National Issue
Why passive house could become NYC’s next design standard
Nicholas Liberis knew his office project in Long Island City had to be different. A new 11-story building surrounded...
Architecture and Design
Vessel will reopen at Hudson Yards — with $10 fee, new security
When Related Companies unveiled Vessel, the sculptural staircase at the heart of the Hudson Yards megaproject, chairman Stephen Ross...
National
Arthur Gensler, architecture pioneer, dies
M. Arthur Gensler Jr., who for decades led one of the world’s most prolific architecture firms, died at his home in Mill Valley, California. He was 85. Gensler, the firm he co-founded in 1965...
Chicago
Prolific Chicago architect Helmut Jahn dies at 81
Helmut Jahn, a world-renowned architect who designed some of Chicago’s most notable buildings, died Saturday from injuries suffered in...
Chicago
Onni Group details 2.6K-unit megaproject to reshape Goose Island
Onni Group plans to transform industrial Goose Island with a mixed-use megaproject that would bring 2,650 apartments and a...
National
French architects Lacaton and Vassal take Pritzker Prize
The winners of this year’s Pritzker Prize for architecture are not starchitects known for glittering skyscrapers or controversial designs....
National
Amazon unveils woodsy plans for HQ2
Amazon has unveiled new plans for its second headquarters in Northern Virginia that will have an outdoorsy, woodsy theme. The tech giant’s second phase of its campus in Arlington, Virginia, will include three 22-story...
Sugimoto-curated 79th floor at 432 Park quietly hits market
“Among the clouds, at one thousand feet, exists an inner floating garden,” reads the first line of the Engel...
Port Authority to raze, replace “hell on earth” bus terminal
After years of being ridiculed as “hell on earth,” the Port Authority Bus Terminal will be torn down and...
Related closes Vessel after third suicide
Related Companies has closed the Vessel, the Thomas Heatherwick-designed sculpture at the Hudson Yards megaproject, after a third person died by suicide by jumping from the structure. The developer is working with suicide prevention...