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The Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA) has announced the four finalists of the third annual Finlandia Prize for Architecture: Lappeenranta City Theatre, Löyly, Railo and Suvela Chapel. John Hill

Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. To track progress on the rebuilding efforts, we present 15 pieces – built and in-progress – on the 16-acre site. John Hill

At a press conference this morning, officials unveiled the design for the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center designed by Joshua Prince-Ramus's firm REX. John Hill

Taking aim at the refugee crisis and issues of migration, among other things, the 2016 Oslo Architecture Triennale, which opens to the public today under the theme After Belonging, asks, "Where do we belong? How can architects intervene in the reconfiguration... John Hill

For a short three weeks – from 1 to 26 September 2016 – Philip Johnson's iconic Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, is covered in bright red polka dots courtesy of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. John Hill

Schmidt Hammer Lassen architects has completed an overhual of an existing office building in Shanghai into an innovation incubator for Hi-Tech start-up companies. Schmidt Hammer Lassen

In Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, the Roissypôle business district offers more than 230,000 m² of offices and 2,200 hotel rooms available by the end of 2014. Arte Charpentier Architectes

In the heights of Nice, the neighborhood of the former Ray Stadium is transforming in order to accommodate some three hundred buildings and 6,000 m2 of commercial surface area, between the Gorbella Boulevard and the future Ray Park. In this densely populated neighborhood, our project suggests... Maison Edouard François, ABC Architectes

In London's Shepherd's Bush area, Henning Stummel Architects has built a house whose rooms are arranged like monks' cells around a courtyard. The roofs and walls are clad in standing seam metal panels covered with a unique bio-based coating. John Hill, Thomas Geuder

The house of sculptor Jarnuszkiewicz is a collaborative work between client, sculptor Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz and architects Marie-Claude Hamelin and Loukas Yiacouvakis. YH2

The Steam Canoe, designed and installed by OCAD University students in joint venture with Grip Metal™, was on display on the shores of Lake Ontario, Canada, in February and will be re-erected at OMI Sculpture Park in Ghent, New York, come October. OCAD University

London's Design Museum has announced the nominees in six categories – Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Graphics, Product and Transport – for the Beazley Designs of the Year. Here we highlight the thirteen projects in the Architecture category. John Hill

Amanda Levete's MPavilion, the temporary pavilion installed in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens last year, finds a permanent home in the city's Docklands City Park, designed by MALA studio. John Hill

MoMA PS1 invited German artist Katharina Grosse to transform an abandoned building at Fort Tidlen, a national park on the city's Rockaway peninsula. She explains the explosion of color in the landscape in a short film from the Museum of Modern Art. John Hill

Olana, the 19th-century home of landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church in New York's Hudson River Valley, invited 21 architects and landscape architects to imagine a 21st-century version of Church's unbuilt summer house. John Hill

Architects Advocate Action on Climate Change, a platform made up of "architects dedicated to healthy and livable communities, and guided by scientific consensus and reason," publicly launches on the first of September. John Hill

Earlier this month Oslo's Snøhetta won the competition for the new Banque Libano Francaise (BLF) headquarters in Beirut with a design that features large planted terraces carved into the checkerboard-clad tower. John Hill

LEED may be the most popular gauge for sustainable architecture in the United States, but its criteria is nowhere near as stringent as the Living Building Challenge, which bills itself as "the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment possible...

On Friday the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies announced the winners of their 22nd annual American Architecture Awards. John Hill

As the primary architecture of the International Horticultural Exposition, the Heavenly Water Service Center undertook multiple functions including circulation hub, activity center, restaurant, recreational landscape, cultural communication, and exhibition. HHD_FUN

The architectural interiors project for the penthouse sp_penthouse sought to attend to the demands of the program with the minimal division of space possible, shaping spatial continuity and amplitude for the apartment. Studio MK27

With the Centre d’Art Diane Dufresne, ACDF Architecture has created a new arts centre for the suburban municipality of Repentigny, providing a dynamic core where residents can take in stirring arts and culture without getting on the highway to nearby Montreal. ACDF Architecture

German architect J. Mayer H. unveiled his new installation, XXX TIMES SQUARE WITH LOVE, in New York City's Times Square this morning. The pink seats reference the X-shaped street inersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue as well as the adult theaters that once populated... John Hill

Our clients for this project are from local who believe in contemporary art, and intended the museum to be a platform to promote young artists. The two main programs of the museum are art exhibition and artist residence. Praxis d'Architecture

As part of the regeneration and development of the West Bund area in Shanghai, Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen have completed a permanent exhibition and art pavilion on the riverside promenade. Schmidt Hammer Lassen

The HUB TIC is a project designed, built and lived from the new social, economic and environmental paradigm shift that seeks a balanced symbiosis between people, nature and technology. ROA Arquitectura

The Harvard Art Museums, which holds a 32,000-strong collection of objects relating to the Bauhaus, "the 20th century’s most influential school of art and design," has unveild a digital catalog ahead of the legendary school's 100th anniversary in 2019. John Hill

Tomas Koolhaas's much-anticipated documentary on his father, 71-year-old OMA leader Rem Koolhaas, will premiere at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, which runs from 31 August to 10 September 2016. John Hill

SFMOMA’s leadership worked closely with Snøhetta to design the new museum as an outward- looking and engaging gathering space. Snøhetta

California architect and digital innovator Greg Lynn gives viewer a tour of Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention, his third and last exhibition exploring architecture and digital technologies, on display at the Canadian Centre for Architecture until 16 October 2016. John Hill

The social charity institution Padre Rubinos was born in A Coruña nearly a century ago with a dedication to give shelter and asylum to the needy. Later it has continued growing and expanding its scope to nursery schools and the elderly. Elsa Urquijo Architects

The Snøhetta-designed, ten-story expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) opened to the public on 14 May 2016. Involving a transformation of the original Mario Botta building, the project consists of three times more gallery space than before. Snøhetta sent...

Great Britain’s architecture scene regrets Brexit. Does that include all architects? No, a single prominent representative of the profession regards the withdrawal from the EU as a great opportunity – for the full development of entrepreneurial creativity. Oliver Pohlisch

Much has been achieved over the past two decades to transform the Sydney Park site from its former post-industrial history and waste disposal, into 44 hectares of parkland and a vital asset for the growing communities of Sydney’s southern suburbs. Turf Design Studio & Environmental Partnership

Chicago's Studio Gang Architects recently uploaded a number of short films on some of their completed buildings. Here we highlight a handful of the films, including one on their breakthrough Aqua Tower. John Hill

The new "Mercato Navile" city quarter is being developed on the site of the former central market east of the Bologna main railway station. JSWD Architects were commissioned to plan the "Lotto P," which is located opposite the main station and more or less marks the entry to... JSWD Architekten