The legendary Philip Johnson was behind the structures of the New York Pavilion for the 1964 Worlds Fair Exhibit in Queens, two of which have stood abandoned for forty years as the rest of the fair’s site turned into ruins. The third, the open-air cylindrical Theaterama, however, has been hosting up to 300 performances a year. When Caples Jefferson Architects were brought in to design a new home for Queens Theater-in-the-Park, to house offices and a cabaret for 90 people and a reception hall for 600, the team walked a fine line between paying tribute to Johnsons’ design and doing
By the time the $200 million Red Bull Arena opened in March in Harrison, N.J., the project had seen two owners, several financing plans, and multiple designs. But the 25,000-seat soccer stadium – capped by an undulating 360-degree cantilevered fabric roof – was still spot on goal, winning the Best of 2010 jury’s nod for sports project of the year. Photo Courtesy Of Rossetti Related Links: Best of 2010 Originally conceived seven years ago as a simpler $80 million facility, the new home of Major League Soccer’s Red Bull New York draws inspiration from a sister structure that its owner,
The new four-story Rego Center mall in Queens was launched in a boom market, and progressed through a recession, but it still opened up with a quintet of large anchors this year with Kohl’s, Century 21, Costco, Toys “R” Us, and TJ Maxx stores. The $410 million project, which blends an outdoor canopy-covered section with interior spaces, also added a Best of 2010 title of top retail project in the region. Photo Courtesy Of Bovis Lend Lease Related Links: Best of 2010 The 600,000-sq-ft complex on Junction Blvd. in Rego Park is on a 6.6-acre site that once housed a
Construction of a $16 million the Fire Department of New York Rescue Co. 3 headquarters in the Bronx created a 22,000-sq-ft home for one of the city’s oldest operating fire-rescue units. Photo Courtesy: LIRO Related Links: Best of 2010 “What makes this building unique is that it embodies the essential balance between functionality, such as equipment and fire trucks, and it is a comfortable home for firefighters to live while on duty,” says New York City Department of Design and Construction Deputy Commissioner David Resnick. Ennead, New York, designed the building as a modern interpretation of a traditional firehouse, acknowledging
The new 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park, which will stretch 1.3 miles along the borough’s East River edge, will be the largest park in Brooklyn in 150 years when it is finished.
With its entrance into the New York office market, Parsippany, N.J.-based SJP Properties went big with Eleven Times Square. The 40-story glass-clad speculative office building sits atop a six-story ribboned base that wraps around the bustling corner of 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue. Photo Courtesy Of FXFOWLE Architects Related Links: Best of 2010 Dan Kaplan, senior partner at FXFOWLE Architects in New York says the tower’s prominent site was one of the most challenging aspects for the design team from the beginning. “It is surrounded on all four sides with ample light and air,” he says. “There is no ‘back.’
Related Links: New Meadowlands Stadium Tight Safety Coverage The $1.6 billion New Meadowlands Stadium is a football field disguised as high-technology showcase. Visitors will encounter a quartet of 30-ft-high and 118-ft-wide high-definition LED video displays, a 360-degree video ribbon encircling the seating bowl, giant video screens at the stadium entrances and in the pedestrian plaza, more than 2,100 flat screen televisions spread across the facility, and wireless Internet access throughout. But the real technology innovations in the project were actually behind the scenes in the construction effort. One of the biggest technology contributions was the use of radio frequency identification
When finished in 2014, the $1.4 billion Fulton Street Transit Center will create a hub connecting five subway stations and ten subway lines, improving access for the more than 300,000 daily commuters in Lower Manhattan. Photo Courtesy Of Skanska USA Civil Northeast Related Links: Best of 2010 New York-based Skanska USA Civil started work in December 2008 on the site – located at the southeast corner of Broadway and Fulton Street – which is surrounded by existing structures. To the north is the A/C subway tunnel and platforms, to the east are two three-story buildings, to the south is the
The $55 million modernization of the U.S. Land Port of Entry facilities at Massena, N.Y. replaced an obsolete 50-year border crossing station with a state-of-the-art complex. Photo Courtesy Of Gilbane Building Company Related Links: Best of 2010 The Massena Land Port of Entry processes 2,500 cars and trucks crossing into the United States from Canada daily. Housed within the facility are operations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Food and Drug Administration and related agencies. The General Services Administration (GSA) selected Smith Miller + Hawkinson, New York, to design the new complex to
When the advertising agency Grey New York decided to move from a location they’ve occupied for 45 years, the new space had to meet a number of very specific criteria. Photo Courtesy of Structure Tone Related Links: Best of 2010 The company, whose clients include such heavy-hitters as Procter & Gamble and the National Football League, was founded in 1917. But its changing roster of clients demanded a modern facility. In addition, the company was purchased by the larger conglomerate WPP, whose CEO restructured the company. The move had to consolidate 1,200 employees, who formerly occupied 21 floors in private
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