nARCHITECTs’ adAPT NYC Micro Apartments Feature Convertible Furniture and Multi-Use Rooms

nARCHITECTs’ adAPT NYC Micro Apartments Feature Convertible Furniture and Multi-Use Rooms

Last week, Mayor Bloomberg awarded nARCHITECTS, Monadnock Development LLC and Actors Fund HDC as the winners of the adAPT NYC micro-apartment competition. Their tiny dwelling proposal will be the basis for fifty-five mini units at Kips Bay on 27th Street in Manhattan. The one and two person households will not only be affordable, but give residents the feeling of expansive space with higher ceilings, ample windows, and terrace access.
 

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DomeStar is a Dazzling LED Party Pavilion That Invites Guests to “Dance Their Blinkin’ Faces Off”

DomeStar is a Dazzling LED Party Pavilion That Invites Guests to “Dance Their Blinkin’ Faces Off”

If you thought Tokyo and Times Square were bright, they ain't got nothin' on the illuminated insanity that is the DomeStar. We'd heard about this tricked out, 16-foot diameter dome laced with 6,400 addressable RGB LEDs before, but finally got to check it out in person at the 2012 Maker Faire in Queens. As you can see from our photos, the pavilion is every bit as enjoyable as the legends say, and the best part is that NYC Resistor created it using open-source components, so it's totally possible for fans to build DomeStars of their own. Click through our gallery to check out this dazzling party pavilion in action.
 

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The Dontflushme Visualight Illuminates to Warn New Yorkers About Sewage Overflows

The Dontflushme Visualight Illuminates to Warn New Yorkers About Sewage Overflows

DontFlushMe is a notification system that allows New Yorkers to take sewage overflow into their own hands (and we mean that in the least disgusting way possible). We first met DontFlushMe’s inventor Leif Percifield when he introduced the system to us, and

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Historic Buildings May See Adaptive Reuse as Brooklyn Public Library Considers Closing Some Branches

Historic Buildings May See Adaptive Reuse as Brooklyn Public Library Considers Closing Some Branches

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Brooklynites value their books, but some branches of the Brooklyn Public Library just aren’t seeing any play. Aging, in disrepair and underused, these satellite libraries were built in the early 1900s before most neighborhoods developed

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Bronx River Right-of-Way Would Transform a Historic Train Station into a Waterfront Hub

Bronx River Right-of-Way Would Transform a Historic Train Station into a Waterfront Hub

As part of the redevelopment of the Bronx River Greenway, SLO Architecture has proposed the transformation of a disused train station into an innovative two-part project for the Bronx River. Called the Bronx River Right-of-Way, the project would give new

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Gristedes Billionaire Wants to be Mayor of NYC for Just 99 Cents a Year

Gristedes Billionaire Wants to be Mayor of NYC for Just 99 Cents a Year

Gristedes Supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis wants to be New York’s next mayor — for just 99 cents! The grocer-turned-magnate announced his bid to succeed Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, with it came news that he’d work for less than Bloomberg’s

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City Proposes Pedestrian Plaza for South Williamsburg

City Proposes Pedestrian Plaza for South Williamsburg

As Williamsburg expands into the once strictly Hasidic south side, the city has reacted by planning a pedestrian plaza on the stretch of Broadway near the Williamsburg Bridge. Just east of Bedford Avenue, the plaza would create a triangular park with chairs,

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Olek Hits the East Village with Two Yarn Bombed Sleds in Honor of Winter

Olek Hits the East Village with Two Yarn Bombed Sleds in Honor of Winter

Guerilla crochet artist Olek has been enlivening New York City streets with her fresh yarn creations for the past few years. Now her most recent Manhattan installations pay tribute to the freezing temperatures we experienced recently (before this freaky new

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PHOTOS: NYIGFs Roster of Sustainable Design Grows – We Highlight the Best!

PHOTOS: NYIGFs Roster of Sustainable Design Grows – We Highlight the Best!

The 2013 New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) opened its doors this weekend, once again bringing a growing number of sustainable design options to the table. From home goods to furnishings to textiles, the NYIGF draws buyers from around the world. As visitors pass from one section of the show to the next in the Javitz Center, it would be hard to miss the "sustainability" hallway, a corridor showcasing sustainable designs that can be found scattered throughout the larger event. Inhabitat toured the NYIGF to scout out some of our favorite options!
 

