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The article reports on New York-based architect Jeffrey Milstein's design and production of note cards die cut from photographs of facade models of classic American house styles. The paper models are five-to-six inches high and feature front doors that open. The design includes New England Colonial and Gothic Revival Houses.

Highlights the design of the National Studio for Contemporary Arts in Tourcoing, France. Who designed the building; Physical description of the structure; Details on renovation efforts.

At this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City, the Brooklyn, New York-based interior and product design firm twenty2 launched its first collection of hand-screened wallpapers. Created by Krya and Robertson Hartnett, the firm's founding principals, the contemporary patterns are named Maxwell Group, Acco Group, Columbia Heights, and Casa Mila. Each design is hand-screened on vinyl-coated paper or a grass cloth of woven jute and carries an ASTM-E84 Class A fire rating. The firm is currently developing a line of hand-printed fabrics to coordinate with the new wallpapers.

Reports that Rebuild Downtown Our Town (RDOT), a community advocacy group for Lower Manhattan, has issued a position paper recommending several strategies for attracting retail to the neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan as a stimulus to growth. Identification of shopping districts, retail destinations, and retail corridors by RDOT; Suggestions by RDOT to avoid siphoning retail traffic away from surrounding neighborhoods.

Focuses on Japanese architect Shigeru Ban's projects which highlight the use of cardboard tubes as building material. Sculpture garden at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; Japan Pavilion at the International Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany.

Focuses on the New York Times Printing Plant in Flushing, New York. Number of plants of its kind in the United States; What the plant was constructed to do; Cost of the construction of the plant; Size of the plant; Comments from David A. Thurm, vice president for production at the plant; Detailed information on the printing process at the plant.

"Every day we're not in the bigger space is a day of lost community", firm founding partner Bryan Young recalls Galaxy founder and CEO Mike Novogratz saying, "but we also need to aim for an excitement that's unlike a financial institution." When Young showed it to Novogratz, his client likened the ceiling to cryptocurrency's combination of the familiar and the futuristic. Young identified the elevator lobby and reception as the best spaces for unique expression, comparing them to a threshold, where occupants may check their preconceptions of financial services. [Extracted from the article]

Discusses the architectural lighting of Ingo Maurer's luminaire showroom in the SoHo district of New York City, New York. Use of neutral backdrop to showcase lighting fixtures product; Wall mounted line-voltage receptacles along perimeter; Ceiling suspended lighting tracks; Use of halogen lamps to provide ambient and spot lighting.

Architecture critic of the newspaper "The New York Times," Herbert Muschamp will be moving to a new beat, confirms a source within the paper. Culture Desk editor Jonathan Landman told that Muschamp decided "he's been doing it long enough, and he wants to do something else." Landman notes that Muschamp's move will be of his own volition, and says that he was not at all displeased with the critic's performance. Landman would not say when the move will take place. He added that Muschamp had been thinking of changing assignments for some time, although he could not remember when he and Muschamp had first discussed the topic.

Several stellar Japanese architects recently converged on Manhattan, New York, for a symposium at the Japan Society called "Technology and Tradition in Contemporary Japanese Architecture," co-organized by the periodical "Architectural Record." The conference was launched with a lecture by Fumihiko Maki, recently appointed architect for a new United Nations building and a tower at Ground Zero. The focus then passed to younger architects, including Ware Kishi , Kengo Kuma, and the ebullient Jun Aoki. Aoki, Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima are rising architects. Each has built or is about to build in Manhattan: Aoki's work for Vuitton on Fifth Avenue, Ban's Paper Arch at the Museum of Modern Art in 2000, and Sejima's New Museum envisaged for the Bowery.

The article describes the architectural design of the Tiffany Plaza in Bronx, New York City. The project was designed by landscape architect Leland R. Weintraub. The paper provides relevant architectural drawings, floor plans and photographs of the different parts of the building. Other participants in the designing the project are also listed.

