"Competing Visions" Lead to Demise of Costas Kondylis and Partners Photo courtesy Costas Kondylis Design Costas Kondylis, designer of Donald Trump towers, has broken up his longtime firm and formed a new one. Architect Costas Kondylis, AIA, who is perhaps best known for the New York high-rises designed for Donald Trump, has broken up his longtime firm and formed a new one. In December, Kondylis announced the launch of Costas Kondylis Design, a New York-based practice emphasizing projects that aspire to certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program (LEED). His former firm, Costas
Born 1928 in New York, Rossant attended the Bronx High School of Science before receiving a bachelor’s of architecture from the University of Florida in 1950, then under the leadership of Paul Rudolph.
In September, American architect Steven Holl won an international competition to design a new studio and classroom building for the Glasgow School of Art.
Though experts may dispute the role of human activity in climate change, evidence is mounting that temperatures and sea levels are rising. With 10 of the world’s largest 15 cities located on the coast, metropolitan areas could be greatly affected. In fact, according to a January 5 editorial in The New York Times, New York City “will face a tidal rise of 2 feet or more by 2080” if global warming continues at its current rate. Image courtesy Guy Nordenson and Associates, Catherine Seavitt Studio, Architecture Research Office The 'Rising Currents' project was inspired by a study conducted by the
Moshe Safdie and Associates, based in Somerville, Massachusetts, designed the base of the five-story building, which is clad in precast panels to blend with its neoclassical neighbors and features a sweeping white glass roof intended to make a strong statement of the institute’s mission.
In a case that could have larger implications for the architecture profession, an Ohio firm has sued a client after being fired, with the hope of being put back on the job. Image courtesy Wikipedia The medical center would feature 480 beds and a cancer center. Karlsberger, a mid-sized firm based in Columbus, claims that nearby Ohio State University acted in bad faith this fall when it terminated a contract for a $1 billion, 1-million-square-foot expansion of its medical center. The glassy, soaring addition, which is to feature 480 beds and a cancer center, is the largest construction project on
How do you guide museum visitors through the unseen world of sound? That was the dilemma faced by the designers and builders of the new $125-million Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, scheduled to open this spring. Images courtesy Musical Instrument Museum The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix contains 190,000 square feet of exhibition and performance space. Featuring both historic and contemporary instruments from around the globe, the museum aims to help visitors better understand musical expression in different cultures and in various aspects of life. Bob Ulrich, former CEO of the Target Corp., is the museum’s founder and chairman; the
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