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The climbing gym of Bressanone was built on a prominent spot regarding the urbanism of the city, and in this way the building received an ambitious aesthetics and design. Lanz + Mutschlechner

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, completes the final phase of the transformation of its 140-acre campus, centered on a Visitor Center designed by Tadao Ando. John Hill

On vacation this week as part of an extended (U.S.) Independence Day, an architectural highlight was a bird blind built in the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary by students from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University. John Hill

A unique interpretation of slow design by an architect and a photographer: Architect Bence Turányi and photographer Zsolt Batár unified their artistic and professional visions, and the result of their work is an extraordinary house in a forest. Bence Turányi and Zsolt Batár

ABSCIS ARCHITECTEN BVBA have submitted their Campus KTA Casinoplein (Casino Square) project in Ghent, Belgium. ABSCIS ARCHITECTEN BVBA

Over at Architect Magazine, Aaron Betsky takes a sneak peek at MVRDV's almost-completed Markthal (Market Hall) in Rotterdam, an arching building whose underside is covered in colorful prints by artist Arno Coenen. John Hill

A small portion of a large apartment in a stately building in the center of Turin is separated from the rest, becoming independent. A single large space, born from the union of two rooms and the entrance area, composes the new accommodation. Studioata

The Heschel School is a new $70,000,000 high-rise school, a 145,000 sf building, located in a developing urban neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side. The project received 2014 SARA NY Bronze Award of Honor and achieved LEED Gold certification. IBI Group - Gruzen Samton

Bjarke Ingels Group's aptly named labyrinth opened on July 4th inside the West Court of Washington, DC's National Building Museum (NBM). The 18-foot-tall, 60-foot-square BIG Maze is on display until September 1st. John Hill

Cubic form and zero gravity, the Vial-Norte UCO building is the result of the combination of massive volumes with light spaces. Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos

Herzog & de Meuron's seventh project for the Swiss manufacturer of herb drops has been completed in Laufen. Notably, the building is considered the largest loam building in Europe. John Hill

Point 92 was completed in late 2012, the building simply named after the size of the site itself. It sits on a small site of 0.92 acres and consists of a single 19-story tower with 200,000 sq feet of office space. ZLGDESIGN

Aksarben Village is a mix of apartments, shopping, restaurants, entertainment, recreation and offices that bills itself as "Omaha's all-weather destination" about five miles west of downtown. The office spaces are particularly important for giving the new development some...

Uta Abendroth speaks with architect David Adjaye about his design philosophy in regards to buildings like the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and furniture like the new Washington Chair for Knoll. Uta Abendroth

Frank Gehry, designer of a mixed-use development in downtown Toronto for David Mirvish, scales down the project from three towers to two, saving some old buildings in the process. John Hill

George Lucas's selection of Chicago for the home of his planned museum launches speculation on how the city was selected over San Francisco, who will design the museum, and what it will mean for Chicago. John Hill

C.F. Møller has won the invited competition for the Herningsholm Vocational School, with a proposal that integrates building, urbanism and landscape. C. F. Møller Architects

Osnabrück´s universities around the Westerberg required a new, shared lecture and study building due to an expansion. The new hall, designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects, will be used primarily by the University of Applied Science. Benthem Crouwel Architects

Magma architecture has revealed the design for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Game sport shooting venue. The jagged upper edge of the outer perimeter wall is reminiscent of the Canadian national emblem: the maple leaf. magma architecture

A building and an urban space unique to the climate and the culture of Taichung that combines a public library and municipal fine arts museum—the cultural flagships of a city—into one area, synergizing art, education and recreation SANE architecture

FUNDAMENTALS: Form-ContraForm puts the definition and perception of space and infinity on center stage. The installation provides an experience that is shaped by the physical boundaries of space, as well as it is extended beyond the tangible. Bekkering Adams Architects

The Art Institute of Chicago pairs two unlikely architects in the fascinating exhibition Architecture to Scale: Stanley Tigerman and Andrew Zago, now on display until September 14, 2014. John Hill

Pop-up laboratory in a park in Bucharest for the German company Bayer and the advertising agency Ogilvy Romania. SANE architecture

"The Busstop” is used as a workshop and gallery for creating and exhibiting the ceramic works of Claartje Borren. Borren Staalenhoef Architecten

London's Design Museum has awarded Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Design Museum Design of the Year Award 2014. It is the first architectural project to be named Design of the Year in its seven-year history. John Hill

Hy-Fi, a project by David Benjamin's The Living, opened recently in the courtyard of MoMA PS1. The installation, the winner of the museum's Young Architect's Program, is made from special bricks that will be composted at the end of the summer. John Hill

This public toilet, which has been developed for the city of Uster in 2011, is a prototype for a new typology of urban infrastructure that will be installed, in different variations, at several places on the city territory over the next few years. Gramazio & Kohler

Site often determines a building's form, be it orientation, size, views, or materiality, among numerous characteristics. This cabin on the edge of Flathead Lake in western Montana finds inspiration in its site accordingly, also going so far as to echo the slope of the land in the green...

World-Architects traveled to Chicago last week to attend the 2014 AIA National Convention, where we spoke with architects, looked at some great architecture, went to some parties, and learned as much as possible about where the profession is heading. John Hill

Our visit to the 2014 AIA National Convention included many hours walking the Expo floor to find great products used in great projects. One local building is Nagle Hartray Architecture's... John Hill

The jury for the Cosentino Design Challenge 2014 has announced the six winners – three in the architecture category and three in the design category – in the Cosentino Group's 8th international student competition. John Hill

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has named four regional winners – Americas, Asia & Australia, Europe, and Middle East & Africa – as best tall buildings in the world for 2014. John Hill

It's a busy week for New York architect David Benjamin, as his winning entry in the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program opened to the public on Friday, and Autodesk announced it has acquired his firm, The Living, to create an Autodesk Studio. John Hill

A Manhattan-based investment firm at Lever House required a one-of-a-kind reception desk, 25-foot-long boardroom table, desk and credenza for the founder’s office, as part of an overall office renovation designed by Leroy Street Studio. moore+friesl

Business and leisure hotel under the umbrella of the new Vivanta brand by Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces, this project resides in the city of Gurgaon, often dubbed the ‘face of new India’. WOW Architects

In addition to last night's PechaKucha, we also headed over to the Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center for the AIA Central States party. John Hill