The Architectural League of New York » Urban Omnibus http://archleague.org Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:15:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Making Buildings Work: the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center http://archleague.org/2012/05/making-buildings-work-the-greenpoint-manufacturing-and-design-center/ http://archleague.org/2012/05/making-buildings-work-the-greenpoint-manufacturing-and-design-center/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:42:21 +0000 urbanomnibus http://archleague.org/?p=17229
  • Manufacturing a Real Economy
  • Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings
  • Work and the Open Source City
  • Growth by Design
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    The CEO of the city’s first non-profit industrial developer discusses how his organization creates space for a new generation of urban manufacturing in New York City. Read more…

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    1. Manufacturing a Real Economy
    2. Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings
    3. Work and the Open Source City
    4. Growth by Design
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  • A Conversation with Raquel Ramati
  • What is Service Design?
  • The Candela Structures: Architecture as Storytelling
  • Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings
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    Urban planner Douglas Woodward analyzes the rules posted in privately owned public spaces to investigate some of the challenges involved in the private provision of public goods. Read more…

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    1. A Conversation with Raquel Ramati
    2. What is Service Design?
    3. The Candela Structures: Architecture as Storytelling
    4. Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings
    ]]>     http://archleague.org/2012/05/rules-of-conduct/feed/ 0     Coordinates http://archleague.org/2012/05/coordinates/ http://archleague.org/2012/05/coordinates/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:32:29 +0000 urbanomnibus http://archleague.org/?p=17024
  • The Grid and its Guises
  • Transgressing the Grid: Adventures On (and Off) Manhattan Island
  • Who takes care of New York?
  • Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings
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    In the final selection from the Unfinished Grid Essay Competition, Annie Choi takes us on a neighborhood stroll that reveals the grid’s subtle influence on our everyday experience of the city. Read more…

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    1. The Grid and its Guises
    2. Transgressing the Grid: Adventures On (and Off) Manhattan Island
    3. Who takes care of New York?
    4. Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings
    ]]>     http://archleague.org/2012/05/coordinates/feed/ 0     The Landscapes of Region 11′s Built System http://archleague.org/2012/04/the-landscapes-of-region-11s-built-system/ http://archleague.org/2012/04/the-landscapes-of-region-11s-built-system/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:21:37 +0000 urbanomnibus http://archleague.org/?p=16970
  • Swoon: The City Created, Built, Broken and Rebuilt
  • East River Power
  • The Robin Hood Library at Bronx P.S. 69
  • What We Built (And Didn’t)
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    Jim Lau shares the landscape architecture work of the New York State Department of Transportation, including a skatepark under the BQE, a waterfront park in Inwood, and an extensive greenway along the Bronx River. Read more…

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    1. Swoon: The City Created, Built, Broken and Rebuilt
    2. East River Power
    3. The Robin Hood Library at Bronx P.S. 69
    4. What We Built (And Didn’t)
    ]]>     http://archleague.org/2012/04/the-landscapes-of-region-11s-built-system/feed/ 0     Living Room: Housing Works Builds Housing http://archleague.org/2012/04/living-room-housing-works-builds-housing/ http://archleague.org/2012/04/living-room-housing-works-builds-housing/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:24:34 +0000 Varick Shute http://archleague.org/?p=16763
  • My Living Room
  • Making Public Places: Building an Urban Living Room
  • Studio Report: Bronx Lower Concourse Housing
  • The Public Works
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    Gavin Browning calls attention to the supportive housing developments and programs of Housing Works so often overshadowed by the organization’s more familiar street-level enterprises. Read more…

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    1. My Living Room
    2. Making Public Places: Building an Urban Living Room
    3. Studio Report: Bronx Lower Concourse Housing
    4. The Public Works
    ]]>     http://archleague.org/2012/04/living-room-housing-works-builds-housing/feed/ 0     A Field Guide to AC Units http://archleague.org/2012/04/a-field-guide-to-ac-units/ http://archleague.org/2012/04/a-field-guide-to-ac-units/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:01:24 +0000 urbanomnibus http://archleague.org/?p=16516
  • Floyd Bennett Field: Recreation in the Wasteland
  • Field Report: London Festival of Architecture
  • Toward the Sentient City: Interviews
  • Field Operations
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    Allison Carafa takes us on a fresh and cheerful journey through an under-explored but ubiquitous aspect of our urban environment: the window air conditioning unit. Read more…

