The U.N. Headquarters Goes Green With a $1.8 Billion Renovation

The U.N. Headquarters Goes Green With a $1.8 Billion Renovation

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The iconic U.N. Headquarters is in the midst of a $1.8 billion renovation aptly named the “Capital Master Plan.” However, you won’t be seeing any construction on the Turtle Bay area buildings, as the overhaul is mainly focused on internal design. Not only are technology and security being updated with state of the art capabilities, but the Master Plan is also calling for a green cleaning, swapping out old interior designs and habits from the 1950s for new and sustainable features, with the aim of granting the building LEED Silver status.



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LEED Silver MiMA Tower in Midtown is Green Luxury at Its Finest

LEED Silver MiMA Tower in Midtown is Green Luxury at Its Finest

Midtown welcomes a brand new high-rise building with never before seen luxury amenities and LEED Silver certification. The giant glass MiMA building (short for Middle of Manhattan) is 63 stories of rentals, condos, and retail stores, plus a hotel and off-broadway theatre. From doorman to roofdeck, this building has every thinkable amenity and the latest in green technology.
 

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Brooklyn Children’s Museum Unveils Plans for New Eco-Friendly Rooftop Canopy

Brooklyn Children’s Museum Unveils Plans for New Eco-Friendly Rooftop Canopy

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum, New York City’s first ever LEED certified museum, just keeps getting better. The institution is expanding its space, and they recently unveiled plans for a new transparent rooftop canopy, made out of a heat-resistant ETFE skin covered in a dot matrix fused glass material designed by Toshiko Mori Architect. The canopy is made to resemble the dappled light shining through the trees, and it will be used as a rooftop space for lectures, concerts, and other summer events.



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LEED-Seeking Theater for a New Audience Breaks Ground on Dramatic Black Box Building in Brooklyn

LEED-Seeking Theater for a New Audience Breaks Ground on Dramatic Black Box Building in Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s budding cultural district will soon raise the curtain on a new classic theater. Just Last Friday, construction started on the Theater for a New Audience, a Hugh Hardy designed flexible theater created specifically for the performance of Shakespeare and classic drama. Cloaked in a dramatic black box exterior, the LEED Silver-seeking building will seat nearly 300 and be surrounded by a gorgeous public arts plaza, creating a complete cultural experience.



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Ennead Architects Designs New Green Intake Center for NYC Department of Homeless Services

Ennead Architects Designs New Green Intake Center for NYC Department of Homeless Services

Public service buildings in NYC are taking a more environmentally friendly turn. City officials gathered last week to announce the opening of a new green intake center for the homeless, the Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) building in The Bronx. Designed by Ennead Architects, the PATH project was commissioned for the Department of Homeless Services (DHS), as part of the Design and Construction Excellence program. The building is expect to receive a LEED silver rating.



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Museum of the Moving Image Unveils Its Sexy New Look After 3-Year Green Renovation

Museum of the Moving Image Unveils Its Sexy New Look After 3-Year Green Renovation

In New York City, Manhattan's world class museums are constantly stealing the cultural spot light, but recently, the Museum of the Moving Image has been giving them a run for their money. Not because the Queens-located institution upped the ante regarding exhibits, but because the museum just unveiled its sleek and sexy new green look after a total renovation by Leeser Architecture. The 3-year long makeover remodeled every aspect of the 1920s structure, from the ground up. The result is a LEED-silver, shimmering blue building that transports visitors into a fantasy world, just like the movies the museum pays homage to.
 

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Kiss + Cathcart’s The Lee Opens the Door for Green Supportive Housing in the Lower East Side

Kiss + Cathcart’s The Lee Opens the Door for Green Supportive Housing in the Lower East Side

A ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 7, 2011 inaugurated Kiss + Cathcart’s LEED Silver supportive housing tower The Lee, managed by Common Ground Community.

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