As Muschamp Goes, Angry Adversaries Ready for Revenge
Herbert Muschamp, The New York Times ‘ architecture critic, is stepping down from his post much as he attained it: surrounded by applause. Twelve years ago, he was called the country’s next great...
View ArticleLess Than Zero: The Libeskinds Sue Silverstein
A mere 10 days after Governor George Pataki presided over an optimistic and buoyant ceremony to lay the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center, Ground Zero master planner architect...
View ArticleHip-hoprisy
Sean (P. Diddy) Combs is not known for being at a loss for words. But the hip-hop impresario was speechless for several seconds when The Transom asked him about his own voting record at a press...
View ArticleGehry Tops Danny: Ground Zero Winner Scores Art Center
Daniel Libeskind has no buildings at Ground Zero to call his own. On Oct. 12, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announced that architect Frank Gehry, of Bilbao fame, had won the competition...
View ArticleOddest Couple Splices Into One At Ground Zero
When Governor George Pataki unveils the design plans for the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero on Dec. 19, it will mark the end of nearly six months of heated argument between two architects with radically...
View ArticleLMDC Jurors Like Two Sunken Pools At Ground Zero
An architect who lives in the East Village and works for the city Housing Authority has won the competition to design the memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate the events of Sept. 11,...
View ArticleIs Silverstein Down to One At Zero Site?
The rebuilding process at Ground Zero had churned forward for months-internecine bureaucratic and artistic squabbles notwithstanding-pretty much the way Governor George Pataki said they would at a...
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Five Cooper Union Trustees Resign Over Bitter College Tuition Battle
Last night, five Cooper Union trustees resigned from the 23-person board of the veteran East Village institution of higher learning: architect François De Menil, former board chairman and real estate...
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Zaha Hadid’s Soft Side
In the summer of 1972, I received a lucky break: a coveted scholarship to the prestigious Architectural Association (AA) in London at a time when the Conservative government had curtailed mandatory...
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These 6 Fashion Brands Show High End Home Collections at Salone del Mobile
Designers assemble this week in Milan for the Salone del Mobile design fair and vie for the attention of an expected 300,000 visitors. These fashion brands are earning plaudits before pop-ups even...
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