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Urban Architecture In Chicago — NurPhoto/NurPhoto

For Lovers of Brick, Chicago Is a Wonderland

Brick aficionado Will Quam leads tours through the neighborhoods of Chicago to showcase the humble building material that saved the Second City.

Gaslamp Promenade — Meg Mclaughlin/San Diego U-T via ZUMA Press Wire)/San Diego U-T/ZUMA Press Wire

After the Pandemic ‘Reset Button,’ Downtowns Reinvent Themselves

A new exhibit at the National Building Museum showcases how downtowns are evolving from office corridors to centers of housing, nightlife and culture.

Operations At The New Flyer Industries Ltd. Bus Manufacturing Facility As Durable Good Figures Released

Why US Cities Pay Too Much for Transit Buses

A Showdown Over Speed and Safety, Italian-Style

A Showdown Over Speed and Safety, Italian-Style

With new zoning rules, Mattapan's Blue Hill Avenue is poised for a rebirth

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars

Border Czar Tom Homan Speaks To Press At White House

Trump’s Border Czar Involved in Detention Contract Talks Despite Recusal

Detroit Tenant Union

Tenants Seek to Unionize One Private Equity Firm's Entire Housing Portfolio

Philadelphia Transit System Ahead Of State Funding Deadline

Should We Let Public Transit Die?

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When a College Dies, Who Gets the Campus?

Texas Governor Says Positive-Rate Surge Under Investigation

In Dallas, Transit Cuts Reflect Long-Simmering Suburban Tensions

Rally In Support Of Caesars Palace Times Square Casino

Manhattan Casino Odds Fade After Caesars, Silverstein Foiled

China Cash Flowed Through Congo Bank to Former President's Cronies

The Steep Curve to Peak Urban

General Views of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)

What’s Missing in India’s New Built-From-Scratch Finance Hub

President Trump Holds Cabinet Meeting

Homeless Advocates Sue HUD Over Ideology Tests for Grants

ICE in Little Tokyo

How Communities Are Pushing Back Against ICE

ICE Launches ‘Midway Blitz’ With Trump Threats Rattling Chicago

Chicago ICE Raids Keep Customers at Home in City’s Latino Retail District

Yesterday’s Schools of Tomorrow Face the Future

Yesterday’s Schools of Tomorrow Face the Future

New York Ferry Operator Hornblower Group Files For Bankruptcy

NYC Ferry Sees Record Ridership as System Eyes New Routes

Philadelphia Transit System Ahead Of State Funding Deadline

Philadelphia Transit Hub to Get Funding Bailout to Reverse Cuts

A Looming End to $1-a-Month Home Rentals Stokes Worries in Egypt

A Looming End to $1-a-Month Home Rentals Stokes Worries in Egypt

The closed entrance to London Bridge Underground Station on Sept. 8.

London Commuters Face Travel Chaos as Tube Strike Hits Hard

Housing

Trump’s Housing Chief Wants to Build, But With What? — Isabel Seliger for Bloomberg Businessweek

Trump’s Housing Chief Wants to Build, But With What?

HUD Secretary Scott Turner says it’s time to put millions more Americans in homes. He’s also standing by while his agency’s staff and funding disappear.

In California, Pro-Housing ‘Abundance’ Fans Rewrite an Environmental Landmark

Massachusetts to Follow NYC in Making Landlords Pay Broker Fees

Design

Calder Gardens — Iwan Baan/Calder Gardens

Where Modern Art Meets Wild Prairie

Piet Oudolf’s garden design stands toe to toe with the artworks at Calder Gardens, a new sculpture center in Philadelphia.

Look at That Building: Alief Community Center in Houston — Bill Tatham/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

Houston’s Alief Neighborhood Center Is a Resilience Hub for a Working-Class Melting Pot

A community center designed by SWA and Page aims to serve as a central space for a community that spans race, class and urban lines.

Western Sydney International Airport — Trevor Mein

Sydney’s New Airport Will Take Travelers Into the Wild

The first major airport built in Australia in 50 years will serve as a symbol for Sydney’s natural abundance as well as a catalyst for its growing western suburbs.

Trump Signs Order to ‘Make Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’ — Fentress Architects

Trump Signs Order to ‘Make Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’

The White House is revising a longstanding ban on an official government building style, instead favoring classical architecture and the firms who make it.

Germany Revives a Building Style With a Bleak History: Prefab Housing — Credit: Nokera AG

Germany Revives a Building Style With a Bleak History: Prefab Housing

Mass-produced concrete apartment towers once dominated cities in the former East Germany. Can modern Plattenbauten win over new fans with better design and materials?

Design

Calder Gardens — Iwan Baan/Calder Gardens

Where Modern Art Meets Wild Prairie

Piet Oudolf’s garden design stands toe to toe with the artworks at Calder Gardens, a new sculpture center in Philadelphia.

Look at That Building: Alief Community Center in Houston — Bill Tatham/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

Houston’s Alief Neighborhood Center Is a Resilience Hub for a Working-Class Melting Pot

A community center designed by SWA and Page aims to serve as a central space for a community that spans race, class and urban lines.

Western Sydney International Airport — Trevor Mein

Sydney’s New Airport Will Take Travelers Into the Wild

The first major airport built in Australia in 50 years will serve as a symbol for Sydney’s natural abundance as well as a catalyst for its growing western suburbs.

Trump Signs Order to ‘Make Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’ — Fentress Architects

Trump Signs Order to ‘Make Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’

The White House is revising a longstanding ban on an official government building style, instead favoring classical architecture and the firms who make it.

Germany Revives a Building Style With a Bleak History: Prefab Housing — Credit: Nokera AG

Germany Revives a Building Style With a Bleak History: Prefab Housing

Mass-produced concrete apartment towers once dominated cities in the former East Germany. Can modern Plattenbauten win over new fans with better design and materials?

MapLab

Commuters Use Citi Bikes As Program Expands Into Other Boroughs

The Life of the Most-Used Citi Bike in New York City

NJ Transit Engineers Strike, Halting Trains And Stranding Riders

How We Mapped Nightmare Commutes on NJ Transit

How Trump Put ‘Gulf of America’ on the Map

How Trump Put ‘Gulf of America’ on the Map

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

After Seven Years, Goodbye To MapLab Readers

Look at That Building

A series for the architecturally curious.

Look at that Building: Cadence in London

A London Apartment Tower With Echoes of Victorian Rail and Ancient Rome

This Skinny Mexico City Tower Is Just 14 Feet Wide on One Side

This Skinny Mexico City Tower Is Just 14 Feet Wide on One Side

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

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

Videos

One Last Ride in a NYC Horse Elevator

One Last Ride in a NYC Horse Elevator

Oklahoma City Mayor on GO Bond Sale, Infrastructure Plans

Oklahoma City Mayor on GO Bond Sale, Infrastructure Plans

Mexico City Governance Needs Metropolitan Vision: Mayor Brugada

Mexico City Governance Needs Metropolitan Vision: Mayor Brugada

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Twisting Apartment Towers Are Reshaping Brooklyn’s Waterfront

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