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New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is looking into a rare designation for the interior spaces of the recently sold 945 Madison Avenue (aka the Breuer Building) on the Upper East Side. According to The Art Newspaper, a hearing on the issues is expected to take…
Construction is progressing on the 70-storey Okan Tower skyscraper in Miami by architecture studio Behar Font & Partners, which will contain a hotel and offices. Located in Downtown Miami, Okan Tower will be 902-feet high (274 metres) when completed, the latest in a group of skys…
The new, 350-acre Walmart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas was designed to offer all of the comforts workers enjoy at home in a centralized corporate location, an attempt at luring workers The post Walmart global headquarters by Gensler and SWA opens in Arkansas appeared fir…
With basketball and hockey seasons fully underway, Chicago’s United Center—home to the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks—is already a bustling place. A $7 billion vision to redevelop the area surrounding The post RIOS shares more renderings and details of master plan to revamp…
If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. Featured below are four briefs seeking transformative projects across architecture, interiors, and unbuilt work, exceptional works f…
The eleventh annual Winter Stations competition has revealed its selection of participants for 2025 as chosen by jury members Adam Barrett, Lily Jeon, Jon Jeronimus, Aaron Knight, and Alana Mercury.They outlined this year's theme of 'Dawn' as the beginning of a new era for the co…
You never forget your first Lynch. Mine was Dune (1984), that gorgeous, confounding mess of a film that somehow managed to be both a critical failure and a masterclass in The post Remembering David Lynch, who inhabited the haunted house of the American psyche appeared first on Th…
Safdie Architects and Kerry Properties have announced the completion of the second phase of Habitat Qinhuangdao, a large-scale residential project located along the Bohai Sea in Qinhuangdao, China, approximately 200 miles east of Beijing. The development, inspired by the principl…
As fires set LA ablaze, some houses are left standing amid ashes thanks to concrete walls, class A wood – and luckWhen last week’s fires in Los Angeles set parts of the city ablaze, one viral image was of a lone house in Pacific Palisades that was left standing while all of the h…
After the Fires: Challenges and Efforts to Heal LA’s Parks and Trails Clement Lau Fri, 01/17/2025 - 08:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption The Eaton Canyon Nature Center was destroyed in the Eaton Fire. The recent wildfires in Los Angeles have devastated some of the region’s m…
The Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) degree forms the foundation of architectural education. This 4-year undergraduate program teaches the fundamentals of architectural design, building components and systems, structures, construction methods, history, visual communication, and m…
Conferences provide continuous learning opportunities through diverse educational seminars led by prominent architects and designers. Events like the AIA Conference on Architecture include numerous sessions exploring critical topics such as sustainability, emerging construction t…
Architectural historians say success of Brady Corbet’s film could help in fight to protect heritage of divisive style“A mildewed lump of elephant droppings” is how King Charles, then Prince of Wales, described the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth after a visit to one of the UK’s most…
Midburbs: A New Definition of Suburbs Gabe Bailer - … Fri, 01/17/2025 - 07:00 Primary Image Caption Cranford, New Jersey. This blog post is republished with permission from NJ Urbanthinker. The name “suburbs” needs a revision. The towns surrounding urban cores with trains and bus…
People will realize the direct contribution of building facades to public health and human prosperity and start to spread the word. Very soon, I believe, property developers may have to treat neuroscientific findings as key information to be weighed up alongside structural-load c…
DC Launches New Round of E-Bike Rebates Diana Ionescu Fri, 01/17/2025 - 06:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption A cyclist rides near the Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. residents can soon apply for the District’s renewed e-bike incentive program, which offe…
Why Aren’t There More Bollards in US Cities? Diana Ionescu Fri, 01/17/2025 - 05:00 Primary Image In an article for MinnPost, Bill Lindeke describes how simple yet effective solid bollards can help save lives — both in attacks like the one in New Orleans and in everyday occurrence…
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for TEMPO, a new hotel and residential development in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Situated near the popular Praia Brava beach, and constructed of timber and concrete, the project is designed to maximize views of the ocean and surrounding mountains…
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has released images of its proposed 1325 West Fulton Street, a residential development in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. Developed for Sulo Development, the 859,000-square-foot project is the first of three planned towers for the full-block site in the…
Richter architectes et associés have completed a school complex in the most recent area of Mitry-Mory. It's located on an orthogonal and regular urban grid that stretches from Tremblay all the way to the plain that separates Mitry-le-Neuf from Mitry-Bourg.
