The three-day AIA Conference on Architecture kicks off in New York City today. To coincide, here's an overview of some of the largest and most high-profile construction projects currently taking shape across the metropolis.

Hudson Yards
Described as New York's largest urban development since Rockefeller Center, Hudson Yards is a $20 billion mega project on Manhattan's West Side that will create a new neighbourhood of residential and office skyscrapers, schools, hospitals, retail spaces, parks, cultural venues and public art ? masterplanned by Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF).
The 28-acre (11-hectare) site is bounded by 30th Street to the south, 34th Street to the north, Tenth Avenue to the east and Twelfth Avenue to the west.
To create such a large parcel of buildable land, engineers have devised and constructed a platform over the West Side Rail Yard, which is being built in two stages. The first half will support towers by KPF; Foster + Partners; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM); and Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group ? which have also designed an expandable arts venue at the base called The Shed. A giant sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick, formed from a giant honeycomb of interlinked staircases and named The Vessel, will set at the centre of the site.
Some of the phase-one skyscrapers have reached full height and others are not far behind, while 10 Hudson Yards by KPF was the first to complete in 2016.
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