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APRIL 9, 2024

The Brooklyn-based firm transformed a formerly nondescript building with a striking new brick facade while celebrating the Meatpacking District’s historical significance. As a former 1950's meat market, the original building was unremarkable and had fallen into disrepair due to years of neglect.

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MAY 13, 2024

The balance of power in the market for residential conversion projects in the United States has shifted from offices to hotels for the first time, according to new statistics included in RentCafe’s latest market snapshot report for 2023. increase being recorded year-over-year. over the previous year.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has announced the launch of the New York City Mass Timber Studio in an effort to join industry leaders who are elsewhere raising the bar for the use of sustainable materials in the built environment.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This week's featured employer highlight includes openings in New York City and Portland, Maine. Affordable and special needs housing design specialists Urban Architectural Initiatives, RA, PC is in search of an Intermediate Architect with three to five years of experience in New York City.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams proposed on Thursday a major overhaul of New York City’s approach to development that his administration says could make way for as many as 100,000 additional homes in the coming years and ease the city’s severe housing crisis. [.]

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Take a look at our latest curated selection of architecture and lighting design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs : This week's featured employer highlight includes job openings in New York City , Chicago , Palm Springs , and San Francisco. Grogan | Dove FBI Building by Krueck Sexton Partners. The ideal candidate w.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Google ’s brand new New York City headquarters inside St. million square feet of new offices. John’s Terminal at Hudson Square has opened following the completion of a five-year and $2.1 billion project designed by COOKFOX Architects and Gensler.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Following last week’s visit to Massachussets-based I-Kanda Architects , we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to New York this week to explore the work of Architecture Research Office. Over on Archinect Jobs , the firm is currently hiring for a Junior Designer to join their Brooklyn office. Dia Chelsea.

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Archinect

APRIL 17, 2024

Archinect has received first photos of Shigeru Ban Architects ’ new collaborative installation project with students from The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. by 13.5-.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This latest edition of Archinect's curated job picks from Archinect Jobs highlights 14 architecture firms in the New York City area looking to add early-career professionals to their offices. OMA seeks a Junior Architect "OMA New York is looking for Junior Architects to join our office as soon as possible.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The building’s future as housing began to take shape this week when the Brodsky Organization, a residential developer, bought a stake in the 22-story, triangular-shaped tower on Fifth Avenue. The exact layout and the number of new residences have not been determined.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2024

billion mixed-use Manhattan West development in New York City. Photo: Dave Burk © SOM It joins SOM's already-completed One Manhattan West residential tower and five other buildings at the eight-acre mixed-use site, which is being developed to over seven million square feet by Brookfield Properties.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 3, 2024

Accelerated remote work and hybrid schedules are leading to a sharp decline in demand for traditional office space in cities across America. In major metros like New York and San Francisco , occupancy rates have dropped, property values have diminished and rents have fallen significantly. Read more »

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Archinect

AUGUST 18, 2023

New York City officials announced plans on Thursday to ease the conversion of office buildings to housing and to open manufacturing areas south of Times Square to new residential development, as part of a broader push to reinvent the struggling business district in Midtown Manhattan and address the city’s housing crisis.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Skyscraper Museum’s 2023 Making New York History Award was recently presented to David Levinson, CEO and Chairman of L&L Holding Company, in recognition of their effort to realize the Foster + Partners -designed 425 Park Avenue , the first new full-block office development in Midtown’s Park District in 50 years.

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Archinect

MAY 8, 2023

COOKFOX ’s 555 Greenwich project, a 270,000-square-foot, 16-story office tower in the heart of New York City’s Hudson Square , has officially topped out. The structure will seamlessly combine with the adjacent 1931-built 345 Hudson to form a singular full-block building.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A celebration was held this week to mark the official topping out of the new 60-story JPMorgan Chase headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Designed by Foster + Partners to feature the latest approaches ascendant in post-pandemic workplace design, the building is beset with flexible office configurations and wellness spaces.

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Archinect

MARCH 15, 2024

Details of the planned Wynn New York City resort scheme from Related Companies and the Oxford Properties Group have been released, along with new renderings and further details about the final Phase 2 building segment at Hudson Yards.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Following last week’s visit to Richmond-based 3North , we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to New York City this week to explore the work of JG Neukomm Architecture. ” This ethos has led the firm to build a portfolio ranging from luxury residential and hospitality to large-scale urban projects.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Following last week’s visit to New York City-based Andrew Franz , we are keeping our Meet Your Next Employer series in New York City this week to explore the work of BKSK Architects who are currently hiring for a Project Architect.

