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AS CHAIR OF CNU NYC, I was part of the Empire Station Coalition’s long opposition to the efforts of Governor Cuomo and then Governor Hochul to turn the area around Penn Station into a towering Vornadoville (Vornado calls it “The … Continue reading → The post Separated at Birth appeared first on There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind.
A friend and colleague turned me onto AI obituaries. Think of them as interesting and amusing rather than morbid or morose. This one is from AI Copilot. John Massengale AIA CNU Celebrating a Visionary Mind in Urban Design and Architecture … Continue reading → The post Reports of his death were greatly exaggerated… appeared first on There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind.
WHEN I was in graduate school, I was one of the editors of VIA IV: “Culture and the Social Vision.” I helped Robert A.M. Stern write New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915. My summer job turned into a … Continue reading → The post With Rhetoric: The New York Apartment House appeared first on There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind.
Almost forty years ago, I owned a small house in the Greenwich “backcountry” just a few miles from the Westchester County Airport. One morning, I was talking on the phone with a friend whom I would see later in the … Continue reading → The post DONALD TRUMP & EVIL – A Post-Halloween / Election-Eve Story appeared first on There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind.
Fifty-one years ago, the Pennsylvania Railroad tragically tore down Pennsylvania Station. Not only is it the best building ever torn down in New York, but in the combined Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, we got the worst building in … Continue reading → The post My Comments at the Midtown South Social Equity and Music Festival appeared first on There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind.
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The AIA has released its latest 2030 Commitment By the Numbers report. The initiative tracks the architecture and design industry’s progress toward carbon-neutral buildings by 2030. Based on performance data from 2025, the report found that 67% of whole-building projects submitted through the program were energy modeled, indicating continued adoption of building performance analysis among participating firms. However, reported reductions in energy use declined compared with previous results. Related on Archinect: 10 standout sustainable projects honored at AIA COTE Top Ten Award 2026. Marlboro Music Reich Hall by HGA. Image credit: Albert Vecerka/Esto According to the AIA, the decline partly reflects changes in how energy performance is measured. Energy-modeled projects use baselines determined by individual firms rather than values from the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, which the organization says may provide more realistic comparisons of building performanc...
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I really intended to post this when it was the correct week (I don’t remember the day)…four weeks ago…but in any case last month marks the 50th anniversary of me starting to commute by subway, in 7th grade. At first it was simply the 7 train to Grand Central for school in east Midtown; the […]
