Im Schweigegeldverfahren gegen Ex-US-Präsident Trump gibt es die Eröffnungsplädoyers. Anklage und Verteidigung bieten gänzlich unterschiedliche Sichten.#DonaldTrump #StormyDaniels #US-Justiz #NewYorkCity #MichaelCohen #USA #US-Präsidentschaftswahl2024 #Amerika #Politik #Schwerpunkt
Prozess gegen Donald Trump in New York: Unschuldslamm im blauen Anzug
Really excellent hip-hop album with lush jazz samples. Sounds so much like oldschool 90s rap with that classy NY sound.
Das legendäre New Yorker Jazzlabel Blue Note Records gibt es seit 1939. Ein Gespräch mit Labelchef Don Was über ein großes Erbe und den Blue-Note-Sound.#Jazz #NewYorkCity #Musikgeschichte #Blues #Musik #Kultur
Don Was über die Blue-Note-Philosophie: „Verlier nie den Groove, man!“
Jahrzehntelang arbeitete sie erfolgreich als Innendesignerin, unter anderem für neun US-Präsidenten. Aber erst mit über 80 wurde sie zu einem Modestar.#Mode #NewYorkCity #Alltag #Gesellschaft
Fashion-Ikone Iris Apfel: Im Alter von 102 Jahren gestorben
Die New Yorker Fotografin Vivian Maier ist eine große Unbekannte. Die Publizistin Ann Marks hat ihre seltsame Lebensgeschichte aufgeschrieben.#Fotografie #NewYorkCity #Künstlerin #zeitgenössischeFotografie #Buch #Kultur
Buch über das Leben Vivian Maiers: Durch die Linse der Gouvernante
Every year, more than 70 million sharks are harvested worldwide for their fins. They are considered a delicacy in Asia and used to make shark fin soup, which...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraDocumentary #AlJazeeraEnglish #Asia #Ecuador #FaultLines #Investigation #Investigative #InvestigativeDocumentray #NewYorkCity #Peru #SharkFin #SharkFinSoup #Sharks #TheSharkFinHunters #UnitedStates #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #environment #illegaltrade #latestnews #newsheadlines #wildlife #wildlifetrafficking
Tracking One of the World’s Bloodiest Trades: The Shark Fin Hunters | Fault Lines Documentary
Der frühere US-Präsident nennt den Prozess gegen sich „Schande“ und „politische Hexenjagd“. Die Staatsanwältin spricht von „Ablenkung“.#USA #DonaldTrump #IvankaTrump #NewYorkCity #Betrug #GNS #Amerika #Politik #Feed
Betrugsprozess in den USA: Trump-Show im Zeugenstand
Torrential rains in the US have lashed New York City and New Jersey, swamping subways, submerging roads and grounding flights.Officials have declared a state...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Floods #NewJersey #NewYorkCity #NewYorkCityfloods #Stateofemergency #Torrentialrains #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #latestnews #newsheadlines #rains
New York City floods: State of emergency declared after heavy rains
Heavy Buildings Are Sinking the City
#CurrentEvents #Environment #NewYorkCity #CoastalCities #Skyscrapers
Millionen Menschen kennen seine Filmmusik. Der Oscar-Gewinner galt als ein Urvater des Techno, spielte aber auch Jazz, Pop und Avantgarde. Nun ist er mit 71 Jahren gestorben.#Japan #RyuichiSakamoto #Filmmusik #Komponist #Oscar-Gewinner #DerletzteKaiser #NewYorkCity
Japanischer Musiker und Komponist Ryuichi Sakamoto ist tot | DW | 02.04.2023
Bunt, modern und experimentell präsentiert sich das neue "Museum of Broadway" in New York. Die Ausstellung setzt auf die Anziehungskraft von Musicalhits wie "Hair" oder "Der König der Löwen".#Broadway #NewYork #NewYorkCity #MuseumofBroadway #Hair #Oklahoma
Neues Broadway-Museum eröffnet am Time Square | DW | 15.11.2022
Photo by Jim Graniela, Director/DP, PeaceHawks LLC
A memorable, fun-to-shoot #homage to the iconic Marx Brothers taken at The New York Biltmore Hotel circa 1968.
