Instagram account juxtaposes classic facades of international landmarks

Christian Fankhauser, a recent graduate of Switzerland‘s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, spends much of his spare time drawing facades from different periods, movements, and countries, and he has made a colorful Instagram account that has become a sort of repository of architecture across history. Through sketching a broad range of architectural landmarks, Fankhauser hopes to compare their

Kinetic, retractable petals cap new landmark stadium in Atlanta

When the Georgia Dome opened in 1992, its Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric roof was considered a modern marvel, stretching more than 395,000 square feet and weighing just 68 pounds. Atlanta‘s domed stadium hosted an impressive roster of sporting events in its 25 years of use, including three NCAA Men’s Final Fours, two decades of SEC championships, two Super

Perkins&Will and Schmidt Hammer Lassen deliver performing arts center in China with faceted aluminum facades

On the banks of the Grand Canal in Tongzhou, China, the eastern gateway to Beijing, Perkins&Will and Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL) designed a performing arts center comprised of three venues. While the three structures differ in scale from one another, they share a visual and material symmetry recognizable in their material application: Each of the

Brian Court

Brian Court, FAIA Brian has brought sustainable design to the forefront of the public realm with his performance-driven design process that works in harmony with natural forces, shaping our environment and establishing a low-impact, regenerative future. Since joining Miller Hull in 2001, Brian has led the design of numerous high profile and complex landmark projects

Travis Heim

Travis Heim, RA, joined Heintges in 2016 and has delivered high-profile projects across his career including world-class academic facilities, landmark institutional buildings, corporate headquarters, healthcare facilities, airport terminals, and luxury private residences. His commitment to developing custom solutions for each project to achieve the client’s vision is grounded in attention to detail from unique project

Peter Birkholz

Peter Birkholz, AIA, LEED AP, DBIA, is president and principal of architecture and historic preservation firm, Page & Turnbull located in San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. An authority on architecture and preservation impacting cities and waterfronts, Birkholz’ major architecture and planning projects include the Exploratorium at Pier 15 interactive museum, the rehabilitated

Bates Smart faces Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C., with copper

Brought to you by: Architect: Bates Smart Location: Washington D.C. Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info Much like Uluru—or Ayers Rock, a sandstone landmark in the Australian Outback—the hues on the faces of the Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C., change throughout the day. This homage to nature in the built environment is not

Adam McCarthy

Adam, is the President of McNamara • Salvia Structural Engineers. He has more than 30 years of engineering experience and possesses a detailed approach to structural design and project management. Adam is well-rounded in all aspects of complex structural systems, as well as respected throughout the industry for his experience and strong collaborative skills most

Brian Hubbs

Brian is recognized as a practical engineer and researcher who delivers innovative solutions. He is one of the three co-founders of RDH and has a unique blend of theoretical and hands-on knowledge gained from completing hundreds of projects across RDH’s various practice areas. Brian’s experience includes work on both high- and low-rise commercial, institutional, and

Guardian Glass

Guardian Glass, a major business unit of Guardian Industries, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, coated, and fabricated glass products. At its 24 float plants around the globe, Guardian Glass produces high-performance glass for use in exterior (both commercial and residential) and interior architectural applications, as well as transportation and technical products.

Chelsea Guenette

Chelsea Guenette is a project manager with PAE Consulting Engineers in Seattle. During the last eight years at PAE, she has designed HVAC systems on a variety of project types including higher education, laboratories, historic landmarks, K-12, healthcare, data centers, and commercial offices. Passionate about sustainable systems, Chelsea uses a holistic approach in her work,

Brad Carmichael

Brad is a Principal with 4EA Building Science in Seattle. As an engineer and building scientist, Brad has been specializing in the design of high performance building enclosures for nearly two decades. Prior to joining 4EA Building Science in 2015, Brad was a Senior Engineer with Hoffmann Architects in New York City – working primarily

