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Seven super-skinny skyscrapers changing New York City’s skyline

April 13, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Following the world’s skinniest skyscraper opening in New York, we round up seven super-skinny skyscrapers that have changed the city’s skyline. Super-skinny skyscrapers, or pencil towers, have begun rising in New York City over the past decade with SHoP Architects’ 111 West 57th Street recently becoming the skinniest skyscraper in the world. Although there is no official ratio to determine

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Barozzi Veiga designs home for Miami artist residency Oolite Arts

April 12, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Spanish firm Barozzi Veiga has revealed plans for a new home for Oolite Arts in Miami, the studio’s first ground-up project in the United States. Located in a suburban neighbourhood north of the city, the Barozzi Veiga design features a low-lying building with a series of towers that serve multiple purposes to improve the working

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Snøhetta to expand Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center for the Arts

April 11, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
the hop exterior snohetta

Architecture firm Snøhetta has released plans for an expansion of the Hopkins Center for the Arts (the Hop) at Dartmouth in New Hampshire. The expansion will include a new plaza for the area in front of the centre, as well as a new building and renovations to the existing structure. Used as a performance space

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Kelly Wearstler renovates swimming pool for suite in Downtown LA Proper Hotel

April 7, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
Kelly Wearstler Pool Suite

American designer Kelly Wearstler has refurbished a pool for a suite in the Downtown LA Proper Hotel, which opened earlier this year. As part of her studio’s extensive refurbishment of the building, Wearstler took the 35-foot (10.6-metre) pool from its previous use as a YMCA and turned it into a feature for the Pool Suite

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Tom Wiscombe and Marrikka Trotter apologise for “high-pressure office culture” after being suspended by SCI-Arc

April 7, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
Southern California Institute of Architecture

Two SCI-Arc faculty members who were put on administrative leave for suggesting that architecture students should work long hours for low pay have apologised for their comments. “We know we have an intense, high-pressure office culture,” wrote Wiscombe, who heads Los Angeles studio Tom Wiscombe Architects, in a post on his Instagram account. Students “absolutely

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World’s skinniest skyscraper by SHoP Architects completes in Manhattan

April 4, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
111 West 57th Completion aerial images

The final exterior cladding elements have been added to SHoP Architects’ 111 West 57th Street in New York City, a supertall skyscraper that is both the world’s skinniest and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere. The 1,428-foot-tall (435-metre) tower reached completion last week, with the developers announcing that it is ready for residents to

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OSO to suspend Boeing 747 aircraft between two buildings in Seattle

April 1, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Japan-based architecture firm OSO has released a plan to suspend a Boeing 747 aircraft between two towers in a downtown Seattle complex designed by Henriquez Partners Architects. The design for The Galleria at WB 1200 shows a 747, stripped of its wings, suspended over green space between the two towers. Over the airplane, the designs

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MAWD revamps lobby and atrium of Denver tower designed by IM Pei

March 31, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
MAWD redesign IM Pei tower atrium interior

Design studio MAWD has redone the interiors of an IM Pei tower in Denver, Colorado, including the lobby and an adjoining Philip Johnson-designed atrium. The London and New York-based interiors firm redesigned aspects of the interiors at the 23-storey commercial tower 1700 Broadway in downtown Denver for Beacon Capital. MAWD updated the 27,000-square-foot (250-square-metre) lobby

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SHoP Architects’ supertall Brooklyn Tower tops out in New York

March 31, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
The Brooklyn Tower with Manhattan in the background

The Brooklyn Tower supertall skyscraper by SHoP Architects, which became the borough’s tallest building last year, has reached its full height.  Reaching 93 storeys and 1,066 feet (325 metres) tall, The Brooklyn Tower is the first in the borough to claim supertall status. The mixed-use tower, which was formerly called 9 DeKalb, will contain offices, with residences starting

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HKS releases design for “one of the largest” Black-owned real estate projects in Hollywood

March 30, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
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HKS Architects has released plans for a plant-covered structure in the middle of Hollywood to be built for CMNTY Culture as an entertainment and tech hub. The 500,000-square-foot (46,500-square-metre) project will form a creative campus for LA-based CMNTY Culture, an organisation founded by musician Philip Lawrence in partnership with business manager Thomas St John, which

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