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DS+R and Rockwell Group’s The Shed opens its massive guillotine doors
Opened in April 2019, Rockwell Group and Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s (DS+R) The Shed is an eight-level, 200,000-square-foot art center located on the southern, 30th Street flank of Hudson Yards....
UCCA Dune Museum burrows into a Chinese beach
On a beach in northern China, light cannons emerge from the tops of a dune, hinting at a structure buried beneath the sand like a lost Courbusian villa. But the Ullens Center for...
Congress Square splits past and present with fiberglass-reinforced plastic
Architectural preservation is often cast as a zero-sum game; historic structures are either painstakingly maintained or demolished in favor of contemporary development. Arrowstreet’s Congress Square, a...
SHoP’s Midtown supertall brings terra-cotta and bronze to new heights
Over the last two decades, SHoP Architects has pushed the envelope of facade design, leading a notable shift from predominantly glass-clad skyscrapers to supertalls incorporating a variety of materials....
Steven Holl’s Kennedy Center expansion dampens sound with crinkled concrete
Steven Holl Architects’ (SHA) expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.—titled The REACH—is expected to open to the public at the beginning...
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Facades+ will spotlight Minneapolis’s experts and innovators
On July 24, The Architect’s Newspaper is bringing Facades+ to Minneapolis for the first time to discuss facade trends within the city and beyond. Panels for the conference will highlight the recently completed Allianz Field stadium, perspectives on curtainwall systems...
Join AN at this year’s AIA Convention in Las Vegas
At this year’s AIA Convention in Las Vegas, The Architect’s Newspaper has organized a booth crawl on June 6 & 7 with our longstanding Facades+ sponsors. Stop by A’19 Booth #9313 (highlighted above) to get your official map and stamp card for a chance to win a $500...
Fabrics could be the next big thing in facades
Humans have been using fabric to create shelter for thousands of years. If a set of groundbreaking researchers and designers have their way, however, applications of textile-based architectural elements have the potential to play an important role in shaping the...
Leading women in facades address challenges facing the industry
Topic Legend Heading toward decarbonization Technological change Inspiration Special Projects Material innovations—laminated glass and stone Trends in facade design We surveyed the leading women in the facade design and manufacturing industry and asked: What do you...
Walter P Moore Announces the Opening of Their New Office in Charlotte, North Carolina
International engineering firm Walter P Moore opens its 20th U.S. office in Charlotte, North Carolina, appointing Chuck Cardwell as the Managing Director for the firm's Structures Group, which encompasses structural engineering, enclosure engineering, construction...
Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas discuss their work at Facades+ New York
At this week’s Facades+ New York Conference, Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas delivered the keynote address, giving a description of how their firm designs and conceives their innovative building skins. The Architect’s Newspaper sat down with them after the talk to get...
Facades+ San Francisco will dive into the Bay Area’s exciting technological trends
The San Francisco Bay Area is nourishing one of the country’s most active architecture scenes. Fueled by a booming technology sector, rapid population and commercial growth are delivering exciting new projects to the region. On February 7, The Architect’s Newspaper is...
Check out 2018’s best facade products for enclosure performance and design
To ring in the New Year, AN dived into a year’s worth of facade products to select the best of 2018. Ranging from operable vent windows to manually-embossed cement rainscreen panels, these products are sure to boost the environmental performance and aesthetic value of...
Facades+AM Atlanta spotlights the city’s dynamic contemporary growth
Commonly known as the capital of the New South, Metropolitan Atlanta is one of the largest cities of the American southeast and has the architectural output to prove it. A number of firms across a range of sizes call the city home, producing designs at local,...
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Hilton is building its first modular hotel by San Francisco’s Airport North
Home2Suites, a subsidiary of Hilton, is currently constructing the brand’s first modular construction hotel. On August 15, executives from Hilton, Southern Hospitality Services, and Ashlar Development began construction of the project adjacent to San Francisco's...
ETH Zurich produces an energy-free adaptable shading prototype
Chiara Vailati, a doctoral student at ETH Zurich’s Institute for Building Materials, has developed an adaptive shading system that functions without sensors or motors. The shading system is composed of multiple pairs of parallel wooden planks which open and close...
Perforated aluminum gives an edge to the Austin Central Library
In October 2017, the Lake|Flato and Shepley Bulfinch designed Austin Central Library opened to the public. The $125 million library is clad in tan, Leuders limestone, gray metal siding, and corrugated, perforated and anodized aluminum panels manufactured by Lorin...
Vitro Glass launches new mega-coater
On August 16th, manufacturer Vitro Architectural Glass began production of its super-sized energy efficient glass panels. The production of these increasingly large panels rely on Vitro’s new $55 million...
Collective-LOK’s Roche/Dinkleloo Double contrasts vernacular with the institutional
In July 2018, Collective-LOK (CLOK) unveiled their Roche/Dinkeloo Double, a temporary installation located below a cantilevered section of UMass Amherst’s Fine Arts...
San Francisco-based Monograph promises architects a seamless project-planning platform
In 2018, San Francisco-based software company Monograph launched its project-planning platform, Dashboard for Architects. The objective of the platform is to shift the myriad planning tools used by architects to a singular and cohesive application. The Dashboard for...
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’ 30 Hudson Yards tops out
On July 17th, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates' 30 Hudson Yards topped out at just below 1,300 feet. The project broke ground in 2012 and has been steadily rising for half a decade towards its summit. A cantilevered...
3M releases smog-fighting granules product
In June, 3M’s Industrial Mineral Products Division launched a smog-reducing granules product that can be applied to asphalt shingles and a wide range of roofing materials. Through the incorporation of a UV-activated photocatalytic coating layer, 3M’s smog-reducing...
Copper Development Association announces 2018 awardees
On June 22nd, the Copper Development Association and the Canadian Copper & Brass Development Association awarded 15 buildings the North American Copper in Architecture Award. Ranging from SHoP’s dual copper-clad skyscrapers bordering the East River to the dome...