OMA designs jigsaw-like office in Amsterdam

Brought to you by: Architect: OMA Location: Amsterdam Completion Date: December 2023 View More Project Info In 1985 the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) entered a competition to design a bank headquarters for J.P. Morgan in Amsterdam’s Oud-Zuid neighborhood. The fledgling firm ultimately lost the bid to Wim Quist, the celebrated Dutch modernist. OMA has

Facades+ returns to New York City on April 4 and 5

Facades+ New York City returns on April 4 and 5. This year’s program will be led by Henning Larsen’s New York office. Co-chairing the event are Daniel Baumann, design director; Sebastian Hofmeister, senior associate; and Kritika Kharbanda, the firm’s lead sustainability specialist.  Getting Sustainability Done In New York City  Facades+ New York will kick off…

RIOS’s Echo Street West development in Atlanta recalls a railroad past

Brought to you by: Architect: RIOS Location: Atlanta Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info Echo Street West is a new mixed use development designed and master planned by RIOS. The project is sited at the confluence of several neighborhoods in northwest Atlanta and takes advantage of a recently completed expansion to Atlanta’s BeltLine initiative.

AUX Architecture designs a office for itself with aluminum doors

Brought to you by: Architect: AUX Architecture Location: Los Angeles Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info AUX Architecture has debuted its new studio in downtown L.A. The firm will cohabitate the space, a historic brick building constructed in 1915, with an art gallery and cafe. The project’s most significant architectural intervention is located on

Facades+ returns to Washington, D.C. on March 20

The Facades+ conference series returns to Washington, D.C. on March 20. The event will take place at the Washington Plaza Hotel in the heart of the nation’s capital. The one-day symposium will be led by co-chairs Jason Wright, principal at Hickok Cole; and Thomas Corrado, associate principal at Hickok Cole. The event will feature eight

Renzo Piano Building Workshop designs Ontario Court of Justice

Brought to you by: Architect:Renzo Piano Building Workshop Location: Toronto, Ontario Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has announced the completion of a new facility for the Ontario Court of Justice. The largest courthouse in Ontario will consolidate the court’s various offices and functions previously housed across separate facilities.

luis vidal + architects tops Logan Airport with a red volume

Brought to you by: Architect: luis vidal + architects Completion Date: October 2023 Location: Boston View More Project Info luis vidal + architects has delivered an expansion to Terminal E, the international concourse at Boston’s Logan International Airport. The project incorporates renovated portions of the existing terminal into a new structure—resulting in a cumulative 390,000

Facades+ returns to Dallas on February 23

The Facades+ conference series returns to Dallas on February 23, 2024. The event will take place at the Statler, an iconic mid-century modern hotel in the heart of downtown Dallas. The symposium, led by co-chair Yen Ong, partner and cofounder of 5G Studio Collaborative, will feature seven expert-led presentations. This year’s program also contains an

HED designs Mariposa Lily with art deco plaster detailing

Brought to you by: Architect: HED Completion Date: November, 2023 Location: Los Angeles View More Project Info HED, a nationally recognized architecture and engineering firm, has added 41 units of affordable housing to the Pico Union neighborhood of Los Angeles through the completion of a mid-sized residential tower called Mariposa Lily. The project is sited

gh3* uses open weave brick pattern for Windermere Fire Station

Brought to you by: Architect: gh3* Completion Date: June 2023 Location: Edmonton, Alberta View More Project Info Canadian architectural office gh3* has designed a new fire station in the Windermere neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta. The net-zero building is powered by a rooftop photovoltaic array and geothermal heat pump. The building’s massing takes elements from traditional

SOM equips Volpe Transportation Center with aluminum fins

Brought to you by: Architect: SOM Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Completion Date:2023 View More Project Info SOM has conceived a new home for the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The curtain wall facade is covered by vertical aluminum shades modeled after the wings and fins of aircrafts in a nod to

Facades+ will come to 13 cities in 2024

In 2024 The Architect’s Newspaper will bring the Facades+ conference series to 13 cities. This will be the 12th year of the conference and we are excited for another year of amazing programs, which will continue to highlight the latest and greatest in high performance envelope design. This year, the conferences will include a new

KPF wraps 320 Granville in Vancouver with a curved curtain wall

Brought to you by: Architect: KPF Location: Vancouver Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info A Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)–designed office tower, named after its address, 320 Granville, has completed construction in Vancouver. The building is located in the city’s Central Waterfront Hub, an area which straddles Vancouver’s downtown commercial hub and borders Waterfront Station,

Koning Eizenberg Architecture designs University of Melbourne Student Pavilion

Brought to you by: Architect: KoningEizenberg Architecture Location: Melbourne, Australia Completion Date: February 2023 Los Angeles–based design studio KoningEizenberg Architecture (KEA) has completed construction on a new student pavilion for the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Circulation on the new concrete building was pushed to the exterior, which is detailed with extruded balconies, wood

Gehry Partners references icebergs for Warner Bros. headquarters

Brought to you by: Architect: Gehry Partners Location: Burbank, California Completion Date: 2023 To coincide with Warner Bros. Entertainment’s transition into its second century of operation, after its centennial in 2023, Gehry Partners has completed an 870,000-square-foot office complex in Burbank, California dubbed “The Second Century Project.” The office complex is roughly composed of two

Facades+ kicks off 2024 in San Francisco on January 25

On January 25, the Facades+ conference series returns to San Francisco for our first event of 2024. The symposium will be co-chaired by Francesca Oliveira, principal at SOM, and features seven expert-led presentations on topics such as facade performance and carbon. It will also showcase a few of California’s most innovative and striking building envelopes.

MJMA clads Ontario community center in standing seam metal panels

Brought to you by: Architect: MJMA Architecture & Design Location: London, Ontario Completion Date: 2022 At East Lions park in London, Ontario, MJMA Architecture & Design completed an overhaul of the park’s recreation facilities, circulation, and landscaping. The firm also designed a brand new community center that replaces a disused outdoor pool. Clad in standing