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Thousands Flee From Uncontrolled Wildfires Burning Near LA — Jill Connelly/Bloomberg

More People Are Living in the Riskiest Wildfire Zones

The Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles show the dangers of living in what’s known as the wildland-urban interface.

Baltic Rail Project Faces Fund Gap Bigger Than Estonia's Budget — Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

Ambitious High-Speed Rail Plans Advance in the Baltic Region

A new train line would more than halve travel times between Tallinn and Warsaw. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s also taken on a political role.

NY Congestion Pricing Plan’s Fate Unclear After Court Ruling

New York, San Francisco Ranked Worst for US Traffic in City Centers

NYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building Law

NYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building Law

Ultra Global PRT Pods Transport Passengers At Heathrow Airport

Don’t Shrink the Bus

THURSDAY_07/24/03_Mpls. - - - - - - Traffic circle near Minnehaha Falls Park.

Can American Drivers Learn to Love Roundabouts?

Philly Playstreets

Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public Spaces

Los Angeles Dodgers take on the New York Yankees during a watch party at Cosm Los Angeles in Inglewood.

Is This Weird Dome the Future of Watching Sports?

Housing

BIZ-REAL-CHURCH-APARTMENTS-1-CS — The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Why Turning Churches Into Housing Is So Hard

Religious groups own millions of acres of land and thousands of empty buildings across the US. But converting this real estate into affordable homes takes more than just faith.

Eric Adams' Vanishing Promise to Fix NYC's 'Unfair' Property Taxes

AOC Proposes $30 Billion Social Housing Authority

Design

De Nederlandsche Bank

Dutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Building’

Following a €320 million renovation by Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo, the once-ridiculed De Nederlandsche Bank building is more open and sustainable.

Detroit’s Michigan Central Is the Building Revival Story of 2024 — Jason Keen/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

Detroit’s Michigan Central Is the Building Revival Story of 2024

Once a sign of the city’s stagnation, the long-vacant former train station is now a symbol of its revival — after a six-year restoration that cost almost $1 billion.

Arquitectonica

The Architects Who Built Miami

Fourteen of Miami’s 50 tallest buildings were designed by Arquitectonica, a firm whose aesthetic has become synonymous with the city’s image.

Reviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in Buffalo — Jeff Henrikson for Mellon Foundation

Reviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in Buffalo

The home and studio of pioneering African American architect Robert Traynham Coles is the focus of a preservation effort that aims to create a new community hub.

Views Of New York's Iconic Chrysler Building As Co-Owner In Talks To Sell Stake — Eilon Paz/Bloomberg

New York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife Crisis

On the 60th anniversary of the city’s Landmarks Law, a new collection of essays looks closely at the movement and raises questions about what preservationists are protecting.

Design

De Nederlandsche Bank

Dutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Building’

Following a €320 million renovation by Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo, the once-ridiculed De Nederlandsche Bank building is more open and sustainable.

Detroit’s Michigan Central Is the Building Revival Story of 2024 — Jason Keen/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

Detroit’s Michigan Central Is the Building Revival Story of 2024

Once a sign of the city’s stagnation, the long-vacant former train station is now a symbol of its revival — after a six-year restoration that cost almost $1 billion.

Arquitectonica

The Architects Who Built Miami

Fourteen of Miami’s 50 tallest buildings were designed by Arquitectonica, a firm whose aesthetic has become synonymous with the city’s image.

Reviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in Buffalo — Jeff Henrikson for Mellon Foundation

Reviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in Buffalo

The home and studio of pioneering African American architect Robert Traynham Coles is the focus of a preservation effort that aims to create a new community hub.

Views Of New York's Iconic Chrysler Building As Co-Owner In Talks To Sell Stake — Eilon Paz/Bloomberg

New York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife Crisis

On the 60th anniversary of the city’s Landmarks Law, a new collection of essays looks closely at the movement and raises questions about what preservationists are protecting.

MapLab

Mary Baker Eddy Library, the Mapparium, Boston, Ma, USA

After Seven Years, Goodbye To MapLab Readers

How Historians Mapped the Lost Oyster Reefs of Europe

How Historians Mapped the Lost Oyster Reefs of Europe

In US Swing States, Migrants Aren’t Settling in Trump Country

In US Swing States, Migrants Aren’t Settling in Trump Country

A Map That Visualizes Walkable Neighborhoods Across the US

A Map That Visualizes Walkable Neighborhoods Across the US

Look at That Building

A series for the architecturally curious.

Look at That Building: Merchandise Mart

How Chicago’s Gigantic Merchandise Mart Is Still Thriving as Office Space

Book Tower

How Detroit Reclaimed a Towering Relic From the Roaring ’20s

Brooklyn's Twisting Apartment Towers Solve a Waterfront Puzzle

Brooklyn's Twisting Apartment Towers Solve a Waterfront Puzzle

A University Drops a ‘Stack of Books’ on Boston’s Skyline

A University Drops a ‘Stack of Books’ on Boston’s Skyline

Iconic Homes That Define Global Cities

How the way we live has shaped the history and architecture of urban neighborhoods.

Gers in Ulaanbaatar

An Affordable Nomadic Home Design Struggles to Adapt to Urban Life

Georgian town houses in Edinburgh, Scotland

How Edinburgh Tenements Became an Urban Housing Blueprint

South Korea Apartments

How Corporations Created the Prototypical Seoul Apartment

Majestic Victorian apartment building near Cadogan Square in the affluent and exclusive neighborhood of Chelsea, London

How Mansion Blocks Filled London With Stacks of Flats