In New York City, it has been called the “Concrete Jungle” for years. It refers to the tall buildings, crowded residential brick structures and black asphalt streets. In periods of extreme heat, they ...

A superstar team of architects and developers insisted on an all-white concrete facade. It could explain some of the building’s problems. A superstar team of architects and developers insisted on an ...

The two small earthquakes that hit New Jersey this week may have rattled the region’s nerves but resulted in no reported damage. Damaging earthquakes are very rare in the New York City region, though ...

In a lawsuit, the condo board at 432 Park Avenue says the city and potential residents were not told about the severity of early cracks in the supertall building’s exterior. By Dionne Searcey and ...

With some of the strictest building codes in the nation, New York City is in many ways not the test bed for architectural experimentation one might expect. Here, an architect’s creativity is often ...

New York just took a big leap toward zero-emissions buildings. On July 25, the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council approved an all-electric building standard, making New York the first ...

A new law requiring that new single-family and low-rise buildings use all-electric heating systems and appliances starting next year serves as a long-awaited win for environmental advocates, who say ...

It became clear in the late 2010s that Amherst College’s science center had aged far past its prime. As the concrete building fell into disrepair, school leaders suspected a demolition was in order.

New York recently became the first state to prohibit gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings. The State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council approved an all-electric building standard on ...

New York’s All-Electric Buildings Act (the “Act”) is the latest in a series of environmentally-forward legal actions proposed by New York State geared toward achieving zero-emissions buildings. New ...