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In Mexico City, a sliver of a parcel between a narrow street and a rail line yields a sleek steel tower.

After disasters, homeowners usually have to rebuild on their own. One block in Los Angeles is doing it collectively.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development intends to leave its aging Brutalist building in Washington, DC.

“Abundance” is all the rage. David Zipper asks: Does it make sense for transportation?

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to leave its headquarters for new offices — potentially outside the capital. Housing Secretary Scott Turner has made no secret of his disdain for the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, HUD's home since 1968. He described the Brutalist bunker, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, as the "ugliest building in D.C." Aesthetic judgments aside, the costs for deferred maintenance for the long-neglected building amount to more than $500 million. Just over the next 5 years costs for needed upgrades add up to $95 million. While HUD is looking at other office options in the D.C. metro region, the department is not limiting its sights to the DMV. According to people familiar with the discussions, other options include Houston; Akron, Ohio; and Kansas City, Missouri. A HUD spokesperson says this list is "100% false." Read this scoop at Bloomberg CityLab.

What Frank Lloyd Wright learned about buildings from desert life.

Want to follow 70-degree weather all year long? Check out this map. (from the archive)

This Amsterdam bike garage can store 7,000 bicycles at a train station. (from the archive)

Once considered obscure or opportunistic, invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency — and in patients and places doctors never used to worry about.

"You can be your best person inside this building." (from the archive)