lunes, 24 de marzo de 2014

Construction Begins on the Vast Platform for New York’s Hudson Yards

The construction of Hudson Yards, the biggest private real estate development in the history of the United States and currently the largest development in New York City since the Rockefeller Center, is gaining momentum. The vast infrastructural project in the heart of the city is set to enclose an active rail yard with an expansive platform, paving the way for 28 acres (and 17 million square feet) of commercial and residential space. Housing over 100 commercial units, 5000 residences, 14 acres of open public space, an enormous school and luxury hotel all on top of a working train depot, the project will directly connect to a new subway station and meet with the High Line.

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domingo, 16 de marzo de 2014

Los Ángeles

(foto: Nómadas RNE)
Los Ángeles es la segunda ciudad más poblada de Estados Unidos, con 4 millones de habitantes en el centro y 20 en su área metropolitana. La diversidad étnic a es uno de los valores de esta urbe en la costa del sur de California. Santa Mónica, Malibú y Venice son sus barrios playeros más conocidos; hacia el interior se suceden las zonas residenciales y empresariales unidas por una maraña de autopistas. No es precisamente el paraíso del peatón, pero existen zonas muy interesantes para pasear en el centro histórico y en el cinematográfico distrito de Hollywood. Y para rebajar la sobredosis de cemento y asfalto el viajero puede escaparse a alguno de los magníficos parques nacionales encaramados en la Cordillera del Pacífico.


miércoles, 12 de marzo de 2014

New University Center at Manhattan

(foto: Metalocus)
On the corner of 14th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, this new, multipurpose facility is the “new heart” of The New School. This new, multipurpose facility has a dorm-lounge-classroom-library combo that brings the school’s brand ,showing a sensitive relation on the corner and neighborhood, a good balanced between its needs and its urban context. 
The University Center, designed by lead architect, Roger Duffy, at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), has produced a distinctively urban building, respectful but not obsequious.  The building combines all aspects of a traditional campus into a single, 16-story building, offering 200,000 sq. feet of academic space on the first seven floors and 150,000 sq. feet for a 600-bed dormitory on the levels above. The brass-and-glass structure is the largest construction project in the university’s 91-year history in Greenwich Village.


 

sábado, 8 de marzo de 2014

"Cloud Jazz" - Especial Boney James

(foto: blog.pe.com)

Especial dedicado a algunas de las colaboraciones más destacadas del saxofonista Boney James junto a artistas como Al Jarreau, Brian Culbertson, Bobby Caldwell, Rick Braun, Patti Austin, Bob James, P eter White, Marilyn Scott, Paul Brown, Mark Winkler o Will Downing. 


jueves, 6 de marzo de 2014

The Top of America: 1 World Trade Center


After 12 years of anticipation, the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere is ready for its close-up. How 10,000 workers lifted 104 floors, gave new life to an international symbol and created one spectacular view.

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