The article presents an interview with Matteo Pericoli, who has written several books related to architecture for children. Matteo reveals that he is writing and illustrating another children's book, and he is also thinking about a new drawing project for New York. Matteo comments on his books for children and says that he thought that if he could make a drawing of the apparent or stereotyped chaos of New York that is clear and understandable even to children, he would believe that he had achieved something.

Focuses on the architectural design for kitchen and bathroom renovations of Prince Street by Hut Sachs Studio in New York City. Significance of the design for master bathroom; Materials used for the design of flooring; Functions of the open space plan.

The impassioned controversy over the now-complete addition to the land-marked Harvard Club of New York is not over. While for some, the Modernist-style glass and limestone exterior respects the original neo-Georgian brick clubhouse built in 1894 by McKim, Mead and White, for others, the addition is a desecration. Members opposed to the Davis Brody Bond addition went to extraordinary lengths to kill it before construction started. Stephen Raphael, a club member who served on the New York City Landmarks Commission from 1991 to 1997, says he would have voted against the Bond addition if he were still a commission member.

Mahandi is the hand-screen-printed wall-covering from Yonkers, New York-based designer Carolyn Ray.Named after the Mahandi tree that produces henna sap for the arms of Indian brides, the pattern on the 27″-wide Class A fire-rated wallpaper is a companion to an earlier design from the company named Foo Lim.Mahandi features a leafy cascade motif in four color offerings: Taj Express, Monsoon, Darjeeling, and Groove Mahal.

The article features the designs made by David Leven and Stella Betts, partners of Leven Betts Studio in New York City. The partners have constructed a house patterned to its landscape as well as the materials used. The team is proposing for the expansion of the Kennedy Expressway that would be both accommodating to the travelers and pedestrians.

The article features the architectural design of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) in New York City. The facility was completed in 2006 and is one of the public-sector emergency-response buildings designed in the U.S. after the September 11 tragedy. Contractors and designers demolished the building's interior partitions, finishes and exterior enclosure making the interior's structure environment-friendly. Because of this, county officials plan to pursue LEED certification for the new building.

The article provides information on the design and construction of New York City's Second Avenue Subway (SAS). To be built in four phases, over an estimated 16 years, the new subway will serve approximately 500,000 riders daily at 16 new stations along 8.5 miles of new track. It will relieve the overburdened Lexington Avenue Line which reportedly operates at 120 percent capacity. The SAS public address system will include a component for delivering verbal instructions in case of emergency.

This article deals with the renovation project completed by Delle Valle Bernheimer for architect Paul Rudolph's penthouse in New York City. The architects slightly raised Rudolph's low seating areas that scraped the floor. Other changes involved reconfiguring the kitchen and redoing the bathrooms, which had to have new plumbing and electrical fixtures, along with solid--surface counters and cabinets.

Focuses on the three-wheel cycle design by Eric Whiting of Saratoga Associates in Saratoga Springs, New York. Physical description; Features; Architectural concepts.

The article provides information on the architectural design of Bloomberg LP headquarters in New York City developed by Studios Architecture. The headquarters extends vertically and horizontally over an entire city block. Bloomberg had also asked Studios to design modular desks with a minimum of storage space. The architectural firm enclosed the conference rooms in tinted glass and placed them as buffers between the open offices and the circulation areas. Art and graphics were also placed in public areas.

Focuses on the architectural design of the Modern restaurant at the Museum of Modern Art made by architectural firm Bentel & Bentel in Manhattan, New York City. Impact of its wall and ceiling surfaces on the setting of the end wall of the bar-and-café area; Selection of Danish furniture for the bar and café Action taken by the firm to give the fine-dining room some intimacy.

Presents a calendar of events related to architecture August to October 2005. Investigating Where We Live outreach program at the National Building Museum in New York City; Jean Prouvé: Three Nomadic Structures West Hollywood; 2005 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Program in London, England.

