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New York is famous for tall architecture – skyscrapers – but also cultural buildings such as the Guggenheim and MoMA. Of all the cities in the United States of America, New York has more quality architecture and many of its buildings feature in the key histories of World Architecture. Famous architects that achieved major architecture works here include Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Manhattan is based on a grid, with many interesting buildings by famous architects.

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e-architect select the most interesting Manhattan Building Designs. We cover completed Manhattan buildings but also major new building designs. We also feature NYC architecture competitions. The focus of the page is on contemporary New York buildings.
We have 7 pages of Manhattan Architecture selections.
New York Architecture : key projects (this page)
New York Buildings : A-B
Manhattan Buildings : C-E
Manhattan Building Developments : F-K
Manhattan Building Designs : L-O
Manhattan Architecture Designs : P-S
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Ten Key New York Buildings

NYC Buildings, alphabetical:
1. Statue of Liberty
Frederic Bartholdi

photo © Andrew McRae
Statue of Liberty New York
2. Flatiron Building
Daniel Burnham, Architect

image © Isabelle Lomholt
Flatiron Building : the original New York skyscraper
3. Grand Central Station Building
Reed and Stem; Warren and Wetmore

picture © Tim Collins
Grand Central Station : famous architecture backdrop in many American films
4. Chrysler Building
William Van Alen, Architect

photo © Joe Lekas
Chrysler Building : Art Deco skyscraper – world-famous symbol for New York
5. Empire State Building
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects

photograph © Andrew McRae
Empire State Building : 381m high skyscraper – famous New York landmark
6. Rockefeller Center
Raymond Hood, Architect

photo © Andrew McRae
Rockefeller Center New York
7. Guggenheim Museum, East Harlem
Frank Lloyd Wright Architects

photo : David M. Heald, © SRGF, New York
Guggenheim Museum : famous internal spiral ramp wraps around the atrium
8. Seagram Building
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect; Philip Johnson
Seagram Building
9. TWA Building, John F Kennedy International Airport
Eero Saarinen, Architect
TWA Building : futuristic organic architecture
10. Whitney Museum, Upper East Side
Marcel Breuer, Architect
Whitney Museum Building
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Key NYC Building Designs, alphabetical:

23 East 22nd Street, Flatiron district OMA skyscraper image from OMA 23 East 22nd Street	56 Leonard Street Herzog & de Meuron image © Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, 2008 56 Leonard Street
200 Greenwich Street, WTC Tower 2 Foster + Partners picture : Foster + Partners 200 Greenwich Street Buildings	AT&T Building, central Manhattan Philip Johnson, Architect with John Burgee photograph : Isabelle Lomholt AT&T Building : Postmodern architecture
BLUE Residential Tower, Lower East Side Bernard Tschumi photo : Peter Mauss/ESTO New York residential building	Dream Downtown Hotel, Chelsea Handel Architects photograph : Bruce Damonte Dream Downtown Hotel
Giorgio Armani, Fifth Avenue Massimiliano Fuksas Architects picture courtesy of Studio Fuksas Giorgio Armani New York	Hearst Building Foster + Partners photograph © Andrew McRae Hearst Building
IAC Headquarters, Chelsea Frank Gehry Architect picture © 2008 Gehry Partners LLP IAC Headquarters Manhattan	LVMH Building Christian de Portzamparc, Architect photo : Wade Zimmerman LVMH Building
Museum of Modern Art – MoMA project Yoshio Taniguchi with KPF Architecture picture © Andrew McRae MoMA New York	New Museum of Contemporary Art, SoHo SANAA architects photograph from SANAA Manhattan Art Gallery
New York Times Building, Manhattan Renzo Piano / FXFOWLE photo © Andrew McRae New York Times headquarters	Prada Store New York Rem Koolhaas, Architect / OMA photo : Armin Linke Prada New York
Sperone Westwater Gallery, 257 Bowery Foster + Partners image : Foster + Partners Sperone Westwater Gallery	The Standard New York Polshek Partnership photo © Nikolas Koenig/Hotels AB The Standard New York
Time Warner Center Skidmore Owings & Merrill Architects photograph © Andrew McRae Time Warner Center	World Financial Center, Lower Manhattan various architects picture © Andrew McRae World Trade Center towers

UN Building : classic Modernist Architecture
Architects : Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer
Freedom Tower skyscraper, Lower Manhattan
David Childs of SOM Architects; Daniel Libeskind Architects
Lever Building
Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects
Times Square

photograph © Tim Collins
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