The Minneapolis Institute of Art has tapped the British architect David Chipperfield to reconfigure its campus, which boasts a 1970s extension by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange and a new wing designed by Michael Graves from 2006. This is the first step for the museums's long-term strategy to... View full entry
allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step — WIRED
"For instance, people with low ratings will have slower internet speeds; restricted access to restaurants, nightclubs or golf courses; and the removal of the right to travel freely abroad with, I quote, "restrictive control on consumption within holiday areas or travel businesses". Scores will... View full entry
With the environmental review process now underway, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is moving forward with a $600-million plan by Pritzker Prize winner Peter Zumthor to makeover its Miracle Mile campus. The acclaimed Swiss architect's design would replace the current Bing Center, Hammer... View full entry
Built atop rolling moors in Krumbach, Austria, the Salgenreute Chapel is the reincarnation of the existing 200-year-old Lourdes Chapel, which was beyond repair. Redesigned by Austrian practice Bernardo Bader Architects, the minimalist... View full entry
David Moreno and Miguel Arraiz of urban intervention art group Pink Intruder created a fruitful splash of color with the MUPFPP Mural in their hometown Valencia in Spain. Inspired by the fruits and vegetables in the city's orchards, Pink Intruder designed the welcoming (and obviously... View full entry
Michael Maltzan Architecture, UNStudio, Arturo Vittori, and Atelier TeamMinus won top honors in the 2017 Zumtobel Group Awards, which honor contemporary realized or conceptual works “that make a significant contribution to greater humanity and sustainability in the built environment and its... View full entry
"I cross a bit my fingers,” Renzo Piano told me. “It may work. We shall see.”
We were standing inside the concrete shell of the main auditorium of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, an ambitious but troubled project that after a series of delays is expected to open in 2019. [...]
Construction workers hammered away all around us, producing a ring of noise that occasionally made it tough to hear Piano, who at 80 speaks more softly than he once did.
— Los Angeles Times
LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne dissects Renzo Piano's third Southern California project, the troubled Academy Museum of Motion Pictures which — plagued by delays and controversy — is currently under construction right next to his other two completed buildings, the... View full entry
The very first public toilets were introduced in 1851 in London’s Crystal Palace. George Jennings, a Brighton plumber, installed what he referred to as 'Monkey Closets' in the Retiring Rooms of the glass-and-iron hall for the Great Exhibition, where over 827,280 visitors paid a pretty penny to... View full entry
Easton Helsinki, a shopping centre by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki in Itäkeskus, Helsinki, opened its doors to the public today. The 66,000m2 development is the first phase in a larger urban plan and looks to celebrate the identity and culture of Helsinki’s eastern districts. The project... View full entry
Pier 55, the elaborate $250 million performing arts center on an undulating pier in the Hudson River, is back from the dead.
Forty-three days ago, Barry Diller, the entertainment mogul behind the plan, pulled the plug on the project [...]
Now, in an agreement brokered by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Mr. Diller agreed to revive the project, known as “Diller Island,” and opponents who had filed a series of lawsuits to stop the plan agreed to drop their legal battle.
— The New York Times
In never-ending-money-and-politics-tale news: "Diller Island," the controversial Pier 55 park structure floating in New York's Hudson River, isn't so dead after all after reports of a Governor Cuomo-brokered agreement between billionaire financier Barry Diller and opponents surfaced yesterday. "In... View full entry
This post is brought to you by Alucobond® The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum had done its duty. Opened in 1972 in Uniondale, N.Y., the Coliseum not only had honored the military sacrifice of local veterans in Long Island’s Nassau County but had served as home to the one-time American... View full entry
Located at the edge of the National Park Veluwezoom nature reserve in the Dutch town of Velp, the Patio House was formerly a rundown 1950s villa. Just this year, Bloot Architecture successfully refurbished and expanded the building into an inviting, spacious new residence. The architects... View full entry
Paris-based firm OXO Architectes just scored two major competition wins in their hometown's greater metropolitan area as part of the Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris initiative: ECOTONE, a mix-used project, and Balcon sur Paris, an ambitious urban planning concept on... View full entry
Miralles Tagliabue EMBT and the Paris-based Ilimelgo have been announced as the winners of the two-stage restricted competition for the renovation and extension of the events hall at the City of Romainville in Paris, France. Organized by the Municipality of Romainville, the renovation and... View full entry
Emerging from the desert landscape of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Zaha Hadid Architects' new King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC) recently opened its doors for the first time during Saudi Design Week 2017. With the late Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher as the architectural... View full entry