The article deals with the growing number of sckyscrapers at Manhattan in New York City. Within a year's time from 1999 to 2000, Four Times Square opened, Battery Park City's environmental guidelines for Residential construction were passed, and the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification program was established.

This article presents information on the design of a building in 497 Greenwich Street of New York City. Using bent glass and a fluid approach to geometry, architect Winka Dubbeldam created a curtain wall with depth, a street front that envelopes space as much as it separates inside from out. Set on the western edge of SoHo, which had retained a gritty industrial demeanor until recently, the building at 497 Greenwich Street injects a rousing dose of 21st-century Modernism while engaging the past. The new structure rises alongside and then extends over its six-story, 19th-century neighbor to the south, drawing the older brick building into an architectural tango. While Now York City developers have been riding a booming residential market over the past several years, almost all of the apartment towers they've built have been numbingly formulaic in terms of floor plans and exterior design. By inserting a new building on the street and incorporating the empty six-story warehouse next door, the architect could create 23 living units and provide space on the ground floor for an art gallery or stores, as well as a small fitness center and meeting room for the residents. Although the curtain wall faces west, laminated glass, UV film, and exterior metal fins reduce the impact of the sun.

Five years ago, advocates of fuel cells finally had a striking poster child for commercial building applications, an installation by a speculative developer in a high-rise being erected in Midtown Manhattan in New York. Fuel cells are tantalizing because they hold the promise of anchoring a clean and sustainable energy system that will lessen the massive carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that have been linked to climate change. To serve a role as a source of emergency generation, the fuel cell would require "instant on" capability that generally calls for the use of direct hydrogen fuel.

This article presents information on the architectural features of Spencertown House in New York designed by the architect Thomas Phifer. To give a house of merely 3,000 square feet a significant presence in the landscape, Phifer stretched the form into a narrow rectangle, more than 100 feet long and only 28 feet wide. A retaining wall of reinforced concrete, with transom windows facing east, forms the uphill edge, while the downhill side is glass. Over a central entry court, spanning between the "main house" and its guest quarters, the roof becomes a series of bowed tubes, set close enough together to maintain the reading of this building as a single linear volume.

Over the last couple of decades, museum building has entailed an irony for many working artists. Now there is Dia: Beacon, which makes a powerful case for the Museum Without Architects. By entrusting the transformation of a former package-printing plant in Beacon, New York, to Robert Irwin, an artist, the Dia Art Foundation disdained the prevailing trophy-museum ethos a typically iconoclastic move for this quirky yet influential institution. Achieving an ineffable, unself-conscious quality may seem like the most quixotic of occupations for artists, but Dia admirably helps them make their case.

This article describes how economics, politics, ambition and architecture finally converged at Columbus Circle in New York, New York state to create a $2.2 billion AOL-Time Warner Center building. The prominence of the site and its unique shape challenge city planners, the developer and architects. Steve Ross, the chief executive officer of the real estate development firm The Related Companies, is building the Center. The Municipal Arts Society and other groups sued to stop the project, charging its overwhelming scale would exacerbate existing traffic and pollution problems at Columbus Circle.

Focuses on considerations associated with designs proposed by several architectural companies for the redevelopment of the former World Trade Center site in New York City. Controversy related to the theme of designs; Problem of planning faced by the architectural designs; Concerns related with the symbolic presentation of designs.

Reports plan for the reuse of the Civil War-era Fort Totten in New York, New York. Involvement of Swanke Hayden Connell Architects on the renovation; Land area of building; Consideration for constructing a multiuse community.

Focuses on the architectural design of an apartment at the Greenwich Village in New York, New York. Involvement of the architectural firm Rogers Marvel Architects; Interest on terraces and stunning views; Solutions to the problem of low ceilings and irregularly spaced columns; Renovation of the greenhouse.

Describes the lighting design for the New 42nd Street Studios in New York City by Platt Byard Dovell Architects. Description of the structure; Type of lighting fixtures used; Color scheme; Overall effect.

