New York Upper West Side Art and Architecture Tour

This tour is organized by Build Tours

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Situated between Central park and the Hudson River, the Upper West Side of Manhattan is home of some of the most prestigious academic and cultural buildings in the city. This is one of the prominent residential areas in the city, situated in between the parks and well connected by subway. Projects featured on this Upper West Side Architecture Tour include Lincoln Center for the Arts, Hears Tower by Foster and Partners, VIA W57 by Bjarke Ingels Group, Fordham University School of Law, St Jones Cathedral, Columbia University and its many buildings.

Important Projects Featured on this Tour:

Time Warner Center, David Childs (SOM), 2004
LVMH Building, Christian de Portzamparc, 1999
Museun of Arts and Design, Allied Works Architecture, 2008
15 Central Park West, Robert Stern Architects, 2008
Foster + Partners, Hearst Tower, 2006
VIA West 57, Bjarke Ingels Grop, 2016
Fordham University School of Law, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, 2014
Lincoln Center Redesign, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 2011
Vivian Beaumont Theater, Eero Saarinen, 1965
Avery Fisher Hall, Max Abramovitz, 1962
Metropolitan Opera House, Wallace Harrison, 1966
NY City Ballet, Phillip Johnson, 1964
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Gordon Bunshaft
Alice Tally Hall, Pietro Belluschi, Diler Scofidio+ Renfro, 2011

Additional projects in the four-hour tour:

American Museum of Natural History, Mould, Vaux & Post, 1887, Polshek Architects, Studio Gang, 2023
Columbia University Campus, McKim Mead White, 1896
Alfred Lerner Hall, Bernard Tschumi, 1999
Columbia Northwest Building, Rafael Moneo, 2010
Diana Center Bernard College, Weiss Manfredi, 2010
Columbia Manhattanville campus, Renzo Piano, 2017
Columbia Medical Center, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 2016
Columbia Business School, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 2022