Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge winners want to bring a forest to NYC
The Van Alen Institute and the New York City Council have announced the winners of Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge....
Testbeds repurposes architectural mockups into community assets in NYC
New York-based New Affiliates has teamed up with architect and historian Samuel Stewart-Halevy to launch Testbeds,...
Could a private car ban make NYC more livable?
When COVID-19 brought New York City’s traffic to a shadow of itself, Vishaan Chakrabarti, former New York City...
PAU unveils carbon-neutral Sunnyside Yard masterplan in NYC
Global architecture firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) has revealed a masterplan for transforming...
Rooftop farm grows on award-winning Denizen Bushwick building
After five years of design and construction, ODA New York has completed Denizen Bushwick, a 1.2-million-square-foot...
LEED Gold-targeted office mimics High Line via lush greenery
New York City’s award-winning High Line has attracted yet another sculptural building to its side — 512 West...
NYC bans processed meats served in public schools
In an effort to improve the Big Apple’s public health, all processed meats will no longer be offered at New York...
Central Park to undergo $150M LEED Gold-targeted redesign
To cap the Central Park Conservancy’s 40-year renewal of Central Park, the nonprofit has unveiled designs to...
Tribute in Light endangers migrating birds
New York City’s annual September 11 Tribute in Light seeks to console a still-damaged city and commemorate those...
Reclaimed NYC water towers are upcycled into a NEST playscape in Brooklyn
A giant NEST has landed on the roof of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum (BCM) — and it’s not for the birds....
NYC’s new “eco-park” and urban beach is designed to help clean the waterfront
New York City has just welcomed yet another gem to its growing number of waterfront parks — Pier 35, the long-awaited...
New York City passes landmark bill to cut carbon emissions of big buildings by 80%
New York City just passed a landmark bill to cut carbon emissions. City council members overwhelming voted in favor...
MAD Architects unveils an “organic” skyscraper piercing Manhattan’s skyline
Beijing-based architectural studio MAD Architects has unveiled an alternative vision for the skyline of New York...
An old Brooklyn sugar refinery becomes creative office spaces
A historic waterfront factory has been given a new lease on life thanks to New York-based architecture firm ODA...
Proposed $1 billion underwater pipeline will send fracked gas to NYC
There is a war brewing over the development of a new underwater pipeline in New York City. The proposed project...
