The Taiwan Tower Twin Syscraper
The Taiwan Tower is a Sustainable Twin Syscraper for the 21st Century The Taiwan Tower is a proposal by Vienna-based architect Steven Ma in Collaboration with San Liu, Xinyu Wan, and Emre Icdem. This...
View ArticleFinalists emerge to redesign National Mall sites
Existing Mall Lakeside gardens, dining rooms hovering over water, grassy new amphitheaters and underground pavilions at the foot of the Washington Monument have emerged as finalists in a design...
View ArticleHaus W – Pott Architects Ltd. Architecture
The individual home of character as the place to enjoy private family life seems to have been increasingly sidelined in these times of standard-pattern pre-assembled housing units, perhaps no longer...
View ArticleIn China, an underground luxury hotel
While many architects and engineers have been vying to construct the world’s tallest tower, a group in China has looked to build in the opposite direction. Construction began last month on Shanghai’s...
View Article‘Provocative’ proposal made for new bus garage
Developer Larry Silverstein is said to have offered a way to to build and pay for a facility in back of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Guess what’s in it for him. On Tuesday, Port Authority of New...
View ArticleCornellNYC Chooses Its Architect
After a competition that included some of the world’s most prominent architects, Thom Mayne of the firm Morphosis has been selected to design the first academic building for Cornell University’s...
View ArticleCliff-hanger house nails top prize
Cliff House, Halifax architect Brian MacKay-Lyons’ creation, has won his firm its sixth Governor General’s medal. Since Christmas, the firm has won 14 national and international design awards. A modest...
View ArticleAfter 40 years, huge project gets 1st green light
Community Board 3 voted in favor of a plan to turn seven city-owned acres just south of the Williamsburg Bridge into a 1.7 million-square-foot mixed-use development. After more than 40 years, the...
View ArticleCity Council committee backs NYU expansion
A New York City Council committee has approved a modified version of a plan to add four new buildings to New York University in Greenwich Village. The Land Use Committee voted 19-1 Tuesday in favor...
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