New York 2020 - by Robert A M Stern & David Fishman & Jacob Tilove (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The culmination of Robert A.M. Stern's monumental history of architecture in New York City and a comprehensive record of building over the last twenty-five years

A landmark in architectural publishing, New York 2020 explores the planning and politics of building in New York City during the first decades of the 21st century. This encyclopedic book, as complex and vast as the city itself, references more than 3,000 projects constructed between the year 2000 and the present day.

Across 1,500 pages, New York 2020 describes and illustrates the 'supertalls' now populating our skyline, lush riverfront parks born from derelict waterfront, iconic cultural destinations, and thousands of smaller, unheralded residential and civic projects that enhance the built environment and the urban fabric.

Readers will discover work by leading architects, including Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Bjarke Ingels, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Selldorf Architects, Frank Gehry, and Robert A.M. Stern Architects; a dazzling array of museums and institutions, including the High Line, Hudson Yards, the new Whitney Museum, and the expansions of MoMA and Lincoln Center; the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site; and more.

The much-anticipated final volume in architect Robert A.M. Stern's critically acclaimed New York series, which traces the evolution of the city from the Civil War to present day, New York 2020 tells the story of a remarkable period of urban development, architectural experiment, and seismic cultural shifts.

Review Quotes

'Architects, planners, developers, and perhaps even politicos will anxiously search the index of this book for their names-- and they will find them. New York 2020 is an encyclopedic chronicle of two decades of architecture and urbanism, from Brooklyn Bridge Park to Hudson Yards and the supertalls. The good, the bad, and the, well you know; they're all here.' - Witold Rybczynski, author of The Story of Architecture.

'As the Second Millennium dawned, architectural history collided spectacularly with world history, when terrorists, alive to the symbolic power of the American skyscraper, obliterated New York City's World Trade Center. It's at that heart-stopping moment that this sixth and final volume of Robert A. M. Stern's architectural history of New York takes up the tale, recounting how architects and city planners set about rebuilding and reinvigorating the metropolis in the two decades since. That multi-stranded saga, told by one of skyscraper architecture's masters and his co-authors, makes this sumptuously illustrated and richly informative book a riveting capstone to an indispensable classic.' - Myron Magnet, Editor-at-Large, City Journal

About the Author

Robert A.M. Stern is founding partner of Robert A.M. Stern Architects and former Dean of the Yale School of Architecture. He is the author of more than twenty other books, including Paradise Planned, Pedagogy and Place, and his incisive memoir, Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture (Monacelli, 2021).

David Fishman is a coauthor of New York 1880, New York 1960, New York 2000, and Paradise Planned. His next book will be a biography of the architect Erich Mendelsohn.

Jacob Tilove is a coauthor of New York 2000 and Paradise Planned.

RAMSA (Robert A.M. Stern Architects) is a leading international design firm that carries forward the ideals of connecting people to history, culture, and place through design.