Quantcast
Channel: Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
Browsing all 1291 articles
Browse latest View live

Plan a summer getaway to this brand new Hudson Valley hotel inside of a...

Related: + Glen & Company

View Article


Anthony Bourdain's Pier 57 food market gets postponed until 2019

Related: Anthony Bourdain reveals plans for NYC’s largest food market at Pier 57 + Bordain Market Via Curbed NY Images via Anthony Bordain and Bordain Market Facebook pages anthony bourdain, bourdain...

View Article


'New York's zaniest new building' is almost complete

Related: Via The Real Deal

View Article

VIDEO: World's tallest Passive House building rises at Cornell Tech Campus on...

Cornell Tech will offer a first look inside its residential building, the first residential Passive House high rise and the tallest Passive House in the world. Passive House is the strict international...

View Article

This is the first MTA subway station ever to be awarded LEED Certification

Related: "The Fulton Center's LEED certification demonstrates tremendous green building leadership," says Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and founding chair, USGBC. "The urgency of USGBC's mission has challenged...

View Article


Beautiful elevated park overlooking 9/11 Memorial opens at World Trade Center

elevated parks, elevated parks nyc, green space nyc, landscape architecture, Liberty Park, living wall, ny parks, nyc parks, nyc urban design, port authority, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, urban...

View Article

LEED-seeking Ford Amphitheater opens on Coney Island Boardwalk

Related: Sections of the Coney Island Boardwalk to be Replaced With Concrete and Plastic “We’re continuing to invest in Coney Island as both a dynamic residential community and a destination for...

View Article

100-year-old NoMad building to get a modern facelift and verdant new rooftop...

Historic 1920s building in NoMad gets modern transformation by Architect Morris Adjmi The historic building at 3 East 28th Street in the so-called NoMad district is getting a modern facelift, thanks to...

View Article


Gluttonous goats gorge themselves out of work at Prospect Park

Related: Herd of hungry goats will eat their way through Prospect Park as part of cleanup Via DNAinfo Prospect Park, goats, Prospect Park Alliance, Prospect Park goats, Prospect Park cleanup, Vale of...

View Article


Breezy rooftop deck by designers of the High Line opens in the Flatiron District

Related: James Corner Field Operations’ Muscota Marsh Restoration Will Help Clean the Harlem River + 50 West 23rd Street + James Corner Field Operations James Corner Field Operations, 50 West 23rd...

View Article

Heat-related deaths in NYC could increase by 500-percent by 2080 says new study

A new study warns that the growing environmental trend of summer heat waves could lead to a 500-percent increase in heat-related deaths in New York City by 2080. The study evaluates a range of...

View Article

6 hot ways to stay cool in NYC

PLAN AN INDOOR PICNIC Skip lunch at your desk and head to one of the city’s many public atriums for an afternoon chow down with friends or co-workers. New York is home to dozens of brilliantly designed...

View Article

Escape the city in this new Harvard startup's affordable tiny home rentals...

Related: + Getaway

View Article


First-ever dog poop composting program in NYC comes to Brooklyn park

“People in the neighborhood were really receptive,” said Leslie Wright, the regional director of state parks in New York City, who cut the ribbon on the new pooch playground on Thursday. “It’s a really...

View Article

Etsy's new Brooklyn headquarters is a green oasis filled with vertical...

Related: Via Huffington Post Etsy’s new headquarters in Brooklyn, Living Building Challenge, Forest Stewardship Council wood, well-managed forests, green building, sustainable office design,...

View Article


Artist covers abandoned Rockaway building in a splash of fiery sunset colors

Related: Plans Unveiled for ‘Stilt City’ Resilient Art Studio in Rockaway Park + Katharina Grosse Via Hyperallergic Rockaways art, Rockaways art exhibition, art installation Rockaways, Katharina...

View Article

WXY Architects to convert former NJ shipyard into modern innovation hub

Related: WXY Architecture Reimagines Crumbling Pier 40 as Usable Park Land for Residents to Enjoy + WXY Architecture + Urban Design WXY architecture + urban design, Kearny Point, New Jersey...

View Article


Brooklyn's largest public housing development to run on self-sustaining...

The Red Hook Houses District Energy System “NYCHA believes that the distributed energy component of this project has the potential to be a self-sustaining enterprise, and the RFP provides an...

View Article

Would NYC install an ugly flood wall instead of BIG's greenery-filled storm...

Coastal cities around the globe are bracing as sea levels continue to rise in response to global warming. New York is not only no exception, but some parts of the city could be absolutely devastated in...

View Article

Disturbing 'Trump Hair Hut' spotted on the streets of Red Hook

“I think we bought every hula skirt we could find on Amazon.com,” Noonan said. "A lot of people like to touch it because it's so flowy."...

View Article
Browsing all 1291 articles
Browse latest View live


Latest Images