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[VIDEO] Architect Jeanne Gang on Changing the Shape of a City

2023-06-09T12:00:00-04:00

Jeanne Gang, arguably the most important female architect working today, heads her own firm, Studio Gang, which is pushing the boundaries of the good that architecture can do, for connecting communities and for the environment. Gang talked with correspondent Martha Teichner about her most recent project, an expansion of New York's American Museum of Natural History, and about the skyscrapers, airport terminal, and other civic spaces she has designed in her hometown of Chicago meant to transform spaces, outside and within.

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[VIDEO] Architect Frank Lloyd Wright Explains How Arrogance and Greed Literally Built New York City

2020-05-04T12:00:00-04:00

The team at Blank on Blank recently uncovered a 1957 audio interview with iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright in which he discusses how arrogance and greed built the NYC skyline, then turned the audio into a great animated short.

As part of our special series, The Experimenters, where we’re uncovering interviews with the icons of science, technology, and innovation, we found this 1957 interview with Frank Lloyd Wright. It’s part of a collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin celebrating The Mike Wallace Interview, a TV program that ran back in the late ‘50s. Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs and style seem very nice, very clean now, but at the time, he was a controversial personality. And like most famous architects, his work was as much hated as respected. And that’s what Mike Wallace wanted to talk about.

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Architect Frank Lloyd Wright Explains How Arrogance and Greed Literally Built New York City

2019-07-27T15:30:00-04:00

As part of our special series, The Experimenters, where we’re uncovering interviews with the icons of science, technology, and innovation, we found this 1957 interview with Frank Lloyd Wright. It’s part of a collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin celebrating The Mike Wallace Interview, a TV program that ran back in the late ‘50s. Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs and style seem very nice, very clean now, but at the time, he was a controversial personality. And like most famous architects, his work was as much hated as respected. And that’s what Mike Wallace wanted to talk about.

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You Can Buy a Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Private Island Only 1-Hour from NYC for Just $13M

2019-01-22T17:00:00-05:00

A private island in New York is for sale for $12.9 million.

Called Petre Island or Petra Island, the property includes two homes designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The island, which sits in Lake Mahopac in Carmel, is only about an hour's drive from New York City.

It includes a private helipad and boat dock.

Check out the listing page for more photos and details on Petre Island.

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[VIDEO] This Architect is Tasked With Redesigning Williamsburg's Old Domino Sugar Refinery

2018-11-27T14:00:00-05:00

Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery was built in 1882 on the Williamsburg waterfront. In 2004, after operating for 148 years, the last bag of sugar was refined and the doors shuttered. New York Based developers Two Trees have torn down most of the old factory to make way for a billion-dollar mega-project, and this architect is in charge of the operation.

Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti takes us through the redesign of the former Domino Sugar Refinery building located in Williamsburg, BK.

Follow @VishaanNYC on Twitter to keep up with Vishaan Chakrabarti.

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See How The Architecture of Rosario Candela Helped Define the NYC Skyline

2018-05-24T13:00:00-04:00

The architect Rosario Candela played a major role in shaping the architectural legacy of 20th-century New York—the distinctive “prewar” streetscapes of Park and Fifth Avenues and Sutton Place in particular. "Elegance in the Sky: The Architecture of Rosario Candela" revisits the setback terraces and neo-Georgian and Art Deco ornament of Candela-designed high-rise apartments. His buildings established new standards of chic urban living for some of New York’s wealthiest citizens and still rank among the most prized in the city, almost a century after they were built.

Check out the exhibition page to learn more about 'Elegance in the Sky' at the Museum of the City of New York, open through October 28th, 2018.

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[VIDEO] Learn All About Wallace Harrison, One of New York City's Most Important Architects

2017-10-17T16:30:00-04:00

Wallace K. Harrison is one of New York City's most important architects, yet most people have no idea who he was. He had a part in designing Rockefeller Center, the United Nations Headquarters, Lincoln Center, and much, much more. Learn all about his work in this short video from our friends at Curbed.

No list of significant New York City architects would be complete without the addition of Wallace K. Harrison, who had a hand in many of the city’s most celebrated institutions and buildings—among them Rockefeller Center, the United Nations Headquarters, the master plan for Lincoln Center, and the New York Hall of Science in Queens.

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Could This College Student's Plan Predict How New York Will Look in 2050?

2016-07-12T11:02:13-04:00

The Day After Tomorrow may be coming sooner than you think. Climate change and rising sea levels could make Hurricane Sandy's damage look minuscule in comparison.

Fortunately, we have innovative minds such as former Cornell student Walmir Luz. Luz's masterplan to adapt Manhattan to the future recently won second prize in the urban planning category at the A'Design Awards.

To cope with the floods, the city would build more barriers on Manhattan edges. Permeable streets would allow the water to pass through. […] Water would become a natural part of city life. Manhattan would also have more marshes and green spaces.

Check out Luz's full design for more futuristic concepts.

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Weaving the Courtyard, a MoMA PS1 Installation From YAP Award Winner Escobedo Solíz Studio

2016-06-10T11:51:27-04:00

Weaving the Courtyard is the winning project in the 17th edition of the Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City.

In this video from the museum, watch as winning architects Lazbent Escobedo and Andrés Soliz Paz from Escobedo Solíz Studio explain how the project came together.

Mexico City–based architects Lazbent Escobedo and Andrés Soliz Paz transform MoMA PS1’s courtyard with a suspended canopy of colorful ropes. Escobedo Soliz Studio is this year's winner of the Young Architects Program (YAP).

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Watch Architect Frank Lloyd Wright Discuss How Arrogance and Greed Literally Built New York City

2016-06-09T14:18:11-04:00

As part of our special series, The Experimenters, where we’re uncovering interviews with the icons of science, technology, and innovation, we found this 1957 interview with Frank Lloyd Wright. It’s part of a collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin celebrating The Mike Wallace Interview, a TV program that ran back in the late ‘50s. Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs and style seem very nice, very clean now, but at the time, he was a controversial personality. And like most famous architects, his work was as much hated as respected. And that’s what Mike Wallace wanted to talk about.

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