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Facades+ returns to Chicago on September 12

On September 12, the Facades+ conference series will be held in Chicago at the voco Chicago Downtown. The event offers a full day of programming developed in collaboration with SmithGroup principals Matt Dumich, Coty Sandberg, and Jason Smith. Attendees are also encouraged to visit the Methods + Materials gallery, which features 22 exhibiting building product companies.

Clancy Moore beautifies an Irish wastewater treatment facility with a screen of sea-green louvers
West of West drapes Vancouver, Washington’s Terminal One in folded metal panels that catch light and shadow
KPF’s T. Rowe Price Headquarters embraces Baltimore’s industrial vernacular with double-height windows and dark gray aluminum mullions
Facades+ will be in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 22
S9 Architecture spotlights the raw materiality of industry in a mixed-use development in Nashville, centered around a former slaughterhouse
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West of West drapes Vancouver, Washington’s Terminal One in folded metal panels that catch light and shadow

For those who don’t know, there are actually two North American cities named Vancouver. The lesser-known Vancouver is in Washington State, along the Columbia River, a large, navigable waterway that forms the border with Oregon. The city began its life as a colonial fur trading outpost, and maintains a busy commercial port to this day because of