Row New York has announced the designs for its new boathouse, located in Sherman Creek Park on the Harlem River in New York City. Founded on the belief that the skills learned in rowing are essential to the development of well-rounded individuals, Row New York offers a competitive rowing and academic success program to students from underserved communities throughout New York City. Located on the banks of the Harlem River, the proposed boathouse seeks to expand Row New York’s free and low-cost programs that teach young people in under-resourced communities the sport of competitive rowing, while also assisting them with their education to prepare them for higher education and a path to college. Through the discipline and rigor of sport, the project seeks to transform the lives of people in the local community, giving young people a sense of self-confidence and purpose, inspiring them to achieve their full potential. The expansion will enable Row New York to substantially increase its reach, accommodating up to five times as many students, including those with physical and cognitive disabilities and bringing all its activities under one roof for the first time.
Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson, co-founders of globally renowned design firm, Drake/Anderson were enlisted to oversee the complete renovation of a striking glass house in Columbia County, New York. Built in 2007 by Columbia University Professor and architect, Michael Bell, the 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom home was inspired by significant mid-century architecture such as Philip Johnson’s Glass House and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth house.
Landmarks are a world of lore with its own inherent set of beliefs, stories, and customs. In a town that seems to reinvent itself overnight, New York landmarks represent the city’s hard-fought, cherished history. At 10 Jay Street, an ideal location flanked by the Manhattan Bridge and flush with waterfront views, integrating innovative design with the site’s landmark heritage was more than creative vision, it was a developmental demand. Today the waterfront offers a new kind of visibility inward and out. 10 Jay Street honors the relationship between neighborhood and waterfront, heritage and innovation. A delicate balance of glass, steel, brick, and spandrels give the building gravitas without compromising industrial heritage.
The brief asked for desk area for 12-14 people, a conference room, a library, a kitchenette and break out area, while keeping the space open and without visual clutter when needed in a 1000 sf space.
In order to fit the requirements of the client, central area of the space is dedicated for a continuous work desk while conference room, library, kitchenette and break out area was located on the two ends.
Christian Lahoude Studio collaborated with Portuguese footwear brand Josefinas to conceive and bring to life their first, worldwide flagship store in Manhattan’s NoLIta neighborhood. The goal was to to refine and translate the Josefinas brand message into a real-world retail experience. The resulting design speaks to the femininity of the Josefinas world, incorporating a young, fresh feel, while paying homage to the the distinctive heritage of the brand through the use of exclusively handmade design elements that speak to Portuguese craftsmanship.
Designed by Seyedeh Ayeh Mirrezaei to be used as a real estate office, it is located on the seventeen floor of the building and is encompassed over 1184,000 square feet in New Your City.
This project entitled a surgical demolition of an existing shed and the erection of a small ancillary building. The old structure housed the electrical and communications utilities of a large compound, and the new project had to preserve the location and function of all this equipment, therefore some walls and floor levels are set from the beginning.
The program required two different type of users, therefore we decided to split the building in two, allowing for a separate circulation for each group. The upper piece houses the electrical room and the team quarters, while the lower portion holds two individual restrooms for visitors.
The project sits in the middle of the forest therefore we chose charred wood to make it blend with the surrounding nature. On the other hand, the polycarbonate façade brings natural light and privacy to the interior. All floors are made of polished concrete for easy maintenance and a radiant slab keeps an optimal temperature during extreme winters.
Article source: LEE H. SKOLNICK ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PARTNERSHIP
SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership was engaged to provide Interpretive Planning, Interior Architectural Design, and Exhibit and Graphic Design services for the complete renovation and re-envisioning of the Jackie and Harold Spielman Children’s Library, at Port Washington Public Library which serves children from birth to ‘tweens. With a “Tree of Knowledge” theme based on developmental principles in learning behavior, the new children’s library upgrade is designed to better serve the youngest Port Washington residents and their families. The focal point of the design incorporates an over-arching tree motif and a vibrantly colored, leaf-inspired wayfinding system that utilizes colorful, environmental graphics on the walls and floors and is designed to assist young visitors in self-guided discovery and learning.
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Vessel is a new type of public landmark – a 16-storey circular climbing frame, with 2,465 steps, 80 landings and views across the Hudson River and Manhattan. It is the central feature of the main public square in the Hudson Yards development, one of the largest real estate projects in American history, which is transforming a former rail yard in Manhattan’s Upper West Side into a completely new neighbourhood, with more than five acres of new public spaces and gardens.
Photography: Getty Images, Michael Moran for Related-Oxford, Francis Dzikowski for Related-Oxford
Client: Related, Oxford Properties Group
Design Engineers: AKTII
Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti
Landscape Architects: Nelson Byrd Woltz
Project Team: Charlotte Bovis, Einar Blixhavn, Antoine van Erp, Felipe Escudero, Thomas Farmer, Steven Howson, Jessica In, Nilufer Kocabas, Panagiota Kotsovinou, Barbara Lavickova, Alexander Laing, Elli Liverakou, Pippa Murphy, Luke Plumbley, Ivan Ucros Polley, Daniel Portilla, Jeff Powers, Matthew Pratt, Peter Romvári, Ville Saarikoski, Takashi Tsurumaki
Set on a bucolic 220 acre farm in Dutchess County NY, this private home manifests the duality of living on this site: The desire for transparency and engagement with the landscape vs the desire for privacy. Rather than resolving this duality in a single object/condition, our solution allows these conditions to exist in a tangential relationship. In this Venn diagram, there is no overlap. The public-facing areas of the house are contained within a glass volume that floats across the landscape. The private-facing areas of the house are protected by a volume of locally-sourced stone embedded in the landscape. The perpendicular orientation of the two volumes differentiates these two conditions, minimizing their overlap and emphasizing the landscape quality of the lower volume as an extension of the outdoor “landscape” for the glass volume. While the upper volume is defined by the horizontal planes of the floor and roof that extend past the vertical planes of glass, the lower volume is defined by the vertical walls which rise above the roof surface, providing for a planted landscape and terrace area set into the stone parapet.
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