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Souda’s Bubble Chandelier is Made of Plastic Bottles Collected by Homeless Individuals in NYC

Souda’s Bubble Chandelier is Made of Plastic Bottles Collected by Homeless Individuals in NYC

Souda's Bubble Chandeliers are delightful conversation starters, but there's a lot more to them than meets the eye. Each one is created from 60 post-consumer PET bottles collected by homeless individuals in NYC through a partnership with Brooklyn-based non-profit SURE WE CAN. A portion of the proceeds from each fixture sold is then donated right back to SURE WE CAN's homeless-friendly can redemption center, which is the only one of its kind in New York City.
 

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Foster + Partners Designs LEED Gold-Seeking Porcelanosa Showroom in Manhattan

Foster + Partners Designs LEED Gold-Seeking Porcelanosa Showroom in Manhattan

Porcelanosa, a premiere European manufacturer of ceramic and porcelain tile, has announced its plans to renovate its flagship showroom in the Commodore Criterion building in Midtown Manhattan. To complete the job, they brought in Foster + Partners to conceptualize

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PHOTOS: Wolfgang Laib Spreads Pollen All Over MoMA’s Atrium

PHOTOS: Wolfgang Laib Spreads Pollen All Over MoMA’s Atrium

The Museum of Modern Art’s second floor atrium has been home to some monumental pieces in the past few years, from Martha Rosler’s Meta-Monumental Garage Sale of patrons’ junk to Marina Abramovic’s The Artist is Present. Just days ago this same atrium was enlivened with an intense splash of vibrant yellow pollen in Wolfgang Laib’s piece "Pollen from Hazelnut". Over the weekend, the artist brushed pounds and pounds of collected pollen across an oversized platform to create an installation that a honey bee would call heaven.
 

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BFCpocket’s Entry for AdAPT NYC Combines Loft Living With Multiple Roof Terraces

BFCpocket’s Entry for AdAPT NYC Combines Loft Living With Multiple Roof Terraces

London-based Pocket Living teamed with BFC Partners for an innovative collaboration to create a livable micro apartment plan for Bloomberg’s adAPT NYC competition. Already well versed in designing small spaces for London, BFCpocket designed a colorful and

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Anne Militello Unveils Stunning Light Cycles LED Art Installation at the World Financial Center

Anne Militello Unveils Stunning Light Cycles LED Art Installation at the World Financial Center

For the next few months, the beautiful Winter Garden at the Brookfield Place World Financial Center in New York City will be transformed into a glowing light installation each evening. Opened just last night, artist Anne Militello’s Light Cycles takes over the ten story glass pavilion that faces the Hudson River, creating a dazzling light show that can be seen as far away as New Jersey. Strands of mirrored discs hang from the glass-vaulted ceiling, reflecting color-changing LED lights that twinkle like stars in the night sky.
 

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James McNabb Transforms Bits Of Scrap Wood Into Intricate Miniature Cityscapes

James McNabb Transforms Bits Of Scrap Wood Into Intricate Miniature Cityscapes

Woodworking and carpentry are ancient crafts, often passed down through family generations. In our modern cities full of plastic, machine-made everything, the value of slow, lovingly created furniture or decor seems to be all but lost. Thankfully a few master craftsmen still remain to clue us in on what we're missing. James McNabb an artist, designer, and graduate of the MFA program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, is the creative genius behind The City Series, an exhibit that represents a woodworker's journey from the suburbs to the city. Made entirely of scrap wood, this work is an interpretation of what it means to make something out of nothing.
 

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HWKN, Blesso Properties and Bronx Pro’s Gorgeous Green Roofed Max Tower Boasts 56 Micro-Apartments for Small Space Living

HWKN, Blesso Properties and Bronx Pro’s Gorgeous Green Roofed Max Tower Boasts 56 Micro-Apartments for Small Space Living

Blesso Properties, Bronx Pro, James McCullar and Hollwich Kushner's (HWKN) gorgeous green prismatic tower was named a finalist in Bloomberg’s adAPT NYC competition, which has asked architects to design an innovative micro-apartment complex model for the growing population of New York City. The tower, called Max, combines small apartment living with an abundance of public and activity spaces, including unique roof amenities. Although the design was not chosen as the winner, Max is currently on show at the Museum of the City of New York’s “Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers” exhibition.
 

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Inhabitat Visits El Anatsui’s Upcycled Mirror and Tin Installation on the High Line (PHOTOS)

Inhabitat Visits El Anatsui’s Upcycled Mirror and Tin Installation on the High Line (PHOTOS)

Winter cold be darned, Inhabitat went to the High Line to check out El Anatsui’s gorgeous new recycled art installation Broken Bridge II. Despite the bitter chill, puffy clouds and blue sky reflected beautifully in the installation’s pressed mirror wall, which was salvaged from scraps. The piece is another of the Ghanian artist’s beautiful oversized tapestries made from upcycled materials, and it was installed with the help of Olson Kundig Architects.
 

