A tour of Brooklyn’s most expensive real estate listing is bound to impress.
Architizer was recently allowed to take a tour of the four-floor, four-clock’ed penthouse at One Main Street in New York City’s most populous borough.

(image courtesy of DUMBO NOW)

The building was built in 1914 – one of many buildings designed for Robert Gair, a [...]

It’s official, I am becoming ‘that guy’ who google searches ‘architecture’ in his spare time just for fun. Ordinarily I wouldn’t go around publicizing this kind of outrageously dorky behavior, but I found the image results to be kind of interesting.
I guess I was expecting a Frank Gehry building to be number one.
Or maybe the [...]

Tonight is New York make a concerted effort to attend the Rebuild Haiti event brought to you by Architecture For Humanity New York and Brooklyn Bowl.
It is always a blessing when a good old time can be combined with an extremely worthy cause.
There will be drink specials from 6-7pm.
Tickets are 10 Dollars online and 15 [...]

The latest issue of Surface Magazine, 81 – the Spring Fashion Issue – has more than clothing to entertain the eyes.
A peek inside the pages will please even the most lax architecture enthusiast – and might be especially pleasing to Architizer readers – no fewer than five firms and projects you can find on Architizer [...]

The design galleries at the Museum of Modern Art have been reorganized, and the galleries are better for it.  Two different exhibitions have been re-energized.
The first is Juliet Kinchin’s reinstallation of the modern design section of design galleries on the third floor:
Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, on view from December 23, 2009, to July of 2010, [...]

Architizer member firm BIG has released images of their design for the PS1 courtyard contest that eventually was rewarded to SO-IL.
To refresh your memory, firms were asked to design temporary urban landscapes that incorporate elements of shade, water, seating, and bar areas for the expansive courtyard entrance of P.S.1.
BIG’s proposal:
Building something in order to tear [...]

Here is a first look at some of the entries for Competition Competition 2010.
As the number of applicants continues to grow, we have been able to find multiple entries for the same competition.  It has been really cool seeing the different designs people have come up with.
Today is a look at some who have entered [...]

Part 2: Connecting your Facebook network to your work on Architizer
At some point in the last few years, it seemed like EVERYONE was on Facebook – even Aunt Esther!  While it might be a nuisance with regard to hiding pictures of yourself doing tequila shots over a forgotten lost weekend, it is an excellent opportunity [...]

Architizer is pleased to be featured in the first Cup O’Design podcast from the boys at archiCULTURE. They are film makers who are in the process of making a documentary about architecture culture in New York – this podcast series is an attempt to tell those other stories that didn’t make it into the film.

Via Archinect comes an appeal for help from Architecture for Humanity:
AFH is responding to the earthquake in Haiti, which has caused major damage with a loss of life estimated to be in the thousands. We are raising funds to support efforts in the rebuilding of affected areas. Together with our partners Yele Haiti and AIDG [...]