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Álvaro Siza’s first U.S. building completes in New York City

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New photos have been released of Álvaro Siza’s completed 611 West 56th Street , the Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s first designed building in the United States. New York City-based practice Gabellini Sheppard Associates designed the building’s interiors.

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ODA completes New York residential building with a glass box facade

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ODA Architecture has completed a residential scheme at 101 West 14th Street in New York City defined by a glass box facade. Most units also include outdoor terraces “uniquely recessed in the geometric facade of the building,” creating fully covered outdoor private spaces.

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Snøhetta completes two new buildings for Cornell Tech campus in New York

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Construction has been completed at two Snøhetta -designed buildings for the Cornell Tech campus in New York. The two buildings, named the Graduate Roosevelt Island Hotel and the Verizon Executive Education Center, operate independently though physically connected by a planted entry plaza.

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Looking back critically on the two-decade supertall building revolution in New York City

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We’re living through the birth of a new species of skyscraper that not even architects and engineers saw coming. Tall buildings that were in the works got scaled down or canceled on the assumption that soaring towers were too risky to be built or occupied. “All we’ve done in the 20 years since is build even taller.”

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New York selects six Empire Building Challenge partners to boost the state's energy efficiency

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has just announced the addition of six new strategic partners to the $50 million Empire Building Challenge in aims of enhancing the state’s stock of energy-efficient buildings. million square feet of high-rise buildings statewide that are included in the Challenge.

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An army of gamers is building a Minecraft version of New York's state capital

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A voluntary group of builders associated with Build the Earth Northeast USA is building the city and other parts of the Capital Region into the game. The Albany build is being overseen by a splinter called Build the Earth Northeast USA. Project managers say they have st.

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For the first time, you can buy shares in a building in New York City

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An office building in Harlem has become the first building in New York City, and one of the first in the country, to be listed on the stock market in its own right. Located at 286 Lenox Avenue, the 18,759-square-foot building holds four floors of office and retail, with three tenants including Wells Fargo.

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