Presents the designs and plans for the Conde Nast Cafeteria in New York City by Frank O. Gehry & Associates. Construction of booths and serpentine banquettes; Glass and titanium as prominent materials. INSET: SHEAVES OF GLASS, RODS OF STEEL..

Focuses on architect Maya Lin's interior design for the Norton Apartment in New York City, owned by software entrepreneur and art collector, Peter Norton and wife Eileen. Lighting; Stair layout; Custom hardware.

Looks at Hanid Rashid and Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote Architecture's design for the New Stock Exchange building in New York City. Application of tectonic qualities to the Three-Dimensional Trading Floor (3DTF); Streamlined command center designed to accommodate speficic current technology; Monitoring the trading floor through the virtual technology.

Presents information on the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the town, Levittown, Long Island, New York on October 20th and 26th, 1997. Identification of what celebrations took place; Details on the amount of coverage it got in the local paper; Reference to the towns original covenant, which excluded all races save Caucasian.

The article offers information about the 1983 Designer's Saturday event in New York. The section reflects on several papers discussed in the event, including information on several architectural record reviewed in the event to demonstrate ways that architects use the interior commission as a laboratory to test out innovative design ideas.

The article describes the entrance of Barney's in New York City, recipient of the Building Stone Institute's 1983 Tucker Awards for Architectural Excellence. The project was designed by architectural firm Beyer-Blinder-Belle Architects and Planners LLP. The paper also discusses the architectural design, architectural style and key elements of building.

This article focuses on the architectonic draperies at Mary Bright Studio on Lower Broadway in Manhattan. Recalled fondly by many as a kind of madcap genius of window covering with a penchant for quips and comic mugging, the Edinburgh-born Mary Bright began her eclectic New York career as a milliner in the East Village. After an initial invitation by interior designer Alan Buchsbaum to design a voluptuous 60-foot curtain for the loft of actress Ellen Barkin in 1983, she went on to build a roster of celebrity clients, such as Bette Miller and Lauren Bacall. Carrying on the designer's legacy today at Mary Bright Studio is her husband, principal David Paskin, collaborating with designer Erik Bruce.

The article reports on the condition of transportation in Manhattan, New York. On the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a highway cuts off access between the city and the river. There is an ever-growing need to unite rail and roads, airports and transit, and to make each mode fit more gracefully into cities. But the political and bureaucratic barriers are formidable. The bills will be very hard fought because transportation money is scarce, the economy tough. But still efforts are being taken to improve the transportation facility.

Comments on the political influence in the reconstruction plans at the Ground Zero in New York City. Establishment of real estate formulas by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation; Need for a consultation process between the citizens and the business groups; Recommendation on the organization of competition for the design.

Features the architectural lighting design of Music television online in Time Square, New York City. Collaboration of architects, Laszlo Kiss, Todd Zwigard and Barbara Horton; Design and illumination of lights; Description of lighting levels.

Focuses on the architectural design of the retail store Nicole Farhi in New York, New York. Parallel of store design with clothing products; Addition of a restaurant and a home-furnishing line; Restoration of the facade of the building; Connection of floors through walnut staircases.

This article reports that a series of revisions to New York City's building code, based partly on lessons learned from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, are coming up for legislative and mayoral approval this summer. The National Institute of Standards and Technology, for instance, is analyzing stair enclosures, building hardening, new products and elevator enclosures without concrete or concrete block that could affect structural loads.

Focuses on Brooklyn, New york-based architectural firm Freecell. Four partners of the firm; Design of Freecell's office; Plans of the firm.

Criticizes architectural design layouts proposed by several architects for the site of the World Trade Center in Manhattan in New York City. Influence of guidelines set by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation on the proposed designs; Element of cloning in designs of the structure; Analysis of design features of the layout proposed by architect Daniel Libeskind.