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!
A Hidden Factory near Bastille with a Revolutionary Past and Digital Future
The 11th Arrondisement is one of my favorite neighborhoods to wander. Vintage signs from the manufacturing era still grace the
Book Review | The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan 1811-2011
The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan 1811-2011, edited by Hilary Ballon, accompanies an excellent exhibit of the
An Italian Villa in Upper Manhattan Comes Back to Life
A shared exploration with Gotham Lost and Found. The recently designated Audubon Park Historic District, an irregularly shaped area bounded
Architecture Spotlight: Concrete as an Art Form in San Francisco
The Tulip at Embarcadero Center Four As we learned last week, concrete began as a structural component of architecture. A
Thermal Baths of Budapest
Széchenyi Fürdő It was cold outside in Budapest on the day I visited Széchenyi Bath (or fürdő in Hungarian), a
Then & Now: Remnants of the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York City
The rise and fall of the Vanderbilt family still pervades American historical lore, from the millions that pilgrimage to glimpse
The Last Days of Admiral’s Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Today marks the beginning of the end for Admiral’s Row, the controversial nineteenth-century row houses located at the
Science Fiction in the Suburbs of Paris: When Mass Housing meets Postmodernism
Les Espaces d’Abraxas The Parisian suburbs are known for their grands ensembles, massive suburban apartment complexes built in the
From Co-Working to Urban Campus, the General Assembly Model
With its roots in entrepreneurship, tech startups have naturally gravitated to co-working spaces for financial reasons and as a
Your Friendly Neighborhood Library (Part II): Golden Gate Valley and Presidio
In this Untapped series, we’re visiting the Carnegie branch libraries of San Francisco. In part I, we got to
URBAN CAMERA: If Walls Could Talk
If the walls around us could talk, what would they say? As a street photographer who follows graffiti and urban
The Abandoned Glenwood/Yonkers Power Plant
Located seven miles north of the Island of Manhattan stands the ruin of the Glenwood/Yonkers power station associated with