PAU and ARUP Share Revamped, Cost-Effective Sidewalk Shed Designs for New York City Streets
The Architect’s Newspaper details New York City’s DOB release of the new modular shed designs that can be deployed throughout New York City.
Watch: NY1 “Mornings on 1” Interviews PAU Founder Vishaan Chakrabarti
NY1’s Pat Kiernan discusses PAU’s recently released designs to replace New York City’s green sheds that have lined city streets for decades.
The New York Times: New York City’s Scaffolding Gets a Long Overdue Makeover
Winnie Hu profiles the newly released designs that take up less space, allow in more light and air, and eliminate the X-shaped bars that make pedestrians feel like they are in cages.
Commentary: Rock Hall Expansion Won’t Be Shy About How to Improve an Iconic Landmark
The project, designed by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), will expand and renovate the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland to enhance the visitor experience and improve access to the lakefront. With $169 million raised, the expansion adds nearly one third more space, a new grand entry, and an event venue overlooking the harbor while preserving I. M. Pei’s iconic design.
PAU-Designed InterOculus Receives Sustaining Grant
The project, part of the 2023 Exhibit Columbus Exhibition, Public by Design, has received a CreatINg Places Grant Award to support long-term stewardship of the structure located in the heart of downtown Columbus, IN. after a successful community-driven campaign.
Vital City Op-Ed: The Quality of Quantity
Vital City Contributor Vishaan Chakrabarti discusses the current push for more, and more affordable, housing in NYC and suggests the quality of this housing should not be lost in the debate.
PAU Breaks Ground on Innovative Urban Village in East New York, Brooklyn
The Architect’s Newspaper details the new project that is rising on the site of a former parking lot, described as “a compelling model for how surplus ecclesiastical land can be reimagined as equitable housing and resilient neighborhood infrastructure—a growing trend in NYC and across the country”.
PAU-Designed Innovative Urban Village Breaks Ground
Governor Hochul announces construction is underway on $270 million 385-unit affordable and supportive housing development in Brooklyn.
Why Can’t We Build Nice Things?
Vishaan Chakrabarti sits down with Fareed Zakaria to discuss why New York, and America more generally, struggles to get big projects like Penn Station built.
New Details Released for PAU-Designed Phase 1B of Innovative Urban Village in East New York, Brooklyn
The new 10.5 acre development will bring up to 2,000 affordable homes and a range of community amenities to the neighborhood.
The Architect’s Newspaper: A bridge for pedestrians, bikes, and cars in Indianapolis
AN’s Daniel Jonas Roche on the opening of the 16T Wave Bridge, which brings invaluable social and critical transportation infrastructure to disparate Indianapolis neighborhoods while promoting pedestrians over cars.
“Where is Our Post-Car City?”
New York Magazine’s Justin Davidson on why New York City is continually perplexed by large-scale, forward-looking, infrastructure projects and the vanishing optimism and inertia that grips today’s policy makers.
The Refinery at Domino Wins Project of the Year at AN’s Inaugural The Faces of Our City Awards Celebration
The Award, which was created to inspire future professionals and projects that will continue to define New York City’s architectural landscape, recognizes the ambition, innovation, craftsmanship and dedication that bring New York City’s skyline to life.
How to Meaningfully Build on the Newest Buzzword in Policy and Politics
Vishaan Chakrabarti discusses how to fight authoritarianism, help the working class, and build clean energy, better mass transit, universal broadband, and ubiquitous EV charging stations in his latest Op-Ed for Vital City.
PAU Founder and Creative Director Vishaan Chakrabarti to Receive the 2025 Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Award
Design Philadelphia announces the March 26th award ceremony citing Chakrabarti’s “visionary approach to urbanism, commitment to equitable design and leadership in shaping the built environment”.
Can Architecture Save the World? It’s Worth a Try.
The Globe and Mail Architecture Critic Alex Bozikovic sits down with Vishaan Chakrabarti to discuss Chakrabarti’s “The Architecture of Urbanity”, calling it “A bold vision for architecture’s role in tackling the twin crises of our era: climate change and societal division.”
Person, Place, Thing featuring Vishaan Chakrabarti
The PAU founder and creative director sits down with podcast host Randy Cohen to discuss all things architecture and how to address the great issues of the day.
Spacing Book Review: The Architecture of Urbanity is “An Architectural Mic Drop”.
Sean Ruthen reviews Vishaan Chakrabarti’s latest book, declaring it “not just the most important book you will read this year, but perhaps one of the most important to have been written for this generation”.
The Fires This Time
Vital City Contributor and PAU Founder and Creative Director Vishaan Chakrabarti on how the devastating mortal, material and mental toll of the most recent California wildfires will forever alter the landscape of Los Angeles.
Not for the Faint of Heart: Vishaan Chakrabarti on Urbanity, Social Uplift, and the Power of Design
The Cornell AAP Thomas J. Baird Visiting Critic on preparing students to explore, analyze, and prepare design ideas in an urban context.