Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich rebuild a Williamsburg home featuring natural lighting and durable "childproof" materials.
Posted — June 4, 2019
Holly Leicht reveals that LMDC and the Port Authority will appraise 5 World Trade Center before releasing an RFP for development.
Posted — May 31, 2019
Regina Myer lauds the renewed plans to develop a park at Willoughby Square.
Posted — May 30, 2019
Greg Haley calls for engagement processes that encourage communities to have ownership and civic pride in a project.
Posted — May 29, 2019
Justin Garrett Moore implores designers to consider how their work can systematically address inequity.
Posted — May 24, 2019
Francine Houben shares her views on better architectural design practices.
Posted — May 24, 2019
Jesse Keenan and Michael Sorkin provide ideas on how architects can organize and fight against climate change.
Posted — May 23, 2019
Sam Schwartz revels in the congestion pricing plan after decades of advocating for alleviating traffic.
Posted — May 23, 2019
Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu discuss their commitment to using playful materials and working on meaningful projects.
Posted — May 21, 2019
Corinne Kisner launches a bike infrastructure accelerator program to help American cities achieve their climate goals.
Posted — May 17, 2019
Stephen Fan explains how Chinatown's unique food supply provides the community with fresh and locally sourced produce.
Posted — May 16, 2019
Koray Duman designs a 2,500-volume bookcase in a Williamsburg condo.
Posted — May 16, 2019
Louise Carroll announces Michael Sorkin and Adam Frampton as two winners of the Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC design competition.
Posted — May 15, 2019
April De Simone presents Undesign the Redline in Baltimore about how structural racism and inequity is designed into cities.
Posted — May 14, 2019
Alex Garvin posits that pedestrian-friendly public space and healthy environments are fundamental to successful downtowns.
Posted — May 13, 2019
Paul Goldberger considers the parallels between the design of baseball stadiums and trends in American urbanism.
Posted — May 12, 2019
Deborah Marton stresses the urgency of a project to connect Mott Haven residents to the adjacent waterfront.
Posted — May 10, 2019
Henry Grabar unpacks what "gentrification" means and calls for greater attention on the increased concentration of poverty.
Posted — May 3, 2019
Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow won a Graham Foundation grant for their Smuggling Architecture exhibition.
Posted — May 3, 2019
Robert Goodwin unveils a new 12-story boutique office building in Manhattan.
Posted — May 2, 2019
Sital Patel released designs for Admiral's Row featuring 130,000 square feet of manufacturing and creative office space.
Posted — April 30, 2019
Elizabeth Goldstein defends her call for improving environmental review processes that assess potential outcomes of rezonings.
Posted — April 23, 2019
Andrea Steele designed a new cultural home for Make the Road New York featuring classrooms, offices, and a terraced indoor plaza.
Posted — April 16, 2019
Koray Duman is designing the Noguchi Museum's art and archives building.
Posted — April 16, 2019
John di Domenico and Erick Gregory explored how we can redesign subway stations that integrate wayfinding rather than shopping.
Posted — April 5, 2019
Michael Samuelian imagines Governors Island's future amid a new Manhattan ferry route.
Posted — April 5, 2019
Juergen Riehm shares trends reshaping New York City’s built environment.
Posted — March 22, 2019
Arun Sundararajan examines the growth of "sharing economy" amidst IPOs boom.
Posted — March 11, 2019
Deborah Berke discusses architectural and community revitalization in America's mid-sized cities.
Posted — March 5, 2019
Jesse Shapins demonstrates highly adaptable infrastructure for smart city growth in variable climates.
Posted — March 5, 2019
Frederick Steiner uses innovative pedagogy to inspire future architects to create urban systems that promote ecological vibrancy.
Posted — March 5, 2019
Mark Ginsberg, David Piscuskas and George Piazza highlight innovative supportive housing designs and policy models.
Posted — February 7, 2019
James Sanders advocates for a major reduction in Los Angeles parking requirements.
Posted — February 7, 2019
James McCullar has been recognized for his lifelong contributions to affordable housing and urban design with the 2019 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture.
Posted — February 7, 2019
Elizabeth Goldstein, Stella Kim and Justin Garrett Moore are looking for the next POPS logo.
Posted — February 4, 2019
Alan Organschi collaborates with the UN to design, build and install a micro-home prototype on UN Plaza.
