Manhattan's glamourous facelift continues, after UNStudio's Five Franklin Place and Shigeru Ban's Metal Shutter Houses, construction has just begun on renowned Basel architects Herzog & de Meuron's first US residential skyscraper at TriBeCa's 56 Leonard Street.
 
Herzog & de Meuron's work is always striking from the Beijing Nation Stadium – arguably the most enduring image of the 2008 Olympics. Jacques Herzog refers to the broader culture, art and even Andy Warhol for inspiration, "He used common Pop images to say something new. This is exactly what we are interested in: to use well-known forms and materials in a new way so that they become alive again."
 
56 Leonard Street will also be complete with a major work by London-based artist Anish Kapoor, which will be integrated into the architecture at street level. This will be Kapoor's first permanent public piece in New York City.
 
57 stories high, the building sitting on the corner of Leonard and Church will house 145 residences, each with it's own floorplan and private outdoor space. The architects describe it as "houses stacked in the sky." Each ranges from 1,430 square feet to 6,380 and prices range from $3.5 - $33 million. Occupancy anticipated late fall 2010.
 
 
 
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André the Parisian graffiti artist, author and general creative of Blackblock has upped the stakes of his unique range of goods – from his bearbrick to porceline radio – to now include a clothing line. Along with his friends Gregory & Raphael, Blackblock clothing features a line of leather jackets, pants, t-shirt and belts all exclusively available at colette and Blackblock (Palais de Tokyo).
 
OPENING CEREMONY X WON KAR WAI:
Atelier 11, the Antwerp based design collective of jewellers launch a new range.
Started as a project to unite experimental with commercial to create high end collections based around humour, concept and colour, the collective are now the long standing artistic manufacturers of jewellery for Belgian designers including Raf Simons, Ann Demuelemeester and Martin Margiela.
Available to buy through oki-ni.
Opening Ceremony, the uber cool designers and store in NYC and LA has created a limited edition range of T-shirts, posters and postcards featuring original photographs by Wong Kar Wai. The photos were taken during Won Kar Wai's location hunt in California, Nevada, Tennessee, New Mexico and New York for 'My Blueberry Nights' available to buy worldwide via oki-ni.
BLACKBLOCK CLOTHING: MB&F:
MB&F otherwise known as Maximilian Büsser & Friends aren't your average Joe when it comes to time pieces. The horological artisans, artists and professional – all friends – aim to each year design and craft a radical and truly original timepiece. The latest is a three-dimensional sculptural design available with either round or square faces in white or pink gold. Buy online at colette.
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