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Seven Impressive Homes Built with Recycled Materials
More than a buzzword, “greenâ€' is a lifestyle. It's the conscious decision to reject convention and adopt an eco-friendly attitude. For some, this attitude reflects in the infrastructure of their h …
Learn About the 18 Tenant Protection Bills Now Before the City Council
Intro 0030-2018: Landlords Fund Temporary Housing This bill would require a property owner to deposit money in an escrow account (with the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HP …
Snøhetta Unveils New, ‘Preservation-First' Design for 550 Madison Revamp
When Snøhetta and the Olayan Group announced last fall that they would revamp the Philip Johnson-described skyscraper at 550 Madison Avenue, the reaction from architecture buffs and preservation-mind …
Amazon Is an Infrastructure Company. The HQ2 Bids Were Reconnaissance
In the course of deciding where to put its new headquarters, Amazon learned that Las Vegas has 2,185 students in computer-science programs, that Albany has an exceptionally low uninsured rate, and tha …
Three Female Architects Changing New York City
Architecture has long been a male-dominated field. According to the Los Angeles Times, nearly half of architecture school graduates in the United States are women, but only 18 percent of licensed prac …
East New York Parking Lot Poised to Sprout 2,100 Affordable Apartments, ‘Urban Village'
A 10-acre parking lot in East New York is poised to be transformed into a mixed-use “urban villageâ€' with 2,100 permanently affordable apartments, a performing arts center, and other community-mind …
Construction of Major Electricity Line from Quebec to New York City to Start in 2020
The developers of a long-delayed project to deliver hydroelectric power from Quebec to New York City say that construction will start in 2020. First unveiled in 2008, the Champlain Hudson Power Expres …
Where Are All the Female Architects?
To get a sense of the state of opportunity for women in architecture, consider that the firm getting the most high-profile architectural commissions in the world right now has just one female principa …
Hyperloop Promises Ultrafast Transportation. But What Does it Mean for the Environment?
Deep in the heart of steel country on a balmy September morning, Cleveland City Council members, professors and non-profit leaders hopped out of their cars and Ubers and filed into a conference hall t …
Google Plans Major $1B Expansion at St. John's Terminal
It's barely been a month since Amazon announced it would bring part of its second North American headquarters to New York City, and now, another tech giant is making big expansion plans in Manhattan. …
NYC's Best New Architecture of 2018: Ford Foundation, Waterfront Parks...
While 2019 is shaping up to be a big year for New York City architecture, 2018 left us whelmed. (You read that right: certainly not overwhelmed, and not quite underwhelmed, just whelmed.) We're counti …
CNY Wins $88 Million in State REDC Competition, The Most of Any Region
New York State has awarded more than $88 million to 91 projects in Central New York as the part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2018 Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) competition. That's the highest …
The 10 Biggest NYC Investment Sales of 2018
Chelsea had a pretty big year. The Manhattan neighborhood was home to New York City's top two building sales of 2018 thanks to Google's whopping buy of Chelsea Market and L&L Holding Company and Norma …
UAE firm to sell famous Chrysler skyscraper in New York
Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala is reportedly reviewing plans to offload the art deco Chrysler Building in New York. Investment house Mubadala and New York developer Tishman Speyer, joint owners of the build …
Crown Installation Progresses for 3 Sutton Place
3 Sutton Place is an 847-foot-tall residential skyscraper located in Midtown East. Designed by Thomas Juul-Hansen and developed by Gamma Real Estate, the 62-story tower will yield 121 residential uni …
The 14 Most Anticipated Buildings of 2019
As 2018 nears an end and one year folds into the next, we at Architectural Digest are looking ahead to highlight those buildings we're most excited about for 2019. Spanning cities from Taipei to Miami …
6 crucial ways New York City's landscape will change in 2019
What to expect from New York's transit, parks, megaprojects and more in the coming year
Tariffs are driving city construction costs even higher
It has been four months since the introduction of President Donald Trump's tariffs and the start of a trade war with China.  While the president agreed at the G20 Summit to halt new trade tariffs for …
New $60M contract will bring delayed East Side Access closer to completion
It's been a while since we've had any updates on the MTA's ambitious East Side Access project, a plan that seeks to connect Long Island Railroad (LIRR) trains with Grand Central Terminal. In 2014, i …
Construction Is Still NYC's Most Fatal Industry
Twenty construction workers died on the job in 2017, according to the BLS, a slight decrease from 2016's total of 21 construction deaths. Overall, 87 people died at work in New York City in 2017, up 5 …
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