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Manhattan Mountain: Re-Imagining SPURA on the Lower East Side / Ju-Hyun Kim
Apr 27th
Courtesy of Ju-Hyun Kim Manhattan Mountain, by Ju-Hyun Kim , is a design speculation over five of the most debated plots of vacant land in New York City. Collectively known as SPURA , the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, the five parking lots on the Lower East Side, just South of Delancey Street near the Williamsburg Bridge, were once the site of tenement housing until they were acquired by the Urban Renewal Plan in 1965 and demolished. Since then, the other lots that suffered a simular fate and have been developed into various iterations of low-income and mixed-use housing developments.
Video: 1920s New York
Apr 1st
Filmed in 1921, Manhatta reveals a typical day in Lower Manhattan in the early part of the 20th century.
Video: 1920s New York
Apr 1st
Filmed in 1921, Manhatta reveals a typical day in Lower Manhattan in the early part of the 20th century. Painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand created this silent film to discover the relationship between film and photography, while exploring their love the City
Chakrabarti + SHoP Architects
Mar 12th
SHoP + new partner Chakrabarti Vishaan Chakrabarti , Director of Columbia Center for Urban Real Estate, will join SHoP Architects as its seventh partner – and only the second partner not related to the firm’s founders by blood or marriage. Chakrabarti’s expertise with large scale urban development projects will allow the firm to expand their urban reach, invigorating their “think-tank” approach to confront larger architectural problems that respond to global issues. “We are thrilled to have Vishaan join the firm
Chakrabarti + SHoP Architects
Mar 12th
SHoP + new partner Chakrabarti Vishaan Chakrabarti , Director of Columbia Center for Urban Real Estate, will join SHoP Architects as its seventh partner – and only the second partner not related to the firm’s founders by blood or marriage. Chakrabarti’s expertise with large scale urban development projects will allow the firm to expand their urban reach, invigorating their “think-tank” approach to confront larger architectural problems that respond to global issues. “We are thrilled to have Vishaan join the firm. His background and depth of experience allow SHoP to add expertise to our bench while continuing our firm-wide focus on both planning and building,” said William Sharples, SHoP Partner
Noun 1. Unavailability by Gartnerfuglen
Mar 4th
Recently established Norwegian architecture studio Gartnerfuglen have created a mobile fisherman’s hut with walls of ice, where a single inhabitant can isolate themselves from modern technology. (more…)
5 Things to Keep in Mind After Graduation / Nicholas Kreitler
Feb 19th
© Caro Wallis As a young architect and recent graduate of Kansas State University, Nicholas Kreitler shares with us five important recommendations for every graduate entering into the “real world”. Please feel free to add your recommendations in the comment section below
Video: ‘Architecture Export – Created in Styria’
Feb 13th
Click here to view the embedded video. A collaborative project by KMKG Studio and OchoResotto , Architecture Export is a video project from CIS [Creative Industries of Styria , based in the city of Graz in Austria ] aiming at making Styrian architecture better known on the international level. Styrian architecture has already enjoyed considerable success in an international context in the past and Graz, the Styrian capital and second largest city of Austria , has recently been award the tittle of Unesco City of Design.
