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Updated Renderings Showcase SOM’s $700 Million New York Climate Exchange on Governors Island

Updated renderings have been revealed for the New York Climate Exchange, an environmental research facility and climate solutions center planned for Governors Island in New York Harbor. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in collaboration with MNLA, Buro Happold, and Langan Engineering, the $700 million project will consist of a 400,000-square-foot research and education hub anchored by Stony Brook University. The complex’s two all-electric buildings will be connected by a distinctive photovoltaic canopy and will use sustainable mass timber as their primary structural material. The development site is generally bound by Craig Road South along the waterfront, the Oval green lawn and West Way to the west, and several historical landmark buildings to the north above Division Road.

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63-Story Skyscraper Revealed for Second Phase of Alloy Block in Downtown Brooklyn

Designer and developer Alloy Development has revealed new renderings for One Third Avenue, a 63-story skyscraper in the second phase of the Alloy Block complex in Downtown Brooklyn. The 725-foot-tall structure will rise to the northwest of the completed 44-story Alloy Block tower at 505 State Street and will secure the title of the tallest Passive House-engineered building in the world. The building will yield 583 market-rate and affordable housing units, retail space, and commercial office space. The Alloy Block is bound by Flatbush Avenue to the northeast, Third Avenue to the northwest, and State Street to the south.

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