Should NYC Raze Its Wasteful Modernist Skyscrapers to Go Green? Kelly Chan investigates for Blouin Artinfo Last year marked the first year New York City’s commercial buildings were mandated to publicly disclose their energy usage levels, and with that, some of the city’s most esteemed works of architecture were subjected to a new wave of scrutiny. While the recently completed
In 1968, Donald Judd — the artist known for his boxy, implacable sculptures and wall pieces — paid $68,000 for 101 Spring Street, a graceful but dilapidated five-story cast-iron building, and began his renovation by hauling out truckloads of trash. Over the years, he kept installing art and modifying the architecture in pursuit of an ideal balance. After his
Kerri Jacobs reports for Metropolis Magazine DUMBO Principle A Brooklyn developer asks for more height in exchange for a livelier public realm. A good deal? Karrie Jacobs Courtesy SHOP The renderings were pure eye candy, made for tweeting and retweeting. They showed a dazzling quartet of new buildings flanking the landmark Domino Sugar plant on the Brooklyn waterfront. Three of
Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times The American Folk Art Museum. By ROBIN POGREBIN Published: May 9, 2013 134 Comments AFTER impassioned protests from prominent architects, preservationists and design critics, the Museum of Modern Art said on Thursday that it would reconsider its decision to demolish its next-door neighbor, the former home of the American Folk Art Museum, to make room for an