Posted — August 21, 2018
Oscar Nñ writes about promoting spaces for queer people of color through his party series Papi Juice
Posted — August 21, 2018
Tim Tompkins reflects on ten years of "plazafication" in New York.
Posted — August 21, 2018
David Grahame Shane and Michael Sorkin address the role of the architecture critic in the age of Trump and the foreclosure of public commissions.
Posted — June 5, 2018
Sagi Golan and Daphne Lundi worked on the City's framework to foster a thriving, inclusive and more resilient Gowanus.
Posted — June 5, 2018
Justin Garrett Moore states that equitable and inclusive third places must be intentionally and purposefully constructed.
Posted — May 31, 2018
Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss share their resiliency work on the Hunters Point South park.
Posted — May 31, 2018
Madelyn Wils argues that preserving Pier 40 as a source of operating revenue is essential to the long-term survival of Hudson River Park.
Posted — May 25, 2018
Michael Replogle shares DOT's strategy for reducing pedestrian deaths with Melbourne.
Posted — May 25, 2018
Regina Myer writes that we need to include the construction of the Brooklyn Strand with the rebuild of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Posted — March 23, 2018
Jolie Milstein argues that we need to leverage the new data on housing vacancy rates to preserve and develop more affordable housing.
Posted — March 19, 2018
Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich renovated Galerie Perrotin, a famed mega-gallery now in the largest in the Lower East Side.
Posted — March 8, 2018
Mark Willis states that rising vacancy rates suggests that the City's housing supply is starting to meet the demand.
Posted — March 7, 2018
Annabelle Selldorf addresses the gender inequality in architecture and how firms can directly combat these inequities.
Posted — March 5, 2018
Carlos Arnaiz won a Re-Thinking The Future Sustainability award for his design of a new Supreme Court in the Philippines.
Posted — March 1, 2018
Margaret Newman explains how to navigate the main agencies to accomplish key transportation projects in New York City.
Posted — February 22, 2018
Rit Aggarwala describes how Quayside will be designed as a platform allowing for responsive design changes according to community needs.
Posted — February 21, 2018
Arun Sundararajan describes the deleterious effects of automation on the workforce in developing nations like Bangladesh, Thailand and Vietnam.
Posted — February 20, 2018
Moshe Safdie is designing a new 150,000-square-foot library in Boise, Idaho.
Posted — February 20, 2018
John Clifford is redesigning Underground Atlanta, a four-block mixed-use redevelopment featuring over 150,000-square-feet of retail, office and community space.
Posted — February 16, 2018
Tom Wright is critical of the Governor's plan for the construction of a tunnel or bridge across the Long Island Sound.
Posted — February 15, 2018
Carol Willis explains the recent trend behind super slender skyscrapers in New York City.
Posted — February 13, 2018
Deborah Berke has been selected to design new residential colleges at Princeton University for their Campus Plan.
Posted — February 8, 2018
Lena Afridi and Armando Moritz-Chapelliquen explain why gentrification is more than the loss of housing and small businesses, it is also the loss of culture.
Posted — January 30, 2018
Claire Weisz advocates for change in the architecture profession.
Posted — January 29, 2018
Mark Willis reflects on the interminable confidence in the housing market before the 2006 crisis.
Posted — January 25, 2018
Henry Grabar examines California's proposal to address the housing crisis by removing land use controls near transit stations.
Posted — January 5, 2018
Tommy Craig is developing Sunrise at East 56th Street to provide seniors with assisted living and memory care services.
Posted — January 2, 2018
Adrian Benepe warns that turning over Marx Brother Playground in East Harlem to private development would set a dangerous precedent.
Posted — January 1, 2018
Tom Wright explains what is next for the Gateway Tunnel Project after President Trump's decision to withdraw federal funding.
Posted — December 29, 2017
Audrey Wachs covers the newly planned South Battery Park Resiliency Project that replaces Wagner Park with deployable barriers and flood-proof landscapes.
Posted — December 29, 2017
Michael Horodniceanu laments the high costs of the Second Avenue subway extension.
Posted — December 28, 2017
Michael Replogle refutes claims that lower speed limits are dangerous for pedestrians by detailing the numerous benefits from NYC's Vision Zero initiative.
Posted — December 27, 2017
Sam Schwartz suggests that adding a ride fee on for-hire vehicles could encourage riders to use cheaper transit options and reduce congestion.