#bandw #bw #blackandwhite #commercialphotography #directorofphotography #dp #filmmaking #groucho #harpo #JimGraniela #marxbrothers #model #models #modeling #modelling #mywork #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #peacehawks #peacehawksllc #photographer #photography
Guess I should read these and/or more of these!
The 25 best books set in or about New York
It's a feat of extraordinary diligence worthy of a genius mind: to pen a book that truly captures the essence of a constantly changing New York.
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This week on Dezeen, US studio SHoP Architects completed 111 West 57th Street in New York City, which is now the world's skinniest skyscraper with a height-to-width ratio of 24:1.
The skyscraper is located on Manhattan's Billionaires' Row and at 435 metres in height is the second-tallest building in the western hemisphere.
SHoP Architects also began construction on another project this week – a new milled-stone campus for the US consulate in Milan, which draws on the site's existing neoclassical architecture.
Eight "weird and wonderful" data centres from around the world
As the exhibition Power House: The Architecture of Data Centres draws to a close at London's Roca Gallery, we took a closer look at eight "weird and wonderful" data centres featured in the show.
From high-tech designs by architects to inconspicuous inner-city retrofits, the exhibition is showcasing data centres from all over the world until 14 April.
Norman Foster curates exhibition that celebrates the "beauty and technology" of the car
Meanwhile, Guggenheim Bilbao opened an exhibition titled Motion: Autos, Art, Architecture this week, which is curated by British architect Norman Foster and showcases nine cars from his own collection.
Foster also designed the displays for the exhibition, which in total features 40 different models including the first Porsche ever made.
Another car that made the news this week is the limited-edition Maybach S-Class created by late designer Virgil Abloh for Mercedes-Benz. The vehicle has a distinctive two-tone finish and was released together with a capsule clothing collection from Abloh's label Off-White.
Architecture "lagging behind all other sectors" in climate change fight says IPCC report author
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest climate report this week, which highlights the built environment as one of the key industries that could help the world to cut its emissions by 50 per cent this decade.
But Yamina Saheb, one of the report's lead authors, told Dezeen that efforts to avert catastrophic climate change have so far been held back by "inertia" from the construction sector, which she says hasn't been modernised since the second world war.
In Los Angeles, two faculty members of the Southern California Institute of Architecture apologised after being put on administrative leave for suggesting that architecture students should work long hours for low pay.
Tom Wiscombe and Marikka Trotter said: "We completely understand that as a couple at one school, both with administrative roles, it can seem like we have unfairly consolidated power, and we acknowledge that some faculty and students feel that way."
Naturehumaine splits Quebec ski cottage La Brèche in two
Popular projects this week included a ski cottage in Quebec, a Mexican house created as a refuge for surfers and Lego's new campus in Billund, Denmark, which is organised around a yellow atrium.
Our lookbooks this week focused on basement conversions that make use of subterranean space and interiors with innovative room dividers instead of walls.
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The Brooklyn Tower supertall skyscraper by SHoP Architects, which became the borough's tallest building last year, has reached its full height.
Reaching 93 storeys and 1,066 feet (325 metres) tall, The Brooklyn Tower is the first in the borough to claim supertall status.
The mixed-use tower, which was formerly called 9 DeKalb, will contain offices, with residences starting on the 53rd floor and over 100,000 square feet (9,300 square metres) of retail space at its base.
SHoP Architects' skyscraper incorporates the historic Dime Savings Bank building at its base
The building is the latest supertall skyscraper – defined as measuring between 984 and 1,969 feet (300 and 600 metres) tall – to reach its full-height in the city.
It has a broader base than many of the skinny skyscrapers across the East River, some of which have reportedly experienced engineering issues as a result of high winds.
According to SHoP Architects' founding principal Gregg Pasquarelli, his skyscraper's broader shape will enable it to avoid similar problems.
"This is a fundamentally different building than the other supertalls in the city with a considerably wide base," Pasquarelli told Dezeen. "So in many ways we had that advantage from the start."
The Brooklyn Tower is now the tallest building in the New York City borough
The layout of less-dense Brooklyn and the integration of a historic building into the tower's base have both contributed to its larger footprint.
"The design of The Brooklyn Tower arose from the native geometries of its triangular site and location in Downtown Brooklyn," said Pasquarelli.
The Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, a landmark building that dates back to 1859, was incorporated into the tower and also informed some of SHoP Architects' design decisions.
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Elements from the interior of the bank – including the hexagonal shapes, geometric patterning and rich materials – influenced the tower's form and facade treatments, according to Pasquarelli.
"The building's distinctive materiality incorporates elegant white marble at its base and evolves to blackened stainless steel and shades of bronze and copper as the tower ascends," the architect said.
With setbacks that narrow to a point, the tower is accessible from two points from the ground.
The first on Fleet Street is intended as a residential entrance, with interiors by Krista Ninivaggi of Woods Bagot that feature restored marble and a double-height atrium with "white oak walls cut into a sculptural pattern".
Three rooftop swimming pools will surround the bank's dome
The other entrance is into the retail area through the restored Dime Savings Bank on the Flatbush Avenue Extension.
Gachot Studios designed the interiors for the tower's residences, which will include 150 condominiums, and 400 rental residences with 30 per cent designated for middle-income housing.
The Dome Pool and Terrace will include three swimming pools that surround the historic bank's roof, while the 66th floor of the skyscraper will have the highest basketball court built anywhere in the world, not accounting for altitude.
New York City has several supertall skyscrapers. The Brooklyn Tower was among several that shed large chunks of ice in late February during unseasonable weather, including SHoP Architects' 111 West 57th Street.
Other supertalls recently completed in the Big Apple include One Vanderbilt by Kohn Pedersen Fox. Last year, Dezeen compiled a list of supertalls changing the skyline of the city.
SHoP is based in New York and known for its work on the Barclays Center, not far from The Brooklyn Tower. The firm's workers recently moved to unionise in response to an alleged culture of "endless overtime and deadlines".
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To protect our cities from the impacts of climate change we need to embrace major, government-led infrastructure and architecture projects says Jason Barr.
When Iproposed extending Manhattan into New York harbor, I knew that it would be received skeptically. The plan (pictured) was meant, in part, to start a discussion to think creatively about solving the multiple crises facing the world's biggest coastal cities.
Large-scale problems require large-scale solutions
While there was a fair degree of support, there was also a flood of negativity. Collectively, the reactions to my proposal demonstrate that we have developed a deep-seated phobia about large-scale projects and trusting government to solve our problems. But large-scale problems require large-scale solutions, and often these can only be government-led.
I proposed extending Manhattan 2.5 miles out into the sea in order to protect the financial district from flooding and storm surges and, just as importantly, to provide up to 200,000 new housing units. Lower Manhattan is almost as vulnerable to storm surges as a decade ago when Superstorm Sandy hit, and housing is more unaffordable than ever.
Because Manhattan real estate values are so high, the sale or leases from the new land could more than pay for the costs. If judicially managed, the project could turn a hearty profit that could be used to fund other climate change mitigation projects as well as improve the ecologies of the Hudson River estuary.
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Many people responded to the proposal, however, by raising the specter of master builder Robert Moses, who oversaw the construction of highways, bridges and tunnels, and housing projects in New York from the Great Depression to the 1960s.
Moses is widely excoriated for tearing apart neighborhoods and approaching his job with a build-it-now-ask-questions-later approach. In reaction to Moses' reworking of New York, the city created many roadblocks to city-wide reconstruction.
But Moses' last big project was nearly a half-century ago; it is time to put the ghost of Moses to bed. Additionally, urbanist Jane Jacobs convinced many that smaller was better and that local residents should have a voice in neighborhood redevelopment.
The city is trying to sneak its way to resiliency because it fears that bolder projects will be blocked
However, her ideas have morphed into NIMBYism, which now prevents badly needed large-scale growth in the housing stock. The result of the Moses versus Jacobs debate: democratic input no longer means governance by consensus but rather being ruled by veto power from local interests.
But large-scale projects are necessary to save our cities, and we must openly recognize this. Major resiliency interventions in New York are already underway, but on ad hoc bases that follow the path of least political resistance: a seawall here, an extension of the shoreline there, flooding prevention here, and so on. In essence, the city is trying to sneak its way to resiliency because of fear that bolder, more effective projects will be blocked. This is not an efficient use of resources.
