Architecture

End of an Era: Remembering Ada Louise Huxtable

January 11, 2013
Author: 
Kate Lindquist
Categories: 
Design
Press
Architecture
The great Ada Louise Huxtable, standard setter for architecture criticism as we know it. Photo by Gene Maggio, via The New York Times
 

Food Architecture: Gingerbread High Line

December 20, 2011
Author: 
Kate Lindquist
Categories: 
Design
Neighborhood
Architecture
food
High Line Gingerbread An edible High Line made of gingerbread, frosting, and festive winter plants is now on view at Cookshop.
 

Edible High Lines are the new trend this holiday season.

2010 ENYA Awards: Reinventing the High Bridge

March 06, 2010
Author: 
Julia Boyer
Categories: 
Architecture
EnlargeENYA 2010 Winning Entry.

The Emerging New York Architects Committee(ENYA) with AIA New York recently announced the winners of its 4th international competition for High Bridge: Bronx, Building Cultural Infrastructure. The ideas competition was intended to explore urban opportunities and draw awareness to restoring and reopening the historic High Bridge.

ENYA biennial competition challenges designers to explore how disused structures can be reconfigured into vibrant urban centers. Over 170 teams and individuals from all over the world submitted design concepts for New York's High Bridge.



MCNY Panel Calls for West Side Development Oversight, Funding Transparency

February 02, 2008
Author: 
Anonymous
Categories: 
Cooper Union
Chalk Shoes
7 Train
Apple Store
Architecture
At a panel discussion at the Museum of the City of New York last night, planners and community advocates criticized the lack of coordination going into the planning for the West Side.

The sheer mass of public and private development planned for the West Side (between 14th and 42nd Street, West of 8th Avenue) is staggering.  

Besides the Rail Yards themselves, current planning initiatives include:
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