Architecture studio Snøhetta has designed three homes for residents with substance-abuse problems and psychiatric diagnoses in Karmøy, Norway. Comprising a trio of robust residential units, the Karmøy Pilot Homes by Snøhetta draw on the results of a research project exploring how…
Our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings pick for 2011 is the National 9/11 Memorial, designed by Michael Arad of Handel Architects – a powerful symbol of loss, remembrance and healing. The most significant building of 2011 was not actually a building – in fact, it wa…
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) is leading the construction of Westlake 66, a massive development in Hangzhou, China, that will eventually deliver five office towers and a hotel. Seeking to rebuke The post KPF uses modular terra-cotta system to connect Westlake 66 development in Hangzhou…
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the news that Salford City Council has approved the demolition of the University of Salford's Centenary Building, which won the first-ever RIBA Stirling Prize. The university building is set to be razed as part of a major red…
Japanese architect Hiroshi Hara, who designed Osaka's Umeda Sky Buiding and the Kyoto Station building, has passed away aged 88. Hara died on 3 January. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, where he taught renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Pritzker Pri…
Pnoēs Tinos, a proud member of Design Hotels, is the first design holiday destination on the island of Tinos, Cyclades. Designed as a cluster of villas with private pools and gardens, Pnoēs embodies the spirit of the place in its architecture and hospitality philosophy, aimed at…
A ribbon of curved concrete crowns Forest Road, a brick apartment block in London that local practice Gort Scott designed to reference the area's connections to the 20th-century Arts and Crafts movement. Designed for Pocket Living – a developer specialising in small homes for fir…
Spain boasts a vast diversity of natural and urban landscapes, where public space plays a leading role. Its relevance has grown in recent years, solidifying it as a key axis for interaction. Beyond its architectural and landscape qualities, public space offers visitors and citize…
Are you exhibiting or holding an event at Milan design week? Get your event listed in Dezeen's digital guide to the festival, which will feature the week's key events. Taking place from 7 to 13 April, Milan design week is the world's largest celebration of design. If you're hosti…
Huy Hoang Lock Co.,Ltd. is a leading professional lock manufacturer in Vietnam. Huy Hoang Lock Factory is located in Quang Minh Industrial Zone which measures three square hectares and is about 20 km away from Hanoi. The complex factory included three buildings: two of them are u…
Humanity's fascination with the unknown is a timeless impulse, rooted in curiosity and the desire to push boundaries, uncover mysteries, and open doors to new frontiers. What were once represented by voyages and the discovery of new islands and continents are now pursued in the v…
Filmmaker David Lynch, renowned for his surreal and influential works like Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks, passed away at age 78. Lynch's nearly 50-year career was marked by distinctive, stylized films often featuring surreal elements and fragmented narratives. He received numerous a…
Pelletier de Fontenay's Transformation of a Century-Old Home in the Eastern Townships Tucked away within the picturesque landscape of Quebec's Eastern Townships, Sutton House stands as a complete overhaul and extension of an early 20 century stone house. Originally built in 1908…
In recent weeks, a series of significant architectural developments have been unveiled, highlighting the work of diverse architecture studios across the globe. These projects, announced between late September 2024 and early 2025, focus on transformative masterplans, housing solut…
2025 promises to be a landmark in architecture, heralding a vibrant renaissance of creativity and exploration. As societies confront challenges such as climate change, rapid urbanization, and technological evolution, architecture is both a mirror to these dynamics and a compass p…
3XN completes SAP Garden, a new arena in Munich's Olympic ParkSAP Garden celebrates its opening 27 September, 2024. The project echoes the same democratic ideals as its historic surroundings, uniting sports and local community in a state-of-the-art sports arena.
The hills, the olive trees, and the community settled at Doi Luang are the contextual elements that existed before. Therefore, our team is strongly concerned with the architectural process that encourages and preserves the site's distinctiveness and the original environment in th…
As Shenzhen's population and urban development continue to expand rapidly, the availability of land for construction and growth is becoming increasingly constrained, presenting significant challenges in providing adequate school and kindergarten seats. To address these challenges…
Phillippe Starck has shared news of a newly completed architectural project in Spain called LA Almazara. The resorted olive oil manufacturing plant now allows for an inspiring epicurean museum-like experience for tourists in search of a day trip or hands-on romantic getaway. Imag…
At the Des Moines Art Center, a sprawling land art installation by Mary Miss installed in 1996 will be dismantled. A settlement reached this week between the artist and art The post Mary Miss’s Greenwood Pond: Double Site to be removed, following a settlement with Des Moines Art…
Boston has notoriously bad traffic, but does it have to be that way? Economists, planners, transit advocates, and politicians in Massachusetts are closely monitoring what’s happening in New York, now The post Congestion pricing happened in New York City—is Boston next? Massachuse…
The finality of the wildfires’ destruction has taken 10 more cherished buildings — by Richard Neutra, Gregory Ain, Eric Owen Moss and others —that showed the city’s great diversity.
