Austrian Cultural Forum New York  

The Austrian Cultural Forum New York (ACFNY), an agency of the Republic of Austria, is located in an extraordinary architectural landmark building in Manhattan.

Building designed by Raimund Abraham .

High Line  

A park by Diller Scofidio and Renfro, rambling through Manhattanon an otherwise dis-used elevated railway.

Lever House 

Gordon Bunshaft for SOM, 1952.

In contrast to the Seagram building nearby, this tower feels scaled to suit the goings on around it, mostly thanks to a strip of hovering office bounding the courtyard. Green glass and ample foliage help the building feel like a bit of an oasis on Park Ave.

SOM project page

New Museum  

Seagram Building 

Grand mountain of brown steel by Ludwig, setting off many copycats. As Joe Public can’t get very far into the building, and the plaza is not designed for hanging out in, people congregate at the edge by the reflecting pool to eat their hot dogs – on a very popular onyx seat. Maybe it’s called the Barcelona corner.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  

Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959.

Storefront for Art and Architecture  

Gallery by Steven Holl.
“Founded in 1982, Storefront for Art and Architecture is a nonprofit organization committed to the advancement of innovative positions in architecture, art and design.”

Eva Franch Gilabert was appointed director in 2010.

TWA Terminal  

In 2001 the gull-like TWA terminal by Eero Saarinen was threatened with demolition. On my visit in 2006 it was closed and looking forlorn but news had just come through that Jet Blue and Gensler would renovate it and incorporate it into a new terminal.