READ THIS: New York Dozen Gen X Architects by Michael J. Crosbie
It's not who you know, it's Whom You Know and we know Mover and Shaker Andre Kikoski and both he and his wife Mover and Shaker Kim Donaldson (be sure to read Bottlenotes) are always knocking another out of the park...last year Andre won an Interior Design Magazine "Best of Year" Award for The Wright, making his the first firm ever to win the three most prestigious design awards in the same year -- The James Beard Foundation Award, The Gold Key Award for Hospitality Excellence, and now the Best of Year Award. And then The Wright earned a spot in Peachy's Picks. The latest and greatest accomplishment is a feature in New York Dozen, so we just had to read it. We even started a new column, Brilliant Businesspeople, because we need to graduate Mover and Shaker Businesspeople just like we have graduated those in entertainment to Red Carpet Regulars and in the literary field, Amazing Authors.
Collaboration through design, using the best technology, and a unique perspective towards the future make the firms recognized here in a class of their own. Inspired by a book published 40 years ago, Five Architects, The New York Dozen boasts innovative ideas put into practical form through gorgeous photography that will inspire and delight the reader. From project to project, some architectural structures will be more loved than others in this book but no matter if an architectural wonder suits your fancy or not, you absolutely will be able to appreciate the intellect behind it by these extraordinary forward-thinking firms.
Kikoski's is the the first firm featured and we are not surprised as we're sure this author wanted to start off on the right foot! The Wright is only one of this firm's hit parade of accomplishments. Did you know they also did Cafe 3 at the Guggenheim, and they show their versatility across this country by also finding success in Denver with Second Home and internationally with the Container House, which can be found in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Also, don't overlook the phenomenal job that was done with the Yankee Club.
On page 50, you'll see a curious design that may work for some Manhattan dwellers: check out the mobile six foot cube by Arts Corporation. And we'd love to see the Aqua Center in Denmark by Christoff: Fino replicated in New York-there are not nearly enough good nevermind phenomenal, which this looks like it is, places to swim here in Manhattan (notice this is one discipline we have NEVER written about! We would if the Aqua Center were here...).
The World Trade Center Memorial Proposal is one of the most interesting ideas we see in this book, found on page 70. A new layer of urban infrastructure would reinvent the skyline in a farm of wind turbines that would gradually spread across the rooftops of our city. A more artistic look is brought with the Butterfly Pavillion - it reminded us of beautiful white cast iron benches in the summertime next to pots of geraniums and in another light, it reminded us of a knitted or crocheted structure. And though today is a gray day in Manhattan, it is not raining or flooding-but those were recent familiar days in the tri-state area and the Wetland City found on page 118 will interest you. But cheer up, and take a peek at the Battery Bosque SeaGlass Carousel which is such fun on page 204.
And if Manhattan is not enough of an island for you, check out the Floating House on page 128. That would be your own island! And finally, on page 182 we come full circle with our Movers and Shakers as Anthropologie is featured and if you have been reading, you know you can buy the Hunter Dixon clothes there...and Mover and Shaker Jennifer Dixon runs that company. Open your mind to all the possibilities that these twelve young firms have to offer and read New York Dozen Gen X Architects by Michael J. Crosbie; we highly recommend it!
Kikoski's is the the first firm featured and we are not surprised as we're sure this author wanted to start off on the right foot! The Wright is only one of this firm's hit parade of accomplishments. Did you know they also did Cafe 3 at the Guggenheim, and they show their versatility across this country by also finding success in Denver with Second Home and internationally with the Container House, which can be found in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Also, don't overlook the phenomenal job that was done with the Yankee Club.
On page 50, you'll see a curious design that may work for some Manhattan dwellers: check out the mobile six foot cube by Arts Corporation. And we'd love to see the Aqua Center in Denmark by Christoff: Fino replicated in New York-there are not nearly enough good nevermind phenomenal, which this looks like it is, places to swim here in Manhattan (notice this is one discipline we have NEVER written about! We would if the Aqua Center were here...).
The World Trade Center Memorial Proposal is one of the most interesting ideas we see in this book, found on page 70. A new layer of urban infrastructure would reinvent the skyline in a farm of wind turbines that would gradually spread across the rooftops of our city. A more artistic look is brought with the Butterfly Pavillion - it reminded us of beautiful white cast iron benches in the summertime next to pots of geraniums and in another light, it reminded us of a knitted or crocheted structure. And though today is a gray day in Manhattan, it is not raining or flooding-but those were recent familiar days in the tri-state area and the Wetland City found on page 118 will interest you. But cheer up, and take a peek at the Battery Bosque SeaGlass Carousel which is such fun on page 204.
And if Manhattan is not enough of an island for you, check out the Floating House on page 128. That would be your own island! And finally, on page 182 we come full circle with our Movers and Shakers as Anthropologie is featured and if you have been reading, you know you can buy the Hunter Dixon clothes there...and Mover and Shaker Jennifer Dixon runs that company. Open your mind to all the possibilities that these twelve young firms have to offer and read New York Dozen Gen X Architects by Michael J. Crosbie; we highly recommend it!
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From the celebrated author of Houses of God, Architecture for Architects and many other popular titles, comes this book on New York’s most celebrated living architects, the latest new-generation practitioners. It also offers an exploration of the legacy of the original ‘Five Architects.’
