Henry Melcher reports for The Architect’s Newspaper. Queens Borough President striving to save Philip Johnson folly. There is a conspicuous and almost haunting irony to what’s left of the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Queens’ Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The Philip Johnson–designed New York State Pavilion, with its “Astro-View Observation Towers” and “Tent of Tomorrow,” was about more than showing off New
Alan G. Brake reports for The Architect’s Newspaper. Experimental firm to construct low carbon, self-building pavilion for 2014 Young Architects Program. The Living, an experimental New York–based practice lead by David Benjamin, has been selected to design and build the 15th edition of MoMA PS 1’s Young Architects Program (YAP). Known for using advanced technology to mimic biological structures or
Zoe Rosenberg reports for Curbed. New renderings have emerged for the Red Hook warehouse conversion at 202 Coffey Street led by architects AA Studio (formerly Adjmi & Andreoli), BuzzBuzz Home reports. The 130,000-square-foot factory space was purchased in 2012 by Milan-based developer Est4te Four for $11.8 million. According to the developer’s website, 202 Coffey Street formerly served as a production
