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The capitol complex at night

Daily digest: The AIA comes out against federal design mandates, Heatherwick Studio’s Lantern House is complete, and more

Frank Gehry moved to Los Angeles 75 years ago; it’s only now coming around to his brand of wily artistry

Bid to landmark Brooklyn’s demolition-bound Grand Prospect Hall denied by the LPC

Legendary New York arts center The Kitchen announces an expansive renovation

Harvard’s new Science and Engineering Complex is wrapped in a shimmering second skin

MAD Architects’ second U.S. project, the Star, will drop a shimmering office tower in L.A.

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New Middles

The 2021 edition of Exhibit Columbus asks “What Is the Future of the Middle City?”

What is on display are public spaces and an eagerness to reveal, uncover, and remix public histories.
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Small Wonder

High design meets folksy tastes at Oregon’s Corvallis Museum, with surprising results

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The Straight and Narrow?

The New York–based MOS coaxes the unexpected out of the everyday

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Architecture
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Daily digest: BIG makes waves in Milan, the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist, and more

Turkey’s turn to Islam and attachment to neoliberal economics are registered in its architecture

Kengo Kuma named one of 2021’s most influential people in TIME 100

A symposium in Boston covers the science of high performance building enclosures

Art
The arc de triomphe wrapped in silver fabric

Daily digest: First photos of the wrapped Arc de Triomphe, preserving Brutalism in Hong Kong, and more

Herzog & de Meuron’s M+ will open November 12 in Hong Kong

Daily digest: More MoMA strikes are on the way, the Suez Canal is blocked (again), and more

Noguchi: Useless Architecture turns structure into useful sculpture

Op-eds
A senior care facility enclave with big lawn in the front

Op-ed: Six principles of dignity driven design

Op-ed: To address human rights in building product supply chains, governments must take the lead

Op-ed: Rethinking roles and reforming rules are required to mitigate wildfire risks

The postdigital has made the things around us into friends and enemies. It’s time to reevaluate the relationship

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The smoking world trade center, in black and white, as seen from brooklyn
20 Years On

Photographs from the edge

the demolition of the pruitt-igoe housing complexes, one of many projects by minoru yamasaki that was ultimately demolished
Architectural Autofiction

An experimental biography of Minoru Yamasaki runs counter to the familiar—and tragic—appraisals of his career

Looking at the twin towers from across Brooklyn
Rethinking Rethinking New York

In the wake of 9/11, a critical anthology of essays and designs advocated big changes; it’s just as timely as ever

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BEER Goggles And MisLEEDing Readings

New York’s proliferation of green building rating systems raises the question of what’s being measured

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Products
a building in front of a city with a lighting strike

More than ever, the right barriers can make or break a facade

Dynamic composites are revolutionizing the facades industry

New and improved remote working software has kept architects active throughout the pandemic

Urbanism
flooded homes on the new jersey coast

Daily digest: HUD has been selling flood-prone homes without disclosing, new Expo 2020 Dubai photos, and more

China brings down colossal bronze warrior god statue in $24 million relocation

What to see and do at the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Landscape
cross section of a breakwater in living breakwaters along the staten island shore

SCAPE’s Living Breakwaters project begins in-water construction off of Staten Island

This new San Antonio land bridge enables people and animals to safely cross a busy highway

Exhibit Columbus explores the interconnected ecosystems and built environments of the Mississippi watershed

Transportation
A los angeles bus driver with a high vis vest

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation invests in a gender-equity study and its implementation

The Northeast cleans up after the remnants of Hurricane Ida soak the region

Saint Paul axes minimum parking requirements for new developments

Interiors
Looking out at a tub and the manhattan skyline

Andi Schmied infiltrated New York’s billionaire havens for her latest book

Gensler and Athlete Ally team up to imagine more inclusive locker rooms

Daily digest: AirTrain plans after Cuomo’s resignation, a Grateful Dead-inspired marijuana store in Toronto, and more

Facades+
exterior full height shot of the building

425 Park Avenue telescopes skyward with diagrid glass

These crafty interventions blend in and stand out thanks to high-performance glass

Advances in float glass are enabling ever more flexible, ethereal facade expressions

West
photo of the ojai valley school, a collection of white buildings on a hilltop at dusk
On The Up And Up

After a fire, the Ojai Valley School was given a second chance at life

East
Avery hall, a tall red-brick building with copper cornice, the new home of the Master of Science in Computational Design Practices program
Mapping The Future

Columbia GSAPP launches Master of Science in Computational Design Practices program

Interiors
Looking out at a tub and the manhattan skyline

Andi Schmied infiltrated New York’s billionaire havens for her latest book

Gensler and Athlete Ally team up to imagine more inclusive locker rooms

Daily digest: AirTrain plans after Cuomo’s resignation, a Grateful Dead-inspired marijuana store in Toronto, and more

Facades+
exterior full height shot of the building

425 Park Avenue telescopes skyward with diagrid glass

These crafty interventions blend in and stand out thanks to high-performance glass

Advances in float glass are enabling ever more flexible, ethereal facade expressions

Reviews
Image of supertall skyscraper exhibition.

SUPERTALL 2020! examines the structural evolution of the supertall skyscraper

Helmut Jahn: Life + Architecture is a greatest hits album, not an anthology

An exhibition at the Architecture Center Houston augurs a more resilient future for the city

Development
top floors of a luxury skyscraper at 200 amsterdam

Legal battle over the height of Manhattan’s 200 Amsterdam comes to an end

10 Design unveils a sprawling, stadium-anchored Downtown South in Raleigh

Daily digest: A 3D investigation of the Surfside collapse, COVID is still battering construction, and more

Preservation
exterior view of an older home with gambrel roof, the Frederick Bagley House

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Frederick Bagley House dodges demolition and will be restored

Winning designs revealed for the Thompson Center Design Ideas Competition

New York State Supreme Court rejects plea to reinstall McGraw-Hill lobby

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