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From the Seagram Building's sleek, black, glass structure of bronze, Travertine and pink granite, to 15 Hudson Yard's elevating mixed-use innovation, these are some of the finest models of design and architecture via skyscraper in the mid-20th century.
SPAN Architecture recast this two-level space in New York City—previously a photography studio—as a loft-like residence that is rich in materials. A blackened steel staircase, executed by general contractor Richard Kaleta, leads to the private quarters on the duplex's second floor. The walkway is composed of custom etched glass, stretched across an open atrium to below.
While both phases of the project could be completed by 2024, don't miss this upcoming opportunity to learn the ideas and strategies behind its design!
Howard Elkus, co-founder of Elkus Manfredi Architects, will explain how his firm designed a unique retail experience that seamlessly translates the outdoor public space into a vertical retail experience. The facade, designed by James Carpenter of Fulton Street Sky Reflector fame, is just one of the ways the designers are giving Hudston Yards a unique sense of place.
While the panel will discuss the project broadly, our experts will focus on one specific area: The Plaza and the adjacent 1 million square foot The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards. How do you design a successful-yet-original public space in New York City? Thomas Woltz, Founding Principal of landsacpe architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz, will discuss how his team crafted the Plaza's character, circulation flows (which stretch to the Highline and beyond), and vegetation.
Jeffrey Shumaker, chief urban designer for the New York City Department of City Planning, calls out the High Line, the wildly popular public park built on an elevated abandoned railway, as an example of cities seeing potential in underutilized spaces. "As delegations from other cities and countries visit the High Line, they always ask, 'How can we create our own High Line?' The answer I always give is the same: Think of something that's unique to your place, some place that's embedded in the fabric of your city that can have a similarly transformative effect," he says.
Seagram Building, New York, New York (1958)With this sleek, black, glass structure of bronze, Travertine and pink granite, separated from the city streets by an expansive plaza, Mies van der Rohe created the reigning model for modernist skyscrapers in the mid-20th century.