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Best Higher Education/Research: CUNY New York City College of Technology (City Tech) Academic Building

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Tech Triangle in Brooklyn now has a major addition—a full-block, 365,000-sq-ft, LEED Gold building for the New York City College of Technology, which is part of the City College system.

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The role of higher education housing in fighting COVID-19

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Efforts to expand healthcare capacity are coming from all corners: the USNS Comfort is docked in NY; the USNS Mercy is docked in CA; and the USACE is spearheading efforts in New York City and California to convert empty hotel rooms and student housing facilities into overflow hospital rooms.

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Free Housing Expo Offers Assistance to First-Time Buyers and Renters in NYC

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Luckily, a free expo by the nonprofit group, the Housing Partnership, seeks to educate buyers and renters about housing assistance opportunities available in NYC.

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More than 90% of New York City schools have code violations

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More than 90% of New York City schools have at least one outstanding building code violation. Architects Codes Building Owner Contractors Regulations Designers Standards Engineers Education Facility Facility Managers School Construction' Harlem''s I.S. 195, with 124 violations.

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Power moves: The Shed

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When The Shed, a $435 million arts, education, and entertainment center in New York City, had its grand opening in the spring of 2019, it attracted attention for its 115-foot-tall moveable canopy that, when fully opened, adds 17,000 sf of light-, sound-, and temperature-controlled multipurpose space; and when fully retracted into the 200,000-sf building (..)

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Trish Donnally MFPRO+ Blog Higher Education University Buildings Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Student Housing Designers Architects Projects Sustainable Development To say the United States is facing an affordable housing crisis is a major understatement.

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Michael Sorkin, Architectural Critic and Educator, Dies of COVID-19 Complications

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New York City-based practitioner, 71, was a distinctive voice for social justice and sustainability in design of the urban environment.