Manchester continues to become a truly modern city, with its ever changing topography dominated most notably by new sky scrapers. Whilst one of the best places to view this pace of change is from afar - viewing the city’s skyline from up high; within the city, it is Mosley Street that provides one of the most compelling views. Here looking from Piccadilly towards St. Peters Square, one can see a cluster of new buildings that were not there a few years ago and have completely changed the vista. I was fortunate to capture this scene early morning as the sun was still rising, giving the buildings some wonderful coloured hues. This is 069 a limited edition run of prints - 10 in each size - once they are gone they are gone forever. Each print has been produced on fine art cotton, is acid free 300gsm paper and will be numbered and signed by 0161
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Soaring 1,396 feet above Manhattan’s famed Park Avenue, between 56th and 57th Street, 432 Park Avenue is not only the tallest residential building in New York City but also the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere.Designed by world-renowned architect Rafael Viñoly and co-developed by Macklowe Properties and CIM Group, 432 Park Avenue comprises 106 luxurious residences each considered the most sought after addresses in the City.Rafael Viñoly Architects’ unique new residential and mixed-use tower rises to become a prominent feature of the New York City skyline from its site at the intersection of Park Avenue and East 57th Street. The building is a slender, unencumbered volume that marks the geometric centre of the skyline. The project consists of residences on middle and upper levels and common spaces distributed throughout the lowest levels. Two smaller volumes adjacent to the tower house retail and commercial office spaces facing onto East 57th Street.432 Park is an expression of the extraordinary qualities of the Manhattan grid and its design exploits these parameters. A regular grid of exposed concrete members creates an open basket within which seven independent buildings stack up, separated by spaces within which the building cores are exposed to the outdoor elements. These breaks allow for deflection of wind pressures and help the 1,396-foot (425-meter) -tall building, with its 1:15 slenderness ratio, achieve structural stability. The six upper volumes, starting 200 feet (61 meters) above grade, contain 53 residential floors housing 106 units with panoramic views. The floor plan, with 12.5-foot-tall (3.8-meter-tall) ceiling heights and rooms that are unencumbered by structural elements, also provides flexibility for custom redesigns of the units. Each floor measures approximately 8,740-square-feet (812-square-meters) and can accommodate from one to three residential units.The lowest section of the tower is totally devoted to the amenities provided exclusively for the residents: staff accommodations, conference facilities such as a meeting room and a screening room, a fully-equipped restaurant opening to a garden terrace overlooking 57th Street, health and spa facilities including a fitness center and swimming pool, independent storage spaces, wine cellars, and a sub-grade parking garage. At the base, the building meets the ground creating a landscaped public space that extends the feeling of openness of Park Avenue onto 56th Street. A private porte-cochere defines the entrance to a discreet residential lobby. All services and delivery accesses are independently located to the east side of the tower. On 57th Street, a retail volume maintains its own functional and architectural identity while simultaneously aligning with the geometric discipline of the tower above. This object extends the exclusive character of the retail experience of Madison over to Park Avenue. On Park Avenue, a freestanding fully glazed retail cube marks the access to the site.Slender, tall, residential and mixed-use tower rises as a prominent feature of the New York City skyline design based on the geometry of a square stacks seven independent buildings on top of each other to create one of the city’s tallest structures Public plaza and retail volume at tower base maintain their own identities while referencing the geometry above.
Almost four years from the announcement that a boutique hotel would be coming to Lexington’s First National Building, the 21c Museum Hotel is opening for business on Feb. 29.
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ICI (now Orica) House helped Melbourne throw off its Victorian dowdiness and become a modern city. Gideon Haigh tells the forgotten story of its creation
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Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture envision a pair of magnifcent towers shooting up into the sky of Seoul, South Korea. Aptly named
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the design: wichita falls pearl snap the colors: olive green with blue and tangerine + mustard with blush and coral the size: 12 x 18 about the print: There is no doubt that we are big fans of our town and community. Wichita Falls is a unique town with history and quirks that make it an interesting place to live. From the littlest sky scraper, our amazing wee-chi-tah mountain bike trail, fake falls, the railroad, oil boom and more. Designed by owner, Kathryn Hager, an advocate for our community and downtown Wichita Falls. This item will ship in a round tube for to insure no bending.
Sheds, small cabins, and tiny tiny houses with lofts are the projects that a growing number of people are attempting to build with their own hands. It is obvious that our kids and grandkids are
The farmer’s son was returning from the market with the crate of chicken’s his father had entrusted to him, when all of a sudden the box fell and broke open.
