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...
NYC considers Manhattan land expansion to fight climate change
On Thursday March 14, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City unveiled a $10 billion plan to prepare lower Manhattan...
Meatless Mondays are coming to public schools in New York City
Public schools in New York City are starting a meatless Monday program for student lunches. School officials hope...
OMA unveils designs for zigzagging residential towers in Brooklyn
OMA’s New York office has unveiled striking designs for the Greenpoint Landing mixed-use towers—two dramatically...
NYC’s plant-filled Greenery Unlimited is “world’s first Biophilic Design Store”
An enormous green wall and a 12-foot ficus tree await visitors at Greenery Unlimited, a newly opened retail store...
Solar-powered home embraces Hudson River views and aging in place
Wanting to reconnect with the outdoors after decades of living in Manhattan, a couple nearing retirement asked...
These are the world’s top vegan cities
If traveling is a top priority for you in 2019 and you follow a vegan diet, there are some cities that are more...
New York City bans polystyrene foam starting January 1
New York City has officially become the largest jurisdiction in the United States to ban polystyrene foam food...
BIG and WeWork design a nature-inspired school for kids in NYC
Creative co-working giant WeWork and acclaimed architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group have teamed up to reimagine...
Cities around the world lay the groundwork for a zero-waste future
Cities around the world are pledging to reduce waste over the next 12 years in an effort to curb global warming...
LEED Gold hub for artists and activists takes over an abandoned NYC firehouse
An abandoned firehouse has been reborn as the newly certified LEED Gold home for the Caribbean Cultural Center...
UN Environment and Yale present a sustainable tiny home in NYC
U.N. Environment and Yale University’s School of Architecture has unveiled an innovative tiny home that explores...
Go glamping with views of the Statue of Liberty on NYC’s Governors Island
A new glamping destination has popped up in an unlikely location — a 172-acre island just across the river from...
Renzo Piano-designed condo to become first high-end residential Zero Waste Building in NYC
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano’s first residential building at 565 Broome Soho is nearing completion...
The LEED Gold-seeking Edible Academy teaches urban farming in NYC
New York-based architecture firm Cooper Robertson and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects (MNLA) recently completed...
New resilient waterfront park helps protect NYC from storm surges
Waterfront parks have been springing up all over New York City, including in Long Island City, where Hunter’s...
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...
Bronx community garden transformed with sustainable improvements
A newly renovated community garden has officially opened in the Bronx. Fannie's Garden at Paradise on Earth, a...
Brooklyn’s new Domino Park features relics from the old sugar factory
Prolific landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations has managed to transform many desolate areas...
Brooklyn SolarWorks can turn almost any rooftop into a sun-powered oasis
Brooklyn SolarWorks wants to help bring solar power to New Yorkers. Stunning new renderings of the company's...
Studio Gang’s 40 Tenth Avenue “Solar Carve” tower tops out near NYC’s High Line
New images reveal 40 Tenth Avenue — formerly called the Solar Carve Tower — has officially topped out near...
The United States’ first Passive Plus House generates nearly all the energy it needs
This beautiful brownstone in Brooklyn has been refurbished into the first Passive Plus House in the United States....
Michael Bloomberg pledges $4.5 million to fund the Paris climate agreement
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg just pledged to personally cover the $4.5 million bill that the United...
Clothing made from recycled water bottles highlights the ongoing crisis in Flint
A new fashion exhibit in Queens underscores the ongoing water-contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan. "Flint Fit"...
This NYC skyscraper will clean the air “at a rate of 500 trees”
This new condominium building in New York City will actually clean the air. 570 Broome, designed by Tahir Demircioglu...
$300M live-work campus gets green light to replace former juvenile jail in NYC
Green spaces, affordable housing, and over 300 jobs are coming to the south Bronx. The Peninsula, a mixed-use development...