Friday Architecture Links: October 9, 2026
Sea Cliff Sewer Expansion Will Replace Aging Cesspools
Nassau County | September 10, 2026
https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=13907
The planned expansion will bring public sewer service to 45 Sea Cliff homes and eliminate aging cesspools. It is a useful local example of how wastewater infrastructure affects individual properties as well as Hempstead Harbor and Long Island Sound.
MIT Turns a Historic Warehouse Into an Architecture School
Architectural Record | October 1, 2026
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Leers Weinzapfel transformed a 195,000-square-foot masonry warehouse by cutting new openings and inserting flexible teaching spaces. The project shows how adaptive reuse can preserve a substantial existing structure while giving it a completely new purpose.
Transportation and Infrastructure Design Awards
OCULUS, AIA New York | Summer 2026
The selected projects include coastal resilience, public landscapes, bridges and the Penn Station East End Gateway and Long Island Rail Road concourse renovation. This current-issue feature looks at how infrastructure design can improve both daily travel and public space.
NY 25A Resurfacing Planned in Brookhaven
New York State Department of Transportation | October 5, 2026
https://www.dot.ny.gov/portal/pls/portal/MEXIS_APP.BC_ENG_ADMIN.VIEWFILE?p_file_id=35900
NYSDOT's $10 million project covers NY 25A from NY 347 to west of North Country Road. The scope includes pavement work, drainage, curb-ramp review, pavement markings and updated traffic-detection equipment.
