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The 17-acre development is the first project in New York to earn the LEED-ND designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. Courtesy Columbia University This rendering shows 130th Street in West Harlem as it will look after development of Columbia University's Manhattanville campus. Columbia University’s 17-acre Manhattanville campus, which is now rising in West Harlem, has achieved New York State’s first Platinum certification under the LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) rating system. The university's plan, designed in collaboration with SOM and Renzo Piano Building Workshop, is unusual for a college campus in that it integrates with and welcomes the surrounding

Image courtesy HOK and Moody/Nolan Construction is under way on the new James Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot project in Columbus, Ohio, designed by HOK and Moody/Nolan. The Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling last Thursday on the Affordable Care Act, essentially upholding the law. Following up on a story we published last week, we checked in with architects and industry experts around the country to hear their thoughts on the decision and how it might affect health care architecture. Share your own opinions in our reader survey.

The Supreme Court’s endorsement of President Obama’s health care law last week left us wondering how the decision will affect architects and their firms. How do you feel about the Affordable Care Act? Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool.

Photo © Ernst Halberstadt/Wikipedia Boston City Hall was completed in 1968. Some competitions immediately catapult architects into architectural history. Gerhard Kallmann, who died June 19 in Boston at the age of 97, earned his place in the pantheon early in his long career when he and his collaborators, Michael McKinnell and Edward Knowles, all teachers at Columbia, won the competition for Boston City Hall in 1962. There were 256 entries in two rounds; the final vote was unanimous. Related links Record Reveals: Boston Boston was in decline. Architecture, as a means of shaping society and revitalizing cities, was ascendant. Their design

HWKN’s spiny blue beauty is a return to form for MoMA’s Young Architects Program. P.S.1 recently held an opening party for HWKN's Wendy. Prepare to get the song “Windy” stuck in your head. According to HWKN principal Mark Kushner, that 1967 bit of bubblegum was the inspiration for giving the name “Wendy” to his firm’s installation at the New York contemporary art space P.S.1. Part architectural experiment and part well-branded cartoon character, the giant blue sea urchin straddles a wall on one side of the courtyard at the Museum of Modern Art-affiliated former school building in Queens. Stretched across an

A new 27-month highway-transit measure is close to congressional approval, after nearly 33 months of short-term funding extensions.  Leading Senate and House negotiators said June 27 they had reached agreement on the new bill, which would fund surface-transportation programs through Sept. 30, 2014. Related links Grimshaw and Gruen Score Contract for Union Station Master Plan in Los Angeles Construction and transportation industry officials, who have lobbied hard since at least 2009 to get a long-term bill, hailed the news from Capitol Hill. National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association Chairman Ronald Summers, said, “This is an extraordinary step toward the passage

Photo © Ernst Halberstadt/Wikipedia Boston City Hall was completed in 1968. Some competitions immediately catapult architects into architectural history. Gerhard Kallmann, who died June 19 in Boston at the age of 97, earned his place in the pantheon early in his long career when he and his collaborators, Michael McKinnell and Edward Knowles, all teachers at Columbia, won the competition for Boston City Hall in 1962. There were 256 entries in two rounds; the final vote was unanimous. Related links Record Reveals: Boston Boston was in decline. Architecture, as a means of shaping society and revitalizing cities, was ascendant. Their design

Photo courtesy Metro LA Metro has hired Grimshaw and Gruen to design a master plan for Union Station and the surrounding area. It’s official: Grimshaw Architects and Gruen Associates will design the master plan for Union Station and the 40 acres surrounding it. The board of directors for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted today to award a contract not exceeding $4.15 million to London-based Grimshaw and LA-based Gruen—one of six final teams that were vying for the high-profile commission. Related links In Los Angeles, Grimshaw and Gruen on Track to Win $4 Million Union Station Contract The

Image courtey HDR and Corgan Associates Construction is under way on Parkland Hospital, a 2.1 million-square-foot project in Dallas by HDR and Corgan Associates. UPDATED 6/28/12: The Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s health-care law in a watershed 5-to-4 decision on Thursday, ruling that an individual insurance mandate is legal because of Congress’s power to collect taxes. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the Court’s liberal wing to support the individual mandate, widely viewed as the most vulnerable part of the law. The ruling was not a complete victory for the President and Congressional Democrats: the Court limited a federal mandate requiring