A brass and glass facade reveals a lively interior circulation system, reflecting The New School’s progressive approach to education and linking the institution to its roots in the surrounding New York neighborhoods. Location: 65 5th Ave, New York, NY Owner: The New School, New York, NY Developer: The Durst Organization, New York, NY Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York, NY Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers, New York, NY Mechanical Engineer: Cosentini Associates, New York, NY Construction Manager: Tishman Construction, an AECOM Company, New York, NY Curtain Wall Consultant: Gamma USA, New Rochelle, NY Structural Steel Fabricator and Erector: Metropolitan Walters LLC, New York, NY Miscellaneous Iron Erector: FMB, Inc., Harrison, NY Curtain Wall Erector: Gamma USA, New Rochelle, NY Metal Deck Erector: Metropolitan Walters LLC, New York, NY

A pair of 54-foot-tall expressive columns supports the roof of a new front door to Lower Manhattan’s transit hubs, bearing the structure’s loads with a woven basket of lightweight twisting steel tubing that spirals down to plaza level. Location: 100 West Street, New York, NY Owner and Developer: Brookfield Office Properties Inc., New York, NY Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New York, NY Architect of Record: Spector Group, New York, NY Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti, New York, NY Mechanical Engineer: Flack + Kurtz, New York, NY Construction Manager: Plaza Construction, New York, NY Structural Steel Fabricator and Erector: Metropolitan Walters, LLC, Hamilton, ON Curtain Wall Fabricator: Permasteelisa North America Corp., New York, NY Curtain Wall Erector: Tower Installation, Windsor, CT Miscellaneous Iron Erector: Hallen Welding Service Inc., Long Island City, NY Ornamental Metal Fabricator and Erector: A-Val Architectural Metal, Mount Vernon, NY

A pre-weathered steel shroud for Brooklyn’s new arena took shape with parametric design software that links architectural forms with advanced fabrication techniques.

Brooklyn’s new multi-purpose indoor arena relies on a structural steel geometry that will keep visitors coming back time and time again.

Temporary and permanent steel structures make a 21st century program possible while preserving the heritage of the university’s past. Location: 441 East Fordham Road Bronx, NY Owner: Fordham University Bronx, NY Architect: HLW New York, NY Structural Engineer: HLW New York, NY Mechanical Engineer: Jaros Baum & Bolles New York, NY Construction Manager: Tishman Construction Corporation New York, NY Structural Steel Erector: Burgess Steel Englewood, NJ Miscellaneous Iron Erector: GC Ironworks Elmsford, NY Architectural and Ornamental Metal Fabricator and Erector: Coordinated Metals, Inc. Carlstadt, NJ Metal Deck Erector: Burgess Steel Englewood, NJ

A sculptural entrance canopy reinvents the historic track’s image with an 11,000-square-foot, LED-lit lattice structure covered with transparent ETFE film. Location: 810 Yonkers Ave. Yonkers, NY Owner: Yonkers Raceway and Casino Yonkers, NY Architect: Studio V Architecture New York, NY Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers New York, NY Porte-cochère Engineer: FTL New York, NY General Contractor: LP Ciminelli Buffalo, NY Curtain Wall Consultant: Israel Berger & Associates New York, NY Structural Steel Erector: Berlin Steel Kensington, CT Architectural Metal Erector: Custom Exterior Systems Sloatsburg, NY Ornamental Metal Erector: Birdair Amherst, NY Curtain Wall Erector: Birdair Amherst, NY

To bring downtown theatrical innovation onto Lincoln Center’s dignified uptown campus, Hugh Hardy’s H3 and Severud Associates executed a tricky high-wire act atop the roof of Eero Saarinen’s iconic building. With a prominent framework of steel trusses and an elegant aluminum grille, the new Claire Tow Theater is riding high. Location: 150 West 65th Street New York, NY Owner: Lincoln Center Theater New York, NY Architect: h3 hardy Collaboration Architects New York, NY Structural Engineer: Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC, New York, NY Mechanical Engineer: Arup New York, NY Construction Manager: Yorke Construction New York, NY Structural Steel Fabricator and Erector: Capco Steel Providence, RI Miscellaneous Iron Fabricator and Erector: Ment Brothers Iron Works New York, NY Architectural Metal Fabricator and Erector: A-Val Architectural Metal Corp. Mt. Vernon, NY Ornamental Metal Fabricator and Erector: A-Val Architectural Metal Corp. Mt. Vernon, NY Curtain Wall Erector: Neversink Glass Corp. White Lake, NY

Resting on steel point foundations, a new athletic facility is inspired by the crisscrossing lines of field-play diagrams and creates a gateway to the university’s Inwood sports complex. Location: W. 218th Street at Broadway New York, NY Owner: Columbia University New York, NY Architect: Steven Holl Architects New York, NY Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates New York, NY Mechanical Engineer: ICOR Associates Iselin, NJ Construction Manager: Structure Tone Inc./Pavarini McGovern New York, NY Curtain Wall Consultant: W.J. HigginsWasau, WI Structural Steel Fabricator: Weir Welding Carlstadt, NJ Structural Steel Erector: North American Iron Works Inc. Ridgewood, NY Miscellaneous Iron Fabricator and Erector: Post Road Iron Works Greenwich, CT Architectural Metal Fabricator and Erector: City Glass Co. Bayonne, NJ Ornamental Metal Fabricators and Erectors: City Glass Co. Bayonne, NJ; Post Road Iron Works Greenwich, CT Metal Deck Erectors: North American Iron Works Inc. Ridgewood, NY; Weir Welding Carlstadt, NJ Curtain Wall Erector: City Glass Co. Bayonne, NJ

A new multi-use spec building at the site of Cooper Union’s former engineering school brings Fumihiko Maki’s elegant design and Minskoff Equities’ market divination to Manhattan’s bohemian enclave. Its unfolding structure helps 51 Astor Place keep its different aims in productive tension. Location: 51 Astor Place New York, NY Owner: Edward J. Minskoff Equities, Inc. New York, NY Architect: Maki and Associates Tokyo, Japan Associate Architect/Architect of Record: Adamson Associates International New York, NY Structural Engineer of Record: Ysrael A. Seinuk New York, NY Mechanical Engineer: WSP USA New York, NY Construction Manager: F.J. Sciame Construction, LLC New York, NY Curtain Wall Consultant: Israel Berger & Associates New York, NY Structural Steel Fabricator: Cives Steel Gouveneur, NY Structural Steel Erector: Stonebridge Steel Erection South Plainfield, NJ Miscellaneous Iron Erector: FMB Inc., Harrison, NJ Ornamental Metal Erector: FMB Inc. Harrison, NJ Curtain wall Fabricator: Permasteelisa North America New York, NY Curtain Wall Erector: Tower Installation Windsor, CT