Manhattan Building Guide

New York is famous for tall architecture - skyscrapers - but also cultural buildings such as the Guggenheim and MoMA. Of all the cities in the United States of America New York has more quality architecture and many of its buildings feature in the key histories of World Architecture. Famous architects that achieved major architecture works here include Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Manhattan is based on a grid, with many interesting buildings by famous architects.


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Ten Key New York buildings, alphabetical:

1. Statue of Liberty
1886
Frederic Bartholdi

photo Andrew McRae
Statue of Liberty New York

2. Flatiron Building
1902
Daniel Burnham, Architect

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Flatiron Building : the original New York skyscraper

3. Grand Central Station
1913
Reed and Stem; Warren and Wetmore

photo © Tim Collins
Grand Central Station : famous building backdrop from numerous American films

4. Chrysler Building
1930
William Van Alen, Architect
Chrysler Building
Art Deco skyscraper - world-famous symbol for New York

5. Empire State Building
1931
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects

Photo Andrew McRae
Empire State Building
381m high skyscraper - another famous New York landmark

6. Rockefeller Center
1940
Raymond Hood, Architect

Photograph Andrew McRae
Rockefeller Center New York

7. Guggenheim Museum, East Harlem
1959
Frank Lloyd Wright Architects
Guggenheim Museum
Famous internal spiral ramp wraps around the atrium

8. Seagram Building
1958
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect; Philip Johnson
Seagram Building

9. TWA Building, John F Kennedy International Airport
1962
Eero Saarinen, Architect

10. Whitney Museum, Upper East Side
1966
Marcel Breuer, Architect
Whitney Museum



Key Manhattan building no longer standing:

Site of World Trade Center
New York (destroyed 2001)
1966-73
Minoru Yamasaki, Emery Roth & Sons
One World Trade Center was 417m high, Two World Trade Center was 415m high

Key Public Spaces in the city - Squares & Parks:

Central Park
between 59th & 110th Street; Fifth & Eight Avenue
Central Park New York

Times Square
between 40th & 53rd Street; 6th & 9th Avenue

Photograph © Tim Collins
Times Square

Madison Square
Flatiron, New York
1847
-
Madison Square Park
Key New York architecture nearby include the Flatiron building, New York Life Insurance Company building and the Metlife Tower

New York Skyscrapers


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New York Architecture, alphabetical:

23 East 22nd Street, off Madison Square Park, Flatiron district
2008-
OMA

23 East 22nd Street

99 Church Street Tower, Lower Manhattan
2008-11
Robert A. M. Stern Architects

Image : dbox Courtesy of: Silverstein Properties
Manhattan Tower for Silverstein Properties

200 Greenwich Street, World Trade Center Tower 2
2007-
Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners
200 Greenwich Street

400 Park Avenue South
2002-09
Christian de Portzamparc

Manhattan skyscraper

AT&T Building
1983
Philip Johnson, Architect with John Burgee

image isabelle lomholt
Very famous Postmodern building with its so-called 'Chippendale Chair' top
AT&T Building

BLUE Residential Tower, Lower East Side
2007
Bernard Tschumi

Photo: Peter Mauss/ESTO
New York building

Brooklyn Arts Tower
2007-
Behnisch Architekten with StudioMDA

image from Behnisch Architekten
Brooklyn Tower

Brooklyn Bridge
1883
John A. Roebling, designer / civil engineer

Photo © Tim Collins
Brooklyn Bridge: classic piece of New York engineering

Diane von Furstenberg HQ
2007
WORK Architecture Company

Photo Elizabeth Felicella
Manhattan Studios

Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center Ground Zero, Lower Manhattan
2004-
David Childs of SOM Architects ; Daniel Libeskind Architects
Controversial towers to replace New York World Trade Centre skyscrapers lost in 2001. The main Freedom Tower skyscraper by Libeskind was to be a significant number of feet high - 1,776 feet - to mark a key American date in history - United States Year of Independence

Hearst Building
2007
Foster + Partners

Photograph Andrew McRae
Hearst Building

Hudson Yards New York Masterplan
2007
various architects

image courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
Hudson Yards New York

IAC Headquarters, Chelsea
2007
Frank Gehry Architect

© 2008 Gehry Partners LLP
IAC Headquarters Manhattan

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
1986
I M Pei & Partners, Architects
Javits Convention Center

Lever Building
1952
Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects
Lever Building

LVMH Building
1999
Christian de Portzamparc, Architect

Photo : Wade Zimmerman
LVMH Building

Louis Vuitton store
2004
Jun Aoki, Architect

Photo Andrew McRae
New York store

Museum of Modern Art Extension
2007-
Jean Nouvel

image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel
MoMA Tower New York

Museum of Modern Art - MoMA
2004
redevelopment: Yoshio Taniguchi with KPF Architecture

Photo Andrew McRae
MoMA New York

New Museum of Contemporary Art Extension, SoHo
2007
SANAA architects, Tokyo – Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa

image from SANAA
Manhattan Art Gallery

New York Times Building, central Manhattan
2007
Renzo Piano Building Workshop with FXFOWLE

Photo Andrew McRae
New York Times headquarters

One Bryant Park - Bank of America Tower
2004-09
Cook + Fox Architects

Image © Jock Pottle, Esto for Cook+Fox Architects
One Bryant Park

One Liberty Plaza
1973
Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Photo Andrew McRae
Manhattan skyscraper

Prada Store New York
2001
Rem Koolhaas, Architect / OMA

Photo Armin Linke
Prada New York

Pronovias Store
2008
GCA Arquitectos Asociados

Wade Zimmerman Photographer
Pronovias store

Time Warner Center
2004
Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Photograph Andrew McRae
Time Warner Center

United Nations Headquarters - UNO Buildings
1953
Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer
UN Building

9 West 57th Street
-
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Architects

Photo Andrew McRae
Midtown skyscraper

World Financial Center, Lower Manhattan
1986
various architects

Photo Andrew McRae
World Trade Center towers

New York Architects


Battery Park, Manhattan - Photo © Tim Collins

Useful Links re Manhattan Buildings:
Skyscraper Museum
39 Battery Place, Battery Park, New York:
New York Skyscrapers - Website: www.skyscraper.org

Architectural League of New York Urban Planning
457 Madison Avenue, Midtown, New York:
Architecture Exhibitions, admission free
Contact: 212-753-1722
Architecture League of New York - Website: www.archleague.org

New York Photos

News re New York building competitions:
Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York
An international architecture competition was held in 2001-02 for the
regeneration of this site.

New York State Buildings outside Manhattan



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