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Final touches make 432 Park Avenue Tower second tallest in New York City

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Concrete has been poured for the final floors of the residential high-rise on 432 Park Avenue in New York City, making it the city’s second tallest building and the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere, NBC New York reports.

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Landlords scramble to comply with the New York City Council’s Climate Mobilization Act (CMA)

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New York City landlords are under pressure to get their paperwork in order to meet the requirement of the City Council’s Climate Mobilization Act (CMA). The Act was passed last year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve efficiency for commercial and residential buildings larger than 25,000 sf.

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Nine out of 10 New York City building plans fail energy code test

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Earlier this year, New York City''s Department of Buildings began auditing thousands of architectural plans for new and renovated office and residential buildings. Nine of every 10 have failed to meet the energy code, a 30-year-old set of standards.

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Central Park Tower tops out in New York City

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Central Park Tower has officially topped out in New York City. The building, once completed, will be the tallest residential tower in the world at 1,550 feet.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

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Moreover, in a published report, the Urban Green Council, the New York City chapter of the USGBC indicates “today, almost all large, complex buildings make the same trade off: they add more glass (leading to an energy penalty), and make up for it with superior mechanical systems.”

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MAGDI hires David Stuart, AIA, as Studio Director in New York City

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New York, N.Y. Stuart, AIA has joined the prominent New York City architecture, design, and planning firm of Montroy Andersen DeMarco (MADGI) as Studio Director. read more.

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Lawsuit challenges modular apartment project in New York City

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The suit alleges that the project, using modular units with more than 60% of the construction of the residential portion of the project surrounding the Barclays Center to be completed off-site, ignores key building safety rules. A plan to build pre-fab apartment buildings at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, N.Y.,