A Wooden Wedding Compound: Marrying Tradition with Modernity – K-Thengono Design Studio was tasked with designing the Kencana Valley wedding compound, comprising a modest chapel, a family villa, a bridal villa, a service building, and a bridge. The chapel's design approach draws…
Comprehensive Parking Supply, Cost, and Price Analysis Todd Litman Thu, 01/16/2025 - 11:00 Primary Image Parking facilities are a critical part of a transportation system: vehicles are typically parked about 23 hours per day and require parking at each destination. These faciliti…
The latest edition of our curated jobs roundup from the Archinect Job board features eight employers in the Los Angeles area offering senior-level architecture, design, and project management jobs. To explore specific job titles from the architectural profession, consult Archinec…
Learning From Wildfire Evacuations Diana Ionescu Thu, 01/16/2025 - 10:00 Primary Image In a piece for Wired, Aarian Marshall describes the growing field of wildlife evacuation research, which is becoming a more crucial piece of cities’ emergency plans as wildfires become more des…
The U.S. and Canada share 5,525 miles of border and there are just over 100 border crossings between Washington and Maine. These portals between countries facilitate the flow of goods and The post Siegel completes border crossing station between Maine and New Brunswick, Canada ap…
A group of architects and historians in the Washington, D.C. metro area are now spearheading a push to enshrine the contributions of Black professional architecture's forefathers to the built environment of our nation’s capital through preservation research. Their advocacy was re…
In the heart of Hidalgo's landscape, Mexico, o.d.e (Oficina Documental de Espacio) presents Casa Zempoala, a retirement home designed for an older couple, intertwining contemporary design with local traditions. This 189 m² project is organized around two interior courtyards, conc…
[As] the former head of the federal emergency management agency, Craig Fugate, has said: “A house that gets destroyed is not an affordable home.” It’s not a sustainable one either. The city needs greater urban density, not more firebelt bungalows. Ironically, it might be the inab…
When the designer JJ Boooth was first honing his mixing skills, he did it the way almost every DJ does: endless practice over turntables and a mixer perched atop the classic IKEA The post JJ Boooth designs furniture for DJs, fine-tuned to the needs of audiophiles appeared first o…
The residence was designed as a summer home for a Brazilian family living abroad, emphasizing its primary function: to be a “veranda-house” with spacious, open, yet inviting areas.
Architects: Marcos Bertoldi ArquitetosArea: 612 m²Year: 2022Photographs: Eduardo MacariosManufacturers: 4 elementos, Ciliart, Cinex Arch, Conceito luz, Deca, Móveis maçaneiro, Npk Mármores, Spas Versati, Studio Passalacqua, kitchensLead Architects: Marcos Bertoldi, Felipe Chimans…
Architects: Bamboo UArea: 220 m²Year: 2021Photographs: Bamboo ULead Architects: Bamboo U – Orin Hardy and Jules De Laage, IBUKU – Elora HardyLead Team: Sai GouthamStructural Engineer: Neil ThomasProvince: BaliCountry: Indonesia Dapur Naga by Bamboo U in Bali is a communal kitchen…
Architects: NOD StudioArea: 238 m²Year: 2024Photographs: Santiago BaravalleLead Architects: Jorge Berea, Fernando Artigas, Ricardo HernándezDesign Team: Ricardo HernandezTechnical Team: Alejandro de la CruzCivil Engineering: Manuel BagundoCity: El CuyoCountry: Mexico The Trillium…
Architects: Inspiral Architecture and Design StudiosArea: 7500 m²Year: 2024Photographs: thomasirsyad, nuanucreativecityManufacturers: Aneka Duta Kaca , Dekson, Enviro Craft, Gunung Garuda, HOSHIZAKI, Kohler, Kohler, Bold & Gold, Nayati, PT BBM Ready Mix, Propan, Sika & BASF, Solu…
US bank will spend almost as much to renovate Citi Tower skyscraper as it paid for site in the first placeThe US bank Citigroup is to spend £1bn to renovate its skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London, the latest firm to signal its commitment to office working.The Wall Street lender w…
A coalition of major arts organizations and philanthropists led by the J. Paul Getty Trust has established an emergency relief fund for artists and art workers who have lost residences, studios, and livelihoods or have otherwise been impacted by the latest major Los Angeles fires…
Sun Tower is an oceanfront public cultural facility in Yantai Yeda Development Zone, featuring outdoor theater, digital exhibition spaces, library, café and bar. Atop the summit is a unique semi-outdoor “Phenomena Space”. Archeological discoveries revealed that Yantai was among t…
Japenese studio IGArchitects, led by Masato Igarashi, has completed a home on a narrow plot in Tokyo. Titled ‘Building Frame of the House,’ the scheme was designed for a married couple who sought a home that supported their busy work-from-home schedules while feeling each other’s…
The concept of this small apartment building reflects our vision of creating high-quality urban living. The design emphasizes respect for the urban scale, integration with the surroundings, cultivated greenery for both residents and passers-by and bright, rational layouts with du…
The ethereal beauty of classical Japanese Noh theatre informed Kengo Kuma and Associates' design for the Banyan Tree hotel in Kyoto, with a dedicated stage hidden in its stepped gardens. Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto is set in the foothills of the city's easterly Higashiyama moun…
A glazed double-height extension by EBBA Architects and a green terrazzo-lined home by ConForm Architects are among London's best new home renovations, according to this year's 14-strong Don't Move, Improve! shortlist. An extension by architecture studio DHaus illuminated by a wa…
Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we examine SOM's Burj Khalifa – the most significant building completed in 2010 and still the world's tallest skyscraper. In 2010, when the Burj rose from the sand dunes of the Arabian desert, it announced the em…
The deadly wildfires are prompting architects and critics to call for changes to how development is carried out in Los Angeles. Frustrated with irresponsible development practices in the face of fire threats, dozens of architects and critics have speculated on ways that architect…
London studio Woo Architects has redeveloped its design for the UK Pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka, which will now pay homage to the innovations of English mathematician Ada Lovelace. The pavilion will be defined by perforated aluminium panels intended to evoke punched cards – a…
Originally the post office of Louvain-la-Neuve, the characteristic building housed several teaching courses for the University of Louvain until its final occupation as a ‘school for sound’. Overcompartmentalized and acoustically insulated to meet recording standards, the clarity…
Industrial designer Maruán Attia has created Cocoon Freelancer, a wooden cabin informed by Alpine houses and Japanese temples that can fit on flatbed vehicles and be used as a mobile living space. Attia used a type of timber called moon wood to construct the mobile home, which is…
Project summaryArcher + Braun, a London-based architectural practice, recently transformed a ground-floor flat in Edinburgh into a stunning, modern 5-bedroom family residence. Located within a conservation area, the property featured both historical importance and site constraint…
SO-IL (Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu) is an architectural design firm based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2008 by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu. Known for an architecture deeply engaged with social, cultural, and environmental contexts, the studio focuses on exploring innov…
DesignMarch, Milan design week and Dubai Design Week are among the key architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide for 2025. It promises to be a busy year ahead for design with events such as Osaka Expo, Venice Architecture Biennale and the 15th Shanghai Bienna…
British studio Squire and Partners has renovated and vertically extended Space House in London, a pair of mid-century modern office buildings originally designed by architects George Marsh and Richard Seifert. Squire and Partners aimed to celebrate the buildings while modernising…
The forthcoming Calder Gardens museum and cultural space designed by Herzog & de Meuron with landscape designer Piet Oudolf in Philadelphia has announced it will open to the public in September 2025. Sited along a 1.8-acred site on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the sculpture garden…
The results from the Norman Foster Foundation-led competition to rebuild Freedom Square in Kharkiv, Ukraine, have been announced following the selection of winners by a jury headlined by Deborah Berke, Moshe Safdie, and Beatriz Colomina. Featuring a cash prize pool of more than $…
Mayor Karen Bass has released a detailed plan for the rebuilding of key commercial and residential structures destroyed in last week’s devastating fires in Los Angeles County. The plan, which follows an earlier executive order signed by Governor Gavin Newsom that eliminated CEQA…
Global architecture and engineering company HDR has created an interactive museum and workshop for children with a dynamic aluminium facade in Omaha, Nebraska. The 83,000-square foot (7,710-square metre) Kiewit Luminarium was completed in downtown Omaha in April 2023. Commission…
Plummeting birth rates, a drop in federal subsidies, and declining enrollment have contributed to the closure of at least twenty small colleges around the U.S. in recent years. This has The post RAMSA repurposes defunct college campus into senior housing in Massachusetts appeared…
A new Zaha Hadid Architects-designed showroom for Chinese women’s fashion brand Marisfrolg, built with recycled materials, has opened in Shenzhen.Image: MarisfrolgLocated at the heart of the Marisfrolg Fashion Group’s headquarters, the roughly 31,215-square-foot showroom interior…
In New York City, life unfolds on the stoops of rowhouses. There, residents and their guests filter in and out of the front door. In a pinch, the steps sub The post LPC approves gate for Greenwich Village rowhouse popularized on Sex and the City appeared first on The Architect’s…
The 2025 edition of the World Monuments Fund (WMF)'s biannual World Monuments Watch List has been announced with 25 new cultural sites considered to be under threat from a variety of different sources both natural and manmade. Leading the list was the notable and important inclus…
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for the undulating Tempo development in Brazil, which encompasses a hotel and apartments facing a central garden. Located outside of São Paulo along Praia Brava in the state of Santa Catarina, the Tempo project is desi…
A new grant of $558,232 from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation will go towards the restoration of the historic Matthewis Persen House Museum in Kingston, New York. What is considered to be one of America’s oldest existing residential struct…
A century of foolhardy development, including public subsidies for rebuilding in the firebelt, hugely contributed to this tragedy, writes our architecture critic. LA must rethink – and build upwards not outwards‘Crime don’t climb” is one of the glib mottoes long used by Los Angel…
Juana Berrío, currently at the Whitney Independent Study Program, will be senior director of programs at the cultural center in Philadelphia.
