New York City is almost synonymous to the tall skyscrapers towering over humans and gently grazing the blue sky. During the era of the Empire State Building, architects and construction builders were obsessed with the idea of building up and building tall. When the Empire State Building was finished in 1931, it stood for 40 […]
The Timescape exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York encaptured New York City’s rich history in a brief twenty-one minutes touching upon its earliest settlers and how they cultivated the land to the 80s crack epidemic and through modern times. What the exhibit failed to encapture was the rich, diverse groups of […]
In architecture, as with anything else, design is crucial. Designing an aesthetically pleasing building is just as important as designing its ability to stand tall and just as important as portraying a certain message with the design. Designing a museum dedicated to architecture then proves to be a difficult task. The NYC Center for Architecture […]
In The Edifice Complex, Deyan Sudjic argues that architects are often employed by people with power to create and design buildings and complexes that seem to exert a certain message of power. Sudjic argues that architects and the rich and powerful who have the resources to employ these architects almost have an ulterior motive when […]
Twenty-two minutes to capture New York City’s rich history into one video is a daunting task for anyone to partake. The Timescapes exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York attempts to do so by telling a narrative of the history of New York and incorporating various forms of media into one video […]
The rise of technology has made our lives easier. Thanks to technology, we are no longer limited to people and places by proximity. Technology has allowed us to communicate and interact with people halfway across the globe and has also allowed us to travel to places beyond this world. People travel farther to work, companies […]
