CONTENTS
Introduction / Heinrich Klotz = 7
Foreword / Luminita Sabau = 9
Building the World’s Capital / Robert A. M. Stern = 13
New York's Narcosis : Reflection from an Archimedean Point / Kenneth Frampton = 46
New York in the Next Century : Fragments from a Post-Post-Modern Diary / Douglas Davis = 51
Ciao Manhattan / Michael Sorkin = 54
The Prospects of Pluralism / Christian norberg-Schulz = 57
Walter Prigge/Hans-Peter Schwarz, New York : Deconstruction of a Cityscape A collage = 63
Buildings and Projects in New York = 89
AGREST & GANDELSONAS
Apartment Building in Manhattan = 90
Townhouse = 92
250 West Street = 93
EMILIO AMBASZ
Museum of American Folk Art Tower = 94
ANDERSON/SCHWARTZ ARCHITECTS
Newsstand = 96
ARQUITECTONICA
South Ferry Plaza = 98
VLADIMIR ARSENE
Battery Park City Apartments = 100
EDWARD LARRABEE BARNES ASSOCIATES
IBM Tower = 102
MARIO BOTTA
ICF Exhibition Room = 104
NEIL M. DENARI
Monastery = 106
DILLER + SCOFIDIO
The Columbus Circle Project/Traffic Rotary = 108
Sentinel = 109
EISENMAN ARCHITECS
Firehouse for Engine Co. 233, Ladder Co = 110
PETER EISENMAN/FARUK YORGANCIOGLU
Fuller/Toms Loft = 112
1100 ARCHITECT
Residence, West Village = 114
Townhouse, Upper Eastside = 116
MICHAEL FIELDMAN & PARTNERS
Ambulatory care Building = 118
MICHAEL FIELDMAN & PARTNERS WITH HARRY C. WOLF AND OVE ARUP & PARTNERS
Williamsburg Bridge Competition = 120
GIULIANO FIORENZOLI
Central Park, Northeast Corner = 122
Ocean Front Hotel = 124
JAMES INGO FREED
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York = 126
GIOVANNINI & ASSOCIATES
Duplex Penthous = 128
MICHAEL GRAVES WITH THE GRUZUN PARTENRSHIP
The Columbus Circle Project = 130
MICHAEL GRAVES WITH THE GRUZEN PARTNERSHIP
Whitney Museum of American Art = 132
GWATHMEY SIEGEL & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS
International Design Center = 134
Solomon Equities, Inc = 136
The Guggenheim Museum Addition = 138
ZAHA HADID
A New Calligraphy of the Plan = 140
HARDY HOLZMAN PFEIFFER ASSOCIATES
Firemen's Training Center = 142
Brooklyn Children's Museum = 144
Bryant Park Restaurants = 146
STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS
Showroom for the Pace Collection = 148
GIADA = 149
Fifth Avenue Apartment = 150
MODA Tower Apartment = 151
Bridge of Houses = 152
APATA ISOZAKI & ASSOCIATES WITH JAMES STEWART POLSHEK AND PARTNERS
Brooklyn Museum = 154
HELMUT JAHN, MURPHY/JAHN
The Columbus Circle Project = 156
Times Square = 158
Consolidated Terminal for American Airlines and Northwest Airlines = 160
425 Lexington Avenue = 162
R. M. KLIMENT & FRANCES HALSBAND
Computer Science Building = 164
KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASSOCIATES
Rockefeller Plaza West = 166
Heron Tower = 168
135 East 57th Street = 170
KOLATAN / MACDONALD STUDIO
The "L" Loft = 172
An Apartment for an Actor/Dancer = 173
HARRY MACKLOWE
Metropolitan Tower = 174
MASQUE
Stuyvesant Plaza = 176
RICHARD MEIER & PARTNERS
Madison Square Garden Site Redevelopment = 178
MITCHELL / GIURGOLA ARCHITECTS
Sherman Fairchild Garden Site Redeveloment = 178
NEW YORK ARCHITECTS
Soho Townhouse = 182
Times Square Tower = 184
Private Apartment = 186
Restaurant / Bar = 187
OMA / OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE
The City of the Captive Globe = 188
JOSE OUBRERIE
Long Island House = 190
CESAR PELLI & ASSOCIATES
World Financial Center = 192
Carnegie Hall Tower = 194
The Museum of Modern Atr = 196
JAMES STEWART POLSHEK AND PARTNERS
500 Park Tower = 198
Carnegie Hall Restoration and Renovation = 200
The Columbus Circle Project = 201
PETER PRAN, CARLOS ZAPATA, DAVID LEIBOWITZ, GILBERT BALOG
Terminal for American Airlinees and Northwest Airlines = 202
South Ferry Plaza = 204
PASCAL QUINTARD-HOFSTEIN
Mid-rise on West 42nd Street = 206
GEORGE RANALLI
Vietnam Veterans Memorial = 208
Ranalli Studio = 209
Frist of August Store = 210
KEVIN ROCHE JOHN DINKELOO AND ASSOCIATES
J. P. Morgan Headquarters = 212
750 Seventh Avenue = 214
United Nations Plaza I and Ⅱ = 216
