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!
After the Final Curtain: Loew’s 46th Street Theatre
Welcome back to After the Final Curtain, featuring the photography and writing of Matt Lambros who documents the neglect of
Book Review | Large Scale: Fabricating Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s
Large Scale: Fabricating Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s (Princeton Architectural Press), by Jonathan D. Lippincott, is a photographic documentary
Terra Encantada, Rio de Janeiro’s Abandoned Amusement Park
By now, you might be used to seeing abandoned theme parks set in barren, post-apocalyptic landscapes in China. But
Morgantown: In The Shadow Of Industry
Swallow Café and other businesses on Bogart Street How does a sparsely inhabited industrial zone become one of New York
The Critic’s Take: An Analysis of “New York by Gehry”
Why all the hoopla? Is this designer of metallic museums and curvy concert halls, luxury houses, and flashy corporate headquarters,
Just the Gritty: Mission District Architecture
You don’t have to be an architect to appreciate architecture. I’m going to be frank with you right
Loving Summer at the Bassin and Parc de la Villette
Back in 2010, Untapped Paris posted about the landscaping and architecture of the Parc de la Villette, as well as
IN PICTURES: Framing the Untapped City
Earlier this year, I took an architectural photography class with photographer Erieta Attali, author of the book In Extremis: Landscape
Architecture Spotlight: San Francisco Civic Center
San Francisco’s 1906 fire and earthquake not only destroyed much of San Francisco, it also destroyed the dream of
‘Don’t Forget to Look Up!’: The Broadway You Haven’t Seen…Part 3 Union Square to Times Square
I spent a lot of the walk under the shadow of the Empire State Building, but had it not been
A Critical Look at Central Park’s Design
On June 18th, Landmark WEST! hosted one of its annual summer tours with Andrew Dolkart, professor of Historic Preservation at
On Data and Cities: What Melbourne can learn from Farmingdale, Long Island
In this latest iteration of our collaborative series, On Data and Cities, with Gehl Institute in Copenhagen, we jump off