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JUNE 26, 2023

Following last week’s visit to Los Angeles-based Kadre Architects , we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to New York City this week where we meet the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.

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Archinect

APRIL 19, 2024

MBB designed the expansion of an existing building for Grace Church School in New York City, adding a new top floor structure for a double-height gymnasium and athletic center. The expansion also adds new offices, locker rooms and storage areas, and a new fitness center, all serving diverse programmatic needs.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The impending demolition of a former retail building in New York City will set the stage for the planned construction of a 240,000-ft, 20-story office building whose design and systems will be flexible enough to support and accommodate this metro’s growing tech and innovation sectors, which are expected to create 100,000 new jobs over the next decade. (..)

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MARCH 24, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams opened a new window into his vision for building New York City out of the current housing crisis, with a riff on “dormitory” style accommodations [.]

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Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Bronx-born Thornton began his career in the New York offices of Lev Zetlin Associates before pursuing a new venture with Richard Tomasetti after 1977. “He was equally dedicated to mentoring everyone in our firm, our partners, and future generations through his founding.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Reinventing Cities, C40’s global design competition for urban design professionals, has launched with a group of 15 new participating communities for its fourth edition. A total of 29 projects were selected for the cohort, which this year comes with an added call for collaboration with the private sector.

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Archinect

JANUARY 8, 2024

Real estate website The Real Deal has compiled a list of the busiest architecture firms in New York City across 2023. The ranking sees architects listed based on their role as architects of record for permit applications filed for new buildings and renovations measuring more than 5,000 square feet across 2023.

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Archinect

JANUARY 22, 2024

Following our previous visit to New York City-based JG Neukomm Architecture , we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to San Francisco this week to explore the work of Edmonds + Lee Architects. ” Over on Archinect Jobs , the firm is currently hiring for a Project Architect/Designer to join their San Francisco office.

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Archinect

APRIL 7, 2023

A new report from Moody’s Analytics is further dampening CRE prospects for the near future after declaring all office structures built before 1980 to be “obsolete” in terms of their abilities to lure back tenants in the face of an ongoing national downtown decline.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to a new report by the New York State Comptroller’s Office, 89% of the visited active construction sites across New York City had safety issues, highlighting the need for the improvement of the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) oversight of construction sites.

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Archinect

MAY 22, 2023

New York City is sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, new research shows, which could put its population of more than 8 million people at an increased risk of coastal flooding. [.] Researchers estimated the weight of all of New York City’s buildings to be around 842 million tons. millimeters.

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Archinect

MARCH 18, 2024

The project is a two-storey, 7000 SF medical office building with rear surface parking on Sheppard Avenue East in North York, Toronto. Providing a host of services, this new medical building aims to contribute, with a positive impact, to the well-being of communities and individuals.

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Archinect

MAY 15, 2023

Carlo Ratti and Harvard 's Economics department chair Edward Glaeser recently detailed their vision of New York as a “Playground City” in an interactive opinion feature for the New York Times.

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Archinect

APRIL 14, 2023

New York City has pledged to reach 1,000 megawatts of solar energy by 2030 — enough energy to power 250,000 homes, according to the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Justice. A proposed new program called Public Solar NYC could offer solutions, along with a slate of regulatory changes.

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Archinect

JANUARY 4, 2023

The role, sitting within the department’s Real Estate Services (RES) division, will help support the management of New York City’s public buildings portfolio. Why the role interests us. While a large majority of architects find employment in the private secto.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2023

Check out our latest weekly highlight of featured employers with current openings in New York , Los Angeles , Philadelphia , and South Norwalk , Connecticut. Minneapolis Public Service Building by Henning Larsen. Photo: Corey Gaffer, Gaffer Photography.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

The long-planned +POOL in New York City has moved a step closer to realization, with Governor Kathy Hochul’s office announcing the allocation of $16 million for the project. “When I started + POOL the goal wasn't to just build a pool,” Wong explained in a statement on Instagram.

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