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TSX Magic on Broadway in Times Square
February 1, 2023Times Square in New York is known for many things, including its Broadway Theaters, luxurious hotels, trendy retail, great entertainment venues, and flashy billboards. In the case of TSX Broadway (1568 Broadway), the project contains all these items in one building. What makes TSX Broadway truly special is not just that it contains all the elements of Times Square in one location. How existing elements were shifted, assembled, and juxtaposed with new elements makes this Entertainment complex and hotel tower a unique structural engineering feat.
South Shore University Hospital Pavilion
January 5, 2023Rated one of the nation’s 50 best hospitals for heart surgery, Northwell’s South Shore University Hospital (SSUH, Bayshore, N.Y.) has invested in expanding both services and quality of care to Suffolk County residents. SSUH’s commitment to continue its growth as Northwell Health’s flagship hospital in Suffolk County includes a new patient pavilion.
FIDIC Project Awards for 2022 unveiled at glittering event in Geneva
September 13, 2022Engineering, construction and Infrastructure excellence were celebrated at a glittering industry gala dinner event held in Geneva as FIDIC announced the winners of its prestigious Project Awards for 2022.
Affordable apts. in Downtown Jamaica
September 30, 2021Elite Builders & Management, a minority- and women-owned business enterprise steel fabrication company in Astoria, is putting the final touches on the Jamaica Apartments, a 100 percent affordable housing complex at 153-19 Jamaica Ave.
The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture
August 2, 2021Three architects, three journalists and two designers gathered over Zoom to make a list of the most influential and lasting buildings that have been erected — or cleverly updated — since World War II. Here are the results.
EXCELLENCE IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AWARDS
July 30, 2021The SEAoNY Excellence in Structural Engineering (EiSE) Awards Program recognizes the innovative and complex projects completed by structural engineering firms located in the New York City area. The SEAoNY EiSE Awards Program is modeled after the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) EiSE Awards. The winning projects themselves can be located anywhere in the world but must demonstrate:
Michelin-Star Chef Daniel Boulud Debuts ‘Le Pavillon’ At One Vanderbilt In Midtown, Manhattan
May 20, 2021This week chef Daniel Boulud and SL Green celebrated the opening of Le Pavillon, an 11,000-square-foot culinary oasis at One Vanderbilt. The restaurant occupies the tower’s second floor at the corner of Vanderbilt Avenue and 42nd Street.
First Glimpses Of Summit One Vanderbilt, Highest Observatory In Manhattan’s Midtown East
May 12, 2021Yesterday SL Green Realty Corp. unveiled its plans for Summit One Vanderbilt, the new observatory in the crown of One Vanderbilt, a 1,401-foot-tall commercial supertall in Midtown East. Opening on October 21, the 65,000-square-foot experience center will top the 77-story skyscraper designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and deliver views of all five boroughs. One Vanderbilt encompasses an entire block immediately to the west of Grand Central Terminal with Summit One Vanderbilt directly connected directly to the massive transit hub. Interiors of Summit One Vanderbilt are designed by Snøhetta with art installations by Kenzo Digital.
Constructing Moynihan Train Hall’s Barrel-Vault Atriums With Exclusive Video
May 7, 2021In 1993, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, noticing that McKim, Mead & White’s James A. Farley Post Office Building (1912) was no longer the center of the city’s mail-handling operations, proposed that conversion to a railroad station could help relieve Penn Station’s notorious congestion. This problem-solving vision is finally being realized, as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Skanska, and their collaborators transform the bulk of the Farley building into rail platforms and concourse/retail space for Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).
The Bryant concrete skyscraper by David Chipperfield completes in New York
April 28, 2021British architect David Chipperfield‘s latest New York project is The Bryant, a 32-storey mixed-use concrete skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan.
David Chipperfield Architects undertook the project for New York-based developers HFZ Capital Group.