Sunday, December 15, 2013
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Friday, December 13, 2013
Skyhouse, NYC
David Hotson Architect
SkyHouse is a penthouse occupying four floors at the summit of an early skyscraper in Lower Manhattan. Angel caryatids at the corners advertise its original role as the headquarters of the American Tract Society, a publisher of religious literature which constructed this building in 1896.
The American Tract Society building is one of the earliest—and one of the oldest surviving—steel framed skyscrapers in New York. It is the last survivor of a group of early skyscrapers, built across from City Hall to house competing publishers, which were the tallest buildings in the world at the time they were constructed in the late 19th century.
SkyHouse is a penthouse occupying four floors at the summit of an early skyscraper in Lower Manhattan. Angel caryatids at the corners advertise its original role as the headquarters of the American Tract Society, a publisher of religious literature which constructed this building in 1896.
The American Tract Society building is one of the earliest—and one of the oldest surviving—steel framed skyscrapers in New York. It is the last survivor of a group of early skyscrapers, built across from City Hall to house competing publishers, which were the tallest buildings in the world at the time they were constructed in the late 19th century.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
8 Spruce Street NYC
New York
byGehry
Designed by Frank Gehry, 8 Spruce Street is the world’s largest residential tower at 867 feet tall with 903 residential units.
Each apartment on the north side has a bay window that is not vertically aligned to its neighbor and each apartment is configured differently to fit the building’s seven-sided design which is comprised of 10,500 stainless steel panels of different shapes.
byGehry
Designed by Frank Gehry, 8 Spruce Street is the world’s largest residential tower at 867 feet tall with 903 residential units.
Each apartment on the north side has a bay window that is not vertically aligned to its neighbor and each apartment is configured differently to fit the building’s seven-sided design which is comprised of 10,500 stainless steel panels of different shapes.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Kanye West | Claudio Silvestrin
Claudio Silvestrin designed two residences for Kanye West, one in New York and another in Los Angeles.
New York
New York
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| View from the hall to dining table and lounge. |