Features : Archive for Design And Architecture
City Seeks Times Square Plaza Designs – So Does WNYC
Thursday, April 29, 2010
We’d like to know what YOU think should define the pavement on the new Broadway Plazas. Share your ideas here.
Touring Brooklyn's Lost Subway Tunnel
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Just a few feet below the surface of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn lies the world's first subterranean railway tunnel. Watch the video.
Paul Goldberger Tours the High Line
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Take an audio tour with architecture critic Paul Goldberger, as he explores the High Line.
Architecture As Exhibitionism? A Verdict On Standard Hotel Peep Shows
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Does the design of the hotel lend itself to these public peep shows? We asked one architecture critic for the answer. Watch the video.
Re-Design Valentine's Day With Studio 360
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Toss the chocolate hearts and red roses out the window in Studio 360's Valentine's Day Design Challenge. Click here to for details on how to enter.
Field Trip: The 79th Street Boat Basin
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The 79th Street Boat Basin is an Upper West Side Surprise
The UN's Extreme Makeover
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
A massive renovation is underway at the United Nations. Luckily for aficionados of mid-century modern design, there is also an elaborate strategy in place to preserve and restore the complex's iconic features, keeping the U.N. looking like it's 1952.
Climate Change the Copenhagen Way
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Copenhagen climate summit is wrapping up. Artist Mark Coreth's melting giant ice polar bear sculpture in London's Trafalgar Square is becoming the iconic image of the Copenhagen Climate conference.
Get Outta Here! Take a Field Trip to West Harlem Piers Park
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
It's been six months since West Harlem Piers Park opened, finally connecting Riverside Park to Riverbank State Park and providing an unbroken, no-dismount bike ride from the Battery to 200th Street.
Art and Design: From Bauhaus to Typography
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
The Bauhaus exhibit at MoMa has drawn huge crowds since opening in November. Check out our online tour of the show with curators Barry Bergdoll and Leah Dickerman.
What Made Your Year?
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Only 28 days left in 2009. Tell us what made your year. Name the best food, song, movie, book, show or cultural experience you had. We're reading your choices on WNYC this month.
555 Kubik's Facade Projection
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Interaction with architecture isn't limited to New York. Using three-D projection, Urbanscreen makes a German building shift, expand...and dream.
Museum of the Phantom City
Monday, November 30, 2009
iPhones and mobile devices have changed the way we navigate the city. Apps like Google Maps and Yelp put an unprecedented amount of information about the city at one’s fingertips.
The City Out My Window: 63 Views of NYC
Friday, November 27, 2009
Architect and illustrator Matteo Pericoli says that we don't choose our window views, they choose us. In his new book, "The City Out My Window - 63 Views on New York," he meticulously draws the window views of 63 New Yorkers, both famous and ordinary.