Architects and designers from multiple Perkins&Will studios worldwide have developed design solutions to address how urban spaces, workplaces, and/or daily life may change in post-COVID London. As part of the firm’s annual Phil Freelon Design Competition, these proposals explore ways parts of... View full entry
Curtain wall construction has begun on what will become the world’s largest passive house office building, marking an important milestone in the drive to give Boston an iconic and environmentally friendly new skyscraper that could help the city meet its carbon-free mandate by midcentury. ... View full entry
Los Angeles has moved a step closer to implementing free public transport, with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority approving a program that will give free bus and train travel to students and low-income users. The 23-month pilot program will begin in August 2021 for students, and for... View full entry
New York and Rome-based architecture firm Architensions and architect and design educator, Andrew Bruno, have designed a speculative, cooperative fourplex sitting in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of south Los Angeles. Called Knolls Co-Living, the project is a proposal for the Low-Rise... View full entry
Physical “portals” are up and running, allowing residents of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and Lublin, Poland to connect in real-time. The two cities are the first to connect through PORTAL, a non-profit initiative by Go Vilnius, the capital’s development agency. The project aims to... View full entry
Henning Larsen is making its first foray into London with a mix-used project a few short steps from Buckingham Palace. The new building will sit atop a reimagined foyer space tying the 470,000 square foot office development to a market, full-service gym, garden terrace and retail establishments... View full entry
Here you’ll see Gehry’s only concession to showiness, in the form of a Piranesian switchback staircase leading to the basement level. Even that is outshone, though, by the splendid vaulted walkway leading off from it, decked out in Guastavino tile and re-emerging after decades as back of house. (For the moment nothing is down here except a couple of sculptures, a gift shop, and a little cafe; the macchiato was pretty good.) — NYT
Jason Farago reviewed a renewed "Core Project" by Gehry Partners at the Philadelphia Museum. View of the Williams Forum from level one, looking west to Lenfest Hall - Steve Hall © Hall + Merrick Photographers, 2021. From the previously published article, "The Philadelphia Museum of... View full entry
Construction has been completed on the Morphosis-designed Hanking Center, a mixed-use complex with a commercial office tower and retail center located in Shenzhen, China. The 65-story tower is defined by its pioneering steel structural system and a detached-core configuration which places the... View full entry
"12 teams to enter the 2nd stage of the competition..."
"The 2022 TAB installation calls for proposals that take a long, romantic, and human centric view towards construction technology, demonstrating designs and processes that extend and expand learning and mastery, traditional craftsmanship and analogue fabrication, repurposing and reuse of local materials, human invention and improvisation, environmental adaptation and responsiveness, wonderment, and delight."
— Tallinn Architecture Biennale
The Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) Installation Competition has announced 12 shortlisted teams out of 119 entries from 41 countries to continue on to the 2nd stage of the competition. TAB 2017 Installation by Gilles Retsin. Image by NAARO. Adrien Rigobello, Tom Svilans, Phil AyersAndy Watts... View full entry
Over the weekend a fire broke out at 102 North Highland Avenue in Marfa, Texas, the two-story brick building best known as the Architecture Office of Donald Judd. According to an Instagram post by the Judd Foundation, the interior of the building, which was undergoing an extensive three-year... View full entry
MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong has unveiled two new art installations across China for the summer. Together, they reinforce the firm’s multifaceted portfolio and approach to art and design. "Light". Photo: Tian Fangfang As part of “Art at Fuliang 2021”, an art festival in the... View full entry
A path forward in Illinois’ plans for the redevelopment of the Thompson Center has been made a little clearer in Chicago this week, a month after the accidental death of architect Helmut Jahn in a tragic bicycling accident at the age of 83. A City Council committee approved a proposal from... View full entry
The Pompidou Centre is opening a new venue in New Jersey. Known for its high-tech Paris building with an eye-catching exoskeleton, exterior pipes, and externalized stairs, the museum is planning a new location to be housed in a renovated brick building. Just across the Hudson River from Manhattan... View full entry
A new museum in England has given new life to a 300-year-old factory building after an £18 million capital campaign. The aptly named Museum of Making is now open and operational inside a repurposed former factory space at the Derwent Valley Mills, which was designated a UNESCO World... View full entry
Plans for a new library at Gothenburg University have been revealed after a search by the Swedish consulting firm Akademiska Hus to add what is now the newest chapter in the long architectural history of the nation’s second-largest city. Göteborg Universitetsbibliotek. Photo courtesy of... View full entry
