The bustling Lincoln Square that usually surrounds the Metropolitan Opera House has been swapped for rust-colored hills.<br />
The bustling Lincoln Square that usually surrounds the Metropolitan Opera House has been swapped for rust-colored hills.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2Fstyle%2Farticle%2Frenzo-piano-royal-academy%2Findex.html">Renzo Piano's</a> irregularly shaped Whitney Museum is misplaced with an arid landscape dotted with small trees.
Renzo Piano's irregularly shaped Whitney Museum is misplaced with an arid landscape dotted with small trees.
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Loose sand serves as the base for the twisting white pillars of Frank Gehry's IAC headquarters.
Loose sand serves as the base for the twisting white pillars of Frank Gehry's IAC headquarters.
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A series of dark gray volumes are stacked to form the Met Breuer museum, located on the Upper East Side. Here it rests on a caramel-colored, arid landscape.
A series of dark gray volumes are stacked to form the Met Breuer museum, located on the Upper East Side. Here it rests on a caramel-colored, arid landscape.
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Six blocks stack to form the New Museum, which has been moved from the Lower East Side to a Mars-like terrain with rusty dust.
Six blocks stack to form the New Museum, which has been moved from the Lower East Side to a Mars-like terrain with rusty dust.
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Frank Gehry's 8 Spruce Street, a 76-story residential skyscraper, juts out from a sand dune. Its rippling stainless-steel exterior matches the blue sky.
Frank Gehry's 8 Spruce Street, a 76-story residential skyscraper, juts out from a sand dune. Its rippling stainless-steel exterior matches the blue sky.
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The bent Standard Hotel by New York firm Ennead Architects seems to merge with this rocky landscape, with hotel windows opened to resemble surrounding boulders.
The bent Standard Hotel by New York firm Ennead Architects seems to merge with this rocky landscape, with hotel windows opened to resemble surrounding boulders.
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Pink flowers surround 41 Cooper Square, a Cooper Union academic building designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis.
Pink flowers surround 41 Cooper Square, a Cooper Union academic building designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis.
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The United Nations headquarters, designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier, appears behind yellow dunes.<br />
The United Nations headquarters, designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier, appears behind yellow dunes.
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The white curves of the Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and George Cohen, stand out against a rocky landscape.
The white curves of the Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and George Cohen, stand out against a rocky landscape.
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