December 1, 2014

Real Estate Wire: A Scathing Review of One WTC by the Times; Nearly 100 Sites to Be Removed from Landmarks Consideration

New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman reviews the design of One World Trade Center. Kimmelman does not mince words. [NYT] 95 historic city sites will be removed from Landmarks consideration without any public consideration or input. [GVSHP] Construction on 56 Leonard is well underway and the building already looks as crazy as the rendering. [Field Condition] Sales begin at Tribeca’s […]

December 1, 2014

Zaha Hadid Wants to Change Billboard Advertising with Her Signature Curves

Zaha Hadid has just unveiled one of her smallest structures to date: an advertising billboard featuring all the shiny swoops and curves that have come to define her architectural style. Though at first glance the design comes off as a little bulky, Hadid actually describes it as a “slim dynamic form” that makes way for public improvements such as a more open, safer, and de-cluttered sidewalk. Though the billboard is part of a proposal destined for West London, New Yorkers who love Hadid will appreciate her bold claim that the design will "create a new genre in the roadside advertising canon."
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December 1, 2014

Beat the Winter Blues and Bring the Sunlight Inside with the Sunn Light

As soon as the clocks get set back in the fall, we can't help longing for sunny days and bright evenings. But we still have a long, dark winter ahead of us, so the new Sunn Light could be exactly what we need to help us beat the winter blues. The Sunn Light mimics the sun in that it continuously changes color and brightness with the sun's rhythm, thereby promoting healthy living and creating cheerful, vibrant indoor spaces. And when we say mimic, we're not kidding, as Sunn sets itself by what the sun is doing down to the minute.
More on the Sunn Light
December 1, 2014

Daily Link Fix: All the Proposals for NYC Rivers; An Expandable Suitcase Perfect for Holiday Travel

A round-up of nine river-based proposals for NYC. [Web Urbanist] When traveling, doesn’t it always seem like your belongings multiply on the way back? There’s a suitcase for that. [Dornob] Here’s what Christmas shopping in New York looked like 100 years ago. [Ephemeral NY] If you miss having an entire house to decorate for the holidays, you […]

December 1, 2014

Astronaut Richard Garriott’s Townhouse Hides Secret Passageways and Trick Bookcases

When he’s not flying to outer space or developing the next award-winning video game, Richard Garriott rests his head in his very normal-looking Murray Hill townhouse. When he purchased the five-story brownstone last year, he decided to add in his own special touches to make it his unique home-sweet-home. Take a tour through the secret passageways […]

December 1, 2014

This Map Shows the Holiday Craziness of NYC Airport Taxi Trips

Still recovering from a Thanksgiving travel fiasco? Or maybe you haven't even made it home yet. Either way, this map is probably not going to make you feel better. It's a visualization of taxi trips from NYC-area airports between Thanksgiving and New Year's. The project was inspired by a previous mapping endeavor, NYC Taxis: A Day in the Life, and was created by designers at ImageWork Technologies. They looked at taxi trips originating from JFK and LaGuardia in 2013, and even have a feature that allows users to filter the results by individual airline terminals.
More details ahead
December 1, 2014

10 Sullivan Street Leads Western Soho Residential Development

Back in June, units at 10 Sullivan Street in Soho hit the market. The 16-story, Cary Tamarkin-designed building is shaped like a mini Flatiron Building, and due to its height and scale, many consider it grossly out of place. But regardless of one's opinion, the scheduled completion of the triangular condo in late 2015 will cement western Soho's turn from primarily commercial to residential, a trend shared with adjacent neighborhood Hudson Square.
More on 10 Sullivan Street and western Soho's transformation

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