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Feds put Neoclassical architecture policy into practice
President Donald Trump never implemented a proposed measure that would have effectively banned new federal buildings from being constructed...
Architecture and Design
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Vishaan Chakrabarti on a Manhattan real estate market without private cars
Vishaan Chakrabarti has a message for real estate developers: Think outside your own black car. The founder of Practice...
The REInterview: What if Manhattan had four Central Parks’ worth of land to play with?
Land prices in Manhattan are among the highest in the world, and developers have become adept at extracting every...
City planning through a pandemic
Floor by floor, construction workers are dismantling JPMorgan’s 52-story office tower at 270 Park Avenue. And while their work represents the largest intentional demolition in New York City’s history, it has come to signify...
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In isolation, architects are putting their own designs to the test
Architects are spending a lot more time at home and it’s giving them a new perspective on design. For...
National
Jaquelin Taylor Robertson, architect for the city and celebrity, dies
Architect Jaquelin Taylor Robertson, a devotee of classical architecture who spearheaded new mixed-use zoning regulations in Midtown Manhattan, created...
National
Architecture firm billings suffer record drop in March
Billings from architecture firms plummeted in March at a rate not seen in 25 years. The Architecture Billings Index...
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TRD Quarantine Cribs: Take a tour of Scott Harris’ renovated UWS duplex
Here at The Real Deal, we’re delivering news and analysis every day — and lately it feels like a...
Weekend Edition
Building towers with stone could be the future, architects say
A group of architects wants to bring their practice back to the stone age. Groupwork and structural engineering firm...
Architect Henry Cobb dies at 93
It was a trip to Europe at age 9 that sparked Henry N. Cobb’s interest in architecture. It was the perfect age, he recalled, because “you are mature enough to take a lot in,...