Posted — December 26, 2017
Alison Von Glinow won Storefront's Souvenirs: New New York Icons competition with Pop-Up City, capturing the richness of Manhattan Community District #2.
Posted — December 23, 2017
Claire Weisz designed new cabins that will feature in campgrounds throughout New York State.
Posted — December 19, 2017
Michelle de la Uz praises the latest anti-harassment legislation for its potential to protect rent-regulated residents in Gowanus.
Posted — December 1, 2017
Paul Goldberger's obituary of Vincent Scully highlights his teaching legacy and belief in bettering civilization through architecture.
Posted — December 1, 2017
Rohit Aggarwala details Sidewalk Labs's community engagement efforts and its design ethos in the development of the Toronto Waterfront.
Posted — November 30, 2017
Rohit Aggarwala, Juliette Michaelson, Lucrecia Montemayor and Tom Wright released Regional Plan Association's 4th Regional Plan.
Posted — November 30, 2017
Annabelle Selldorf designed 42 Crosby to offer a contemporary interpretation of SoHo's cast iron architecture.
Posted — November 28, 2017
Andrew Whalley explored movement through space and time in his design of the Fulton Street station and Tomorrowland.
Posted — November 20, 2017
Constantine Kontokosta and Giancarlo Falcocchio propose a "transit maintenance district" to help finance the maintenance of our subway system.
Posted — November 17, 2017
Emily Abruzzo and Gerald Bodziak have been named to this year's class of Curbed Groundbreakers for their exceptional quality of work and their "gently transgressive approach to vernaculars."
Posted — November 15, 2017
Jonathan Drescher is working to build a 70-story mixed-use development along the Anable Basin in Long Island City.
Posted — November 15, 2017
Francine Houben released the master plan for Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, featuring a new entrance on 40th Street, a new learning center, enlarged exhibition space and additional room for researchers.
Posted — November 15, 2017
Alex Gorlin reflects on the challenges to designing row houses and what makes their design viable in New York City.
Posted — November 14, 2017
Armando Moritz-Chapelliquen outlines how the latest approval by the City Planning Commission to mix manufacturing and self-storage in industrial business zones (IBZs) undermines the strength of these cores.
Posted — November 2, 2017
Audrey Wachs reflects on the impact of Hurricane Sandy on New York's built environment.
Posted — October 27, 2017
Sabina Uffer is seeking ideas to shape the future of the New York State Canal System.
Posted — October 17, 2017
Henry Grabar explores Transport for London's usage of Wi-Fi data to better understand station and train crowding.
Posted — October 16, 2017
AJ Pires revealed plans for renovating Khalil Gibran and adding an additional public school on site at 80 Flatbush Avenue.
Posted — October 16, 2017
Leni Schwendinger led the lighting design for the MTA's Enhanced Station initiative project at Sunset Park's 53rd Street Station.
Posted — October 13, 2017
Jesse Kennan evaluates a proposed Regional Resilience Trust Fund to support interventions combating climating.
Posted — October 12, 2017
Christopher Sharples's design of SITE Santa Fe matches the gritty context of the neighborhood and improves the display of the gallery's contemporary art.
Posted — October 12, 2017
Deborah Berke's design for Cummin's new office building can revitalize downtown Indianapolis.
Posted — October 11, 2017
Daphne Lundi reflects on the growth of Black in Design Conference from a space for learning about black practice in design to a space for incorporating social justice into everyday practice.
Posted — October 10, 2017
Vishaan Chakrabarti's new design for the Domino Sugar Complex places the new building within the existing brick shell.
Posted — October 4, 2017
Barbara Wilks is connecting downtown Hamilton, Ohio with its natural aquatic environment.
Posted — October 3, 2017
Gita Nandan is designing stormproof power plants and elevated community farms to make a more resilient New York City.
Posted — October 3, 2017
Jeremy Alain Siegel describes the BIG U's passive protections to reduce maintenance and emulate natural protective systems against storms.
Posted — October 2, 2017
Enrique Norten is designing West End Square 50, a mixed-use building in Washington D.C., featuring a fire station, squash club and affordable housing units.
Posted — October 2, 2017
Tom Wright laments the lack of a long-term plan for the impending collapse of the Hudson River tunnels.
Posted — September 27, 2017
Alan Organschi converted a 1905 fire station into an experimental jazz venue.
Posted — September 27, 2017
Rohit Aggarwala promotes big data's potential to democratize decision-making in cities.
Posted — September 25, 2017