WXY will design the "Made in NY Campus" in Sunset Park as part of the city's larger effort to support the film and fashion industries.
Posted — February 15, 2017
Mark Willis analyzed the impact of the changes from the suspended 421-a program to the 2017 proposed program.
Posted — February 10, 2017
Sylvia Smith unveils designs for the master plan of Pace University's lower Manhattan campus expansion
Posted — February 9, 2017
Adrian Benepe promotes QueensWay as a catalyst for economic and civic growth.
Posted — February 8, 2017
Tim Tompkins and Polly Trottenberg speak about cleaning and maintaining NYC as more residents and tourists lead to more trash.
Posted — February 6, 2017
Mark Willis argues that the 421-a tax exemption for developers is necessary to provide affordable housing.
Posted — January 27, 2017
Henry Grabar scrutinizes President Trump's executive order - reinstating Secure Communities and 287(g) agreements - as threats against Sanctuary Cities.
Posted — January 26, 2017
Juliette Michaelson and Tom Wright from RPA, with Guy Nordenson and Paul Lewis of Princeton University, are hosting a design competition to transform four corridor geographies within the NY-metro region.
Posted — January 26, 2017
Tucker Reed announced the founding of Totem, a real estate development company that will also venture with media and public space tech companies.
Posted — January 18, 2017
Justin Davidson reviews the redesign of Astor Place by Fellow Claire Weisz as a "distinguished" and "self-effacing" design providing a profusion of possibilities for pedestrians.
Posted — January 11, 2017
Francine Houben's transformation of the Palace Soestdijk Estate into an experimental garden will offer an educative journey about the earth's fragility for all its visitors.
Posted — January 11, 2017
The Urban Design Forum is the proud curatorial partner for the 2017 Times Square Valentine Heart Design competition, led by Times Square Arts.
Posted — January 10, 2017
Claire Weisz is designing a former Bronx juvenile prison site into a "permeable and open" affordable housing community.
Posted — January 5, 2017
Elliott Maltby and Gita Nandan from Thread Collective offer a field guide to fences throughout New York City to show how the barriers we use define our spaces and ourselves, from the mundane to the maddening.
Posted — January 4, 2017
Forum Board Members Paul Goldberger and Michael Sorkin recount their history with and the merits of Trump Tower in an interview with Jim O'Grady from WNYC.
Posted — January 4, 2017
Louise Carroll, Class of 2016 Fellow, is a proponent of affordable housing in NYC with her work on the Inclusionary Housing Program at HPD.
Posted — January 4, 2017
Eric Fang, Class of 2016 Fellow, helped design Arverne by the Sea, the largest urban waterfront renewal site in the United States.
Posted — January 2, 2017
Diana Chapin, Class of 2016 Fellow, is safeguarding buildings that represent NYC's architectural, cultural, and political history.
Posted — December 28, 2016
Richard Anderson reflects on his accomplishments since taking over the NYBC in 1994.
Posted — December 28, 2016
Anabelle Selldorf details her work on a collaborative master plan in Taiwan initiated by Fellow Calvin Tsao.
Posted — December 22, 2016
Fellow Adam Lubinsky envisages residential-based EV car sharing as the catalyst for widespread EV usage in NYC.
Posted — December 22, 2016
Fellow Polly Trottenberg unveiled the Chrystie Street protected bike lane, allowing riders to bike from Downtown Brooklyn across the Manhattan Bridge.
Posted — December 22, 2016
Fellow Michael Kwartler elucidates why blocks and intersections receive different amounts of sunlight throughout New York City for the New York Times.
Posted — December 22, 2016
John Clifford, Class of 2016 Fellow, is the lead architect for Industry City, a 35-acre 'innovation ecosystem' and creative space.
Posted — December 21, 2016