Multi-billion-dollar seawalls may help reduce damage from storm surges in some parts of the city, but they do not address the issue of sea-level rise more broadly or flooding from torrential downpours. Plus, climate change and housing affordability are not independent.
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The costs from flooding and surges will only cause housing prices to increase. And, New York has been unable to meaningfully reform its zoning regulations or housing policies in six decades, and there is no indication that it will change any time soon.
Because of perceived injustices and a desire to protect their neighborhoods, New Yorkers have become increasingly resistant to change that could, in the long run, improve their lives. They quickly see the short-term disruptions and hardships but have difficulty envisioning the benefits.
They have developed a reactive instinct that the government can't be trusted anyway, so why bother. Social media, unfortunately, has become an echo chamber for these perceptions and all too easily trains people to reject large-scale proposals instantly without deeply considering their merits.
New York and the many other major coastal cities at risk of rising seas need to embrace not just a new philosophy of urbanism but also a new approach to governance. A three-pronged strategy is required. First, we need to shift our attitudes and restore confidence in government. To begin this process, leaders must admit that the big projects of the past, while often necessary, were done in a heavy-handed manner and with checkered results. But the projects of the past have provided valuable learning experiences that can be used for the present.
Major construction projects always create winners and losers
Second, new large-scale policies must be designed in a much more holistic manner than those of the past. Now, New York's housing policy, climate change mitigation, and transportation are addressed on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. In policy circles, there is, unfortunately, little realization that all of these are linked and need to be addressed simultaneously. Leaders need to show that holistic thinking can be both fair and efficient in helping to solve major crises.
Just as importantly, we must recognize that any major policy changes or construction projects always create winners and losers in that some people are harmed when transitioning to a new policy. As such, all large-scale projects and programs should provide a "carrot" or compensation to those harmed to grease the wheels of change and prevent parochial vetoism.
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Policies must be designed to not only assuage people against the fear of change, but also to prevent their fears from coming true. Creative thinking can help push the NIMBYists out of their trenches.
As we face the looming problems of the 21st century, we have too much to lose by inaction. We must no longer fear ambitious projects, as they are sorely needed. It's time we embrace new thinking on how to mobilize government action for the greater good.
Jason Barr is an economics professor atRutgers University and an affiliated faculty member with the Global Urban Systems PhD program. Barr is the author of Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers.
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Ice falling from supertall skyscrapers in New York, including 11 West 57th Street on Billionaires' Row, injured motorists and closed roads over the weekend.
Numerous reports from New York City described incidents of ice falling from some of the city's tallest buildings.
A motorist was injured on Friday night when a chunk of ice fell from SHoP Architects' recently completed 11 West 57th Street, reported Yahoo News.
Videos of large chunks of ice falling from the 1,420-foot (435-metre) residential skyscraper, which is also known as the Steinway Tower, were shared on social media.
The falling ice caused the police to temporarily cordon off 6th Avenue near 57th Street.
Falling ice from the Steinway Tower making a thud on impact in Midtown Manhattan. #NYC pic.twitter.com/mOXmT6TmiQ
-- Eric Rihlmann (@ericrihlmann) February 27, 2022
Nearby at the KPF-designed One Vanderbilt skyscraper, more reports of falling ice caused 42nd Avenue to be closed in places.
Another incident resulted in lane closures over the George Washington Bridge over the weekend, and social media videos showed ice falling from the Brooklyn Tower, which is still under construction.
The widespread incidents were explained by a sudden warming on Friday, after freezing weather last week formed ice chunks on the glass buildings.
Several incidents of ice falling from supertall skyscrapers — those above 984 feet (300 metres) — have been documented over the past decade. In 2014, ice reportedly fell from One World Trade Center in Downtown Manhattan.
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Although ice falling from skyscrapers can be traced back to the 1930s, the materials and forms of contemporary skyscrapers have exacerbated the problem, according to journalist Matthew Haag.
"The threat is greater today because of a surge in new, angular towers that reach soaring heights and are built from materials like glass and steel that actually promote more ice growth," Haag wrote in an article for the New York Times in 2019. "The acceleration of climate change may also contribute to icing issues."