SMITH-MILLER + HAWKINSON
Soho Gallery = 218
ROBERT A. M. STERN ARCHITECS
Residence = 220
Kol Israel Congregation = 222
THE STUBBINS ASSOCIATES
Citicorp Center = 224
SWANKE HAYDEN CINNELL
Statue of Liberty = 226
Feldman Tower 45 = 228
BERNARD TSCHUMI ARCHITECTS
The Manhattan Transcripts = 230
BERNARD TSCHUMI ARCHITECTS / FMCP TASK FORCE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park = 232
UKZ DESING, INC(KISS, ZWIGARD)
Globus Growth Group = 234
UKZ DESING, INC(UNGER, KISS, ZWIGARD)
Pan Am Building Rooftop Development = 235
OSWALD MATHIAS UNGERS
Roosevelt Island Competition = 236
SIMON UNGERS
New York City Waterfront Competition = 238
VENTURI, RAUCH AND SCOTT BROWN
Times Square Plaza Design = 240
Westway = 242
VIGNELLI ASSOCIATES
Offices of Vignelli Associates = 244
RAFAEL VI N ~ OLY ARCHITECTS
The Manhattan Condominium = 246
John Jay College of Criminal Justice = 248
Snug Hatbor Music Hall = 250
VOORSANGER & MILLS ASSOCIATES
Brooklyn Museum = 252
"Vacant Lots" Housing Study = 254
Hostos Community College & Allied Health Complex = 256
TOD WILLIAMS, BILLIE TSIEN AND ASSOCIATES
"Vacants Lots" Proposal = 258
The Columbus Circle Project = 260
Statue of Liberty = 261
Buildings and Projects outside New York = 263
ARQUITECTONICA
The River Club, North Bergen, NJ = 265
VLADIMIR ARSENE
Elizabeth Police Headquarters and Municipal Court Building, Elizabeth, NJ = 266
University Square Office Building, Princeton, NJ = 268
NEIL M. DENARI
West Coast Gateway, Los Angeles, CA = 270
Rathaus, Leesburg, VA = 271
DILLER + SCOFIDIO
Plywood House, Westchester, NY = 272
Withdrawing Room, San Francisco, CA = 273
LIVIO G. DIMITRIU
Artists Colony Housing project, Boston, Ma = 274
Casa Marabini, Lugo di Romagna, Italy = 276
Hawaii Loa College of Performing Arts, Hawaii = 278
EISENMAN/TROTT ARCHITECTS
Travelers Financial Center, Hempstead, NY = 280
GIULUANO FIORENZOLI
Mausoleum, Greenwich, CT = 282
JAMES INGO FREED
Holocaust Museum and Memorial, Washington, D. C. = 284
Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion, Los Angeles, CA = 286
GIOVANNINI & ASSOCIATES
Cardiologists' Offices, Washington, D. C. = 287
KEENEN/RILEY ARCHITECTURE
Mill House Project, Lambertville, NJ = 288
R. M. KLIMENT & FRANCES HALSBAND
Computer Science Buildung, Princeton, NJ = 290
KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASSOCIATES
Mainzer Landstrasse 58, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany = 292
KRUECK & OLSEN ARCHITECTS
Hewitt Associates Eastern Regional Center, Rowayton, CT = 294
MASQUE
Le Canalou, Bennett Point, MD = 295
RICHARD MEIER & PARTNERS
Bridgeport Center, Bridgeport, CT = 296
The Hartford Seminary Foundation, Hartford, CT = 298
Westchester House, Westchester Country, NY = 300
MICHAWL MOSTOLLER AND FRED TRAVISANI
Renovation of Trenton Townhouses, Trenton, NJ = 302
Travisano Rosidence, Sea Girt NJ = 303
JOS E' OUBRERIE
Magnificat, Houston, TX = 304
CESAR PELLI & ASSOCIATES
Ley Student Center Expansion, Rice University, Houston, TX = 306
PETER PRAN, CARLOS ZAPATA
Ditten Project for Schibsted Gruppen, Oslo, Norway = 308
University of Minnesota, School of Architecture, and Landscape Architecture, St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN = 310
PASCAL QUINTARD-HOFSTEIN
Office Building in Philadelphia, PA = 312
House # 227, California = 313
SMITH-MILLER+HAWKINSON
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA = 314
ROBERT A. M. STERN ARCHITECTS
222 Berkeley Streetm Boston, MA = 316
MEXX Retail Shop, Amsterdam = 318
International Headquarters for MEXX International, Voorschoten, Netherlands = 318
UKZ DESING, INC.(UNGERS, KISS, ZWIGARDI)
Knee Residence, North Caldwell, NJ = 320
HARRY C. WOLF
Aplix Manufacturing Facility, Charlotte, NC = 321
NCNB National Bank Headquarters Office Building, Tampa, FL = 322
Kansai Airport, Osaka, Japan = 324
Appendix
Short Biographies of the Architects = 329
Photographic Acknowledgments = 336
Legend for New York City Map, after p. = 336