Brooks + Scarpa parts the veil with an undulating brick screen wall
Evanston, Illinois is located over a dozen miles from the city center of Chicago, on the…
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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,…
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…
Toshiko Mori Architect greets the Lower East Side with CNC-milled granite
Due to be completed in 2019, 277 Mott Street is a seven-story, retail infill project…
Amherst’s New Science Center outperforms with a facade material quintet
In October 2018, Amherst College opened the New Science Center on its historic Massachusetts campus.…
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…
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…
Steven Holl’s Kennedy Center expansion dampens sound with crinkled concrete
Steven Holl Architects’ (SHA) expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.—titled The…
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,…
MG McGrath Inc
MG McGrath Inc is an award-winning leader in the design, fabrication, and installation of architectural…
Allianz Field, Minnesota United’s new home, glows with PTFE-coated facade
Completed in March 2019, Allianz Field is a 346,000-square-foot soccer stadium located centrally between Minneapolis…
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…
An Israeli airport rises from the desert with a contorted aluminum facade
In Israel’s Negev Desert, a faceted mass has risen in the shroud of the Eilat Mountains. Designed…
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…
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…
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…
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…