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    1. Floyd Bennett Field: Recreation in the Wasteland
    2. Field Report: London Festival of Architecture
    3. Toward the Sentient City: Interviews
    4. Field Operations
    ]]>     http://archleague.org/2012/04/a-field-guide-to-ac-units/feed/ 0     A Conversation with Mitch Epstein http://archleague.org/2012/04/a-conversation-with-mitch-epstein/ http://archleague.org/2012/04/a-conversation-with-mitch-epstein/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:57:45 +0000 urbanomnibus http://archleague.org/?p=16275
  • Arts for Transit: A Conversation with Sandra Bloodworth
  • A Conversation with Raquel Ramati
  • A Conversation with Robin Chase
  • In Conversation:Michael Bierut and Francis Kéré
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    From a personal story of industrial decline to a national exploration of energy production, the artist discusses the themes that connect his body of work, including his current exhibition of photographs of some of New York’s extraordinary and idiosyncratic trees. Read more…

    Images by Mitch Epstein. All rights reserved.

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    1. Arts for Transit: A Conversation with Sandra Bloodworth
    2. A Conversation with Raquel Ramati
    3. A Conversation with Robin Chase
    4. In Conversation:
      Michael Bierut and Francis Kéré
    ]]>     http://archleague.org/2012/04/a-conversation-with-mitch-epstein/feed/ 0     The Grid and its Guises http://archleague.org/2012/03/the-grid-and-its-guises/ http://archleague.org/2012/03/the-grid-and-its-guises/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:26:56 +0000 urbanomnibus http://archleague.org/?p=16174
  • Transgressing the Grid: Adventures On (and Off) Manhattan Island
  • The Unfinished Grid:Speculations for Manhattan
  • Members Reception and Private Viewing at the Museum of the City of New York
  • The Unfinished Grid: Design Speculations for Manhattan
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    Another selection from the Unfinished Grid Essay Competition considers what two centuries of interpretation of Manhattan’s street grid can tell us about ourselves. Read more…

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    1. Transgressing the Grid: Adventures On (and Off) Manhattan Island
    2. The Unfinished Grid:
      Speculations for Manhattan
    3. Members Reception and Private Viewing at the Museum of the City of New York
    4. The Unfinished Grid:
      Design Speculations for Manhattan
    ]]>     http://archleague.org/2012/03/the-grid-and-its-guises/feed/ 0     The Iron Triangle http://archleague.org/2012/03/the-iron-triangle/ http://archleague.org/2012/03/the-iron-triangle/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:06:39 +0000 urbanomnibus http://archleague.org/?p=16136
  • Manufacturing a Real Economy
  • Montage City
  • Who takes care of New York?
  • A new OASIS for New York
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    Nicole Salazar takes us on a photographic journey of Willets Point and sketches its history and the controversy over its redevelopment. Read more…

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    1. Manufacturing a Real Economy
    2. Montage City
    3. Who takes care of New York?
    4. A new OASIS for New York
    ]]>     http://archleague.org/2012/03/the-iron-triangle/feed/ 0     Atlas Obscura http://archleague.org/2012/03/atlas-obscura/ http://archleague.org/2012/03/atlas-obscura/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:27:29 +0000 urbanomnibus http://archleague.org/?p=16085
  • Supply Chain Spotlight: Freight Rail
  • Imagining Recovery
  • Situ Studio: Patterns of Motion and Places of Pause
  • The Oyster Restoration Research Project
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    Dylan Thuras explains the story behind an online compendium of weird and wondrous places, reflecting on the nature of exploration, discovery and wonder. Read more…

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    1. Supply Chain Spotlight: Freight Rail
    2. Imagining Recovery
    3. Situ Studio: Patterns of Motion and Places of Pause
    4. The Oyster Restoration Research Project
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