Imagining Ground Zero : official and unofficial proposals for the World Trade Center site / Suzanne Stephens with Ian Luna and Ron Broadhurst ; foreword by Robert A. Ivy.

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Stephens, Suzanne, 1942-

Title & Author:

Imagining Ground Zero : official and unofficial proposals for the World Trade Center site / Suzanne Stephens with Ian Luna and Ron Broadhurst ; foreword by Robert A. Ivy.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli : Architectural Record, 2004.

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-223).
Foreword / Robert A. Ivy -- Time line -- Introduction / Suzanne Stephens -- Official proposals. Freedom Tower ; Memorial competition ; World Trade Center transportation hub ; Innovative design study ; First round in the planning process -- Press-generated proposals. New York Times Magazine proposals ; New York Magazine proposals -- Max Protetch Invitational exhibition -- Independent submissions.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Imagining Ground Zero: Official and Unofficial Proposals for the World Trade Center Site documents not only the master plan competition, won by Studio Daniel Libeskind and sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, but also proposals submitted by invitation of and published by New York magazine, proposals from the exhibition at Max Protetch Gallery, as well as a selection from the more than 5,000 schemes submitted to the competition for the World Trade Center Memorial. This survey features in depth the official scheme for the site, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with the collaboration of Daniel Libeskind of Studio Daniel Libeskind; Reflecting Absence, the winning scheme for the memorial, designed by Michael Arad and Peter Walker; and, as well, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Santiago Calatrava, DMJM + Harris, and STV Group."--Jacket

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0847826570
9780847826575

Subject:

Architecture New York (State) New York 21st century.
City planning New York (State) New York.
Architecture, Modern New York (State) New York 21st century
Architecture Competitions New York (State) New York History.
Memorials New York (State) New York.
Architecture, Modern 21st century New York (State) New York.
Arquitectura New York (Estado) New York Siglo XXI.
Urbanismo New York (Estado) New York.
Architecture New York (État) New York 21e siècle.
Urbanisme New York (État) New York.
Architecture Concours New York (État) New York Histoire.
Monuments commémoratifs New York (État) New York.
Memorials
Architecture, Modern
Architecture Competitions
Architecture
Buildings
City planning
World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Nueva York (N.Y.) Edificios, estructuras, etc.
New York (N.Y.) Constructions.
New York (State) New York
New York (State) New York World Trade Center Site

Form/genre:

Proposals.
Renderings.
History

Added entries:

Luna, Ian.
Broadhurst, Ron.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 233101
Call No.: NA6233.N5 S74 2004
Status: Available

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