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...
This is how high NYC’s sea levels will rise if we don’t take climate action
Rising sea levels, precipitated by climate change, threaten to overwhelm the world's cities if we do nothing —...
New images capture Zaha Hadid’s luxury High Line condos in NYC
Photographers Hufton+Crow have captured new images of 520 West 28th, the Zaha Hadid-designed luxury condos that...
3D-printed Valentine heart in Times Square is the world’s largest lens
If you stop by Times Square this month, you are in for a treat. New York City is celebrating love with the world's...
NYC could become the first US city to charge for driving in congested areas
If you want to drive into the busiest part of Manhattan, get out your wallet. New York City is considering a pay-to-drive...
New York delivers huge blow to the fossil fuel industry
New York just sent a big message to the fossil fuel industry. The state is freezing all fossil fuel investments...
Meet Adam Sobel, the food truck chef who’s taking vegan food to the streets
Adam Sobel is a man with a mission: since 2010, he's been roaming the streets of New York City with his food truck,...
Green-roofed Kew Gardens Hill Library lures patrons indoors with a lifted facade
A branch library in New York City is luring the community indoors with a clever facade that lifts up at the corner...
BIG and WeWork reveal plans for interactive WeGrow kindergarten in New York City
International startup WeWork is expanding beyond its co-working roots with a public kindergarten in New York...
Snøhetta unveils striking new skyscraper for Manhattan’s Upper West Side
Snøhetta has unveiled a handsome skyscraper for Manhattan’s prestigious Upper West Side at 50 West 66th Street....
3D-printed pod homes for the homeless could hang from NYC buildings
Creative agency Framlab has proposed a new type of architecture for housing New York City’s growing homeless...