Ivane Katamashvili

The Treadwell, located at 249 East 62nd, sits at the intersection of Midtown and the Upper East Side. The contextual design for the façade and the interiors aims to blend elements of both neighborhoods. The cool modernism of Art Deco Midtown towers such as The Chrysler Building is enriched and warmed by the rusticated textures of the Romanesque residences of the Upper East Side such as the works of Rosario Candela at One Sutton Place, 834 Fifth Ave, 2 East 67th Street, and 960 Fifth Ave.

Designed by 1100 Architect, Perry World House serves as the University of Pennsylvania’s new hub for global engagement. The new space allows affiliates from each of the university’s 12 schools to address international affairs in a cross-disciplinary way. To accommodate the organization’s diverse programs, the 17,400-square-foot building includes a range of spaces

A sculptural icon for Manhattan by Jean Nouvel and Thierry Despont. Condominium residences with panoramic views, inspired service and amenities, 
and custom finishes and detailing. As 53W53 grows in front of New York’s eyes, the concrete skeleton currently standing forms the basis for the exposed structural system referred to by Nouvel as ‘diagrid’ as the tower’s silhouette is an ode to the iconic buildings that already grace the horizon in New York.

At the intersection of form and function lies a monument to contemporary architecture, where every angle and every curve tells a story of purposeful design and ecological awareness. Conceived by the visionary mind of Alejandro Aravena and his team Elemental, the EDP headquarters transcends conventional paradigms to redefine what it means to build sustainably in the 21st century.

Located at the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Circle, 1 W 60th St finds its place in the fabric of the city with an understated and uncomplicated focus on building craft. Grand gestures and overwrought architectural forms are not hallmarks of this addition to the New York City skyline. The structure’s simple profile was rendered with meticulous attention to material, detail, and proportion to evoke a softly modern and quietly iconic form.

130 William is the firm’s first high-rise residential tower in the United States. Rising 800 feet, the 66-story luxury condominium is an elegant insertion into the dense Manhattan cityscape, carving a distinctive silhouette within the city’s iconic skyline.

As the cultural core of the Faena District, the Forum provides a focal point to the neighborhood and to the mid-Beach zone at large. The ensemble of three buildings – the Faena Forum, Faena Bazaar and Parking—enrich Faena’s hotel and residential components along Collins Avenue, providing a dynamic symmetry between the district’s cultural and commercial programming across Miami Beach’s main thoroughfare.

The vision for the Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure exhibition—to reclaim the narrative of Basquiat’s life and work and to shed new light on an artist that is only partially understood— aligns deeply with Adjaye Associates’ mission of using design as a storytelling device. The charge was to exhibit his work not as artifacts and objects acquired by collectors, patrons, and institutions, but to see his art as a process by finding moments to contextualize the references and influences that shaped his practice.

Formed in 2015, ICNCLST is a New York City based creative agency and artist management firm that connects innovators across arts and culture with world class brands. In the summer of 2020, WAU was tasked with designing ICNCLST HQ at 50 White St within the Tribeca historic district.

BASEMENT is a temple of techno music. A new club under the Knockdown Center, is New York’s answer to Berghain.

NEW YORK TIMES : “Anyone nostalgic for the Budapest underground club scene circa 1990 will be in their element at Basement, a subterranean nightclub in industrial Queens dedicated to techno music. “

Saint Marks Place emerges out of our unique contemporary relation to precedent and to the site-specific historical context of Boerum Hill Brooklyn. Its architecture is rooted in our collective memory but, driven by a rigorous modernism of the present with its planning and programming motivated by the future of residential design. Saint Marks Place, is inspired by the past but looks to the future.

75 Kenmare is an 83,000 SF seven story building with 38 residences in the heart of Nolita. Knit into the urban fabric, its massing speaks to the neighborhood’s scale. With six windowed facades and a lush second floor courtyard garden, 75 Kenmare’s spaces flow seamlessly into the adjacent park and neighborhood.

“As long as you’re going to make a sculpture, why not make one that competes with a 747, or the Empire State Building, or the Golden Gate Bridge?”

Michael Heizer

Established in 1997, FUTURA LABORATORIES (“FL”) is the innovative design studio and experimental lifestyle brand of artist FUTURA (formerly FUTURA 2000). While the FL brand was born in Brooklyn, NY, the flagship retail store operated out of Fukuoka, Japan.