. Dream sits on a though-block site, fronting both 16th and 17th Streets, and […]
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Meet Wendy / HWKN
As the launch of Wendy approaches, HWKN has collaborated with 2X4, Bruce Mau Design and Pentagram to produce tote bags and t-shirts coated in Titania Nanoparticles . HWKN claims that the Titania Nanoparticles will help to clean the air as you wear it. All profits from the sale go toward helping build Wendy this summer. –@ybaynes MoMA’s chief […]
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Let The Right One In (Director’s Cut) / Phenomenal Handclap Band
Here is a new video by The Phenomenal Handclap Band, a psych-soul band from New York. The visuals seem to be influenced by the radical religious cults of the ’60s and ’70s. The video was directed by Moh Azima. –@ybaynes
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High Line Phase 3 / James Corner Field Operations & Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Earlier this week, the design for the final phase of The High Line Park was released. Phase 3 wraps around the rail yards situated between 33rd and 30th Street on Manhattan’s Westside. Also, check out the Google Maps Street View virtual tour of Phase 1 and Phase 2 posted a few months ago HERE. –@ybaynes ‘high line […]
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PS1 Runner Up / Ibañez Kim Studio
We previsouly showcased Wendy, the winner of the 2012 MOMA PS1 Young architects Program, this is the competition’s first runner up. The Philadelphia firm of Ibañez Kim Studio designed a mechanical Garden that would circulate around the PS1 courtyard. –@ybaynes images via arch daily
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2012 MoMA PS1 Winner (UPDATED) / HWKN
Earlier today, The New York City-based group of designers and creators, HWKN, was selected as the winner of the 2012 Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1. The installation is titled “Wendy” and “she” is big, aggressive and environmentally sound. Wendy does not play the typical architecture game of ecological apology – instead she is pro-active. That is why […]
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