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Creating safe urban spaces for migrating birds.

Creating Safer Urban Spaces for Migrating Birds

May 12th, 2023 by

  During this month's high avian migration period, approximately 400 million birds are currently on the move in the US. As architects, we cannot think of the built environment without recognizing its impact on the numerous bird species or the...

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Conducting a physical condition survey is a useful way to diagnose construction defects in a building's major systems and components.

Ask the Engineer: Finding–and Fixing–Construction Defects

October 4th, 2016 by

Leaks, drafty windows, cracked balconies, loose floorboards, and mold are not things you would expect to see in a newly constructed or newly converted building. Unfortunately, they're not uncommon in the wake of the country's building boom over the last...

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Damage from the Chelsea, New York bombing.

The Chelsea Explosion: Surveying the Aftermath

September 21st, 2016 by

The terrorist blast that rocked Chelsea on Saturday night and set New Yorkers' nerves on edge was especially frightening to the residents and workers on West 23rd Street, where the explosion blew out windows and caused other damage to buildings....

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310-312 West 122nd Street

What Lies Beneath (A Co-op’s Gut Reno Horror Story)

July 13th, 2016 by

A moldy basement, leaking roofs, and oatmeal-like mortar are scary things no one should ever encounter in a newly renovated building. Unfortunately for one cooperative in Harlem, a less than stellar gut renovation, which included a new roof, windows, and joist...

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Looking Sweet in Sugar Hill

January 10th, 2013 by

The Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District in Upper Manhattan has some beautiful buildings with amazing stonework, but also sadly a lot of decay. Fortunately one cooperative board in the neighborhood has been working hard to maintain its building's architectural integrity...

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