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Architect George Ranalli's new Saratoga Avenue Community Center attempts to redefine the form by focusing on permanence and design.

Historic office buildings are increasingly being reinvented as condominiums in CBDs (central business districts) across the country.

ArchNewsNow features an interview with Ron Klemencic, Chairman of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, on the characteristics of a successful skyscraper project.

Is downtown Vancouver becoming a fool's paradise because of short-sighted planning? People are moving downtown to live and play here, but not to work.

Offshore outsourcing has created a buzz among architecture and engineering (A/E) firm principals.

In today's quest to add value at all costs, are we not losing sight of the most important aspect of all -- the architecture itself?

Efforts to reclaim the High Line, the unused 1.5-mile-long elevated rail structure on Manhattan’s West side, have taken a major step towards becoming a reality.

Are high-density, socially-mixed communities of tall, skinny towers on townhouse bases always the way to go?

Inspiring designs for affordable, sustainable housing on view through March at NYC's Center for Architecture.

How Vancouver ideas do -- and do not -- help in shaping San Francisco's first high density neighborhood.

Placemaking is the art of architecture connecting spaces to communities.

Baby Boomers' retirement expectations are redefining an industry.

The High Line is a 1.5-mile-long elevated freight railway line that runs from West 34 Street south to the Meatpacking District on Manhattan's far West Side.

Oxnard, CA: 700 acres of abandoned gravel-mining pits and a failed commercial project to be transformed into a model economically viable, livable community.

ArchNewsNow has been compiling news and reviews of the nine WTC proposals since their unveiling on December 18.

From pleasures to patterns, and waterfronts to wonders (and even something for dummies), ArchNewsNow.com reports on holiday book buys.

In Tampa, Florida, classy cars take center stage in a traffic-stopping showroom.

The MPP is portable, watertight and bombproof. Though not-yet priced for Home Depot shelves, this clever pod has multiple applications.

Big plans underway (again) for Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront.

Six finalists have been selected in the competition for a memorial to the 184 victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon.