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December 6, 2025NYTimes.com: Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86
November 29, 2025Designed 15 CPW
Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86
He designed museums, schools and libraries before winning
international acclaim late in life for 15 Central Park West in Manhattan, hailed as a rebirth of the luxury apartment building.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/arts/design/robert-am-stern-dead.html
56 Leonard Street – Wikipedia
November 27, 2025https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_Leonard_Street
821′ tall Jenga tower
One Vanderbilt – Wikipedia
November 23, 2025https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Vanderbilt
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One Vanderbilt is a 73-story supertall skyscraper at the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan
neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox for developer SL Green Realty, the skyscraper opened in 2020. Its roof is 1,301 feet (397 m) high and its spire is 1,401 feet (427 m) above ground, making it the city’s fourth-tallest building after One World Trade Center, Central Park Tower, and 111 West 57th Street.
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432 Park Avenue – Wikipedia
November 23, 2025https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/432_Park_Avenue
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The 1,396-foot-tall (425.5 m) tower was developed by CIM Group and Harry B. Macklowe and designed by Rafael Viñoly.
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frustum anti prism one world trade center – Google Search
November 22, 2025QT:{{”
One World Trade Center is an elongated square antiprism, and the term “frustum” can be used to describe the lower portion of its shape, as the top square is smaller than the base square. From the 20th floor upwards, the building’s four corners are chamfered, forming an elongated square antiprism from a square base to a smaller, rotated square top. This geometric shape creates eight tall, isosceles triangles on the building’s facade.
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ABCs of architecture
November 8, 2025He was the chief architect of 1 World Trade Center, which soared in the wake of 9/11. As chairman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he left a mark on New York.
September 27, 2025https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/arts/design/david-m-childs-dead.html
He was the chief architect of 1 World Trade Center, which soared in the wake of 9/11. As chairman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he left a mark on New York.
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