The Architectural League of New York 133rd Annual Meeting
The Architectural League of New York’s 133rd Annual Meeting will feature a tour of Sims Municipal Recycling, Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility.
Looking deep into the future of Manhattan
Eric Sanderson’s new interactive urban design website, Mannahatta2409.org, challenges users to see the natural landscape that is still possible within the city.
Workshops for the Green Infrastructure Grant
Are you a private property owner interested in building your own roof top garden, or helping the city in its efforts to keep our city…
P.S. 41 develops a new green roof curriculum
P.S. 41 and partners are seeking support for the development of a green roof curriculum for school kids.
Considering the Quake
Considering the Quake: Seismic Design on the Edge explores the intersection between the aesthetics of architectural form and the technicality of structural design, through the lens of earthquake engineering.
Philosophy of the City
Philosophy began in the city (Plato, Aristotle), and the city is a recurrent topic for major writers in the history of philosophy (Aquinas, Machiavelli); today, as the majority of the world’s people live in cities, practitioners are taking the field in new directions — examining the question, “how shall we live?”
MAS Summit 2013 looks at full scope of the city’s future
What comes to mind when you think about the coming years in New York City? Resilience? Livability? Community? More new tools for a sharing economy?
A team greens a patch of city in Kensington, Brooklyn
One kind of resilience might start with a few spare Fridays of digging and planting on some blocks near your friend’s house.
River-filtered floating pool aims for 2016
+ Pool, the dauntless and brilliant crowd-sourced river pool project, moves a step closer to reality.
Paint NYC rooftops white with NYC°CoolRoofs
Come out on Friday, September 27th to help Be Cool paint the top of NYC buildings white.
Citywide, stronger business case for green buildings
The belief that business and the environment cannot thrive together is challenged by the success of several green residential developments in NYC.
Brooklyn Bridge Beach now fully funded
Brooklyn Bridge Beach, designed by WXY, will allow New Yorkers, visitors, and all public to kayak and swim in wading pools of filtered riverwater.
Bloomberg to New Yorkers: Take the stairs!
Last month Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out what is likely to be his final healthy living initiative while in office: encouraging New Yorkers to take the stairs.
3 nights, 3 cheers for trees
Attend the Tree Talks with Parkies and Friends lecture series to learn more about how beneficial trees are to NYC and how the city plans on harnessing the power of trees to address climate change and sustainability.
Incredible green roof on P.S. 41
Kids at P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village now have a green roof to use as a learning lab — and the school saves energy too.
Book review: Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs
Cheap oil built the modern American landscape. Now what? Eric Sanderson has some ideas.
Green Series: Designing Brooklyn Bridge Park
Matt Urbanski, the brains behind the award-winning design for Brooklyn Bridge Park, leads a design tour of the park
Rainwater Harvesting Workshop
Join Adam Katzman’s workshop on constructing your own personal rainwater harvesting system! Katzman teaches you how to create a efficient rainwater harvesting system with a…