Morris Adjmi Architects emulate train tracks for The Row Fulton Market

Brought to you by: Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects Location: Chicago Completion Date: 2023 Morris Adjmi Architects’ (MA) The Row Fulton Market is a mixed-use tower containing streetside retail and 300 residential units. The building is located in Chicago’s West Loop, near the landmark-designated Fulton-Randolph Market District, a former warehouse district that has seen immense growth

Chris Pemberton

As President and CEO, Chris provides firm-wide leadership, strategic vision, and project strategy across all SCB practice areas. He has grown SCB’s national presence by establishing thriving practices in Seattle and Boston and expanded the firm’s strength in core market sectors to include significant work in aviation and life sciences. Chris’s project approach embraces multi-disciplined

EOA Architects casts concrete headquarters for Smyrna Ready Mix

Brought to you by: Tennessee-based Smyrna Ready Mix’s new headquarters features sculptural concrete forms inspired by the company’s production process. Located on an 800-acre site south of Nashville, the project was designed to be a landmark for the company’s new campus. The ready-mix company worked with local firm EOA Architects to realize the five-story, 84,000-square-foot

Francoise Bollack

Françoise Bollack, AIA, DESA, is a registered architect with over 30 years of experience in architectural design, historic preservation, adaptive reuse and interior design. Since 1990, Bollack has also been an adjunct Associate Professor of Historic Preservation in Columbia University’s GSAPP. Bollack received her degree in Architecture at the Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris. She

Juan Gabriel Moreno

Juan Gabriel Moreno, AIA, is an award-winning architect and the President/Founder of JGMA (Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects). Mr. Moreno was born in Bogota, Colombia, and studied architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He holds an honorary doctorate degree of humane letters from Northeastern Illinois University. Additionally, he lived in Florence, Italy, where he studied

Goettsch Partners designs new home for lions at Lincoln Park Zoo

Brought to you by: Architect Goettsch Partners Exhibition Design PJA Location Chicago Completion Date October 2021 Glass Design Rice Engineering Glass Supplier Agnora Architectural Glass North America PVB glass interlayer Trosifol Ultra Clear PVB Glass-to-Glass Sealant Pecore 895 NST-Clear General Contractor Pepper Construction Glazing Contractor SG Metal & Glass Digital Printing in Glass Dip-Tech Construction

Carol Phillips, OAA (BCDS), AAA, AIBC, NSAA, FRAIC, LEED AP, SCUP

Carol is a Partner at Moriyama & Teshima Architects, having led some of the firms most valued civic,cultural and educational buildings. A Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Carol’s passionate drive for powerful and graceful architectural solutions has been honed over a span of 20 years working in Canada and abroad. Known for

A rendering of Malachowsky Hall, with a crsyalline facade

Malachowsky Hall deflects the Florida glare with an aluminum facade and electrochromatic glazing

Architect Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Location Gainesville, Florida Associate Architect Walker Architects Structural Engineer Walter P Moore Glazing Manufacturer Viracon (curtain wall); SageGlass (electrochromatic window glazing) Prefabricated Panel Manufacturer N-RG Cladding Panel Finish Manufacturer PPG In early August 2021, before the University of Florida in Gainesville commenced fall classes, a construction crew erected provisional elements of

Holger Schulze-Ehring

Holger Schulze-Ehring has over twenty years of structural and architectural design experience, with a focus on long-span, lightweight and specialty structures. He founded Büro Ehring in 2016, after a long tenure at architecture and engineering firm Santiago Calatrava, and has continuously worked on landmark projects world-wide, including in the United States and Europe. Mr. Schulze-Ehring’s

Polycor Inc.

Polycor Inc. is the world’s leading natural stone quarrier and our core mission is to help people fall in love with natural stone. Our world-class reputation comes from a great legacy of stone work on historic landmarks, and institutional, commercial and residential projects.

425 Park Avenue telescopes skyward with diagrid glass

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

Gary Martinez, FAIA

Gary Martinez, FAIA, is an internationally recognized expert on the design of landmark performing and cultural arts centers. As a Partner and Studio Director at OTJ Ar- chitects, Gary leads with an unwavering belief in the power of architecture to inspire, engage, and heal, while recognizing that the results of his work must reflect the