Beginning in the mid-1960s, the New York architect Richard Meier (born 1934) consistently explored the potential of a white, pristine, and spatially rich modern architecture. By the mid-1980s Meier ha...
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Richard Meier, as one of the most noted architects in the late twentieth century, is a man who understands that architecture is more than an implementation of design. There is much thought that goe...
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Developers Louis Greco Jr. and Mario Procida have teamed up to form SDS Procida. Why does that matter? The new group is developing Richard Meier's On Prospect Park, the 114-unit condo at 1 G...
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Bonn, Germany (dpa) - A purpose-built museum of works of Franco-
German artist Jean Arp, who also used the name Hans Arp, was opened
Friday south of the German city of Bonn ...
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“I think it is a departure from the ordinary developer buildings that are hailed as luxury,” said architect Annabelle Selldorf. “I feel strongly that this is going to be an except...
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Valentino is planning to paint the city red with festivities marking 45 years as the "numero uno" in Italian fashion.The man who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy for her wedding to Aristotle Onassis, spi...
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Just as we were really missing Toni Schlesinger's "Shelter" column that was published in the Village Voice since 1997, this 300-plus page anthology of her writings crosses our desk.
It should be ...
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Too handsome to be a criminal
Real estate investment group Leslie Dick Worldwide is suing Macklowe Properties for $750 million, alleging a "bid-rigging conspiracy" behind the sale of the stately...
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Brooklyn architects are competing furiously to erect Williamsburg's first eco-friendly five-story building. (Whoever wins, we're all victors when the buildings have names like Greenbuilt and The S...
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Even if the city is installing 500 new cameras, the NYPD doesn't have the ability to constantly monitor the surveillance footage. So, how useful is it? It's all about deterrence--i.e., instilling ...
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It was a Midsummer Night's Dream that even Shakespeare would have a hard time matching.A thousand guests _ many of the ladies in Valentino's best _ sipped flutes of sparkling wine, as they strolled...
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The United Nations has been one of New York's most recognizable landmarks for more than half a century, a sleek, modern slab standing tall above its more modest-sized neighbors along the East River...
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