New housing permits combined with increasing vacation rentals mean long lines at the ferry terminal, people say.

When the internet goes down due to blackouts or natural disasters, there's a small bit of kit that lets you have access to ...

Living experiment offers a holistic approach to building renovations that aims to improve human well-being and reduce ...

The architect Jennifer Kell and Dominic Surprenant, a retired lawyer, hired the firm Lake Flato to design a home with ...

Sir, – Conor O’Connell (The Debate: “Will the new measures to boost apartment building deliver more homes?” October 14th) says that apartment building isn’t “viable”, and the Department of Housing ...

The new light-rail train, linking Queens and Brooklyn, would signal a shift in the city’s center of gravity, toward one less tethered to the office towers of Midtown.

S itting on either end of the Panama Canal are two massive ports operated by the same Chinese company. Any disruption at the ...

Dozens of earthquakes rocked the region, but a tsunami didn't seem imminent. Then the massive waves began crashing in.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The beloved 26-story office tower that defines this capital city’s skyline has been empty since Bank of America pulled out in 2013. Its owner proposed converting it into apartments, ...

Arbor House, an eight-story apartment development giving new life to the southern entrance into Arlington Heights, will feature the kind of communal amenities designed to appeal most to young ...

Keyboard manufacturer Akko has just launched an iPhone keyboard case called MetaKey, proving that BlackBerry nostalgia is alive, well, and willing to add inches to your smartphone's length. Like ...

Sea levels will drastically rise and push millions of buildings into danger if the world continues burning fossil fuels, a new report has warned. Researchers have conducted the first-ever large-scale, ...