Building envelope

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Plumbing
What are the main structures and systems in co-op and condo buildings?
By Tina Larsson |October 10, 2023 - 12:30AM
Buildings systems
Ventilation
What’s the useful life of our building’s equipment?
By Tina Larsson |October 10, 2023 - 12:30AM
The roof garden at Via 57 West.
Live
Secret gardens: The plants and insects that inhabit NYC's green roofs
By Celia Young |August 21, 2023 - 3:52PM
A roof garden on a Bronx apartment building
Design + Architecture
How to get a tax abatement to create an energy-saving green roof for your brownstone or apartment building
By Celia Young |July 26, 2023 - 3:30PM
A drone flies toward a building for a facade inspection.
Improve
NYC changes course on drone use, a potential bonus for building facade inspections

… the citys major shift comes the day after it settled a 2021 lawsuit filed by Xizmo Media Productions  a … in Manhattan often block GPS signals which are used to guide the drones White and Kostakis say That requires drones … architect Giulia Alimonti president of the metro New York chapter of the International Institute of Building Enclosure …

By Ellen Yan |June 8, 2023 - 1:30PM