How 160 East 22nd Street Hangs Over Its Neighbors
A 24-foot overhang gives this Gramercy condominium room to grow above older buildings. Behind its limestone facade, enormous concrete beams carry the weight home.
Real Estate
The zoning, development rights, construction, and economics shaping New York's buildings and skyline.
Lantern House and the Art of the Oversized Bay Window
Beside the High Line, Thomas Heatherwick’s Lantern House turns a familiar domestic feature into an architectural illusion, hiding two floors inside one towering bay.
Yankee Stadium’s Biggest Trade Happened Across the Street
The Yankees’ move brought wider concourses and more luxury suites. It also reshaped Bronx parkland and turned public financing into part of the stadium’s foundation.
The Public Acre Hidden Above Water Street
Above a parking garage in Lower Manhattan, the Elevated Acre preserves a public bargain and a fragment of a waterfront future that never arrived.
What Holds Eleven Times Square’s Leaning Glass Steady
An awkward Manhattan lot produced an outward-sloping tower, open corner offices, and a structural system anchored deep into bedrock.
262 Fifth Avenue: Private Views, Public Anger
A slender Manhattan tower uses an unusual structural layout to open up 26 luxury homes, while closing off a familiar view of the Empire State Building.
Why 111 Murray Street Gets Wider as It Rises
The Tribeca tower expands above its 40th floor, making room for larger homes and sweeping views. Behind the glass, its structure tells a more intricate story.
How Zoning Bent the Solow Building
At 9 West 57th Street, a sharply sloped facade turns New York’s setback rules into rentable office space.
Zaha Hadid’s Last New York Statement Rises Beside the High Line
At 520 West 28th Street, a hand-finished steel facade turns the High Line’s industrial vocabulary into a flowing residential landmark.
How The Smile Bends Sunlight Into an East Harlem Street
The Smile at 158 East 126th Street turns a bowed facade into better daylight, wider views, and one of East Harlem's most recognizable silhouettes.
The Spiral Turns a Manhattan Skyscraper Into a 1,000-Foot Garden
At the northern end of the High Line, BIG’s supertall office tower wraps every floor in a shifting ribbon of terraces designed for life in the wind.
How an Art Deco Landmark Reshaped 222 LES
A failed air-rights deal and a protected 1931 building forced a Lower East Side development to trade twin towers for a sharper dialogue between old brick and dark glass.