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HWKN wins the 2012 Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1 in New York

The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 have announced the New York based office HWKN (HollwichKushner) as winner of the annual Young Architects Program (YAP) in New York. As winners of the 13th edition of the program, HWKN will construct an outdoor summer installation at the PS1 courtyard in Long Island City, Queens. The winning proposal, known as Wendy, was selected from five finalists and will provide a unique setting for the popular Warm Up summer music series.

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Holm Architecture Office with VM Studio Wins Manhattan Skate Park Competition

International design collective HAO / Holm Architecture Office, in collaboration with New York-based VM Studio, has received first place in a competition for the re-design of the Coleman Oval Skate Park in Manhattan.

Nine New York design firms were invited to participate in the competition, which was sponsored by Architecture for Humanity and a Gamechangers grant from Nike, a campaign encouraging community organizations to empower youth through sports programs that spur social and economic development. The project is being developed with the New York City Parks & Recreation Department’s Adopt-a-Park program. Continue Reading →

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‘Saipua Store’ by Tacklebox

“Located in the industrial neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, this is a project for Saipua – a small, family- run business dedicated to small batch production of handmade soaps and unique floral arrangements. The store was designed by New York-based architectural firm Tacklebox.

As their business evolved, and having outgrown their original storefront space, the clients sought to relocate their shop in a new facility that could house both production and retail under one roof, without compromising the unique identity that is Saipua. Continue Reading →

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Nets Arena at Atlantic Yards by Shop Architects and Ellerbe Becket

Developer Bruce Ratner recently revealed the latest design for his proposed new Nets basketball arena in Prospect Heights, part of a controversial project that also includes 16 residential and office towers. The third version of the 675,000-square-foot Atlantic Yards arena was created by SHoP Architects and Kansas City-based Ellerbe Becket. Continue Reading →

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‘Mangal City’ Skyscrapers by Chimera

Design team Chimera has conceived of an incredible series of spiraling skyscrapers for New York’s Hudson Yards that are modeled after the complex ecosystems created by the mangrove tree. Dubbed “Mangal City”, the project is an “urban ecological system” composed of modular pod capsules that shift to adapt to environmental and contextual conditions. A beautiful example of biomimicry and certainly a flight of fancy, the plan proposes a futuristic building system based upon flexibility. Continue Reading →

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‘Aqualt’ by Studio Lindfors

New York designers Studio Lindfors have created a series of images imagining how New York and Tokyo might look like in a few hundred years as a result of rising sea levels. Continue Reading →

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