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hirteen stories above the streets of New York City one might expect to find only steel and concrete. However the architects at Hariri and Hariri had something else in mind with the idea to bring nature into an urban space when they melded the warm tones of ipé (Tabebuia spp.) with man-made elements traditionally associated with urban architecture, for a 522 square-foot Harlem Terrace. “The project was inspired by Central Park and the concept of nature in an urban envi-
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ronment,” says Gisue Hariri, one of the principal architects of Hariri and Hariri, the New York City-based firm headed by a pair of internationally acclaimed architects, who happen to be sisters. “Its form is the continuation of our exploration of crystals, folds and fractal geometry. Like all fractal objects, each part resembles not only the other parts, but the whole, metaphorically connecting to nature or the cosmos.” ❱
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