Metal Shutter Houses in New York, United States

Metal Shutter Houses that located in New York, United States, was designed by Shigeru Ban. Taking his cue from the roll-down metal security screens once prevalent in the district, Ban applied the idea of a versatile changing façade to this upscale residential project with remarkable results, enclosing the building’s street facade with a diaphanous perforated [...]

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Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center in Lincoln Center, New York, United States

The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center designed by Rockwell Group is located in Lincoln Center, New York, United States. Located on West 66th Street, the new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center is a contemporary take on the historic Italian opera house with a vestigial nod to its former use as parking garage. To draw people [...]

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Amagansett a New Family House in New York, United States

The Amagansett House designed by Francois de Menil Architect PC is located in New York, United States.  With its roots in Eastern Long Island’s modernist design explorations during the 1950s and 1960s, the Amagansett House exemplifies functional simplicity and energy conservation in its resolution of client program and site conditions. The poetry of the house [...]

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One Madison Park in New York, United States

Designed by CetraRuddy, One Madison Park is located in New York, United States. Cantilevered from the main shaft, the pods enabled construction to begin on the main tower before the full site was available. These cube-like forms extend the tower’s 2,700 sq ft floor plate to 3,300 sq ft and allow for varied apartment units, [...]

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Reserved Commercial Facility Before Receiving AIANY Medal of Honor Dusseldorf in Germany

The Reserved Commercial Facility Before Receiving AIANY Medal of Honor Dusseldorf designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind is located in Germany. The concept for the retail and commercial office complex is decidedly un-Libeskind. Aside from irregularly positioned windows and diagonally slanting green panels, Kö-Bogen is free of the dramatically metaphorical artwork or poetical flourishes it’s architect [...]

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