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Ronda Kaysen

Ronda Kaysen, a columnist for The New York Times, writes about housing and real estate.

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The Post-Pandemic Office

Architects and their clients are reimagining the workplace with more flexible and humane environments
Ronda Kaysen
May 1, 2022
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Architects and their clients are reimagining the workplace with more flexible and humane environments.
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Phoenix Offers Free Plans for Net Zero Home

Phoenix Offers Free Plans for Net Zero Home

Ronda Kaysen
August 27, 2019
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To encourage residents to build greener houses, Phoenix is offering free design and construction plans for a sustainable residence designed by Marlene Imirzian & Associates Architects.


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Green New Deal

New York’s Big Buildings May Soon Curb Carbon Emissions

Ronda Kaysen
May 8, 2019
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The Climate Mobilization Act will impose strict rules on the city’s larger buildings. Mayor Bill de Blasio, who calls the package of bills a Green New Deal for New York, may have even bigger plans in store.


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The Housing Crisis in New York

The Housing Crisis in New York

Ronda Kaysen
October 1, 2018
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The nation's largest city looks to accommodate growth without displacing low- and middle-income residents.


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In Earthquake-Torn Mexico, Architects Look to Recovery

In Earthquake-Torn Mexico, Architects Look to Recovery

Ronda Kaysen
October 25, 2017
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As Mexico reels from a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck the country in early September, leveling homes and leaving hundreds dead, the country’s architects grapple with how to rebuild.


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New Federal Rules Will Redefine Overtime Pay For Architects

New Federal Rules Will Redefine Overtime Pay for Architects

Ronda Kaysen
July 21, 2016
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Looming changes to federal overtime rules could have a lasting impact on the architectural industry, particularly among firms that expect junior employees to work long hours for low salaries.


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Let the Sunshine In: Manhattan Advisory Board Calls for Moratorium on Skyscrapers

Ronda Kaysen
May 22, 2015
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As a new breed of super tall and super skinny towers rise in Midtown, Manhattan, local residents, politicians, and activists are increasingly worried that these gargantuan glass structures will cast long shadows over Central Park.


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Blurred Lines

Public-Private Partnerships

Blurred Lines: As public-private partnerships come to dominate the urban realm, who decides what gets built?
Ronda Kaysen
May 16, 2015
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If all goes as planned, Midtown Manhattan will soon add a high-rise to its skyline substantially taller than the Empire State Building.


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Stress and the City

Ronda Kaysen
October 16, 2014
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Urban centers find innovative solutions for housing their middle class. Rendering © TF Cornerstone Arquitectonica’s forthcoming 606 West 57th Street (at right) in New York. The 40-story building will have 1,028 units, 224 of which will be affordable. The rendering depicts Bjarke Ingels’s future Pyramid building in the background. Geared to young professionals, micro-apartment building 38 Harriet Street in San Francisco by Lowney Architecture and Trachtenberg Architects includes 23 350-square-foot units. It's a well-known story by now: in the wake of a shift toward city living, and as housing prices continue to rise and wages stagnate, middle-class Americans are being
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Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs, Reimagined

Ronda Kaysen
October 17, 2013
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Photo courtesy Wikipedia Creative Commons An aerial view of Bell Labs in Holmdel, New Jersey, shows its context within an oval campus, surrounded by seas of parking lots. Ever since the Eero Saarinen–designed Bell Labs building in central New Jersey closed six years ago, its fate has hung in the balance. Now the iconic edifice that was once the site of enormous technological innovation will re-emerge as a civic center for the surrounding town of Holmdel. Photo © Ezra Stoller/Esto The atrium of the building, as it looked when it was completed. Somerset Development purchased the 1.9-million-square-foot building and the
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