It Takes a Village to Weather a Storm
In Sheepshead Bay, designing for resilience at a scale somewhere between the city and the single-family house.
Our Fair City
50 years after the passage of a landmark law, how will New York City assess the fairness of its housing?
Buried Grudges
From deadly explosions to silent climate warming emissions, the contemporary troubles of the city's gas infrastructure have roots in the tumult surrounding its installation more than a century ago.
Opening | Capturing Change: Freshkills Park
Join us on October 24 to celebrate a new exhibition documenting the world's largest landfill-to-park transformation. Learn more and reserve tickets. →
Bright Megaphone
With simple phrases beamed in light, the Illuminator Collective appropriates buildings' exteriors to reveal the forces at work inside.
Do You Remember How It Was?
Residents recall a decade of upheaval in the East New York Oral History Project.
Reentry: Start Here
People returning to city life after time in prison will soon be able to find help at some branch libraries. How can designers help librarians create life-saving connections?
Nearly six years after Sandy flooded basements and uprooted trees, Red Hook Houses is still in recovery. But designers from KPF and OLIN see a future brighter than survival, when infrastructure combines with art and the landscape rises above the waterline.
Beyond Resilience