NYT: Can a Federal Plan Fix Dismal Penn Station? There’s Hope.
In today’s New York Times, architecture critic Michael Kimmelman takes a closer look at the vision for a new Penn Station and the team working to bring it to life.
Spectrum News 1: Inside The Plans to Transform Penn Station
Vishaan Chakrabarti and Andy Byford sit down with Spectrum News NY1’s Pat Kiernan to discuss the vision behind the new Penn Station design.
WSJ: The Grand Plan to End the Hellscape That Is Penn Station
Joshua Chaffin of The Wall Street Journal takes a closer look at the proposed redesign of Penn Station and the vision behind its transformation. The article examines how the design could reshape the passenger experience for generations to come.
Newsweek: World’s Biggest Train Station Inspires Renovation That Hit Major Milestone
Journalist Soo Kim explores the vision behind the proposed Penn Station transformation, a plan to reimagine the daily experience of the hundreds of thousands of people who pass through the station each day.
CBS News: Renderings of Penn Station renovation show $8 billion transformation
CBS News New York’s Marcia Kramer takes a look at the newly unveiled design for a renewed Penn Station, highlighting plans for brighter concourses, expanded public space, and a transformative new gateway for New York City.
New York Magazine: A New Penn Station Design Combines the Classical and the Visionary.
Architecture critic, Justin Davidson, examines the newly unveiled Penn Station redesign. Davidson argues that the proposal represents a rare opportunity to transform one of New York’s most troubled public spaces into the civic landmark the city has sought for decades.
The Architect’s Newspaper: PAU’s Vishaan Chakrabarti, Amtrak’s Andy Byford, and Peter Cipriano of Halmar share vision for Penn Station’s transformation
Daniel Jonas Roche takes a closer look at PAU and Penn Transformation Partners’ vision for a new Penn Station—an ambitious proposal that would transform the nation’s busiest transit hub into a brighter, more welcoming civic landmark. The article explores how the design balances monumental public architecture with practical improvements for the hundreds of thousands of passengers who pass through Penn every day.
NYT: Natural Light. Soaring Ceilings. At Penn Station? That’s the Plan.
The New York Times examines the Trump administration’s newly unveiled plan to redevelop Penn Station, a project intended to modernize the aging transit hub with expanded entrances, improved circulation, and a more monumental design.
Amtrak and the Trump Administration Select a Halmar and Skanska-led Consortium to Redevelop Penn Station
Amtrak and the Trump Administration have selected Penn Transformation Partners, a consortium led by Halmar and Skanska, to lead the long-awaited redevelopment of New York’s Penn Station into a modern, world-class transit hub. The $8 billion project aims to improve passenger flow, expand rail capacity, and create brighter, more accessible public spaces, while keeping Madison Square Garden in place as part of the redesign.
Vital City: New York’s Nameless Knights
Vital City contributor Vishaan Chakrabarti recounts witnessing a man fall onto the subway tracks, using the moment to challenge the stereotype of New Yorkers as indifferent and highlight the city’s instinct to help one another.
Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for Innovative Urban Village
New York YIMBY reports that the affordable housing lottery has launched for Phase 1A of Innovative Urban Village in East New York, offering 291 income-restricted apartments as part of a $270 million redevelopment bringing housing, community amenities, and a full-service grocery store to the neighborhood.
Spectrum News NY1: Sunnyside Yard
Spectrum News NY1, Bobby Cuza, spoke with Vishaan Chakrabarti who noted that the political winds have shifted and emphasized that the extensive planning already completed provides an essential foundation for what comes next.
Crains: What is the Sunnyside Yard deck plan — and why has it not yet been built?
Crain’s New York Business highlights how Mayor Zohran Mamdani is reviving the long‑stalled Sunnyside Yard deck plan as an ambitious effort to transform one of the nation’s busiest rail yards into a new mixed‑use neighborhood with thousands of deeply affordable homes.
New York Magazine: The Megaproject That Mamdani Pitched to Trump
New York Magazine’s Justin Davidson on PAU’s vision for Sunnyside Yard, transforming a railyard into a thriving neighborhood with parks, pedestrian streets, and transit connections.
Design Pataki: 3 NYC Architects Who Are Shaping The City’s Skyline
PAU Founder and Creative Director Vishaan Chakrabarti reflects on PAU’s first 10 years in conversation with Design Pataki’s Aditi Singla.
Modernism for Monks. What the Le Corbusier-Designed French Monastery, La Tourette, Lacks in Amenities it Makes up for in Enchantment
PAU Founder and Creative Director Vishaan Chakrabarti reflects on his visit to the hilltop landmark in the French countryside.
The Best of New York: Renovations That Give the Past Fresh Meaning
New York Magazine highlights PAU’s reimagining of The Refinery at Domino as a project that reclaims an industrial workplace as a post industrial one, makes the exterior shell visible from the inside, and alludes obliquely to the city’s historical dependence on sugar, shipping and slavery.
Scratching the Surface: 10 Years of PAU
PAU Founder and Creative Director Vishaan Chakrabarti sits down with Jarrett Fuller to reflect on the studio’s first 10 years and the projects that have shaped what PAU is and where it might go next.
The Wanamaker Building’s Owners Reveal Plans for a Light-Filled Redesign
The Philadelphia Inquirer covers plans by the team of PAU and TF Cornerstone to refresh the downtown icon by uncovering an original skylight in the Grand Court, adding a rooftop pool, and modernizing the retail space and entrances.
Vital City Op-Ed: A New Manhattan Project
Vital City Contributor Vishaan Chakrabarti discusses the explosion of AI technology, the debate about who will be driving it and whether geographic biases will help shape it.