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…
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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…
The Gaia House is a 3D-printed prototype made of biodegradable materials
WASP, a 3D printing studio based out of Italy, recently produced a full-scale residential prototype…
Hand-crafted bricks add visual depth to this French music school
Located on a prominent site within the town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 20 miles from the center…
Hong Kong’s newest opera house makes waves with an aluminum fin facade
The Xiqu Cultural Center, located in Hong Kong’s Kowloon district, was developed as a regional hub for…
1100 Architect blends the new and old with the sensitive use of fiber-cement boards
1100 Architect’s East Side Lofts is located in the Osthafen, or East Harbor district, of Frankfurt, Germany.…
This Arizona medical school blends into the desert with a folded copper facade
Located on the northern border of Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, sits a new medical research building for…
This Swiss cancer institute keeps out the sun with a continuous aluminum screen
Behnisch Architekten’s AGORA Pôle de Recherche Sur le Cancer in Lausanne, Switzerland, overlooks the historic core of…
Bernard Tschumi Architects’ Exploratorium Museum bulges with cones of perforated aluminum panels
With an imposing set of towers rising from a tabula rasa-like setting, one could at…
This office building in Mexico City filters sunlight through a flowing steel veil
Since 1997, California’s Belzberg Architects has consistently delivered forward-thinking facade systems across North America. Profiles is a six-story…
Eero Saarinen’s Bell Labs stays bright with the largest photovoltaic skylight in the U.S.
The Bell Labs Holmdel Complex, completed by Eero Saarinen in 1962, is a sprawling former research building…
MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY splashes this parking garage with swirling colors
The parking garage is a starkly utilitarian typology that has been an unlikely subject for some of…
Abu Dhabi’s oldest building stands strong after intensive stone restoration
Architectural heritage is something of an anomaly in the city of Abu Dhabi, the capital of…
This Colombian conference center uses a glazed skin to stay cool
Convention centers owe their flexibility to their large, open floor plans. However, cladding and design often…
These rock-like Norwegian cabins keep hikers warm under timber panels
In 2015, the Norwegian Trekking Association announced a decision to construct two warming huts along the mountains…
Deborah Berke Partners splits this dormitory with a zinc-and-stone facade
College dormitories are sometimes drab affairs, utilitarian in their design and timid in their expression.…
Facades+ San Francisco will dive into the Bay Area’s exciting technological trends
The San Francisco Bay Area is nourishing one of the country’s most active architecture scenes. Fueled…
C. F. Møller Architects wrapped this Danish school with thousands of solar panels
Solar panels are increasingly ubiquitous across a broad range of recent and ongoing projects. For the…
This winery holds its own with a self-supporting limestone facade
With a wine-producing history stretching back three millennia to Greek colonization in the 6th century…
Mecanoo’s Delft city hall and train station reflects the past with ornamental glass panels
Constructed in the center of the canal-ringed Dutch city of Delft, Mecanoo Architecten’s new City Hall and Train…
Take a look behind the construction of the tallest modular hotel in the U.S.
Modular construction is gaining steam in New York City, with the technique being utilized for new projects…
Thousands of terra-cotta louvers shade the Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre
Five years ago, Fuzhou hosted an international competition for a new cultural center to affirm…
