Monthly Archives: January 2012
Silverstein to call a halt at 3 WTC
Unable to line up tenants, developer to cap his second Trade Center tower at seventh floor. Developer Larry Silverstein is planning to halt construction by the end of the year on the second of the two towers he is currently building at the World Trade Center site if he can’t find a major office tenant,
Miami Science Museum | Miami USA | Arquitectonica GEO
View from Biscayne Boulevard – Planting at grade has a native focus in which environment suggests planting strategy. Landscape design for a 5 level, state of the art Science Museum in the heart of Downtown Miami. The site is comprised of 4 acres and will share an elevated plaza with the new Miami Art Museum.
Kokaistudios finishes new penthouse residential project
House of the Tree is the most recent project designed by Kokaistudios, an award winning architecture design firm founded in 2000 in Venice by Italian architects Filippo Gabbiani & Andrea Destefanis and now headquartered in Shanghai, China. Located at the 48th and 49th floor of a high-end residential tower in Shenzhen, China, House of the
SOM’s New Concrete Skyscraper Rises in Kuwait
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has recently added a new landmark to the skyline of Kuwait City: the Al Hamra Firdous Tower, now the tallest building in the country, peeks through the clouds with its quarter-mile-high torqued form. Unless record height is achieved, ‘supertall’ skyscrapers rarely sustain attention these days, but SOM’s latest tower has received
Update: Javits’ end promises new dawn for Manhattan’s West Side
Redeveloping the six-block-long property overlooking the Hudson will give a huge boost to efforts by the government and a growing number of developers to recreate the long-desolate far West Side of Manhattan. Even Richard Kahan thinks it’s time to demolish the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center—and he built the facility 26 years ago, as head
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Focus on NYC – Governor to discuss Javits overhaul
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State speech is likely to address the future for the West Side convention center. There are two Queens sites eyed as a possible successor: Willets Point and Aqueduct Racetrack. Gov. Andrew Cuomo will talk about the future of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Wednesday afternoon as part
Focus on NYC – NYU unveils plans for new med building
New 11-story, Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed building will rise on First Avenue to house schools of nursing and dentistry, as well as a new bioengineering program. Work to begin in spring. New York University unveiled designs Wednesday for the new home of its nursing and dental schools, as well as a new bioengineering program. All will