Bronx news

Construction on the Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) – the first institution of its kind in the US – is expected to begin by the ... More

Former Deutsche Bank executive Kevin Parker and former New York Rangers player Mark Messier have secured funding for phase one of a $350m (€303.6m, £275m) ... More

Architecture and planning practice FXCollaborative have been selected by the Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) to transform a historic New York church into the attraction’s ... More

Leisure architect Claire Weisz, co-founder of WXY Architecture + Urban Design, has received the Medal of Honor from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Citing ... More

A vacant plot located along the Harlem River waterfront in New York has been earmarked as the site for a major new residential and leisure ... More

Citizens should be empowered to play a much more active role in the design of the built environment as part of democratic society, Daniel Libeskind ... More

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has named Jim Breheny, director of the Bronx Zoo, as its new chair. As chair, Breheny, along with ... More

A seemingly doomed plan to build one of the world's largest indoor ice rinks inside a huge New York armoury has been given a new ... More

Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a hip hop museum to rainforest built on a tower ... More

Long-running plans to build a permanent home for the Universal Hip-Hop Museum (UHHM) in the US have moved a step closer to reality, after architects ... More

Eight New York parks have been selected for reconstruction as part of the Parks Without Borders campaign to beautify the city’s public spaces. The scheme ... More

New York’s Bronx Museum of the Arts has announced plans for a multi-million dollar architectural overhaul, resulting in more space for the institution’s public programmes ... More

A monumental turreted armoury in New York borough the Bronx could be transformed into the world's largest indoor ice rink complex, if funding can be ... More

Architecture competition organisers Arch Out Loud has launched an ideas contest for a new aquarium and public waterfront park in New York. The group has ... More

After a 10-year absence and four years of fundraising and construction, Houston Zoo in Texas is about to open its new state-of-the-art gorilla exhibit to ... More

Hip-hop master Afrika Bambaataa is developing a museum proposal dedicated to the music genre with fellow artists Grandmaster Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz and Grand Wizard ... More

The Zoos and Aquariums Association (AZA) has announced its honours and award winners for conservation, innovation and design feats at its yearly conference in Kansas ... More

Michelin has launched its inaugural 2006 New York restaurant guide. Covering 500 restaurants and 50 hotels out of a total of 23,000 in the city, ... More