The book explores the legacy of New York’s original “Five Architects” - Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejduk and Richard Meier - and how these new firms are departing from it. This new generation of architects is dubbed the ‘New York Dozen’ by author and architectural critic Michael J. Crosbie, and this book explores what these groups of a dozen of the most creative young architectural design talents in New York are up to.
Inspired by the revolutionary Five Architects book of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, New York Dozen profiles the work of 12 young firms making a name in the city that never sleeps. These young architects are finding new ways to practice experimenting with cutting-edge materials, and expressing changing values in their work. Ultimately, New York Dozen is more then just another architectural book; it is an exploration of the most celebrated new-generation architects of our time, a graphic insight into the innovation and inspiration behind New Yorks ever evolving skyline. Featuring over 200 pages of vividly realised designs and around 500 full-color photographs, New York Dozen is certain to capture the imagination and excite the senses.
The ‘New York Dozen’ includes: Arts Corporation, Architecture in Formation PC, Andre Kikoski Architect, Christoff:Finio Architecture, Della Valle, Bernheimer, Leven Betts, Leroy Street Studio, MOS, NARCHITECTS, studio S U M O, WORK Architecture Company (WORKac), WXY Architecture.
Michael J. Crosbie, Ph.D. is active in architectural journalism, research, teaching, and practice. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture from Catholic University. He has previously served as technical editor for “Architecture” and “Progressive Architecture” magazines and is a former contributing editor to “Construction Specifier.” He is a licensed architect and a senior associate at Steven Winter Associates, a building systems research and consulting firm in Norwalk, Connecticut, and the editor-in-chief of “Faith & Form” magazine. Dr. Crosbie has won several journalism awards and is the author of more than a dozen books on architectural subjects and several hundred articles that have appeared in publications such as “Architectural Record, Architecture, Collier’s Encyclopedia Yearbook, Construction Specifier, Fine Homebuilding, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Progressive Architecture, “ and “Wiley’s Encyclopedia of Architecture, Design, Engineering & Construction.”
$59.95 US , ISBN: 9781864703962
Release: Available Now, Hardcover, 9.25 in x 9.25 in
Pages: 224, Illustrations: 400 color
New York Dozen by Michael J. Crosbie from Images Publishing Group
Other books by Michael J. Crosbie include Houses of God, Architecture for the Gods I and II, The Art of Sharing: New Directions in Multifamily Housing, Living Together: Multifamily Housing Today, and Architecture for Architects among many others.
From the celebrated author of Houses of God, Architecture for Architects and many other popular titles, comes this book on New York’s most celebrated living architects, the latest new-generation practitioners. It also offers an exploration of the legacy of the original ‘Five Architects.’
The book explores the legacy of New York’s original “Five Architects” - Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejduk and Richard Meier - and how these new firms are departing from it. This new generation of architects is dubbed the ‘New York Dozen’ by author and architectural critic Michael J. Crosbie, and this book explores what these groups of a dozen of the most creative young architectural design talents in New York are up to.
Inspired by the revolutionary Five Architects book of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, New York Dozen profiles the work of 12 young firms making a name in the city that never sleeps. These young architects are finding new ways to practice experimenting with cutting-edge materials, and expressing changing values in their work. Ultimately, New York Dozen is more then just another architectural book; it is an exploration of the most celebrated new-generation architects of our time, a graphic insight into the innovation and inspiration behind New Yorks ever evolving skyline. Featuring over 200 pages of vividly realised designs and around 500 full-color photographs, New York Dozen is certain to capture the imagination and excite the senses.
The ‘New York Dozen’ includes: Arts Corporation, Architecture in Formation PC, Andre Kikoski Architect, Christoff:Finio Architecture, Della Valle, Bernheimer, Leven Betts, Leroy Street Studio, MOS, NARCHITECTS, studio S U M O, WORK Architecture Company (WORKac), WXY Architecture.
Michael J. Crosbie, Ph.D. is active in architectural journalism, research, teaching, and practice. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture from Catholic University. He has previously served as technical editor for “Architecture” and “Progressive Architecture” magazines and is a former contributing editor to “Construction Specifier.” He is a licensed architect and a senior associate at Steven Winter Associates, a building systems research and consulting firm in Norwalk, Connecticut, and the editor-in-chief of “Faith & Form” magazine. Dr. Crosbie has won several journalism awards and is the author of more than a dozen books on architectural subjects and several hundred articles that have appeared in publications such as “Architectural Record, Architecture, Collier’s Encyclopedia Yearbook, Construction Specifier, Fine Homebuilding, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Progressive Architecture, “ and “Wiley’s Encyclopedia of Architecture, Design, Engineering & Construction.”
$59.95 US , ISBN: 9781864703962
Release: Available Now, Hardcover, 9.25 in x 9.25 in
Pages: 224, Illustrations: 400 color
New York Dozen by Michael J. Crosbie from Images Publishing Group
Other books by Michael J. Crosbie include Houses of God, Architecture for the Gods I and II, The Art of Sharing: New Directions in Multifamily Housing, Living Together: Multifamily Housing Today, and Architecture for Architects among many others.
