June 13, 2010
New York' High Line park is just about a year old, although it was decades in the making. The park that twists and turns is located on an old abandoned railway track that lies about 30ft above the ground and snakes for about 1.5 miles around the Lower West side of Manhattan.The project has...
October 19, 2008
New York's Guggenheim is offering people the chance to sleep overnight at the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright designed museum. Artist Carsten Holler, has created a piece entitled "Revolving Hotel Room", by day it's an art piece and by night it becomes a hotel room with co-operation from the Waldorf...
September 15, 2008
A fascinating piece in New York Magazine on the evolving architecture of New York city focusing in on the changes over the past fifteen years. If anyone was looking for a great example of being able to thrive and survive in an era of constant flux, New York is a great one. "Our city is molting.
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December 30, 2007
A couple of weeks back, I took a trip to the New Museum in New York. It’s the latest and greatest designer museum complete with amazingly radical architecture and a gift shop. The museum was full of hip “global” twentysomethings looking to grab their latest art fix. I began to...
December 16, 2007
450,000 pounds of coins schoolchildren collected for various charities, were brought to New York last week, where they were put on display at the Rockefeller Center. It was incredible to see.Posted by Ed Cotton
November 9, 2007
For the global elite, $3.6 million buys you a New York home at 40 Bond complete with access to pet management services. Apparently, most buyers own their own planes and will only use the apartment a few days a year. See what $3.6 million gets you. Posted by Ed Cotton
April 28, 2007
AvroKO are fast becoming the "environmental/spatial" designers of the moment. They launched their own restaurant, Public in 2004. Last year, they were hired by Smith and Wolensky to create a new concept; Quality Meats. The space and design is a different take on the steakhouse, with its inspiration...
April 8, 2007
Last month, Japanese retailer Muji, announced that it’s setting-up shop in the US, opening a New York store in the Fall of 2007. One store is hardly going threaten the domestic players, but it will provide them with an interesting glimpse into one possible future.It’s likely that...













