Sharon McHugh reports for World Architecture News. [Images: Snohetta and Doug & Wolf.] These days libraries are so much more then repositories for books and information. They are also vital community hubs where neighbors gather to discuss important topics of the day or just to see one another.  During Hurricane Sandy, New York’s Far Rockaway Library in Queens served as

Editorial by World Architecture News. [Images: White arkitekter.] White arkitekter, ARUP and Gensler have been announced as the winning team in a two-stage international competition for the resilient redevelopment of an 80+ acre site on the Rockaway Peninsula, Arverne East in New York. The competition was launched in April 2013 following the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy which ravaged the

Sara Polsky reports for Curbed. <div><a href=”http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/24/columbia_universitys_new_nursing_school_will_look_like_this.php”><img src=”http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/52696c38f92ea1193d05448a/columbianursing1.jpg” width=”500″ height=”449″></a><br /><a href=”http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/24/columbia_universitys_new_nursing_school_will_look_like_this.php” style=”font-size: 9px; text-align: center;”>Click here to view the full photogallery.</a></div>While many components of the Columbia campus have been undergoing a very public expansion, the university’s nursing school has been setting in motion quieter plans. After an invitation-only design competition, the school announced today that CO|FXFOWLE, a joint venture