Last year, New York City rolled out a pilot program that awarded 15 homeowners with up to nearly $400,000 in funding per household to build an extra dwelling in their backyard, basement, or attic.

Backyard-unit developer Daniel Shkolnik, right, spoke against the new reforms before the city council as ADU opponents turned down their thumbs. (Photo by Madeline Nguyen/Times of San Diego) ...

Akon City, a creation of Senegalese American singer Akon, is planned as a futuristic smart city. For now, it's the quiet coastal town of Mbodiène.

Woven City isn't just for robots and tech; it's designed for people. The initial residents, expected to move in this fall, will be around 100 strong, primarily Toyota and "WbyT" (Woven by Toyota ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: New York City Might Pay You to Construct or Retrofit a ‘Granny Flat’ in Your Backyard.

The world's new £7.8bn 'futuristic' city built at the base of beautiful volcano Woven City has been under construction since 2021 and promises one of the most advanced communities in the world.

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New York City will be using drones to monitor large outdoor gatherings over the Labor Day weekend, police said Thursday. “If a caller states there’s a large crowd, a large party in a backyard ...

Toyota is building the futuristic Woven City in Japan, a new sort of world for approximately 2,000 residents who are willingly transferring to the innovative ecosystem together with their families.

A testing lab. Woven City is where Toyota plans to test all the mobility tech of the future. Built on the site of Toyota’s old Higashi-Fuji plant, it will span 175 acres and house a mix of ...

It's taken 100 years to build the city of the future. Though dreamed of for decades, the transformation of Manhattan's West Side is coming to pass in the Hudson Yards district, an ambitious public ...

Google revealed today plans to trade in its nondescript Mountain View, California, headquarters for a proposed new office worthy of a big budget Hollywood sci-fi film.