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Record Interiors 2016

53rd Street Library by TEN Arquitectos

Open Book: A new library speaks volumes about design thinking, cultural values, and the persuasion of real estate.

October 4, 2016

As you peer through the elegantly glazed vestibule of the new 53rd Street Library in Manhattan, instead of book-lined shelves, you see a large amphitheater with expansive wood tiers.

Continuing Education: Green Walls

Peter Fairley

July 1, 2016

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Greenery on buildings is gaining traction, but needs validation.

UAE to Introduce Labor Reforms

Anna Fixsen

October 22, 2015

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The United Arab Emirates says it will take steps to protect migrant workers, but are such measures enough? Photo © Samer Muscati/Human Rights Watch The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is taking steps to reform its labor laws, local authorities say.

No Shadow Towers for the River Thames

The Bright Idea: NBBJ proposes a set of "shadowless" towers for London's rapidly changing skyline.

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

March 30, 2015

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Architects from the global firm NBBJ have designed what they call a “No Shadow Tower” for a site along the Thames River in London. The hypothetical scheme, developed in response to a call for ideas from the architecture think tank New London Architecture (NLA), offers one way to lessen the impact of tall buildings on the urban fabric surrounding them.

Nouvel Says He Won't Attend Paris Phil Opening

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

January 8, 2015

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Photo © James S. Russell The Philharmonie de Paris under construction in October 2014. The day of the gala opening of his design for the Philharmonie de Paris, January 14, Jean Nouvel announced he would not attend. The building is not ready for orchestras, he said in a statement released by his office. “There were no acoustic tests in the concert hall. The schedule did not allow the architectural and technical requirements to be respected.” The 2,400-seat concert hall rises like a shiny iceberg of mottled metal and rippling polished stainless steel in the Parc de la Villette at

News Roundup: Ando Condo and Nouveau Nouvel

Fred A. Bernstein

March 7, 2014

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Photo © Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Tadao will design a 32,000-square-foot, seven-story condo building in New York City. Tadao Ando, the Pritzker Prize-winner and one-time boxer, has always had to pull his punches in Manhattan. His work so far has been limited to a SoHo apartment for a Japanese sports star and parts of the West Chelsea restaurant Morimoto. Now he will be a little more visible in the city, with a seven-story, 32,000-square foot condo building at 152 Elizabeth Street, at Kenmare Street. (Gabellini Sheppard Associates is the architect of record for the project.) Ando is best known

One Small Move

Fred A. Bernstein

February 25, 2014

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In 1998, the Empire Theater, a 7.4-million-pound building on Manhattan's West 42nd Street, was moved 170 feet.

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Laura Raskin

January 8, 2014

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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced today that in its next phase of expansion, it will tear down the 2001 American Folk Art Museum building designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.

MoMA to Annouce Architect for Folk Art Museum Site

Architectural Record Staff

May 9, 2013

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Photo © Michael Moran The Museum of Modern Art in New York is expected to announce today that it has selected an architect to create a design for the site of the American Folk Art Museum's former home. Last month, MoMA stated its intention to raze the small museum building, an acclaimed design by Tod Williams Billie Tsien that was completed in 2001, to make way for an expansion of its own large facility on West 53rd Street in Manhattan. Word has it that the firm likely to be named is Diller Scofidio + Renfro. It is unclear whether the

Starchitects Face Off in New Film

Laura Mirviss

April 23, 2013

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Jean Nouvel may have regretted letting the cameras roll as he asked his staff, through gritted teeth, if their painstaking design for a new art museum was meant for pigeons.