News Say hello to Brooklyn’s first supertall tower Work has finished on Brooklyn’s first supertall building: a 325m-high, metal-clad tower designed by New York firm SHoP Architects for the JDS Development Group.
News Construction boss indicted after ‘locking worker in apartment’ An upmarket New York contractor has been charged with defrauding its workers and breaking New York’s Workers’ Compensation and Labour laws. Both the All Luxury Contracting Corp and its president…
News Turner starts Albany airport expansion Turner Construction has begun the long-awaited, $100m expansion of New York’s Albany International Airport. Designed by architect Gensler and engineer CHA, the project aims to increase passenger-handling capacity and eliminate…
News ‘Extremely lucky’: Crane fire causes potentially fatal collapse in New York Officials in New York praised luck after a tower crane’s engine compartment burst into flames, causing its boom and 16 tons of concrete it was carrying to plunge onto the…
News Worker meant to be supervising NY subway maintenance “regularly” flew to Florida instead A New York transit worker who was meant to monitor maintenance work on the city’s subway system often took unauthorised leave and travelled to Florida. An investigation by the Metropolitan…
News Skanska completes $414m renovation of Penn Station’s LIRR concourse Skanska has finished the $414m renovation of Pennsylvania Station’s Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Concourse in New York City. Penn District Station Developer LLC awarded the project in 2020 to modernise…
News Extended gallery dedicated to Italian art and design to open in New York state An extension of Magazzino Italian Art, a gallery in Cold Springs, New York, designed by Spanish architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo will open to the public in September.…
News Work completed on Adjaye Associates’ New York skyscraper The 244m-tall, 66-storey “130 William” tower has been completed in New York’s Manhattan, the first high-rise residential project designed by Adjaye Associates in the US. Described as both a “vertical…
News What a $6bn makeover will do for New York’s Penn Station Architects HOK and Practice for Architecture Urbanism (PAU) have unveiled their design for a $6bn transformation of New York’s Penn Station, the United States’ busiest rail hub. The plan calls…
News Skanska joint venture to build JFK transportation centre A joint venture between Skanska and New York-based civil engineer Halmar International has signed an $868m contract to build a transport hub at JFK International Airport in New York. The…
News New York “sinking under weight of its buildings” according to researchers A paper by oceanologists at the University of Rhode Island claims New York will sink by 1-2mm a year under the weight of its buildings. The Weight of New York…
News 115-year-old power plant reopens as artist space in New York Herzog and de Meuron’s power station redevelopment has opened in Brooklyn, New York. The 461 Powerhouse Arts facility is now a 170,000 sq ft collection of workshop space for artists…
News New York gets first geothermal apartment building New York City is getting its first apartment building to be heated and cooled by its own geothermal plant. Set to be New York’s largest, the system is expected to…
News Tiffany’s “jewellery box” addition to flagship shop opens in New York Jewellery seller Tiffany & Co has announced the opening of the “Landmark” addition to its flagship 727 Fifth Avenue shop. The 1940 limestone building is often seen as an example…
News New York starts work on $92m animal care home for 70 dogs, 140 cats, and 30 rabbits New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) yesterday broke ground on a $92m project to build an abandoned animal care centre in the Baychester neighbourhood of the Bronx.…
News Construction firms face “multitude” of fraud charges after massive sting Six construction companies and eight individuals have been charged with fraud and corruption in the New York area following a wide-ranging investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney. The indictment charges…
News Studio Gang’s extension to the American Museum of Natural History opens tomorrow The Gilder Center, an extension of New York’s American Museum of Natural History, is opening to the public tomorrow. The centre was designed by local firm Studio Gang with a…
News Tutor Perini wins $3bn New York prison contract US contractor Tutor Perini has won a $3bn design-and-build contract for a prison in Brooklyn, awarded by New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC). Tutor Perini beat a…