Much attention has been given lately to the growing number of supertalls in New York City, and floods and high winds caused problems for the residents of Rafael Viñoly's supertall 432 Park Avenue in 2021.
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Architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed two buildings on the Manhattanville campus of Columbia University's School of Business in New York City.
The two buildings – Henry R Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall – were designed in collaboration with FXCollaborative for Manhattanville, a 17-acre (6.9-hectare) site north of the university's existing campus in Upper Manhattan.
Kravis Hall is one of two Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed buildings for the Columbia Business School
All buildings for this expanded campus follow a master plan by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
"Renzo Piano's Manhattanville masterplan stipulated an urban layer at the ground level would be permeable to the public, extending the city grid through the campus," said Charles Renfro, partner-in-charge for Diller Scofidio + Renfro. "That was a perfect starting point for us because our studio always advocates for these fuzzier distinctions between public space and institutions".
"Modern business practice is increasingly collaborative and non-siloed, and is predicated on an expanded adoption of technology, data, and advanced analytics alongside the fundamentals of traditional business education," said dean Costis Maglaras. "Our new, open, light-filled spaces reflect this reality."
The second building, Geffen Hall, has gradient shades of glass across the facade
Both buildings have facades primarily of glass and were constructed with what the studio called a "layer-cake design".
The two buildings sit across from a public park known as The Square designed by US studio James Corner Field Operations. With two groves of trees, it is the largest public park on any of Columbia's campuses.
Geffen Hall's storeys are offset at angles to one another
"A network of stairs and social spaces emerges from the ground floor, programmed with public spaces that welcome the community," said Refro.
"These networks weave through both buildings in dialogue across The Square, animating each facade with the school's daily activities."
The stairways of Geffen Hall form a sculptural network
The 11-storey Kravis Hall has two depths in the facade. The ground floor and student areas are inset from the floor plate, while the faculty floors stick out from the building and have fritted glass.
The two materials show the "interweaving of student, faculty, and administrative spaces" according to a release from Columbia.
Stairways are also a prominent design feature inside Kravis Hall
Geffen Hall is eight storeys tall and also has views of the Hudson River, while the rear exposure looks out into the neighbourhood of West Harlem.
Its storeys are offset with floor plates of varying thicknesses that emphasise the layering. A colour gradient in the glass stretches across each layer.
Samberg Commons is an auditorium on the ground floor of Kravis Hall
"Both set the stage for dynamic interactions between the University's different populations by shuffling faculty floors with student floors, made legible in each building’s syncopated silhouette," said Renfro.
Staircases in each structure open up the interior of the building. These "spiraling, sculptural circulation stairs" are meant to foster socialisation and interaction among students, according to the school.
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Skip-truss framing on the faculty floors of Kravis Hall allows for the student spaces to be open with relatively few columns dividing the space. Kravis hall has views of the Square and the Hudson River.
Though the building was designed before the Covid-19 pandemic, certain elements integrate the importance of telecommunications.
"Accommodating Columbia Business School's international community who joined remotely from all over the world was always part of the mandate and drove the core of the classroom technological development," said Renfro.
The buildings are located at Columbia University's Manhattanville campus
The ground floors of each building are mostly open to the public. Kravis Hall's Samberg Commons is an "urban-scale living room" with a multi-storey, tiered seating made of white oak.
Kravis Hall also has a dining room and retail space, while Geffen Hall features an auditorium that seats 274 as well as a public cafe.
The expanded campus in Upper Manhattan was masterplanned by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Sustainable elements of the designs include high-percentages of recycled content, and a majority of the wood was sourced from sustainable forests. The heating and cooling systems use "chilled beam technology" for underfloor heating in the tiered classrooms.
Other buildings on the Manhattanville campus include the Jerome L Greene Science Center, the Lenfest Center for the Arts and The Forum community centre – all by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro has previously completed a vertically organised medical centre for Columbia University.
The photography is byIwan Baan.
