Fresh from their presentation at the Center for Architecture, Joshua David and Robert Hammond, co-founders of Friends of the High Line, and Amanda Burden, Chair of the NYC City Planning Commission, discuss plans for the redevelopment of the High Line on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show. View full entry
One of the two development teams vying for the Grand Ave job unveils their design to Slatin Report. Still to be seen is the David Childs / Morphosis / Doug Suisman proposal. View full entry
To entice some Armenians back, manicured lawns and immaculate California-style suburban houses are taking shape on the outskirts of Yerevan in what is billed as the first American-inspired gated community in the South Caucasus. "Come home to Armenia," reads the sign outside the guardhouse at the... View full entry
The NYTimes reports on NYC's plans for a field of underwater electricity-generating turbines in the channel between Roosevelt Island and Queens, estimated to provide 5 to 10 megawatts of power and potentially save the city the equivalent of about 65,000 barrels of oil each year. The project is... View full entry
An interesting article in the NYTimes from a few weeks back describes the origins and unintended consequences of New York City Local Laws 10 and 11, which exemplify the sort of unseen influences that shape a building--and the city--long after the architect has left the scene. URBAN TACTICS; Going... View full entry
National authority on architecture of affordable housing, Oakland will miss Mike as he moves to Pheonix to ensure the fastest growing city brings the highest per capita of affordable housing with it. | ArizonaRepublic View full entry
Not getting what he wanted from his insurers, Larry Silverstein (WTC leaseholder) asked the LMDC for the remainder of a pot of Liberty Bonds, about $3.5 billion worth. Nonetheless, the LMDC "is facing the cost of financing additional projects at the World Trade Center, including the memorial and... View full entry
A gallery with the finalists' models on the official Fiera site... Previously on Archinect:winnersMore on the winners...the shortlist View full entry
NY Times Editorial : Congress and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have been playing a transparent game of "good cop, bad cop" since HUD set out to savage Section 8, the federal program that provides housing subsidies for the poor... Republicans in Congress say they budgeted enough... View full entry
The NY Times discusses the future of London's skyline. Read LONDON — "Earth has not anything to show more fair," Wordsworth wrote of London two centuries ago. But the "ships, towers, domes, theaters and temples" that he admired from Westminster Bridge have long since given way... View full entry
By Andrew SternCHICAGO (Reuters) - After decades of mediocrity in a city known for its elegant skyscrapers, Chicago hopes to stage an architectural renaissance with a new $475 million park featuring a swirling steel band shell designed by Frank Gehry. View full entry
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As reported in the NY Times, the Regional Plan Association, an influential non-profit planning organization, has become the first major civic group to openly oppose the Jets Stadium project, proposed as a key element in the NYC2012 Olympic Bid and the Bloomberg administration's plans to develop... View full entry
June 21 (Bloomberg) -- British architect Richard Rogers is working on a plan to bury part of the highway along New York's East River and create a waterfront from the lower East Side to the southern tip of Manhattan. Rogers, 70, is known for futuristic-looking buildings such as London's Millennium... View full entry
The second installment of from the Architecture League of NY's "Worldview: Perspectives on Architecture and Urbanism around the Globe" research. (First installment was Caracas). View full entry