Olson Kundig’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum reflects its surroundings with red mirrored glass
With a permanent art collection of approximately 3,500 pieces hailing from the 20th and 21st centuries, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University is arguably the most...
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson talks Facades+ and the future of Seattle
On December 6, The Architect’s Newspaper is returning to Seattle for the third year in a row in a dialogue of the architectural trends, technologies, and materials reshaping the Seattle metropolitan area. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, a national firm with a significant...
BKSK and BuroHappold crown Tammany Hall with a glass shell
The neo-Georgian Tammany Hall located on the northeastern corner of Union Square has assumed multiple identities over the course of its nearly century-long existence: It has been the home of the notoriously...
Safdie Architects-designed Changi Airport Jewel is enclosed by a sprawling toroidal dome
The Safdie Architects–designed Jewel Changi Airport is a 144,000-square-foot toroidal-shaped glass-and-steel pavilion looping around the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. After four years of construction, the $1.3...
The Naturalis Biodiversity Center boldly stands out with red travertine and concrete
The Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands, houses one of the world’s largest collections of zoological specimens and geological samples—counting over half-a-million for the...
Fokke Moerel and Michel Rojkind to keynote Facades+ LA
The Architect’s Newspaper’s Facades+ conference, a series on innovative building envelopes, will touch down again in Los Angeles from November 14 to November 15. The first half of the conference is a full-day symposium, which will feature a morning keynote from MVRDV...
Bonetti/Kozerski’s Pace Gallery rises over the Chelsea scene with volcanic stone and foamed aluminum
New York’s leading art galleries are in a figurative arms race; buildings upwards and outwards to accommodate museum-sized curatorial ambitions. In September, the Pace Gallery, led by Marc and...
CetraRuddy’s ARO undulates in Midtown with composite aluminum and glass
New York-based architectural practice CetraRuddy is no stranger to designing residential skyscrapers in Manhattan, with a body of work differing from typical contemporary glass stalagmites thanks to the...
Elkus Manfredi’s Citizens Bank headquarters zig-zags with ultra-high-performance concrete
The Citizens Bank Corporate Campus in Johnston, Rhode Island, is not a subtle complex—it’s composed of five sprawling buildings across a 123-acre site. Designed by Boston-based architectural...
Gensler’s Michael Volk and Olivier Sommerhalder discuss Facades+ LA and the trends reshaping their city
From November 14 to 15, Facades+ LA will bring regional, national, and international leaders of the AEC industry to Southern California for the fifth year in a row. Hosted by The Architect’s Newspaper and co-chaired by Gensler’s local office, the conference is split...
Rios Clementi Hale utilizes rolled steel and industrial detailing to activate historic ROW facades
Bringing new life to the historic Los Angeles Terminal Market, Rios Clementi Hale (RCH) designed ROW DTLA to reinterpret the industrial nature of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s major produce hub....
ZGF and Arup integrate form and structure with steel knuckles in The Mark
The Mark is a 750,000 SF, 48-story commercial office and hotel tower that’s reshaping the Seattle skyline, and designed to preserve the historic Jacobean-style Rainier Club and the...
Architects and engineers will hone their skills during Facades+ L.A.’s Transitions Detailing Workshop
Facades+ Los Angeles, taking place on November 14 & 15, is a two-day conference hosted annually by The Architect’s Newspaper that highlights the region’s most prestigious projects and advancements in facade...
