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As society plans its transition out of the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic response and into a new era of social distanced, post-quarantine life, the gradual re-inhabitation of existing buildings will necessitate that many aspects of daily life be re-examined, both in terms of social custom... View full entry
Foster + Partners has released a collection of at-home activities for kids while they're away from school. Called #architecturefromhome, The collection includes tasks related to drawing, making, playing, thinking, reading, watching, and other activities to keep the kids entertained. All... View full entry
The construction industry, an engine that has helped power New York City’s tremendous growth in recent years, is slowly starting to reawaken, offering one of the first optimistic economic glimmers as the city struggles to recover.
And it also provides a glimpse of how the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed the workplace in the nation’s largest city and the epicenter of the outbreak.
— The New York Times
For the New York Times, Matthew Haag reports on the recent reopening of several thousand NYC construction projects and how the ongoing COVID-19 crisis calls for new social distancing and hygiene measures on job sites: "Roughly 5,200 construction projects were operating again as of Tuesday, from... View full entry
In the mad rush to accommodate the surge of COVID-19 patients in New York City that started in March, the city's Mount Sinai hospital looked to MASS Design Group to help it understand how its built environment could be influencing contagion control, and to gather additional... View full entry
After previous studies showed that patients in healthcare facilities were becoming ill due to dust generated by construction activity researchers from Washington State University and Clemson University asked 129 construction managers and field supervisors from the top healthcare contractors in the... View full entry
As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline in New York, the federal government moves forward with the shuttering of the Javits Center which housed a 2,500-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patients. According to Gothamist, as of last week, only 141 of those 2,500 beds were occupied... View full entry
As the spring semester comes to close following a swift transition to remote and online learning, the anxiety of the last two months has begun to give way to deeper, existential worries regarding what the future might hold for universities this summer and next semester. Some universities have... View full entry
Over the years, architects have not been the only ones to inscribe New York’s skyline — the signature image of the last American century — across the urban ether.
Among others, structural engineers, practical poets of often towering imagination and import, have also figured out how to scale those heights. Skyscrapers are team efforts, after all.
— The New York Times
For his latest feature in a series of virtual strolls exploring iconic Manhattan skyscrapers with noteworthy building experts, NYT architecture critic Michael Kimmelman invited engineer Guy Nordenson to join him for a closer look at the midcentury, Eero Saarinen-designed Black Rock/CBS Building... View full entry
The sudden and sweeping closures of schools, factories, businesses and government offices that have come as a result of the COVID-19 crisis have created an unprecedented decline in water use within existing buildings. And the resulting lack of chlorinated water flowing through pipes, combined with... View full entry
In a new map created by developer Meli Harvey, users are able to view the width of sidewalks across New York City. The data shows that most sidewalks do not offer enough space to maintain social distancing. Using data for New York City's sidewalk data set, Harvey developed a color coded map... View full entry
What will be the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the built environment? Of course, anything can happen and we should be skeptical of anyone offering predictions for what even tomorrow might bring, but that has not stopped architectural thinkers from positing the world as it might come to... View full entry
Prometric, the test administration company responsible for hosting NCARB's Architect Registration Examination (ARE), has decided to keep all test centers in North America closed until May 31, 2020. According to NCARB, when the test centers do reopen they will operate at 50 percent capacity to... View full entry
This post is brought to you by vagon We are all looking for ways to continue creating as much as we can during the Covid-19 pandemic. Plus, some designers and architects all over the world are doing their best to contribute collaborative design efforts. However, not being able to access a good... View full entry
In an effort to facilitate the transition toward remote-work setups in response to COVID-19, Autodesk is extending free commercial use software licenses for some of its remote- and team-based products. Autodesk’s Extended Access Program, which launched in late March and was recently... View full entry
In response to COVID-19, the Pratt Institute School of Architecture is partnering with AIA Brooklyn to offer four free AIA-accredited continuing education courses. The course offerings are due to launch on April 29th and will offer "dialogue on current topics like affordable housing during a... View full entry
