The Hudson Yards project has attracted criticism and love in almost equal measure. Many consider its design a classic case of uninspired architectural plagiarism, with Oliver Wainwright, a Guardian writer, calling it “an architectural fiasco.” Others hate the Hudson Yards project for its funding sources.
Photography
Budgeron Bach
Unless you are flush with cash, buying a condo in New York City is a matter of what you can afford, not what looks best. However, for the rich and famous, there are some incredible condos with beautiful designs. These condos are luxurious within and striking on the outside, making them the envy of people the world over.
Written by
Liliana Alvarez
Photography
Leonhard Niederwimmer
This six-story office building on Manhattan’s west side is the result of adding five new floors onto an existing one-story pub/restaurant. McQuaid’s Public House has been a fixture in the neighborhood for decades and the owner wanted to retain the existing pub and add the new office building floors and ground floor lobby with as little interruption...
Project name
603 West 44th Street
Architecture firm
Sydness Architects
Location
New York, New York, United States
Photography
Sydness Architects
Principal architect
Jeff Sydness
Design team
Matthew Ruopoli, Associate
Structural engineer
The Office of James Ruderman
Construction
Light gauge steel and concrete
Material
Zinc cladding, thermally broken windows, concrete, stucco, and metal
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The Design is a Post Covid Sanatorium [Medi Hotel], with a theatre at its core. With the site being New York City, theatres and Broadway shows are quite a well-known thing and the architectural language allows the building to become part of the performance.
Architecture firm
Abhijit Prasanth
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Post Covid Quarantine hotel, Theatre for Performance and Arts
Crown Lighting Formally Celebrates Opening of the Firm’s Art Deco-Inspired Residential Tower.
Written by
Rockefeller Group
Photography
Eric Ficocelli
Green Castle Eco-House is an ecological single-family house between party in Harlem, New York City, New York. The house has four floors and a covered green roof. The basement floor has food stores and offices, with direct access to the interior garden.
Project name
Green Castle Eco-House
Architecture firm
Luis De Garrido
Location
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max
Principal architect
Luis De Garrido
Visualization
Luis De Garrido
Typology
Residential › House
The New York skyline is iconic in itself and is packed with soaring towers and magnificent architecture. The history of the many famous structures in New York is as fascinating as the architecture itself, and many have been immortalized so romantically in motion pictures that they take on an even greater sense of majesty.
Written by
Jennifer Seene
Photography
Leonhard Niederwimmer (cover image), Kit Suman, William Wachter, Stephen H, Lucas Franco, Patrick Robert Doyle, Miltiadis Fragkidis, Alexander Rotke
The planet has gone through numerous crises due to destructive human activities. As a result of human overpopulation, the cities are getting larger, and the human problems are increasing in number and diversity.
Project name
NYC Dynamics
Architecture firm
Sayeh Architecture Studio
Location
New York City, USA
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Abolfazl Malaijerdi
Client
New York Municipality
Typology
Commercial › Office
