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New York Times article from 2002 about the new perception of the "Plattenbauten"

Article that refers to a selection of renovation and new-built examples of affordable housing

some examples of affordable housing renovations in New York City

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The New York Real Estate Brochure Collection was donated to Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library by Yale Robbins, Henry Robbins, and David Magier in 1986. The collection consists of over 9,200 advertising brochures, floor plans, price lists, and related materials that document residential and commercial real estate development in the five boroughs of New York and outlying vicinities from the 1920s to the 1970s.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Database offering a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, including bibliographic descriptions on subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. Accessible to NYU-affiliated researchers from this link.

Website for a program that is dedicated to new energy solutions

here are several renovation case-studies

Standard low-rise housing is introduced that replaces the 10 storey apartment buildings but also the green spaces in-between them. It is quite a surprise that amidst the new ideology of the small scale such a large new building is projected.

With New Labour's era of urban regeneration hitting the spongiform buffers of the Big Society, Owen Hatherley's Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain surveys the train wreck it has left in its wake. Review by Neil Smith

A source for people looking for apartments in NYC and real estate throughout Manhattan.

The City provides copies of building floor plans for property in the City. Call 311 to request a copy of a building floor plan.

The original building was built in 1993, concrete frame structure, level 1-4 was used as office, level 5-9 was used for apartment.

As part of the redesign and transformation of this 1960s residential development in Wolfsburg, the existing buildings were lowered to four stories and a penthouse story and roof terrace added. The 116 apartments were given a contemporary footprint and, with a primary energy requirement of approx. 35 KWh(m²/a) meet the standard for new buildings.