Part of an initiative of the non-profit developer Broadway Housing Communities, this mixed-use complex in the historic Sugar Hill district of Harlem sought to give the neighborhood new affordable housing options and also a cultural institution that w
The new headquarters for The New York Times newspaper was commissioned via invited competition in 2000. RPBW’s winning design opens up a neglected corner of Manhattan opposite the Port Authority, with a 52-storey building whose themes of permeability
An envelope of aluminum scales with patterns inspired in Escherian motifs protects a large balconied concert hall designed in the manner of Scharoun¹s Berliner Philaharmonie.
The combination of a glass- and bronze-clad shaft and a series of cantilevered cubic volumes breaks the symmetry of the complex and gives it a lighter appearance.
Playing with the colors of glass, the tower faces Central Park thanks to its L-shaped organization, claiming some breathtaking views of the entire length of New York’s lung.
Drawn up as a series of boxes of different sizes stacked and placed off-axis with respect to one another, the building for the New Museum grows vertically to fit the museum program required into a small site. Each volume has a different function and
El nuevo edificio para la Cooper Union en el Bajo Manhattan aspira a reflejar los valores y el carácter de la institución y de la ciudad donde aquélla fue fundada hace 150 años. Su impulsor, el industrial autodidacta Peter Cooper, quiso apoyar un tip
