A+U 519 13:12: Urban Innovation, New York

This special issue features a comprehensive exploration of New York City’s transformation over the past decade and the changes to its recent landscape. Through several themes – energy, waterway and climate, transportation and infrastructure, parks and public space, housing and neighbourhood, education – the main issues facing the metropolis today and in the future are addressed, presented in research and essays by Fumihiko Maki (“Modernism on the Open Sea”), Jill N. Lerner (“New York 2013: Towards a More Liveable City”) and Toshiko Mori (“Innovation and Cities”). Highlighted projects include Hudson Yards, the East Harlem School and Campbell Sports Center.