Architecture

New York City is responsible for the care of 23 centuries-old farmsteads and mansions. What do these historic properties owe present day New Yorkers?

An architect faces New York City's housing crisis and climate crisis, one building at a time.

A half century of immigration has continuously layered new urban forms on an otherwise unremarkable landscape.

Geologic processes, local histories, and centuries of labor converge on a project suggesting new possibilities of reuse.

Theaters and concert halls are redesigning their interiors to entice new audiences and shore up revenue. Can performance spaces elevate everyday life, too?

New construction along elevated train lines brings an unprecedented degree of intimacy between private homes and workplaces and passengers in a 24-hour transit system.

Creating 3,000 more places to go can be transformative for people's dignity and the quality of the public realm. But actually implementing a citywide restroom network requires solutions that address each neighborhood's specific needs.

The removal of a public art installation by Maya Lin to make way for a better, brighter Penn Station portends a growing denial of the precarity of human passage through time and space.

As faith-based institutions struggle with a litany of real estate woes, the non-profit Bricks and Mortals is here to help find theologically-sound solutions.

Navigating multiple identities, homes, and professional cultures, where can Black urbanists locate an authentic, creative practice?