As we kick off the Get Lectured Spring 2025 academic term, it’s time to choose the best Fall '24 architecture school lecture poster! Revisit the top designs from our series and vote for your favorite graphic creation below. In our last reader poll for Spring '24, the East Los Ang…
Fengxian, which is named after the respect of Yanzi, is located among the river towns along the Yangtze River. Yanzi Memorial Hall is located in the core area of Fengxian District, Shanghai. It is used to display the stories of the sage Yanzi and spread the worship of Fengxian pe…
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Stanford University have released a study highlighting the potential for construction materials to store billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). Published on January 10 in the journal Science, the research suggests that in…
Johnson & Wales University purchased 40 acres of property that had become available due to the relocation of I-195 in downtown Providence. As the first completed building constructed on this reclaimed land, the building serves as a new beacon on the edge of the campus and is desi…
Following our previous look at an opening for a Museum Technology Manager at the California Science Center, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Project Captain at Practice (formerly GGA+). The role, based i…
A timber veranda frames a courtyard at House for Ela, a home by Switzerland-based architect Ewa Kaszuba on a forested site in a spa town near Warsaw. Designed for a retired couple, the house is a modern take on the grand parkland villas that rub shoulders with modernist mansions…
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with a look at Waugh Thistleton Architects' Murray Grove, the original timber tower. On an unassuming street in the east London borough of Hackney is a relatively small housing block that looks entirely unrem…
Architecture studio Schemata Architects has created Blue Bottle Coffee Toyosu Park Cafe, a wooden cafe in Japan with an open design that gives visitors an unobstructed view of the sea. The wooden building comprises three volumes with sloping roofs of different heights and was des…
Bold colors, strong geometric shapes and a ‘flashback’ to the famous buildings of old Saigon come into focus in a new beta cinema design in HCMC. Vietnamese interiors company Module K has completed their first cinema. Located on the ground floor of an existing shopping mall, the…
Crisscrossing bamboo poles combine with woven raffia mats to form this pavilion built by architecture studio HTL Africa in Lagos, Nigeria. Site Office was installed at the Ecobank Pan African Centre on Victoria Island for the inaugural Ecobank Design and Build Expo back in Novemb…
AIANY’s picks for the 2025 AIA New York Design Awards winners were just announced from the Center for Architecture in Manhattan. A total of 24 projects representing the very best contributions made by members to the urban environment locally and abroad were selected by a jury who…
A settlement has been reached in a dispute over the removal of land artist Mary Miss’ Greenwood Pond: Double Site at the Des Moines Art Center in Iowa. The Art Center will pay the artist $900,000 for a breach of contract for its planned demolition of the 29-year-old outdoor sculp…
Archigram, the revolutionary architectural collective that reshaped the discipline in the 1960s and 70s, is back with Archigram 10, 50 years after their last issue. Published by Circa Press and edited by founding member Peter Cook, the new edition features contributions from orig…
London architect who moved to Shetland and created buildings sympathetic to the islands’ landscape and traditions In 1969 Richard Gibson, who has died aged 89, was appointed deputy county architect in Shetland. Moving with his family from north London to the northernmost islands…
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive order that expedites or negates permit requirements, expands ADU usage and provides for the cataloguing of damage to historical buildings as unprecedented wildfires continue to destroy lives and property. Named Return and Rebui…
Construction input prices decreased by 0.2% for the month of December, according to a new Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data. Nonresidential construction input prices decreased 0.2% for the month, and ov…