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In New York’s Financial District, the country’s largest commercial-to-residential conversion offers lessons for easing the housing crunch.

The bulbous Henderson office building sprouts in the city’s central business district, pushing the limits of curved glazing.

These tall (and not-so-tall) projects innovate in different ways—from curvilinear geometries to novel structural systems.

Architects showcase their work and nurture collaboration in offices for themselves and their consultants.

The seven-unit building combines recycled century-old clinker bricks with raw earth blocks molded from excavated site soil.

The ambitious renovation replaces fiber reinforced concrete panels with recyclable aluminum and PV cladding, slashing energy use while providing affordable housing.

A sculptural facade in raw concrete gives new expression to a 1950s-era Functionalist building in trendy La Condesa.

A focus on emissions rather than energy efficiency is making carbon-free retrofits possible.

Even industrial buildings should have architectural bravura, according to the Spanish startup that hired the 2012 Design Vanguard firm.

One of the world’s largest waste-to-energy plants is encircled by a distinctive permeable skin.