Barn-inspired home offers back-to-nature living with a crisp, contemporary twist
Reconnecting with rural roots has never looked better than at Silvernails, a beautiful hillside home fashioned...
Abandoned NYC warehouse is reinvented as LEED Gold-certified apartments
A new apartment complex infused with nature has taken root in New York City’s concrete jungle. Local design firm...
Energy company ditches plan to install a possible tar sands oil facility in New York
Environmentalists celebrated a victory in New York state after an energy company tossed out a 5-year-old plan to...
Olin Studio announces plans to turn Pier 26 into a vibrant park
The pier sits in Tribeca between Hubert and North Moore, where it has been unused for years. The new designs show...
There’s a humpback whale living in the Hudson River
Ahoy, there’s a whale living in the Hudson! According to the New York Times, an increasing number of witnesses...
Come eat free food from this floating edible forest before it sets sail again
Part artwork, part farm and part educational tool, Swale was designed as a way to feed both people's stomachs and...
INTERVIEW: Inhabitat talks with NYC’s 9/11 Memorial designer Michael Arad
No other event stands out in America's recent collective memory as clearly as the attacks on the World Trade Center...
Swale floating food forest to launch this weekend by giving away free food
After learning that it was illegal to grow food for free public consumption on most public land, Mattingly came...
Environmental groups call for Indian Point nuclear plant shutdown citing radioactive leakage, equipment failures and expired licenses
The Indian Point Energy Center is a three-unit nuclear power plant 24 miles north of NYC, and it has become more...
Google will be anchor tenant at Superpier shipping container complex at Pier 57
If Anthony Bourdain's food market isn't enough to get you excited about Superpier, the massive shipping container...
Pier 55 elevated island park finally gets the go-ahead for construction
The $130 million Pier 55 park, which was designed by landscape architect Signe Nielsen, will be largely funded...
Proposed floating island with pyramids connects the High Line to the Hudson River
Set on high-capacity caissons anchored into bedrock, Hub on the Hudson opens the High Line and neighboring developments...
NYC’s first floating food forest to hit the Hudson River this summer
NYC’s first ‘floating food forest’ is preparing to sail down the Hudson River this June. Inhabitat reported...
Recent Indian Point nuclear reactor outage was probably caused by bird poop
A sudden shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear reactor just outside of New York last December is believed to have...
New York City’s nuclear power plant leaking ‘uncontrollable radioactive flow’ into Hudson River
New York governor Andrew Cuomo recently called for an investigation after Indian Point, a nuclear power plant on...
‘Uncontrollable radioactive flow’ from Indian Point continues to contaminate the Hudson River
No matter where you live, "uncontrollable radioactive flow" is not a phrase that you want to hear in relation to...
IGI-USA markets fanciful ODA’s terraced condos to NYC’s steampunk sect
Could white powdered wigs be the next big fashion trend to hit NYC? Probably not, but you might think so after...
How a 15,500-pound door protects the Whitney Museum against the effects of climate change
New York's art world elite came out to ooh and ahh over the new Whitney Museum earlier this month, but The Atlantic's John...
Growing Number of Whales and Sharks in NYC Indicate Cleaner Waters
While you might think Sharknado 2 would be your only chance to see a shark in New York City, sightings of large...
City Beach NYC Wants to Bring a Fake Floating Beach to Manhattan by 2016
Beach-loving New Yorkers typically have to travel outside of Manhattan to get their fix of sparking white sand,...
Could a Fake Floating Beach Pop Up in Manhattan by 2016?
While the government is trying to prevent sea level rise from washing away the northeastern seaboard, a team of...
Mathews Neilsen Unveils Plans to Revamp West Harlem’s 125th Street Corridor into a Lush Oasis
At $14.5 million, the West Harlem makeover will be a costly one, but the hope is that it will make the area more...
High Line Reveals Giant, Garden-Filled Bowl for Its Third Section
Overlooking West 30th St. and 10th Avenue, the Spur's bowl-shaped structure will mark the visual gateway to the...
Proposed Floating Power Plant on Hudson River Could Save Hospitals During Outages
A floating power plant that could provide vital backup energy in the event of a power outage or natural disaster...
How NYC Colleges Are Leading the Charge for PlaNYC Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals
Some of New York’s colleges and universities have been quietly making every day Earth Day with a series of...
Could Electric Eels Be a Threat to NYC’s 7 Line Subway Extension?
Photo: Christine Schmidt Though it might sound like something you'd read in the Onion, one MTA board member...
7 Train Extension to New Jersey Being Considered
Great news for anyone who commutes from NJ to NYC: the city is thinking about extending the number 7 train right...
Upper West Side Artist Transforms Driftwood into One-of-a-Kind Furniture Pieces
Collecting fallen wood during country road trips with friends started off as a hobby for Paul Kruger, but eventually...
This Vermont Farmer is Building a Boat to Sail His Fresh Produce to New York City
Vermont farmer Erik Andrus wants to bring an entirely new approach to the growing farm-to-table food trend by sailing...
NYC Flooded with Sewage and Toxic Chemicals in Hurricane Sandy’s Wake
Hurricane Sandy has moved on after wreaking havoc on the East Coast and leaving several mid-Atlantic cities underwater....