New York: A Guide to Recent Architecture, Second Edition

Sirefman, Susanna; Collie, Keith

ISBN 10: 1841660515 / ISBN 13: 9781841660516

Published by Ellipsis London Pr Ltd, 2001

About this Item

Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. A guide to recent architecture Since publication of the first edition of this book, growing public interest in the quality of architecture and design across the us has even reached New York City. Driven by market forces and new technologies rather than deep-seated convictions (size and comfort still score bigger points here than design excellence), several exciting and innovative buildings have taken shape in the last two years in Manhattan, while the outer boroughs have continued to be more adventurous. Both American and European architects have had the opportunity to build, and this guide includes new work by James Stewart Polshek, Diller + Scofidio, Michael Gabellini, and Architecture Research Office among the former, while Christian de Portzamparc, Raimund Abraham, Aldo Rossi, Rem Koolhaas and Future Systems are among the latter. Susanna Sirefman trained as an architect at the Architectural Association in London before returning to her native New York. She has written extensively on contemporary architecture and has taught in London, Chicago and New York.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New York: A Guide to Recent Architecture, Second Edition
• Publisher: Ellipsis London Pr Ltd
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841660515
• ISBN 13: 9781841660516
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 7 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

Updated and rephotographed edition of a massively successful book: the definitive reference to the city's contemporary architectural scene. Covering a diverse range of enormous- to diminutive-scale projects, this book is an urban study rather than just a building guide. The last ten years of post-urban architecture in New York have involved the infrastructure of the city. And with an energy found nowhere else, Manhattan is so vertically jam-packed that any single structure sends reverberations throughout its vicinity. So New York expands and contracts in large chunks, and this guide reveals pockets of change, gentrification and development: Bryant Park, Battery Park City, the future of 42nd Street and Times Square. All five boroughs and Roosevelt Island have been included. Complexes such as the Jacob Javits Convention Center by I.M. Pei are to be found side by side with Steven Holl's Storefront for Art and Architecture. Interiors as well as complete structures are covered. This book is probably the most comprehensive review available of recent architectural activity in New York. Written to appeal to both professionals and anyone interested in the built environment. 150 b/w photographs.

About the Author

Susanna Sirefman is an architect and writer based in New York City.