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homeless encampment, seattle
Speed is the Key

Seattle invests heavily in supportive housing for the chronically homeless

Photo of Harvard GSD’s Gund Hall
Planning Justice

Harvard GSD faculty take on the challenge of building just cities

An outdoor dining seating area with Melbas on the canopy
In the Summertime, When the Weather is Fine...

Outdoor dining could become permanent in NYC as architects innovate

historic photo of Levittown, NY
1968 Calling

Trump administration officially nixes fair housing rule, citing ‘devastating impact’ on the suburbs

black lives matter mural aerial, foley square, manhattan
It Takes a City

Foley Square’s Black Lives Matter mural is a designer-led transformation of public space

walkway at Brooklyn Bridge
19th Century meets 21st Century

BIG, ARUP among finalists in the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge design competition

Photo of Utica Station in Buffalo, in the running to be renamed after Robert T. Coles
A Highly Trafficked Tribute

Buffalo mayor calls for renaming transit station in honor of the late Robert T. Coles

Rendering of a public park in Innovation QNS
Across The Way

A massive, $2 billion neighborhood designed by ODA is revealed for Queens

Rendering of an outdoor dining section in vacant lot
Going the Distance

Design for Distancing aims to bring life back to public spaces left dormant in lockdown

Rendering of ocV!BE, a mixed-use development around a stadium
The Mighty Ducks

Anaheim Ducks will turn the area around their stadium into a mega mixed-use district

London City Hall, a glassy, egg-shaped building
Egging Them On

London City Hall could leave Foster + Partners-designed home to cut costs

An internet collage of how broadband is used
Your Internet Connection Is Unstable

The pandemic put a strain on our digital infrastructures, especially in under-served communities

The interior of an abandoned hospital, shot by Geoff Manaugh
Shut Ins

The authors of a forthcoming book on quarantine discuss its past, present, and future

Photo of Jackson Heights, Queens, New York
Corona Column

What will a pandemic summer bring for architecture?

conceptual illustration of a park in rogers, arkansas
Hot On The Tracks

Ross Barney Architects reveals railside park in downtown Rogers, Arkansas

People all congregating on the sky deck at Hudson Yards
Bouncing Back

New York City’s surfeit of office space will survive the COVID-19 crisis, but will look a little different on the other side

signs for businesses in the bed-stuy section of the bronx, a neighborhood qualifying for Neighborhood Now
A Path Forward

Neighborhoods Now rallies design firms to lend COVID-19-hit communities reopening help

BLM protestors outside of white house
Blood, Sweat, and Tears

SITU Research teams with Amnesty International for video primer on tear gas