New York Soho and the Village Architecture, Art and City Tour

This tour is organized by Build Tours

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Join us for our Soho and the Village Tour to discover and experience New York and its art and architecture. From the historically diverse communities to cosmopolitan hot spots, the Lower East Side, Bowery, and SoHo have a fascinating history captured by the area’s architecture. During this tour, we discover this history by looking at some of the defining architectural typologies of these neighborhoods including the cast iron industrial spaces of Soho and tenement apartments of the LES as well stand-out contemporary buildings such as the New Museum by SANAA, Prada flagship boutique by Rem Koolhas, and Copper Union by Morphosis.

Highlights:
Washington Sq. Park 1827
Washington Sq. Arch, Stanford White, 1889
NYU Bobst Library, Phillip Johnson, 1971
Washington Mews, Maynicke & Franke (converted), 1830’s (1916)
Jefferson Market Library, Frederick Clarke Withers, 1874-77
40 Bond Street, Herzog and deMeuron, 2008
Public Hotel, Herzog and deMeuron, 2013
New Museum, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), 2007
Little Singer Building, Ernest Flagg, 1904
Condict (Bayard Building), Louis Sullivan (Architect), 1898
NYU Silver Towers, I.M. Pei & Associates, 1966
51 Astor Place, Fumihiko Maki, 2014
Cooper Union Engineering, Morphosis, 2009

Your Architect Guide:
Dr. Ivan Shumkov is a New York based architect, urban planner, entrepreneur, professor, and a licensed NYC tour guide. He combines his experience in architecture and urbanism with his passion for discovering and sharing the history and secrets of New York. His tours provoke curiosity, show hidden urban gems, and provide opportunities for experiencing and understanding art and architecture in a unique way. He helps his guests to see and connect the city through the eyes of an architect. They are activated and transformed by these immersive experiences and view the city in a new way.