Keith Flanagan

Come outside, wherever you are, and find your urban oasis in NYC...

When asked what you did on your summer vacation, how will you answer? We've scouted out some less-crowded summer getaways.

Roughly an hour’s drive west of Shanghai—just decades ago a landscape of rice paddies—a new project by New York’s Tsao & McKown Architects brings a new scope for residential development on the periphery of Suzhou.

A new book surveys an entirely fresh take on age-old clay...

This year, Escape Hospitality, the manager of Scribner’s Catskill Lodge, opened Sal’s Pizza in Tannersville, a new venture led by Napolitano that brings a slice of NYC-style pie to the Catskills...

(CNN) — Less than 100 miles from New York City by way of the heaving Long Island Expressway, the North Fork is like a sigh of relief.

The dream wasn’t huge: Conor and Kate Crickmore wanted to raise their own food and make a small living. It wasn’t supposed to be much more than a gentleman’s farm, a simple life...

The idea sounds a bit nonsensical: buildings informed by boats. Yet lyrical architects have, for over a century, channeled the maritime aesthetic into landlocked architecture...

Maybe you’ve signed up for one of its guided weekend hikes, or spotted its vintage blue and green insignia stitched onto backpacks throughout the region...

“Breaking the shoreline,” says Todd Spire. “That’s really the big thing for people.” Spire, the founder of Esopus Creel, a fly fish- ing outfitter in Phoenicia, is referring to the moment when first-timers get their first rush. “You feel the hug of the stream against your legs and you’re no longer stuck on dry ground,” adds Spire. “It’s really transformative.”

Despite the obstacles, designers lucky enough to continue working have adapted, navigating widespread halts in production, restricted resources, and social distancing...

After a multi-year renovation, the American Museum of Natural History has reopened its most radiant gallery, The Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals...

“Chickens, chickens — treats for chickens!” chirps Chrissy Traore to her unfazed flock in Cairo. “They’re like, ‘You’re teasing us, you don’t have anything in your hand.’”

Stone, brick, iron, concrete—the building blocks of monumental architecture are strong, but they’re losing ground to a material with a softer side. It’s called wood.

After all these years, the heart of celebrated artist Tom Fruin still belongs to Dumbo.