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The Best New Books to Give Architecture and Design Enthusiasts

From a Shigeru Ban monograph to a book of national-parks maps, a selection of the year’s best books for design lovers. By Curbed editors

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It’s Christmas for D.C.’s Luxury Brokers

“We were calling all our clients and saying, ‘Hey, do you want to sell your $9 million house?’” By Kim Velsey

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A Brooklyn Heights Townhouse With a Country-Home Feel

Architect Wids DeLaCour Jr. won an award for the way he opened up this former “wreck” of a 19th-century townhouse. By Adriane Quinlan

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infrastructure watch Will the BQE Survive the Trump Administration? And other burning questions we asked Meera Joshi, New York City’s infrastructure-funding czar. By John Surico

under a million A Spacious One-Bed on a Highish Floor in the Clinton Hill Co-ops for $735,000 And a Park Slope two-bed that’s snug but smartly laid out. By Clio Chang

who’s selling The Lichtenstein Family Is Selling a Townhouse The 1845 house where the artist once lived has pumpkin pine flooring and a solarium kitchen. By Adriane Quinlan

celebrity real estate The Same Guy Who Bought Kanye’s Malibu Mansion Wants Diddy’s Bo Belmont offered half the listed price. By Clio Chang

infrastructure watch Will the BQE Survive the Trump Administration? And other burning questions we asked Meera Joshi, New York City’s infrastructure-funding czar. By John Surico

under a million A Spacious One-Bed on a Highish Floor in the Clinton Hill Co-ops for $735,000 And a Park Slope two-bed that’s snug but smartly laid out. By Clio Chang

who’s selling The Lichtenstein Family Is Selling a Townhouse The 1845 house where the artist once lived has pumpkin pine flooring and a solarium kitchen. By Adriane Quinlan

celebrity real estate The Same Guy Who Bought Kanye’s Malibu Mansion Wants Diddy’s Bo Belmont offered half the listed price. By Clio Chang

On The Market

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Cityscape

street view The History of the Modern Office in One Building The old MetLife complex on Madison Square, once a hive of paper-pushing clerks, gains a tall addition that’s all light and air. By Justin Davidson
getting around Can We Design Our Way Out of the Subway-Surfing Crisis? New trains make it much harder to climb out and up, and that’s yet another reason to upgrade. By Nolan Hicks
look book The Look Book Goes to the New York Scottish Ball Dozens of Scots — and those who love them — gathered in Battery Park for an evening of whiskey and reels in full Highland dress. gallery By Emily Leibert and Jeremy Rellosa
drought watch We’re Finally Getting Some Real Rain So is the drought warning over? By Clio Chang
mysteries The Black Hole on Columbia Heights An Italianate mansion mysteriously left to rot on Matt Damon’s Brooklyn Heights block. By Bridget Read

look book Did you take the subway in this outfit? We got a taxi. However, I failed to realize how big my head was with the wig on, so I had to sit on the floor behind the driver. I literally fell out onto the sidewalk when I got here. It wasn’t a glamorous entry, but I was fine once I got in. The Look Book Goes to the Grindr Pleasure Ball

Design Hunting

gift guide The Best New Books to Give Architecture and Design Enthusiasts From a Shigeru Ban monograph to a book of national-parks maps, a selection of the year’s best books for design lovers. By Curbed editors
great rooms Artist Vivian Reiss’s Murray Hill House of Whimsy A brownstone that’s pink inside. By Wendy Goodman
why this looks like that A Dutch Designer’s Grand Return to New York Hella Jongerius’s first collaboration with Salon 94 features experimental textiles and a full cast of clay animals. By Wendy Goodman
design edit Ferrari Rocking Chairs, Giant Claes Oldenburg Sculptures, and More Design Finds Plus the openings of an LES homewares shop and a gallery in Seaport. By Morgan Meier

The Real Estate

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climate change My Doomed Hunt for a House in the Rockaways I was ready to buy a home in a neighborhood I loved. Was I delusional? By Laura Thompson
who’s buying Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Is Moving to Morningside Heights The former New York Times publisher bought a $2.45 million condo in the Robert A.M. Stern–designed Claremont Hall. By Kim Velsey
amenity wars Apple-Picking With Your Luxury Building Sounds Miserable Developers are trying to make adult field trips a hot new amenity for renters. By Clio Chang
under a million Two Balconies and a Grand Courtyard on E. 78th for $500,000 And a Brooklyn Heights two-bedroom co-op that doesn’t require board approval. By Clio Chang