DS+R’s Olympic Museum rises and twists with anodized aluminum
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum, located in the southwest corner of downtown Colorado Springs,…
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ODA’s 10 Jay Street in DUMBO shines with a faceted facade
Over the last two decades, Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood has undergone a significant degree of development, including the…
Denver’s Meridian 105 delivers a residential model for using salvaged materials
Like many cities across the United States, Denver is undergoing tremendous demographic growth with the…
A modernist Cummins corporate campus receives a facelift with reflective glass
Originally built in 1985 in the modernist Mecca of Columbus, Indiana, the Cummins Corporate Office Building…
The Denver Art Museum announces itself with scalloped glass panels
The Denver Art Museum is undergoing a significant expansion and overhaul led by design architect…
3XN’s Olympic House undulates with a parametrically designed glass curtain wall
Positioned adjacent to Lake Geneva and the Parc Louis Borget, the Olympic House is located…
Studio Gang’s Solar Carve tower meets the sun with sculpted glass
The most recent addition to an already impressive collection of architectural characters inhabiting New York…
NADAAA’s Daniels Building complements Gothic design with concrete and glass
Opened last spring on the periphery of the University of Toronto’s St. George Campus, the Daniels…
MVRDV’s The Imprint mirrors and distorts its surrounding with glass fiber-reinforced concrete
In Paradise City, a new entertainment and hospitality complex in Seoul, South Korea, MVRDV was faced…
Boston University’s Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre takes center stage with concrete and aluminum
Commonwealth Avenue, snaking from the Boston Public Garden through the greater metropolitan area, is no stranger to…
DS+R and Rockwell Group’s The Shed opens its massive guillotine doors
Opened in April 2019, Rockwell Group and Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s (DS+R) The Shed is…
UCCA Dune Museum burrows into a Chinese beach
On a beach in northern China, light cannons emerge from the tops of a dune,…
Facades+ will spotlight Minneapolis’s experts and innovators
On July 24, The Architect’s Newspaper is bringing Facades+ to Minneapolis for the first time…
Congress Square splits past and present with fiberglass-reinforced plastic
Architectural preservation is often cast as a zero-sum game; historic structures are either painstakingly maintained or…
SHoP’s Midtown supertall brings terra-cotta and bronze to new heights
Over the last two decades, SHoP Architects has pushed the envelope of facade design, leading a notable…
Harvard updates skin of brutalist campus center for the 21st century
The Greater Boston area is home to a large collection of brutalist structures. Now, with these historic buildings…
Fabrics could be the next big thing in facades
Humans have been using fabric to create shelter for thousands of years. If a set…
NADAAA integrates past and present at Beaver Country Day
The Beaver Country Day School, founded in 1920, is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The school…
German hotel meets the street with a sintered stone facade
Completed this year, the Flare of Frankfurt is a seven-story, mixed-use project of hotel rooms,…
Leading women in facades address challenges facing the industry
Topic Legend Heading toward decarbonization Technological change Inspiration Special Projects Material innovations—laminated glass and stone…
University of Oregon’s Tykeson Hall announces a campus presence with a terra-cotta and brick facade
Tykeson Hall, currently wrapping up construction, is nestled in the center of the University of Oregon’s…
Florida garage adds new twist to stainless steel mesh facades
Garages are fairly ubiquitous across Florida—the state has one of the highest car ownership rates in the…
UNC Charlotte’s Integrated Design Research Lab imagines an algae-glass curtainwall
On the outskirts of Charlotte, the University of North Carolina’s Integrated Design Research Lab (IDRL)…
Brooklyn waterfront office building features brick and glass curtain facades
The Brooklyn waterfront is no stranger to development. Over the past two decades, swaths of post-industrial Williamsburg…
