Facades+ Seattle will trace the rise of Pacific Northwest design
Over the last three decades, Seattle has experienced explosive population and economic growth, that has fundamentally reshaped…
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Nike’s new House of Innovation brings an undulating glass facade to Fifth Avenue
On the corner of Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street, the Nike House of Innovation announces its presence on…
Limestone load-bearing exoskeleton spawns outrage in London
In a time when stone is primarily used in facades as screen walls or purely…
Colored concrete and perforated fins keep this downtown school cool
Completed in November 2017, the Perkins Eastman–designed School of Nursing and Science Building occupies a former parking…
The Longchamp Racecourse goes for the gold with a metallic facade
In 2011, Dominique Perrault Architecture (DPA) was chosen by France Galop, the governing body of horse racing…
The Shui Cultural Center connects to traditional life through copper and concrete
Opened to the public in December 2017, West-Line Studio’s Shui Cultural Center is an imposing complex…
An Estonian office block receives a splash of color with an aluminum mesh facade
Estonia-based architectural practice molumba has enlivened a suburban office block with a unique concrete and…
The Palace for Mexican Music sings with local stone and dramatic steel ribs
Completed in June 2018, the Palace for Mexican Music is a bold intervention in the…
Morris Adjmi gives classic New York terra-cotta cladding a modern twist
Morris Adjmi Architects has just completed its wedge-shaped 363 Lafayette mixed-use development in New York City.…
Airport parking garage animated by resilient, kinetic facade
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has big plans for Boston’s Logan International Airport, ranging from…
A playfully punctured aluminum skin enlivens this Danish school
On the outskirts of Aarhus, Denmark, CEBRA–a multidisciplinary practice based in Denmark and Abu Dhabi–recently designed a…
SHoP Architects created an iPhone app to construct the Botswana Innovation Hub
New York’s SHoP Architects has created proprietary technology that is making it easier for them…
Undulating fins create a monumental entryway at the revamped Miami Beach Convention Center
The Miami Beach Convention Center is getting redesigned into a new 1.4-million-square-foot complex that will include an…
Shulman + Associates blends the vernacular and contemporary in hybrid facade systems
On October 4, Facades+ is coming to Miami. The conference features nine speakers from a broad range…
SOM rethinks city hall design with a new energy-efficient skin
SOM has designed a master plan for downtown Long Beach, California, which involves new mixed-use developments across a…
This British mosque is structured with a flowering wooden lattice
In Cambridge, England, Marks Barfield Architects (MBA) is erecting a timber-structured mosque inspired by geometric…
Facades+ Los Angeles will scale the heights of Southern California design
From October 25 to 26, Facades+ will bring local and national leaders of the architecture, engineering, and…
In Buffalo, fired-clay terra-cotta facade systems take a leap forward
For the third year in a row, manufacturer Boston Valley Terra Cotta (BVTC) and the University at Buffalo…
SOM uses interdisciplinary collaboration to design innovative facade systems
On September 21, Facades+ is coming to Chicago for the first time in three years.…
This concrete screen wall was inspired by the proportions of camera lenses
The Fort Worth Camera building, a new photography studio and retail space, is surrounded by…
SAM, the bricklaying robot, is hard at work in Nevada
Across the country, contractors are facing the challenge of incredible construction tapered by a dearth…
Facades+ Chicago will explore structural and facade systems at dizzying heights
On September 21, Facades+ is coming to Chicago for the first time since 2015. At the conference, speakers from…
SHoP Architects brings aluminum luster to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Facade Manufacturer Alucobond; Sobotec Ltd. ArchitectsSHoP, Gensler Facade Installer Crown Corr; Hunt Construction Group (general…
Pelli Clarke Pelli designs a snaking business complex for Tulane University
Facade ManufacturerViracon, YKK AP America. Inc, DeGeorge Glass Company, Performance Architectural Inc. Architects Pelli Clarke…
