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Rem Koolhaas breaks ground on his first NYC building

Related: Rem Koolhaas Redraws Europe To Reduce Carbon Emissions by 80% The project has just broken ground and is slated for completion in 2018. + Rem Koolhaas Via 6sqft and CityRealty.com  Rem Koolhaas...

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New law requires NYC big businesses to compost food waste

Big businesses will have to compost food waste in the Big Apple.

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Shipping container tower transforms Brooklyn carriage house into a bright...

Related: + Karim Rashid’s Vibrant Chelsea Office Renovated From an Old NY Carriage House Via LOT-EK Irving Place Carriage House, Markus Linnenbrink, Cindy Rucker, carriage house design, carriage house...

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Landscaped roof and 5 terraces give the Meatpacking District's tallest...

CetraRuddy’s building at 412 West 15th Street and its historic neighbor will provide a combined 250,000 square feet of office space in the Meatpacking District. The glass-and-steel construction will be...

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Mysterious itty bitty fairy houses line this NJ hiking trail

Related: Via NY Times

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You could be losing money every month if you have the wrong air conditioner...

Okay, so we're admittedly pretty late with this video but it's better late than never, right?

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Old Rheingold Brewery to be transformed into European village-inspired...

Related: + ODA New York Via World Architecture News

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Massive food hall may come to South Bronx waterfront thanks to a...

In a move many are criticizing as the next wave of gentrification of the South Bronx, Somerset Partners developer Keith Rubenstein revealed plans to turn a 16,000-square-foot warehouse into an...

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Historic St. Ann's warehouse reborn as an ultra-sustainable theater and event...

We love it when urban renovation shuns demolition in favor of creative reuse of historic buildings. St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn dates back to the 1840s. Originally a tobacco warehouse, the building...

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Open bridge with a coffee bar in the middle will perk up employees of this...

Related: + Andrew Franz

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70 Vestry's stepped terraces bring an urban oasis to the banks of the Hudson

Related: + Robert A.M. Stern Architects Via World Architecture News 70 Vestry, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, architecture, tribeca, Hudson River Park, Daniel Romualdez, Tribeca condos, nyc...

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New York approves mandate for 50% renewable energy by 2030

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced that the New York State Public Service Commission approved the Empire State's clean energy standard that requires 50 percent of electricity comes from...

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The Shed's dynamic 'telescoping shell' will bring a flexible new arts space...

https://vimeo.com/174245694 The center is currently under construction on West 30th Street between 10th and 11th avenues, according to its website. Related: + Diller Scofidio + Renfro Via DNAinfo + The...

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'Climate Inaction' figures call out Trump and other climate change deniers

Related: + Climate Inaction Figures Climate Inaction, climate change, climate change figures, superhero climate change figures, climate change toys

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World's Fair Pavilion reimagined as a giant greenhouse blob atop Flushing...

Related: 100,000 sq. ft. Duggal Greenhouse Opens at Brooklyn Navy Yard! + Sarah Wan and Aidan Doyle Via The Real Deal New York State Pavilion, Sarah Wan and Aidan Doylem Flushing fair site, giant...

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'Sticks' pavilion made of scrap wood opens at Socrates Sculpture Park

Related: Via The Architectural League of New York

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Control 1 WTC's LED lights at this epic free dance party with Bill Nye and...

On Aug. 22, Brooklyn Bridge Park will become the site of an epic interactive party http://patch.com/new-york/heights-dumbo/coming-soon-brooklyn-bill-nye-questlove-biggest-trippiest-light-show-ever that...

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fresh&co's mobile pop-up farmstand hits the streets of NYC

Related: GrowNYC Farmers Market Pops Up in the Middle of JFK Airport JetBlue Terminal + fresh&co + Friends of Karen Images via fresh&co Facebook fresh&co, pop-up farm stand, farm fresh...

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Brooklyn Army Terminal's Annex space to be converted into food manufacturing hub

The NYCEDC just announed that the Brooklyn Army Terminal will be converted into a major food manufactoring hub. The entire 55,000 square foot space of the Terminal's Annex building will hopefully house...

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Beware of flying cockroaches encouraged by soaring temps in NYC

People say a lot of things about what might happen “when pigs fly,” but around NYC, a new saying may catch on this summer: when cockroaches fly. It just so happens that the nasty little pests love the...

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