Jersey City: The Latest Architecture and News
LOT-EK: “The Shipping Container Is a Vehicle to Invent New Architecture”
Shipping containers, once a darling of architectural upcycling, have received a lot of criticism recently, as architects are beginning to recognize that their perceived advantages—ready-made habitable space and structure, and an opportunity to recycle a widely available material—are based in little more than hopeful PR spin. But for one of the most prominent practices which regularly uses shipping containers in their work, LOT-EK, the attraction of these architectural ready-mades always went beyond the ecological and practical rationalizations provided by others. In this interview at the firm's New York studio, part of Vladimir Belogolovsky’s “City of Ideas” series, LOT-EK founders Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano discuss the conceptual foundations of their fascination with shipping container architecture.
Five Manhattan West / REX
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Architects: REX
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Concreteworks, Digifabshop, Euromarble, Formglas, Interpane, +1
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Professionals: Front Inc., William Vitacco Associates, Zonca Terrazzo & Mosaic, Cerami & Associates, Cosentini Associates, +7
Nike New York Headquarters / WSDIA | WeShouldDoItAll + STUDIOS Architecture
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Architects: STUDIOS Architecture, WSDIA | WeShouldDoItAll
- Area: 150000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Artisan Signcorp, Axiom, Color X, Kam Tang, Lit, +6
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Professionals: Faust, Nike WD+C Brand Design, JT Magen & Company Inc
Snøhetta to Transform 550 Madison, Philip Johnson's Iconic Postmodern New York Skyscraper
One of New York’s most iconic Postmodern skyscrapers, the Philip Johnson-designed 550 Madison (formerly AT&T Building) is set to receive a major renovation that will completely transform how the building base interacts with the street.
Designed by Snøhetta, the project centers on improving the transparency of its street presence. To do this, the stone facade at the building base will be replaced with a undulating glass curtain wall intended to be more inviting and attractive toward pedestrians, while the existing mid-block public passageway will be opened into a much larger outdoor landscape.
Bloomberg Center / Morphosis Architects
15 Renwick / ODA New York
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Architects: ODA New York
- Area: 70000 ft²
- Year: 2016
Irish Hunger Memorial / 1100 Architect
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Architects: 1100 Architect
- Area: 16320 ft²
- Year: 2001
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Manufacturers: Vectorworks, Kilkenny Limestone
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Professionals: Cashin Associates, Lilker Associates, Metrotech Contracting Corp., Piscatello Design Centre, Signe Nielsen, +2
The White Snake / Space4architecture
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Architects: Space4architecture
- Area: 5000 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Dornbracht, Aamsco Lighting, Inc., Flynn, Flynn Custom Wood Floor, GD Cucine, +1
Blue School Middle School / PellOverton Architects
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Architects: PellOverton Architects
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: 3form, Bartco Lighting, Cascade Architectural
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Professionals: Silman, ADS Engineers, Derek Porter Studio, Future Green Studio
Saatchi & Saatchi New York Office / M Moser Associates
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Architects: M Moser Associates
- Area: 44200 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Arper, Flos, Herman Miller, Herman Miller , Modernus, +2
Grandstand Stadium / ROSSETTI
AD Classics: Trylon and Perisphere / Harrison and Fouilhoux
With the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s, the great World’s Fairs that had been held around the globe since the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 lost much of their momentum. With the specter of another global conflict looming like a stormcloud on the horizon in the latter half of the decade, prospects for the future only grew darker. It was in this air of uncertainty and fear that the gleaming white Trylon and Perisphere of the 1939 New York World’s Fair made their debuts, the centerpiece of an exhibition that presented a vision of hope for things to come.
The Stealth Building / WORKac
Karma HQ / FormNation
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Interior Designers: FormNation
- Area: 7500 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Anglepoise, Cielo, DLM, Delta IV, Delta IV Rich Brilliant Willing, +11
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Professionals: Abunch