Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation wins the 2015 Young Architects Program at MoMA
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One of four penthouses in the Piet Boon-designed Oosten is up for grabs at $6.4 million. [6sqft inbox] “Bargain” condos are coming to the market. Expect these to be priced $3 million and under. [Bloomberg] Guoqing Chen, the founder of China’s largest private airline company, has bought a full-floor condo at One57 for $47.4 million. [TRD] […]
Brush up on architectural history through Time magazine covers from 1923 to now. [Curbed] Most New Yorkers leave their houses at 8am, according to this interactive map of when Americans leave for work. [FlowingData] If this isn’t romantic, we don’t know what is. Take a Valentine’s Day tour of the Newtown Creek sewage plant’s digester eggs. [Gothamist] Sean Lennon’s […]
5 Pointz was once a legendary venue for street art, but today is nothing more than rubble. Why couldn’t the art icon be saved? [Failed Architecture] Construction on Staten Island‘s New York Wheel will start next month. [DNA Info] A duplex penthouse in the celebrity-filled El Dorado has hit the market asking $29 million. The […]
Are independent park managers and private-public partnerships, like we’re seeing with Barry Diller and Pier55, turning public parks into playgrounds for the wealthy? [New Republic] You’re not the only one who eats on the floor in front of the television. Check out this photo series of how New Yorkers really eat in their cramped apartments. […]
The MTA’s fare hike will take effect in March, raising the price of a single subway ride from $2.50 to $2.75, and it’s made most New York train riders pretty unhappy. But what if service was better? If those flashing “delay” projections were few and far between; massive platform pileups were a thing of the […]
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The first Apple store in Queens will open later this year in the Queens Center Mall. [9to5Mac] The conversion of the St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral School in Nolita will include seven luxury condos with a total sellout of $70.7 million, a church-related community facility, and two townhouses. [TRD] Williamsberry is a new condo, not a fruit snack, set to rise […]
When and if Hillary Clinton announces her presidential bid, her campaign headquarters may be in Brooklyn, which seems to be the new hot spot for the democratic party. [Brooklyn Magazine] For the best U.S. architecture per square mile, head to… Dallas? [CityLab] Tour Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka’s Harlem townhouse. [Architectural Digest] A new project […]
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By now you’ve probably heard about the fire raging on in Williamsburg, but you probably haven’t seen these unbelievable images of the neighborhood frozen in ice. [NYDN] The American Bible Society has sold its Lincoln Square headquarters for $300 million. [WSJ] 10 of Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings, including the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, have been […]
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Gentrification battles can be traced back to the 1850s when Midtown West’s many piggeries were set to be replaced with apartments. [NYP] Vote for building of the year in 14 categories featuring thousands of projects from all corners of the globe. [ArchDaily] Tour a cozy Carroll Gardens apartment that was six years in the making. [Apartment […]
January’s 10 Most-Read Stories Photo Series Captures Three Years of NYC Subway Cars Being Dumped in the Atlantic Ocean Get Free Access to 33 Museums with the New NYC Municipal ID The Lena Dunham Real Estate Effect: Looking at the Homes of the Stars of ‘Girls’ New Study Reveals It’s More Important to Have a […]
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Rent a crumbling historic church in Fort Greene $18,000 a month. [DNA Info] More than $55 billion worth of NYC properties sold last year. This includes multifamily buildings, development sites, and commercial buildings across New York City. It was the best investment sales market seen in 30 years. [Crain’s] Things got heated over the 421-a […]
When a brownstone-living couple were looking to build an idyllic family home in the Hamptons, they turned to Resolution: 4 Architecture to create a place the could call home far from the city. Called “Swingline,” this wonderful retreat was completely prefabricated and assembled on site. And with six bedrooms, seven baths, a pool house, a rooftop deck and numerous […]