Snøhetta drapes Far Rockaway Library in yellow-tinted glass

Snøhetta has created a new home for the Far Rockaway branch of the Queens Public Library (QPL). Located at the point where the Rockaway barrier island meets the mainland of Queens, the new building is the latest in a string of recent renovations and replacements of public library branches across the five boroughs. To mimic the coastal

INC Architecture & Design uses fluted terra-cotta panels for The Treadwell, an art deco–inspired residential tower

INC Architecture & Design, a New York City–based practice, has completed work on The Treadwell, a residential tower located on the threshold between Midtown and the Upper East Side. Designed to fit in with its surroundings, the building blends two classic Upper Manhattan architectural styles, art deco and Romanesque revival, achieving these references with modern construction techniques and

Weiss/Manfredi wraps University of Toronto’s Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus with faceted precast concrete panels

A pair of flat-top concrete pyramids designed by New York City–based architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi now anoint the entrance to Toronto’s Queen’s Park. Known as the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Center (SRIC), the new structure will serve as a technology and artificial intelligence incubator for the University of Toronto, connecting students and researchers to local start-ups and

Herzog & de Meuron designs a research facility in Basel using a closed-cavity facade system

Herzog & de Meuron (HdM) has designed a new research facility for Roche, a large Swiss pharmaceutical company based in Basel. The four new structures, collectively known as pRED, consist of two low-rise buildings and two high-rises. The facility, interconnected via a system of skybridges, consolidates Roche’s laboratories into a single location. HdM’s latest addition

Allmannwappner designs a folded aluminum facade for a new tower in Berlin’s Europacity

German architecture firm Allmannwappner has completed a tower within Berlin’s new Europacity quarter, a massive mixed-use development near the city’s central train station. The 21-story building is leased solely to KPMG, a global accounting firm. It features a double-skin facade with an outer layer of folding aluminum rods that modulate in depth across the surface

Lateral Office delivers a corrugated-metal community center in Nunavut

Lateral Office, a small Toronto-based practice, has completed work on the Innuusirvik Community Wellness Hub (ICWH) in Iqaluit, Nunavut. The 2-story building, located in the heart of downtown Iqaluit, was designed for the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, a female-led nonprofit that combines traditional Inuit knowledge and cultural practices with scientific research to improve public health

HDR wraps a new research facility in Minnesota for Mayo Clinic in aluminum scrim

Architect: HDR Location: Rochester, Minnesota Completion Date: 2024 The Mayo Clinic may be one of the most trusted names in Google searches for symptoms late at night. But the Mayo Clinic’s leadership in the realm of health sciences research is now on full display IRL with a new building designed by HDR in Rochester, Minnesota.

Bureau des Mésarchitectures crafts a half-circular housing block clad in concrete and aluminum panels

Bureau des Mésarchitectures—the architectural practice of French-Portuguese artist Didier Fiúza Faustino—has designed a new apartment complex in Leiria, Portugal. Adding seven additional apartments along Leira’s Rua dos Mártires, near the center of the small city, the complex consists of a renovated single family home connected to a newly constructed, half-circular extension clad in precast concrete

Graphite Design Group uses expressive mullions to distinguish three office towers in Bellevue

Architect: Graphite Design GroupLocation: Bellevue, WashingtonCompletion Date: 2024 Graphite Design Group has added three new office towers to downtown Bellevue, Washington, a satellite city of Seattle. Faced with a glass curtain wall, the three buildings were distinguished from one another through the use of unique mullion patterns. The development, known as West Main, contributes to

Boston Valley Terra Cotta hosts the ninth annual Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop in Buffalo

To encourage interest in architectural terracotta, Boston Valley Terra Cotta (BVTC) hosts the Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW), an annual, week-long event. In partnership with the University of Buffalo (UB) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the manufacturer invites professional and academic teams to Buffalo to create architectural prototypes using the material. At this year’s event,

BIG adds a pair of twisting travertine towers along New York City’s High Line

Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) Location: New York City Completion Date: 2024 Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has completed One High Line, a pair of twisting, travertine-clad towers in Chelsea. The buildings, named for their proximity to the High Line, contain luxury condo units and a hotel. To preserve sight lines from the High Line to

Montgomery Sisam Architects and Moriyama Teshima Architects wrap Sheridan College Student Life Centre with aluminum shades

Architect: Montgomery Sisam Architects, Moriyama Teshima Architects Location: Mississauga Completion Date: 2022 In a joint venture, Montgomery Sisam Architects and Moriyama Teshima Architects designed the Student Life Centre, a building on Sheridan College’s Hazel McCallion campus in Mississauga, Ontario. The structure achieved high thermal efficiency through the use of aluminum fins across its south and

Handel Architects faces Harmony Commons, Canada’s largest passive house building, in metal rainscreen panels

Architect: Handel Architects Location: Scarborough, Ontario Completion Date: 2024 Harmony Commons, a 718 unit dormitory, is the latest addition to the University of Toronto’s Scarborough, Ontario campus. Designed by Handel Architects, the new residence is all-electric and is the largest building in Canada to achieve passive house certification. To conceal the insulation and weather barrier

Makoto Yamaguchi Design conceals MONOSPINAL with slanted aluminum walls

Architect: Makoto Yamaguchi Design Location: Tokyo Completion Date: 2024 Makoto Yamaguchi Design has conceived a new headquarters for a video game production company in Tokyo. Known as MONOSPINAL, the building takes the form of an inverted Japanese pagoda, clad in aluminum panels instead of traditional wood construction. The slanted walls that characterize the form of

Populous faces Calgary’s BMO Centre with copper-colored metal panels

Architect: Populous Location: Calgary, Alberta Completion Date: 2024 Each July, over one million people descend on Western Canada for the Calgary Stampede, one of the largest rodeos in the world. The event is hosted in Stampede park, a sprawling venue along the Elbow River home to the Scotiabank Saddledome, GMC Stadium, the Calgary Stampede Stadium,

Dr. Antony Wood to leave Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat after two decades of service

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), a Chicago-based nonprofit, announced today its president, Dr. Antony Wood, is leaving the organization. Wood has worked at CTBUH in various capacities for close to twenty years. As noted by AN contributor Zach Mortice, Wood is known for starting off speeches with his catch mark: “Ninety-five percent of tall buildings are crap; they