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OMA’s JOMOO Headquarters flexes white ceramic stripes angled in different directions

In 2004, the Seattle Central Library turned heads with its continuous skin that wrapped programmatic elements into an iconic, irregular whole. Two decades since and halfway around the world, OMA has employed a similar premise for the JOMOO Headquarters tower in Xiamen, a coastal city undergoing high-density urbanization in southeastern China. Yet where the acclaimed library in Seattle is transparent

Facades+ returns to Chicago on September 12
Miller Hull clads the main floors of the Consulate General Guadalajara in glass to inspire an inviting visitor experience
Facades+ brings dynamic programs to five cities this fall
Gensler clads the Iron Workers Local 63 with an undulating curtain wall of tinted glass
Revery Architecture alters Vancouver’s skyline with The Butterfly, a residential tower with organic curvature and custom glazing
Payette shades the Ragon Institute with tapered aluminum fins that mimic stone

Clancy Moore beautifies an Irish wastewater treatment facility with a screen of sea-green louvers

Today, we might think of sewage containment as a problem of the 19th century, when urban areas developed robust infrastructure to properly collect and dispose of human waste. However, in Arklow, a coastal town on Ireland’s eastern seaboard, this problem was never fully addressed. For close to a century, the municipality pumped raw sewage directly into the River…