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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

In addition to the keynotes, lectures, discussions, exposition and other opportunities for architects to learn at the AIA Convention, there are also the parties. Last night we attended the PechaKucha at Martyrs' in the North Center neighborhood. John Hill

One of the highlights on the expo floor at the 2014 AIA National Convention is Kreysler & Associates' composite façade panel for SNØHETTA's expansion of SFMOMA, now under construction. John Hill

The motto with which the project was presented in the ideas competition was “Garden of Light” These words sum up the two ideas of the project: maintaining and improving the existing garden, while at the same time providing joyful and well lit spaces. BCQ arquitectura barcelona

TCA Think Tank participated in the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Biennale di Venezia, with THECONDITIONOFCHINESEARCHITECTURE. TCA Think Tank

Wiel Arets Architects recently completed the Allianz Headquarters in Wallisellen, Switzerland. The architects choose five drawings and twelve photos and describe the building.

We're in Chicago for the 2014 AIA National Convention. Read our posts from the convention on the Daily News for the rest of the week. John Hill

In lieu of cantilevering over the adjacent La Brea tar pits, Peter Zumthor's design for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art proposes to span Wilshire Boulevard. John Hill

Chilean architect Smiljan Radić's design for the 14th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opens on Thursday in London's Kensington Gardens. John Hill

In addition to the three-part 14th International Architecture Exhibition, directed by Rem Koolhaas, a number of collateral events are taking place as part of the Venice Biennale. We highlight a few... John Hill

The Midwestern American city will host the first Chicago Architecture Biennial in fall 2015, to be held at the Chicago Cultural Center overlooking Millennium Park. John Hill