A First Look at the Great Pyramid of West 57th Street

New York Magazine’s Justin Davidson paints a vivid portrait of VIA 57 West – a residential project designed by BIG Architects that is nearing completion. The article highlights the block-long courtyard designed by Starr Whitehouse that is snugly nested in the middle of the pyramid structure.

The Villager reports on developments in the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, quoting Starr Whitehouse’s Elise Baudon on results from the first round of community engagement meetings last March.

ASLA’s The Dirt gives readers the scoop on Tel Aviv’s Park Ariel Sharon, a former landfill re-envisioned by Starr Whitehouse’s Laura Starr as a “beacon for environmental restoration.”

A New York City playwright lists Bushwick Inlet Park as one of his favorite places to sit on a bench, enjoy the view, and get some work done!

Archidose’s John Hill takes you on an interactive digital tour of Bushwick Inlet Park, designed by Starr Whitehouse and Kiss + Cathcart Architects. Read John’s narrative and activate visual hotspots to explore the park with linked images, photos, and graphics, plus a bonus bird’s-eye video of soccer games in progress.

LexisNexis’s legal news room takes a comprehensive look at the Big U, past and present, and quotes Laura Starr on her vision for the transformation of East River Park.

The Durst W. 57th Street development, designed by BIG Architects with landscape design by Starr Whitehouse, tops out in late October, promising to transform the face of the West Side and lure young professionals with its abundant amenities and avant-garde design.

BIG Architects and Starr Whitehouse take Silver in the 2014 Holcim Awards for North America for The Big U, a collaborative design that won HUD’s Rebuild By Design Competition in 2013. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction awards honors and monetary prizes to firms around the world for designs that address five aspects of sustainability: progress, people, planet, prosperity, and place.

Dozens of community stakeholders gathered on September 16th to discuss the possibility of forming a conservancy for the East River waterfront. Present at the meeting, Laura Starr is quoted speaking on the need for an “economic engine” to work with and for the Lower East Side community.

The BIG U goes global as Cityscape, an Emirati publication, delves in to the design, research, and community involvement that led to the creation of a winning entry. The BIG U, a series or protective barriers that integrate social infrastructure with stormwater protection around Lower Manhattan, was BIG Architects and Starr Whitehouse’s entry for HUD’s Rebuild by Design Competition. Starr Whitehouse led the community outreach and landscape design portions of the proposal.