Durst Opens New Era with BIG Apartment Pyramid
Back when we first got a glimpse of Dutch architect Bjarke Ingel's new apartment project for Durst Fetner, it immediately became the most exciting new project in at least a generation. Though seen only in comic-book form and as a fleeting still from a flythrough video (see below), the building at 57th Street and the Hudson River became an immediate sensation.
Date 2011-02-08
Author Matt Chaban
Pyramid Scheme: Bjarke Ingels reinvents the New York apartment building
Architects mature slowly; prodigies are rare. Yet at an age when most of his peers are still sitting in cubicles, laboring over light fixtures and door handles, Bjarke Ingels, a photogenic 36-year-old Dane with offices on two continents and projects on three, is about to revamp one of New York’s basic units: the apartment building.
Date 2011-02-06
Author Justin Davidson
Restaurant Taps Durst Tower for Two-Story Spot
156 West 44th Street; The lack of decent pub fare in or near Hell's Kitchen is a tragedy worthy of a weepy Irish ballad. Now, at least, a new high-end watering hole is coming to the neighborhood. O'Donoghue's Restaurant and Pub is opening at Seventh Avenue and 44th Street. The space features 1,850 square feet on the ground level, along with a 1,000-square-foot basement.
Date 2011-01-18
Author Laura Kusisto
Framed! Ten Year Window for Durst
112 West 44th Street; It took only 10 minutes to frame a picture-perfect lease at 112 West 44th Street. John Grotto, of landlord the Durst Organization, went into Art Frame Gallery and persuaded the owners to come check out his space. Minutes later the tenant was ready to sign.
Date 2011-01-18
Author Laura Kusisto
A Hedge Grows in Midtown
If your landscape architect came up to you and said, "I've got a great idea. You just spent a billion dollars on this building. Why don't we make a Chia Pet its centerpiece!" you'd probably find a new landscape architect. But to the credit of the Durst Organization, developers of the Bank of America Tower on the northwest corner of 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas, they told Margie Ruddick to go for it.
Date 2011-01-10
Author Ralph Gardner Jr.