Alexei Tajzler and Christie Johnson of HLZAE join the DESIGN:ED podcast to discuss the renovation of Manhattan's iconic Flatiron Building and the impact of historic preservation on modern architecture.
Seeking to avoid a gut renovation, the 2009 Design Vanguard preserves period touches while updating a stately 1892 structure under a breakneck timeframe.
Updating the limestone-clad 1905 structure required serious interventions, including inserting a sky-lit central staircase to directly connect the garden level with the rest of the house.
As the tennis faithful flock to Flushing, Queens, for the 2025 U.S. Open, we take a look back at the first incarnation of the USTA National Tennis Center completed in 1978.
In this 1970 review, editor Mildred Schmertz praises Juilliard architect Pietro Belluschi’s ingenuity in navigating functional demands and engineering constraints.
Designed by Susan T Rodriguez, the project features a landscape-camouflaged amenity building and a vast public pool that converts into an ice rink in the winter.
The book on Citicorp Tower and its potentially calamitous design flaw ‘puts a fresh spin on a familiar story that continues to offer lessons for the building professions writ large.’