Engineering the Impossible shares the history and future plans for New York's years empty Flat Iron building.
I had several meetings in the Flatiron Building back in the early 2000s. It was another old building that wasn't very comfortable but had a lot of charm. As a landmark, it is lovely — but I wouldn't look forward to working in it, or want to live there.
Previously:
• Whatever happened to utopian architecture?
• How railway travel inspired American diner architecture