On the morning of February 23rd, Studio-X opened its doors to a full house of practicing and academic urban designers...

The occupation of Zuccotti Park unintentionally brought attention to the nebulous rules that govern New York City's privately-owned public spaces (POPS). In 1961, the city was changing. Advances in building technology meant office towers could be built higher than ever before, and developers had an interest in making use of this additional square footage. A revision of the zoning laws offered a trade: in return for creating public open spaces — perhaps most importantly, for the Occupy Wall Street movement, spaces “accessible to the public at all times,” unlike city parks...

Last Wednesday evening, Paul Goldberger, author of Up From Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York, spoke with Camilo José Vergara at the Museum of the City of New York, in conjunction with the MCNY exhibition of Vergara’s photographs of the Twin Tower, The Twin Towers and the City: Photographs by Camilo José Vergara, currently on display. Vergara is known for

Over the last couple weeks we’ve shared some of the highlights from the Red Hook Film Festival and the Architecture...

Last week, we shared some highlights from the recent Red Hook Film Festival, one of many cinematic events taking place...

For architecture-, design- and urbanism-themed cinema fans in New York, the next few weeks are a treasure trove of festivals,...

Last week, a group of leading New York City designers met to discuss the future of New York City at...

On June 10th, I attended part two of NYU’s GLOBAL DESIGN | ELSEWHERE ENVISIONED symposium (part one, which I wasn’t...

A full house greeted Henry N. Cobb on April 23rd, at the Center for Architecture in honor of the prestigious AIA 25 year Award, this year presented to the John Hancock Tower, designed in 1976 by Cobb and his firm, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. The acclaimed architect made a rare appearance to discuss "The Skyscraper as Citizen: Reflections on the Public Life of Private Buildings." The lecture began with the proposition that...