Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Community-Districts-1-2-5-Garage

26 Firms Make NYC’s Design + Construction List

by Jesse Dorris | posted 5:27 pm

A new pool in NYC? Well, yes, but this will make a different kind of splash: the city’s Department of Design and Construction has announced its pool of architecture firms pre-qualified to offer design and engineering services on all city projects.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Igloodgn-Qingdao-Subway-Staircase

Igloodgn Wins Qingdao Metro Design Competition

by Jesse Dorris | posted 11:47 am

Canadian design firm Igloodgn planted handmade tiles from Ceramica Bardelli throughout the interior space of the Qingdao metro station in China.

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Floating House Wins Flat Lot Competition in Michigan

by Jennifer Nalewicki | posted 9:19 am

The winning proposal in The Flint Public Art Project’s Flat Lot Competition is a reflective house that seems to float atop a mirrored pedestal.

Friday, January 25, 2013 Rendering showing view of proposed fountain, looking north. Image courtesy of Fluidity Design Consultants.

The Met’s New Koch Plaza is Underway

by Jesse Dorris | posted 1:06 pm

The new David H. Koch Plaza for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York—with a $65 million budget funded in full by its namesake conservative activist—will offer a pair of new fountains, permanent and temporary seating areas, and new LED lighting.

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Foster + Partners Redesign of NYPL Approved

by Matthew Powell | posted 9:37 am

On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a controversial redesign of the historic Stephan A. Schwarzman flagship of the New York Public Library.

Monday, December 10, 2012 A student from NYIT at working on the sLAB initiative's recycling center in Nosara, Costa Rica.

Students, Emerging Architects Build Recycling Center in Costa Rica

by Tashween Ali | posted 4:10 pm

Students at NYIT’s School of Architecture and Design are collaborating to build a new recycling center in Nosara, Costa Rica.

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Gabon Gains Global Speed Thanks to WORKac

by Hannah Serena Goldstein | posted 10:00 am

If you haven’t heard much about the capital of Africa’s Republic of Gabon, Libreville, you’re probably about to start.

Thursday, November 1, 2012 Courtesy of SOM

Imagining Grand Central’s Next 100 Years

by Laura B. Weiss | posted 3:08 pm

New York’s landmark Grand Central Terminal is turning 100 in February, so the Municipal Arts Society asked three international architectural firms come up with plans to transform today’s congested terminal and its surrounding clogged roadways into a more pedestrian-friendly area.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Photo by T.G. Olcott.

Past and Future Converge in Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 92

by Sara Pepitone | posted 11:42 am

The entrance atrium illustrates everything significant about BLDG 92, the exhibition and visitors’ center that opened last November at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, marking the first time the site was open to the public.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Peace Bridge Photo 2 Courtesy of The City of Calgary (lo-res)

Santiago Calatrava’s Peace Bridge Opens

by Meghan Edwards | posted 1:00 pm

Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava’s latest bridge opens after three years of design and construction.