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a historic building wrapped in scaffolding, grand prospect hall
Dreams, Dashed

Bid to landmark Brooklyn’s demolition-bound Grand Prospect Hall denied by the LPC

exterior of an industrial building in manhattan
Kitchen Renovation

Legendary New York arts center The Kitchen announces an expansive renovation

Harvard’s new Science and Engineering Complex, with a grated facade
Grate Design

Harvard’s new Science and Engineering Complex is wrapped in a shimmering second skin

view of a skyscraper observation area at summit one vanderbilt
I'll Be Your Mirror

Get a sneak peek of One Vanderbilt’s dizzying observation deck ahead of its October debut

A long white school building designed by MOS
The Straight and Narrow?

The New York–based MOS coaxes the unexpected out of the everyday

A wall assembly that will be presented at the Wagdy Anis Symposium on Building Science
Wagdy Wall

A symposium in Boston covers the science of high performance building enclosures

cross section of a breakwater in living breakwaters along the staten island shore
Catching a Break

SCAPE’s Living Breakwaters project begins in-water construction off of Staten Island

Avery hall, a tall red-brick building with copper cornice, the new home of the Master of Science in Computational Design Practices program
Mapping The Future

Columbia GSAPP launches Master of Science in Computational Design Practices program

An aerial photo of sendero verde, an affordable housing block under construction in brick
Big Passive

At Sendero Verde, Handel Architects brings Passive House design to high-rise affordable housing

The art moderne lobby of the former McGraw Hill building with green walls and ceiling and spiraling art deco lights
Lobbying Efforts

New York State Supreme Court rejects plea to reinstall McGraw-Hill lobby

top floors of a luxury skyscraper at 200 amsterdam
Haircut, Averted

Legal battle over the height of Manhattan’s 200 Amsterdam comes to an end

The smoking world trade center, in black and white, as seen from brooklyn
20 Years On

Photographs from the edge

the demolition of the pruitt-igoe housing complexes, one of many projects by minoru yamasaki that was ultimately demolished
Architectural Autofiction

An experimental biography of Minoru Yamasaki runs counter to the familiar—and tragic—appraisals of his career

exterior full height shot of the building
Modern Motherboard

425 Park Avenue telescopes skyward with diagrid glass

two floors of office space in the world trade center
A Flight to Quality

Shared amenities and public space may help usher the World Trade Center office complex into a brighter future

A truss destroyed in the notre dame fire, raised at the national building museum
Truss The Process

Carpenters and students replicate an original timber truss from Notre-Dame using centuries-old techniques

Looking at the twin towers from across Brooklyn
Rethinking Rethinking New York

In the wake of 9/11, a critical anthology of essays and designs advocated big changes; it’s just as timely as ever

A sign for a green building rating, LEED and local, next to each toher
BEER Goggles And MisLEEDing Readings

New York’s proliferation of green building rating systems raises the question of what’s being measured

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