The architecture of New York, like its culture, thrives in an environment of unprecedented diversity and creative energy, The last ten years saw the application of fresh ideas in the design of buildings, both large and small,This culture of invention transformed entire neighbor-hoods, infiltrating the city's restaurants, galleries, loft apartments, libraries and fashion boutiques, and invigorating the skyline with new skyscrapers.

 New York City has captured the public imagination like no other city on earth and New New York offers compelling evidence that the previous decade has only reaffirmed its undisputed role as icon crucible and arbiter of architectural achievement. The architecture of New York, like its culture, thrives in an environment of unprecedented diversity and creative energy, The last ten years saw the application of fresh ideas in the design of buildings, both large and small,This culture of invention transformed entire neighbor-hoods, infiltrating the city's restaurants, galleries, loft apartments, libraries and fashion boutiques, and invigorating the skyline with new skyscrapers. New New York embraces the work of more than seventy architects, ranging from established Manhattan practices, to international icons, and a host of emerging design firms at the vanguard, With over ninety projects,this comprehensive volume is a dynamic portrait of a resurgent, irrepressible city. Featured projects include: Renzo Piano's New York Times Headquarters, OMA/Rem Koolhaas' Prada NY Epicenter, the Polshek Patnership's Rose Center for Earth and Space, Frank O, Gehry and Gordon Kipping's Issey Miyake Tribeca, Raimund Abraham's Austnan Cultural Forum, Tod Williams & Billie Tsien's American Folk Art Museum, Michael Maltzan's MOMA ONS, and the towers and theaters of the 42nd Street Redevelopment, A section is devoted to the finalist schemes for the World Trade Center site, and includes designs by SOM/SANAA, Foster and Patners, United Architects, THINK and Studio Daniel Libeskind.

Introduction

New New York

Joseph Giovannini

Selected Projects

Whitehall Ferry Terminal & Peter Minuit Park

Wall Street Ferry Terminal

NYSE Advanced Command Cevter & 3DTF

Storefront for Art & Architecture

Skyscrape Museum

Hudson River Park

Issey Miyake Park

497 Greenwich Street

Wooster Street Loft

Costume National

Issey Miyake Pleats Please

Mercer Street Loft

Prada New York Epicenter

Helmut Lang Parfumerie

Scholastic Building

New York University Asian/Pacific/American Studies

Byrd Hoffman Foundation

Lozoo

Morton Loft

Perry Street Towers

Vitra New York

Gansvoort Market Tower

Chslsea Carwash

Lot 61 & Bungalow

Eyebeam Atelier

Comme des Garcons

501 West 23rd Street

Mary Boone Gallery

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