Nation’s first large-scale mass timber residence hall breaks ground in Arkansas
Cross-laminated timber may finally be having its heyday in the United States. The nation’s first large-scale...
Rafael Viñoly volunteers to design Tribeca’s Pier 26 marine education facility for free
Right now, Tribeca's Pier 26 doesn’t look like much at all. The blank canvas of concrete on the Hudson River...
First images of SANAA’s curvy Grace Farms cultural center unveiled
The River is located on a former farm site in New Canaan in Connecticut and, together with the renovated existing...
World’s largest green roof unveiled in the heart of Silicon Valley
The Hills at Vallco’s crown jewel is without a doubt its $3 million 30-acre green roof, an unprecedented engineering...
New York City moves forward with BIG U plan to protect Manhattan from future super storms
Remember BIG U, the giant, storm-resilient green strip proposed by the Bjarke Ingels Group to protect Manhattan...
Four Visionary Designs Unveiled for D.C.’s First Elevated Park
Covering an area greater than three football fields, 11th Street Bridge Park will offer a variety of programming...
Five Major Landscape Architecture Firms Unveil Competing Designs for New Presidio Parklands Project in San Francisco
The five landscape architecture firms presented their designs at a public meeting in the Presidio last week, whereupon...
Rebuild by Design Awards PennDesign/OLIN $20M to Protect Hunts Point from Storm Surges
Hunts Point | Lifelines from Rebuild by Design on Vimeo. An initiative of President Barack Obama's Hurricane...
MIT Proposes “New Meadowlands” Plan to Protect New Jersey and New York from Future Storms
How would some of the nation's smartest minds approach the Eastern seaboard's increasingly dire problem of rising...
MIT’s “New Meadowlands” Marshland Plan Could Protect New York from the Next Hurricane Sandy
Yesterday we took an early peek at the top ten designs from the Rebuild By Design competition, a contest to find...
Rebuild by Design Competition Unveils Shortlist of Proposals for a Resilient Post-Sandy World
Announced last summer, the Rebuild by Design competition is an initiative of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task...
10 Designs Show How Sandy-Affected Communities Can Be Rebuilt More Resiliently
Rebuild by Design, a competition to find resilient solutions for restoring communities affected by Hurricane Sandy,...
OLIN Unveils Plans for a New Public Plaza for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The steps in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are one of the most grand and iconic landmarks in the city,...