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CCNY’s Sun-Powered Solar Roofpod to be Installed on Spitzer School of Architecture’s Roof!

CCNY’s Sun-Powered Solar Roofpod to be Installed on Spitzer School of Architecture’s Roof!

We love it when a Solar Decathlon entry evolves from a concept and prototype into an actual, functioning building that is put to good use; that is exactly what is going to happen with City College of New York's 2011 entry to the Department of Energy-sponsored collegiate design competition - Solar Roofpod. Specifically crafted in response to the 1.6 billion feet of unused rooftop space crowning New York City's iconic skyline, this solar-powered micro-dwelling will be installed next to rooftop gardens and a windmill in early summer 2013.
 

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BKLYN Designs Extends Deadline for Brooklyn Designers to Showcase Their Work – One Day Left to Submit!

BKLYN Designs Extends Deadline for Brooklyn Designers to Showcase Their Work – One Day Left to Submit!

Calling All Brooklyn Designers!
If you’ve been looking for a way to spread the word about your work and showcase it to an audience of tastemakers and buyers, don’t miss your chance to participate in BKLYN Designs! The premiere design tradeshow is coming back

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MoMA PS1 Finalist TempAgency Wants to Upcycle Your Hair Into an Interactive Installation

MoMA PS1 Finalist TempAgency Wants to Upcycle Your Hair Into an Interactive Installation

Each year, MoMA PS1 transforms its courtyard into an exciting installation constructed with recycled materials cast off by the local community. But what if that “community” was comprised of barber shops and hair salons? TempAgency’s entry for the Young Architects Program recycles an unlikely resource: hair. Aptly called “My Hair at PS1,” the installation would put New Yorkers' hair on exhibit as billowy columns that visitors would be invited to comb, wash, tease, and dare we say, canoodle and cozy on and under.
 

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PHOTOS: Suspended Forest Under BQE is Made of 35 Disenchanted Christmas Trees

PHOTOS: Suspended Forest Under BQE is Made of 35 Disenchanted Christmas Trees

Most Christmas trees that reach the dream of lighting up a holiday home with piney cheer face a brutal reality come January. Used and abused, they're dumped out into the cold and stripped of their star toppers forever. But for 35 lucky trees in Brooklyn, Michael Neff has come up with a second chance to shine. The artist and photographer recently gathered together the group of abandoned arboreals and strung up each one in a secluded spot under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway to create his "Suspended Forest". Click through our gallery for photos we snapped while walking by this thought-provoking installation.
 

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Each UrbanSpace Office Comes with Its Own Rooftop Farm Plot

Each UrbanSpace Office Comes with Its Own Rooftop Farm Plot

Have you ever thought about farming on your lunch hour? UrbanSpace, the company behind the Mad. Sq. Eats festival and Dekalb Market, has, and they’re giving renters at their new space a chance to cultivate their own garden plots right on the roof! The development

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Artist Creates “Alice in Wonderland” Home Inside an Abandoned Farmhouse

Artist Creates “Alice in Wonderland” Home Inside an Abandoned Farmhouse

In order to revamp an abandoned farmhouse in the Finger Lakes region of New York, artist Richard Mackenzie-Childs decided to travel down the rabbit hole and channel Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Built in the 1790s, the home was missing a front door and in desperate need of some tender loving care. Undaunted by the home’s disrepair and charmed by its history, Mackenzie-Childs transformed it into an Alice-inspired home for himself and his family, and the result was recently featured on SpacesTV. Click into our gallery to go on a fanciful journey through this truly unique abode.
 

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Canstruction Will Transform Over 100,000 Food Cans into Amazing Works of Art

Canstruction Will Transform Over 100,000 Food Cans into Amazing Works of Art

Photo by Canstruction/Kevin Wick

NYC’s yearly Canstruction competition is back after facing delays due to Hurricane Sandy! The can-tastic competition pits participants against one another to turn over 100,000 food cans into creative works of art like giant

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CODA Wins MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Competition with “Party Wall” Made of Skateboard Scraps

CODA Wins MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Competition with “Party Wall” Made of Skateboard Scraps

The winning design for this summer’s MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program was just announced, and it's made of skateboard scrap wood! Called Party Wall, the waste wood structure was designed by Ithaca, New York-based CODA (Caroline O’Donnell), and will be the 14th project in the Young Architects series. Skip to the jump to learn more about Party Wall, which will come to fruition this summer in the PS1 courtyard just in time for the Warm Up performance series.
 

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