Blank billboards speak to power struggles, policy gaps, and shifting priorities for New York City’s public realm.

A speculative municipal bureaucracy offers infrastructure for emotional support.

A 15-story stack of Louis Vuitton branded suitcases claiming to be scaffolding landed on Fifth Avenue in November. But reading the structure through the lens of the building code raises questions about our grasp on reality and the rule of law.

Hyperlocal settings frame larger phenomena including stormwater management, the politics of place names, ersatz infrastructure, the tyranny of private property, and other signs of the never-ending change that characterizes the city.

What makes an inclusive museum? Art institutions are reassessing their buildings and their budgets to meet the moment.

It's complicated inside New York City's 99 cent stores, where creativity and exploitation coexist.

Architectural adaptations create space for prayer for New York City's growing Muslim communities, transforming townhouses and apartments into more sacred precincts.

From video-enabled visual interpretation to 3D audio effects, smartphone wayfinding apps have a lot to offer Blind users. But these new features are no substitute for public infrastructure — digital or otherwise — that accounts for nonvisual navigation of the built environment.

From small and ubiquitous markers to massive bespoke steel numerals, this longstanding Greenpoint signage company helps New Yorkers navigate the city.

The city oversees an experiment: Can new signage and instructions improve experiences in New York’s busiest criminal courthouse?