Foster + Partners has completed a shimmering new headquarters for the Russian Copper Company, one of the world’s largest mining companies. The warm brown exterior echoes the building’s symbolic nature while reimagining the conventional office from the inside. In the small city of Yekaterinburg, the 15-story office tower sits on the landscaped bank of

Marc Simmons is a founding principal of Front, Inc., based in New York, and Associate Professor of the Practice in the School of Architecture + Planning at MIT. He has also served as Ventulett Chair in Architectural Design in the College of Design at Georgia Tech. Marc is a recognized global leader in the design,

The premier conference on high-performance building enclosures Los Angeles November 9+10, 2023 Join us at the Sheraton Grand Los Angeles 12 AIA HSW CEUs This event has ended. Sign up to be notified of our upcoming events. Facades+ continues to bring together the world’s most talented building professionals. 12 AIA HSW CEUs Event Overview Symposium

Some may know of 425 Park Avenue as the Manhattan address of a buzzy new restaurant location from Eleven Madison Park Michelin-star owners, but it is also the site of the (partially) new 47-story office building designed by Foster + Partners for L&L Holding Company. Almost nine years after a winner of the invitation-only design

The French city of Narbonne, founded by Romans in 118 BC, is known for its rich historic heritage. Once a major Roman port, the city has recently added a new archaeology museum, Narbo Via. The museum’s two-story structure rests atop a single landscaped plinth and is intended to evoke a sense of monument in both its refined structural

As the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., is chock full of seats of government, monuments, and civic spaces, all the more monumental when placed at the intersection or terminus of the city’s diagrid of triumphal boulevards, or within one of the many historic parks dating back to the 1791 L’Enfant Plan. Located within Mount Vernon Square, the

For nearly 20 years, EarthCam has documented projects by many of the world’s top design firms: Zaha Hadid Architects, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Foster + Partners, Gehry Partners, LLP, The Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Shigeru Ban, Snøhetta, and Weiss/Manfredi. The company, founded in 1996, is a global leader in providing webcam content, technology, and services. An expansion

Agenda AGENDA Symposium – November 11 WORKSHOPS Workshops – November 12 Symposium Times in PST Workshops Times in PST Held in person at the Sheraton Grand Downtown LA, participants will engage with the industry’s leading design professionals in an intimate, classroom-style setting. Select between three thematic tracks including: sustainability, detailing, and technology. Choose the Tracks

Agenda AGENDA Symposium – April 3 WORKSHOPS Workshops – April 4 Symposium Thursday, April 3 Times in EDT Workshops Friday, April 4 Times in EDT Held in person at the New York Law School, participants will engage with the industry’s leading design professionals in an intimate, classroom-style setting. Select between four thematic tracks including: sustainability,

The premier conference on high-performance building enclosures Los Angeles calendar_month November 7+8 location_on Join us at the Sheraton Grand Los Angeles Earn 6 OAA/AIA HSW CEUs This event has ended. Sign up to be notified of our upcoming events. Themes we’ll explore: Co-Chairs Featured Speakers What to Expect at Facades+ The Premier Conference for High-Performance

Michael’s career began with a passion for art, photography, and furniture craftsmanship, laying the foundation for his enduring fascination with design. Viewing architecture as an intricate tapestry of individual elements woven into a broader canvas of societal impact and responsibility, he has continuously embraced this dual perspective. His aim is to conceive projects that echo

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Denver September 21-22, 2022 | 6 AIA/OAA HSW CEUs Join us in person at the Cable Center PRESENTED BY The premier conference on high performance building enclosures In its 10th year, Facades+ continues to bring together the world’s most talented building professionals. We return to Denver with the help of COBEC to discuss the latest

Robert Heintges is an influential architect and teacher who has advanced envelope design through his eponymous practice, Heintges & Associates, and through his teaching at Columbia GSAPP and Rice Architecture. This interview is part of my effort to document how different forms of specialized design expertise inform multiple architecture practices at once, and produce unstable forms of architectural authorship.

The revival of cities across the United States is fundamentally reshaping streetscapes across the country, with dense developments sprouting from barren lots and pedestrian-oriented spaces usurping what were vehicular realms. In a semi-paradoxical twist, the transformation of the American city has also delivered a reappraisal of the ubiquitous parking garage. And while the aesthetic treatment of

Six years after the University of Washington opened its 90,000-square-foot Molecular Engineering and Sciences Building (MolES), a new addition, the Nano Engineering and Sciences Building (NanoES), has nearly doubled the size of the complex located at the center of the University of Washington (UW) Seattle-based campus. The Seattle offices of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP (ZGF) programmed and designed the two-phased