With a broad brief for a cultural facility the DSR/Rockwell team enlisted top notch collaborators to produce a muscular, fine-tuned kinetic structure. Its steel-ETFE combination combines high performance and striking aesthetics.

Rockefeller University's new state-of-the-art laboratory facility was assembled in 19 midnight installments as 19 prefabricated steel modules were transported across the East River.

Acting as a threshold to the museum's recent expansion, the stair's minimal expression was achieved through structural innovation that allowed a vertical steel spine to hang from the roof structure to support stairs and landings without lateral bracing.

A collaboration between SHoP, ARUP, and Ken Smith Workshop extends open space to an urban porch at Pier 35 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Heatherwick Studio's nickname-garnering form gives visitors a variety of superb views, a slight risk of vertigo, and a workout. Its design and construction team solved tricky problems of rigidity, safety, and buildability to create an urban mini-environment where visitors can climb into a realm of surprise.

EMMA AND GEORGINA BLOOMBERG CENTER AT CORNELL TECH Location: 2 W. Loop Road, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY Owner: Cornell University, New York, NY Architect: Morphosis Architects, Culver City, CA, and New York, NY Structural Engineer: Arup, New York, NY Mechanical Engineer: Arup, New York, NY Construction Manager/General Contractor: Barr & Barr, New York, NY … Continued

The borough’s second-busiest library engages the community it serves with a transparent and welcoming structure that is alive with activity day and night.

New York City's Flushing Commons embraces steel framing for the differing uses and layouts of a mid-rise residential tower and commercial building.

One of the largest transportation infrastructure endeavors ever undertaken in the United States, the megaproject will provide new Long Island Rail Road service to Manhattan’s East Side with an eight-track expansion beneath Grand Central Terminal.

In a high-performance cultural center on Columbia University's new campus, Renzo Piano Building Workshop looks to the neighborhood's industrial tradition. Steel and aluminum make this multi-program building robust functionally and aesthetically.