Brooklyn Basketball Arena Nears Final Buzzer
Adistinctive feature of the new $825-million Barclays Center in Brooklyn is its "pre-weathered" facade of rusted steel panels that give the 675,000-sq-ft arena a been-there-all-along air.

NYC Schools Put Private Partnerships to Work
Next September, students at P.S. 59 and the High School of Art and Design on Manhattan's East Side will start classes on their old block but in new digs: a 12-story building that they will share with each other and a Whole Foods market on a mixed-use site.

2011 Best Projects Take Center Stage
Battling to keep business afloat in a tough economic climate is hard enough, but the 98 contenders in this year's Best Projects competition had to go further than just completing the job.

Reviving the Dead Zones
Contractors, developers and designers face a new sort of project backlog across the New York region today: many hundreds of stalled sites that loom as a steep challenge to the industry.

4 WTC: Out of the Spotlight
4 World Trade Center, the shortest of the four towers on the 16-acre WTC site, stands tall in its own right.

Rx for Hospital Design: Models & Meetings
When Turner Construction Co. introduced business information modeling (BIM) for building the new University Medical Center of Princeton, it immediately inspired a medical metaphor for the owner: brain imaging technology used by neurosurgeons.

New Jersey Officials Redraw the Road Map
New Jersey charts a new course for its five-year transportation capital plan after scrapping a $9-billion Hudson River tunnel to New York

Top Design Firms
Design firms throughout the region continue to suffer the pains of the recession, but some see signs of relief on the horizon. As with 2009, designers saw a dribble of work flow from private-sector clients last year as financing remains elusive.

Enter the Dragon
So when a New York-based team was assembled to deliver a new 450-room hotel and convention facility in the heart of Hanoi’s new central business district, a skyscraper seemed the obvious choice to reflect the rise of Vietnam’s bustling economy.

Manhattan Miracle
Years after planners planted the seeds of redevelopment at the World Trade Center complex, the 16-acre site in lower Manhattan shows significant signs of life.

Renovation Salvation
With tight budgets and financing issues putting the squeeze on base-building projects during the recession, lingering opportunities in the renovation market have proved to be a lifeline for some contractors trying to keep crews working.

Construction Outlook 2011
While some signs suggest the economic downturn has reached bottom, construction activity in the New York region still languishes with little optimism for a quick rebound.