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Some 14 years after it was first revealed, the ambitious plan to create a self-filtering floating pool in a New York City river is now finally under construction. + Pool is expected to begin initial testing in 2026.

The newly redesigned Avenir skyscraper has been revealed for New York City. Now rising to a maximum height of 785 ft, the mixed-use glazed tower will be anchored by an eye-catching wavy base.

What was supposed to be luxury high-rise living in NYC, with a sweet view overlooking the East River, turned into a financial fiasco and a construction blame game that put a halt to the potentially unfixable leaning tower described as banana-shaped.

NYC will soon be getting its own personal offshore wind farm. The Empire Wind 1 project has received a $3 billion project financing package and is expected to go online in 2027, powering roughly half a million borough residents. But what's the catch?

When it needed a new New York City HQ, Google didn't start from scratch, but instead transformed a 1930s rail terminal into a high-tech office building, saving the equivalent CO2 of taking 17,000 cars off the streets for a year.

Four new skyscrapers are planned for Manhattan's largest plot of undeveloped land. Named Freedom Plaza, two of the towers will meet at the top with a dramatically cantilevering skybridge and one of the biggest infinity pools America has ever seen.

Marin Architects has revealed plans for an eye-catching new tower in Manhattan, New York City, that will cleverly navigate local planning laws and boost its available floorspace with a dramatically cantilevering form that juts out 25 ft.

Some 13 years after we first saw it, + Pool's idea for creating a floating and self-filtering swimming pool that lets New York City residents cool off in a local river is now finally set to go ahead, with testing expected later this year.

Just weeks after its first manned flight in the California desert, Joby Aviation has taken its S4 eVTOL air taxi out for a piloted demo flight in the Big Apple, demonstrating just how much quieter and less disruptive it'll be than a helicopter.

BIG has completed its first supertall skyscraper. The extraordinary office building enlivens the Manhattan skyline with a ribbon of green that wraps around its exterior as it rises, creating accessible outdoor terrace areas on all of its 66 floors.

PAU recently completed an ambitious renovation of Brooklyn's 19th century Domino Sugar Refinery. The firm retained the main brick shell of the historic building and inserted an all-new modern and energy efficient glass office building inside.

SHoP Architects has completed the first supertall skyscraper in Brooklyn, NYC. The residential tower rises to a height of 1,066 ft and is defined by a blackened stainless steel, copper and bronze facade that integrates an existing bank on the site.