Tag Archives: architecture

Afternoon View – Key West Cottage

If you wander down the back alleys, you’ll find lots of charmingly weather-beaten little cottages in Key West’s classic style. This one I noticed on Elgin Lane is far less ramshackle than most and just sold for $800K.

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What Does This Look Like?

A skyscraper project in Korea has some New Yorkers fuming. An architecture firm said Friday it “regrets” a bizarre design for two high-rises in Korea reminds people of the twin towers exploding on 9/11. A mockup shows two soaring skyscrapers connected in the middle by a “pixelated cloud” that evoked the clouds of debris that erupted from the iconic World …

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World’s Tallest Trailer Park For Brooklyn

A highrise project above a new sports arena in Brooklyn will be built using modular housing units like those seen in mobile homes. At 32 stories, one of the buildings will be the tallest such structure in the world. In New York City, the School Construction Authority has used the technology to build classrooms, and the Capsys Corporation, a modular …

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Enter The Earthscraper

Via Humans Invent, an interesting proposal. Burrowing down 35 stories beneath the heart of Mexico City, the Earthscraper defies everything the skyscraper stands for. It’s an ambitious rebuttal to architectural obsession with high-rise, so-called space efficient living. Shaped like an inverted pyramid, the Earthscraper will burrow downwards 775,000 square metres, preserving the existing city square above. By building below the …

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An 1881 Vision Of Manhattan

Gothamist points us to an 1881 drawing in Harper’s Weekly, which predicted a Manhattan skyline not terribly unlike the one we see today.

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The Mac Mothership

Above is the artist’s rendering of the proposed 2.8 million square feet Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California. Pending the permission of city leaders, Apple plans to break ground on the project next year.

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Garage Door Magic

The owners of a Haight district apartment building found a clever way to maintain their building’s Victorian facade when adding a garage.

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Afternoon View – Orlando Main Library

Like many Brutalist buildings, Orlando’s Main Public Library looks like a prison. Unfortunately my alma mater, UCF, also features a major example of ugly Brutalism.

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The World’s Most Expensive House

Mukesh Ambani, the fourth-wealthiest person in the world, has built himself the first-ever billion-dollar home in Mumbai. The lavish building– named Antilia, after the mythical island– has 27 stories, is 173 meters high and has 37,000 square meters of floor space — more than the Palace of Versailles. It contains a health club with a gym and dance studio, at …

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See The Empire State (While You Still Can)

While some of Manhattan’s most iconic buildings have been obscured from enjoyment by enormous bland glass boxes (one can scarcely discern the Woolworth Building from some angles), the Empire State Building has soared alone in lower midtown for nearly 80 years, with no neighboring building daring to approach even half its height. That may soon change with the planned 15 …

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Afternoon View – The Beekman

The 76-story Frank Gehry-designed Beekman is almost finished in downtown Manhattan. It’s presently the ninth-tallest building in the city, however six much taller buildings will soon push the Beekman out of the top ten. It contains 903 “luxury” apartments, all rental. Hello recession. These pics embiggen nicely. (I’m quite pleased with the zoom on my new camera.)

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SINGAPORE: World’s Most Expensive Hotel Opens With World’s Largest Outdoor Pool

The $6B Marina Sands Hotel opened in Singapore this weekend with a 650-foot infinity pool on the 55th floor. More cool/scary photos here. What global recession?

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Stay Right, No…Left

China is planning a massive 22-mile bridge connecting its mainland to Hong Kong. However Hong Kong drives on the left and China drives on the right. Above is the rendering of a Netherlands design team’s solution to the problem by splitting the bridge mid-span and crossing the lanes under each other. Lots more about the planned bridge at the link.

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Shanghai: 1990 Vs. 2010

Via Business Insider, a startling look at the transformation of Shanghai in the space of a mere 20 years. Has any city in the world ever changed so rapidly and dramatically? Abu Dhabi, maybe? Meanwhile, here at home, Ground Zero remains a raw gaping wound upon the city almost nine years after 9/11.

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90+ Story Apartment Building Planned For Manhattan Near Central Park

The ugly Trump World Tower will be deposed as New York City’s tallest residential building after a planned 1005 foot apartment building is completed in Manhattan’s near the southern end of Central Park. The tower, designed by the French architect Christian de Portzamparc, will rise 1,005 feet above 57th Street east of Seventh Avenue, feature striking views of Central Park …

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Apartment Transformer

An architect in Hong Kong has turned his tiny studio into an “apartment transformer” through clever rolling walls and hidden spaces. His place is the same size as mine, but I think I’d tire quickly of all that rolling. Lazy American.

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Hotel Hollywood

Danish architect Christian Bay-Jorgensen is being praised by some for his idea to turn the iconic Hollywood sign into a hotel. The iconic Hollywood sign is in danger of being obstructed by hulking mansions. There’s fear that future generations will point toward Mount Lee and ask: Mommy, why can I only see the letters “OO” on the hill? If the …

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World’s Weirdest Apartments

Koldcast has posted their Top 20 Weirdest Apartment Buildings, of which I really dig the above complex in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where it looks like you really could fall out of the windows.

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Morning View – Saarinen Terminal

Last year JetBlue remodeled and moved into the old TWA Flight Center at JFK, commonly known as the Saarinen Terminal for its architect Eero Saarinen. Ugly morning in NYC today.

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Morning View – 10th & 23rd

This new condo tower has cantilevered its floors to hover out over the High Line Park.

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