Stillspotting nyc is a two-year multidisciplinary project organized by the Guggenheim Museum’s Architecture and Urban Studies department that is making its way to each of the city’s five boroughs (read our review of the second installment here - Ed.…
In 2006, the Architectural League partnered with Omar Khan, Trebor Scholz and Mark Shepard to organize a three-day symposium to explore the implications of situated technologies and ubiquitous computing on the built environment, to encourage architects and designers to contribute …
TIMES SQUARE REVAMP
What defines an edge condition? How is the street differentiated from the sidewalk? For the past couple of years, Times Square has been the site of an experiment: what happens when you take away traffic from one …
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Gavin Browning calls attention to the supportive housing developments and programs of Housing Works so often overshadowed by the organization’s more familiar street-level enterprises. |
MANHATTAN MEMORIOUS
Back in 2009, Irene Cheng and Brett Snyder took us on a tour of the unbuilt city through their smartphone app of speculative proposals for New York, the Museum of the Phantom City. Recently, for the 2011 …
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Allison Carafa takes us on a fresh and cheerful journey through an under-explored but ubiquitous aspect of our urban environment: the window air conditioning unit. |
THE TAXI OF TOMORROW
The “Taxi of Tomorrow”, the Nissan NV200, the first taxi specifically designed and engineered for driving in New York City, has been unveiled. While the new cab will feature some major safety innovations, including airbags for passengers and lighter sliding doors, they are neither ADA compliant nor are they hybrids. These are two big criticisms. Nonetheless, the new features emerge…
With the news that the pair of exhibitions celebrating and speculating on the Manhattan street grid has been extended until July 15th comes the announcement of a new series of live programs at the exhibitions’ venue, the Museum of the …
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From a personal story of industrial decline to a national exploration of energy production, the artist discusses the themes that connect his body of work, including his current exhibition of photographs of some of New York’s extraordinary and idiosyncratic trees. |
March was Women’s History Month: 31 days honoring women’s contributions, historic and contemporary, to society. As could be expected, the month was observed in part with a spate of dialogues, panel discussions, and symposia assessing gender equality and female achievement …
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