Magazine
Works
on 6/26/19
The project is located in Tianshan Road, the new commercial boulevard in Hongqiao, one of Shanghai’s high activity districts. It is surrounded by brightly lit shopping malls built this century. This development replaces and expands on the existing state run cinema centre on the site. The... BAU
Works
on 6/25/19
On June 23rd, during the worldwide celebration of Olympic Day, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) inaugurated its new headquarters, Olympic House. 3XN
Film
on 6/25/19
Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with architects Hilde Daem and Paul Robbrecht, founders of Ghent, Belgium's Robbrecht en Daem architecten. John Hill
Reviews
on 6/24/19
One of the most anticipated architectural projects of 2019 was a nearly 60-year-old building, not a new one. The renovation of Eero Saarinen's 1962 TWA Flight Center for the new TWA Hotel opened in... Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners
Headlines
on 6/24/19
Architects Julie Eizenberg and Hank Koning of Santa Monica, California's KoningEizenberg have been named the 2019 recipients of the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal. John Hill
Number
on 6/24/19
Number of floors in a building at Rockefeller Center in New York City that will be converted into "high-end apartment-style suites" by Airbnb:... René Ammann
Insight
on 6/21/19
World-Architects stopped by the Skyscraper Museum in Lower Manhattan to check out Housing Density: From Tenements to Towers. The exhibition looks at 20th century housing in New York City through the lens of density, which makes it relevant to contemporary conversations about the city's... John Hill
Found
on 6/20/19
Last year, the Shirayuri Gakuen Junior & Senior High School in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, added Paulinian Hall. The building's most outstanding feature is a metallic screen designed by STGK Inc. that is made up of a grid of three-dimensional "flowers" inspired by lilies. John Hill
Film
on 6/20/19
Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with Portuguese architect João Luís Carrilho da Graça, founder of Lisbon's carrilho da graça arquitectos. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/19/19
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from Protect Our Parks, a group opposing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center on publicly owned land on Chicago's South Side. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/19/19
Although beset by controversy over Junya Ishigami's open desk policy as well as by UK building relations, the Japanese architect's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is set to open to the public on Friday, June 21, in London's Kensington Gardens. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/18/19
Changes to the facade of the Portland Building, the 1982 Postmodern landmark in Portland, Oregon, designed by Michael Graves, will result in it being removed from the National Register of Historic Places. John Hill
Works
on 6/18/19
The Street-Wall Gallery on Yuyuan Road is an art gallery designed for passersby. We conceived this ultra-thin art gallery, which clings closely to the wall, with a glass slot of 4.2 meters long and 30 millimeters high. Bengo Studio
Reviews
on 6/17/19
Open since mid-May, the Statue of Liberty Museum contains exhibits about the world-famous statue and the idea of liberty, provides a new home for the statue's original torch, and gives... FXCollaborative
Products
on 6/16/19
The Shed, the cultural venue on Manhattan' West Side that features an attention-getting movable shell, opened to the public in April. The sliding enclosure is enabled by Vector Foiltec's lightweight ETFE foil cushions. John Hill
Works
on 6/14/19
On June 12, 2019, the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), designed by Studio Gang, broke ground on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Studio Gang
Film
on 6/13/19
Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with Spanish architect Juan Herreros of Madrid's estudio Herreros. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/13/19
The National Museum of Finland has revealed the five finalists in the two-stage design competition for an annex to its 1916 Art Nouveau building in Helsinki. John Hill
Found
on 6/12/19
FORMGIVING, the "architectural journey" by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, opened its six-month run at the Danish Architecture Center on June 12. Take a peek at the large, colorful exhibition. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/12/19
The LafargeHolcim Foundation has launched the 6th cycle of the $2 million Lafarge Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction, which seeks leading projects and bold ideas "that combine sustainable construction solutions with architectural excellence." John Hill
Headlines
on 6/11/19
The Illinois Institute of Technology has announced that Reed Kroloff will join IIT as the new Rowe Family Dean of the College of Architecture. John Hill
Film
on 6/11/19
Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with Belgian architect Freek Persyn of 51N4E. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/11/19
The Colour Palace, a temporary structure designed by Pricegore and Yinka Ilori, is now gracing the lawn outside the Dulwich Picture Gallery as part of the London Festival of Architecture and the gallery's summer programming. John Hill
Reviews
on 6/10/19
The most striking part of HGA's addition to Temple Israel in Minneapolis is the lobby, which is graced by a curved ceiling and looks onto an enclosed courtyard. The space is an uplifting entrance for both the congregation and the children attending classes there. HGA answered a few questions... HGA
Number
on 6/10/19
Share of hires made by McKissack & McKissack, the oldest African-American-owned, female-run construction management firm in the United... René Ammann
Found
on 6/7/19
Compass Pools has unveiled renderings for a "death defying" 360-degree infinity pool for the top of a proposed skyscraper in central London. The concept begs the question: just because it can be done, should it be done? John Hill
Headlines
on 6/6/19
New York's Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2019 National Design Awards, which recognizes design excellence and innovation in eleven categories. John Hill
Reviews
on 6/6/19
The Erimtan Museum in Ankara, Turkey, designed by Ayşen Savaş with Can Aker and Onur Yüncü, is, in the words of Ulf Meyer, a well-kept secret on the same level with some of Carlo Scarpa's finest works. Ulf Meyer
Insight
on 6/5/19
"From manual to digital or vice versa," one of the four workshops at the LafargeHolcim Foundation's 6th Forum in Cairo in April, pitted rammed earth and other manual constructions against digital processes. The winner? A hybrid of the manual and digital. John Hill
Works
on 6/5/19
This modest sized courtyard house in suburban Chicago is wrapped almost entirely in brick. The street facade is organized in vertical twisting columns to create an ever-changing pattern of opening and closing as light moves across and through the facades. Brooks + Scarpa
Headlines
on 6/4/19
"Controversial" architect Stanley Tigerman, arguably the most important late-20th-century architect in Chicago, has died at the age of 88. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/3/19
Four years after architect Michael Graves died at the age of 80, the Princeton University Art Museum has acquired nearly 5,000 drawings from the estate of the famous Postmodernist who lived and worked in Princeton, New Jersey, for decades. John Hill
Works
on 6/3/19
Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés presents Identity One in the very heart of EuroRennes, a new business district that aims at reuniting the southside of Rennes with the historical city center. Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés
Number
on 6/3/19
Amount of money the indigenous Yanacona community sold virtually all its land to the state of Peru for, in order to build a new international airport that may... René Ammann
Film
on 5/31/19
Itinerant Office continues its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project, which featured interviews with 11 Italian and Dutch architects last year, with 13 more conversations, this time with architects from Belgium, France, Portugal, and Spain.... John Hill
