Architecture
Untapped New York was started in 2010 by a then student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), where she is now a professor. We love architecture and believe there is no better place to celebrate it than NYC!
NYC Architecture Inspired by Europe: Part III Greece
New York City has often been on the forefront of architectural ingenuity. Concurrently, many of the City’s notable buildings
An Attempt at Understanding the Strength of The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Berlin’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe could hardly have a more central and incriminating location within the
Wave Hill: A Historic Villa in the Bronx Where Nature and Art Collide
If, upon arriving in New York City for the first time, someone had told me that there was a scenic
Manchester’s Ghost Market at the Stretford Mall
The Stretford Arndale, a shopping centre located in the suburbs of Manchester, was renamed Stretford Mall in 2003 and the
The Hidden Emerald Gem: Forest Park in Queens
Forest Park, established since 1911 and designed by the well-known landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted (who also designed Central
On Top of New York City’s Green Roofs with Greensulate
Walking through cavernous Manhattan in 2012, you might see something quite unexpected when you gaze up: exotic plants and flowers
Urban Exploration in Dead Horse Bay, Brooklyn
Just next to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, across from Fort Tilden and the Rockaways, sits Dead Horse Beach, which
The Poison Cauldron of Newtown Creek
It takes a certain type of person to get up on a Saturday morning to take a tour of an
NYC Architecture Inspired by Europe: Part II Italy
New York City has often been on the forefront of architectural ingenuity. Concurrently, many of the City’s notable buildings
A Day in the Life: Skyscraper Structural Engineer, John Shmerykowsky
When John Shmerykowsky began his career as a structural engineer he remembers walking across steel beams twenty stories in the
On the physics of re-experiencing childhood: Visiting the Prater in Vienna
Built like a clowny village and boasting more than a century of official history, the Vienna Prater is one of
New York’s Renowned Courtyard Buildings: Built by the Astors so that the Rest of Us Can Live Like Them
Like the 19th-century robber barons of the American West, New York City’s Astor family bought up land in
