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Turning offices into condos: New York after the pandemic

The Financial Times and PAU’s Vishaan Chakrabarti discuss how these office to residential conversions can leave a lasting imprint on the city.

Vital City Op-Ed by Vishaan Chakrabarti

The City is My Lover: How New York City came to consume me.

At the Domino Sugar Refinery, a Glass Egg in a Brick Shell

The New York Times details PAU’s innovative design to bring the historic Domino Sugar Refinery back to life.

The big reveal: Exhibit Columbus design presentations planned for February 25th

Miller Prize winners to unveil upcoming Exhibit Columbus design plans.

MADE Modernism Weekly profiles PAU founder Vishaan Chakrabarti

Read the MADE By series which profiles leading voices in architecture and design. Vishaan Chakrabarti believes that cities – if they are designed to be sustainable, equitable and joyous – are the best hope for humanity.

PAU reveals design of Niagara Falls Heritage Gateways project

Architectural Record details PAU’s recently released plan, which places public infrastructure at the center of successful urban design.

PAU reveals plans for a spiraling Niagara Falls observation deck and park

The Architect’s Newspaper highlights the public spaces in the famous upstate New York city that are slated for a major upgrade courtesy of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism.

PAU to lead the design of a new gateway enhancement project at Niagara Falls

Archinect details plans for the creation of four gateway structures to enhance connections between downtown Niagara Falls and the state park, building on a previous 2021 Strategic Plan partnered by PAU and New York State.

Building for a sustainable future

Listen to Vishaan Chakrabarti discuss the prospect of making urban communities more livable, affordable and part of the climate solution on Climate Optimists Podcast.

The Power, Woker

Read Vishaan Chakrabarti’s review of David Hare’s Straight Line Crazy.

Free Our Cities. The Trevor Noah Podcast

Trevor Noah and David Kibuuka sit down with Vishaan Chakrabarti to discuss the joys of New York City’s car-free street life during the Covid-19 pandemic on The Trevor Noah Podcast.

Why Wakanda might be a model for our future cities

Read how the parks, mass transit, dense housing and lack of cars in the artfully imagined big screen metropolis may predict what our future real-life cities look like.

What if we designed cities around people instead of cars?

CNN podcast Downside Up discusses a world where our communities serve our needs, not our cars; with PAU Founder and Creative Director Vishaan Chakrabarti.

PAU named recipient of 2022-2023 J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize

Read about PAU’s partnership with the City of Columbus to bring cultural and economic development to the public areas surrounding The Commons, the heart of Columbus’ historic downtown.

The Architect’s Newspaper Op-Ed by Vishaan Chakrabarti

The Goldilocks Framework: High-density, low-rise housing plus current technologies offer one solution to population growth and climate change.

Vishaan Chakrabarti appointed to “New” New York Panel

Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul tap leaders from New York City’s business, labor, academic, nonprofit and philanthropic sectors to examine the future of New York City and the region’s economy.

PAU is a proud supporter of Hire Ukrainian Designers

Read about the mission of a group of Architects who have volunteered their time to help Ukrainian design professionals find work opportunities and job placement with U.S.-based design firms.

Dezeen Op-Ed by Vishaan Chakrabarti

Read Vishaan Chakrabarti’s op-ed on a solution to our global housing and climate problems that is hiding in plain sight.

Chase 270 Park

Architectural Record on the new JPMorgan Chase Headquarters Building

Foster + Partners and Collaborating Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti discuss the design of the head-turning, all-electric tower.

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Arch Article profiles PAU Founder and Creative Director Vishaan Chakrabarti

“Know Your Architect” delves into the genesis of form and highlights how various mediums and means of expression can be used to narrate stories in architecture and design.