Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

N.Y.U. revises expansion plan, but Villagers remain hostile

REW Staff
by REW Staff2718
By Roland LiNew York University’s revised Greenwich Village expansion plan provoked fierce community opposition on Monday night, as the school seeks approvals for four new buildings in the area. The changes come after N.Y.U. withdrew its landmarks application last November to build a 40-story tower within the I.M. Pei-designed Silver Towers site. It now seeks to build up to 2 million s/f, including a new public school, student and faculty housing, new academic facilities and a hotel.
Construction & DesignFeatured

Situ Studio transforms Brooklyn Museum’s Great Hall

REW Staff
by REW Staff4175
By Roland LiStarting this month, Brooklyn Museum visitors will be greeted by a towering fabric installation that transforms the columns of the Great Hall into a forest of white mushrooms, sprouting to the ceiling. Design firm Situ Studio submitted the idea to the museum as part of the museum’s reOrder exhibition, which coincided with Ennead Architects’ renovation of the original McKim, Mead & White-designed structure.
Construction & DesignDeals & Dealmakers

BIG architects sign seven-year lease for 3,500 s/f at 601 West 26th Street

REW Staff
by REW Staff9226
By Roland LiThe Bjarke Ingel Group (BIG), which made a recent splash with its striking, pyramidal design for the Durst Organization, has made a commitment to New York. The firm signed a lease for seven years at the Starrett-Lehigh Building at 601 West 26th Street, opening its New York office in the space in January. They will occupy slightly less than 3,500 s/f, said Shirley McEvoy of Prime Manhattan Realty, who represented BIG.
Construction & Design

Architecture firm Sawicki Tarella to buy building for $3 million

REW Staff
by REW Staff5392
By Roland LiArchitecture firm Sawicki Tarella is close to signing a contract to buy a building on West 13th Street for around $3 million, according to broker Josh Fields of the Spire Group, who also recently rented out NBA player Zydrunas Ilgauskas’s 24 Thompson Street townhouse. The seller is an individual whose family had owned the property for 50 years.
Construction & Design

N.Y.U. to construct new First Avenue school building

REW Staff
by REW Staff4305
By Sabina Mollot, Town & Village New York University, which has been planning a major expansion throughout Greenwich Village, is also in the early stages of opening a new building for its dental as well as nursing school students on First Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets. Late last year,...