Project credits:
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with FXCollaborative
Sustainability/ LEED consultant: FXCollaborative
Structural Engineer, Exterior Envelope and Façade Consultant: Arup
Associate Architect (Dedicated Dining, Multi-Function Room): Aaris Design Studios
Mechanical Engineer: Buro Happold
Construction Manager: Turner Construction
Lighting Design: Tillotson Design Associates
Acoustics: Cerami & Associates
Vertical Transportation: Van Deusen and Associates
Civil Engineering: Stantec Consultants
AV: Cerami & Associates, The Clarient Group, Jaffe Holden
IT: The Clarient Group, Jaros Baum & Bolles
Security: DVS Security Consulting and Engineering
Food Services: Romano Gatland
Cost Consulting: Dharam Consulting
Code: Milrose
Graphics and Wayfinding: Pentagram
Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations
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Architecture firm SOM is renovating the glass Lever House skyscraper that it designed in New York in an effort to preserve the modernist office building's "very important legacy".
Completed by SOM in 1952, the 22-storey Lever House is considered one of the first modernist landmarks in New York, helping to popularise glass curtain walls and the International Style architecture movement in the US.
SOM is renovating the Lever House skyscraper that it designed in New York
However, many of the 70-year-old building's original elements and newer additions are ageing and in need of an update.
SOM's aim for the restoration is to reverse this, preserving Lever House's original appearance while also enhancing its sustainability performance to meet modern-day standards.
Lever House "transformed the design of urban towers"
"Lever House introduced the International Style to America and transformed the design of urban towers around the world," explained SOM partner Chris Cooper.
"That is a very important legacy to preserve," he told Dezeen. "It stands out among all the large-scale commercial development underway around the city."
The International Style was a modernist movement defined by simple cubic forms and the use of glass and steel, stripped of any ornamentation.
The renovation aims to preserve the skyscraper's "very important legacy"
But according to Cooper, the building's architectural significance is not the only reason the renovation is important. Its design and location are also particularly unique.
"Its relationship to Park Avenue, with its unique floorplate and the direct access to daylight, nature, and views up and down the avenue, makes this an opportune moment to reinvest in the building," Cooper said.
SOM collaborating with material scientists
Externally, Lever House is characterised by its rectangular form that is surrounded by a glass curtain facade and stainless steel detailing, and elevated over a marble-lined ground floor plaza.
Many of the materials on the ground floor are now deteriorating, while inside, the 21 storeys of offices still rely on its original 20th-century mechanical systems.
SOM is striving to meet LEED Gold through its improvements to the building's environmental performance, which is the second-highest certification attainable by the green building rating system.
The updates to the ground-floor plaza, which are now underway, include the replacement of paving – which is not original to the building – with durable concrete cast in-situ to resemble the 1952 design.
The ground-level plaza will be updated
Overhead, the plaza's water-damaged plaster ceiling will be substituted for a more durable version, while the surrounding stainless steel columns, black limestone and white marble walls will be restored with the help of material scientists.
"This project required a deep exploration into materials science," Cooper explained.
"We worked with specialists to examine all the primary materials that we were working with, and how we could upgrade some of the existing elements."
The glass and steel facade on the ground-level storefront, which is currently cracked and dented in places, will also be rehabilitated, while existing planters are soon to be updated with new birch trees.
Upgrade will "look as close to its original appearance as possible"
Another key element of Lever House's design is the 15,000-square-foot (1,400-square-metre) terrace on the third floor, which is also set to undergo a complete revamp.
The terrace's landscaping will be updated with new shrubs, flowers and birch trees, while the non-original red paving will be swapped out for grey precast concrete to better suit the tower's aesthetic.
As part of the renovation project, the terrazzo flooring and mosaic tile wall inside the tower's lobby will be repaired, while the lighting system will be upgraded to be brighter and more energy-efficient.
The offices will also be given more floor space and higher ceilings, as well as improved ventilation systems that will maximise fresh air.
The third-floor terrace will also be revamped
"Lever House is so important to the history of our firm and modern architecture, and we wanted to upgrade it to look as close to its original appearance as possible," concluded Cooper.
"These are subtle improvements, but they will really renew the arrival experience and help restore the building’s original appearance."
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Another notable modernist building that was recently renovated is Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Carried out by British practice David Chipperfield Architects, the project saw the building's ageing structure and exterior restored while its services were modernised.
The studio's founder, David Chipperfield, described the work as "surgical in nature", in an effort to preserve Mies van der Rohe's original vision for the gallery as far as possible.
The renders are byTMRW and the photography is by Ezra Stoller.
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