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September 3, 2009
NoLandGrab SHoPping Guide
Curbed, BREAKING: Atlantic Yards Going SHoPping for New Arena!
Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner has been taking a beating ever since he booted starchitect Frank Gehry off his controversial Atlantic Yards megaproject and swapped out the Gehrmeister's Barclays Center arena for a cheapo design from Midwest hacks Ellerbe Beckett (complete coverage here). Now Ratner is looking to save a little face, at least when it comes to architecture geeks. The Observer drops the bombshell that Ratner has brought aboard NYC-based rising starchitects SHoP to assist in the design of the arena. Desperation? Ellerbe Beckett's design has been widely panned by even Ratner's politician buddies, and renderings of the new-look $800 million Barclays Center are due at the end of the month. Still, it's up to SHoP to save us from The Hangar. Can they do it?
Examiner.com New York, SHoP Takes Over at Atlantic Yards
The New York Observer speculated that this might be a "face saving move" for developer Forest City Ratner. However. SHoP has no experience designing stadiums, but they have created notable designs such as that for Southstreet Seaport, a pedistrian bridge and the East River Waterfront esplanade.
Fogelson-Lubliner, Atlantic Yards Update
According to the Observer, our back (Atlantic) yards are now going to be in the hands of New York City based architects SHoP. If this project is going to happen, we’re happy(er) to have it in their hands than the previous architecture firm. Although the article states this is to be a collaboration between the two???
Brownstoner, Atlantic Yards Taps New Arena Architect
After dropping Frank Gehry, the firm has been on the lookout for a new architect as well as for a way to save face. They settled on SHoP, a New York-based firm that is young and in demand....
Posted by eric at September 3, 2009 9:41 PM