Gothic revival facade at Vanderbilt University “sprinkles” the past with modern efficiency
While gothic revival architecture can be found on nearly any campus, rarely are these traditional…
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Feilden Fowles introduces a high-tech sandstone pavilion to England’s Carlisle Cathedral
In the heart of a cathedral precinct of Northwest England, Feilden Fowles has refurbished a…
COOKFOX’s 25 Park Row joins Lower Manhattan with fluted concrete and dramatic massing
COOKFOX Architects has been busy lately. The New York-based architecture firm has completed or is just wrapping…
Trahan Architects’ 309 Magazine Street infills with monumental steel and poured concrete
Architectural preservation is often a continued struggle between human-made constructs and the inexorable forces of…
The Fitzroy harkens back to Old New York with art deco-inspired terra-cotta blocks
A stroll through New York neighborhoods subject to feverish developments, from Downtown Brooklyn to Central Park South,…
John Robertson Architects reclads the Academy House with ribbed and glazed terra-cotta and glass ribbons
London’s Oxford Street is the primary commercial corridor of the West End, running for a mile…
John Wardle Architects and Durbach Block Jaggers contort and corbel brick at Phoenix Central Park
Perched on the Tasman Sea in the South Pacific Ocean, Sydney is the largest city in Australia…
Restoration of the Empire State Building’s Art Deco crown nears completion
New York City’s skyline is forever adapting, thrusting ever higher upwards as a jostling amalgam of…
Elkus Manfredi Architects restores and enhances the Little Building with UHPC and glazing bays
As one of the oldest cities within the United States, Boston is, unsurprisingly, home to a vast…
Installation of travertine panels at BIG’s twisting ‘The XI’ partially complete
Manhattan’s Far West Side is no stranger to development. Since the construction of the High…
PLP Architecture stitches together past and present with a stone-faced precast facade
The City of London, the historic core and central business district of the metropolitan region, is…
DXA Studio’s ‘The Maverick’ wraps up facade install of acid-etched precast concrete panels
DXA Studio, an architecture and design firm founded in 2011 by Jordan Rogove and Wayne…
Wheeler Kearns Architects blends architectural heritage and religious symbolism at the Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School
Constructed in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood just a few blocks west of Lake Michigan, the expansion of…
Bruner/Cott & Associates deploy craftsmanship and historical research to restore Harvard Hall
It should come as no surprise that Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as it…
Snøhetta’s book repository at Temple University tips its glazed hat to older campus buildings
In designing the Charles Library at Temple University in North Philadelphia, Snøhetta wanted to make a contemporary statement…
The Sauerland Museum expansion staggers upward with travertine
Arnsberg is a small German city located northeast of the Cologne metropolitan region. The city is centered…
A Norwegian town hall nestles into its surroundings with Jura limestone
Constructed in the heart of Bodø, Norway, a new town hall designed by Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde (ALL) delivers…
Thomas Phifer and Partners’s Glenstone Museum rises from the landscape with subtle monumental tectonics
With an extensive private collection of contemporary art ranging from the large-scale sculptural work of…
UN Studio enlivens a storefront in Amsterdam with flowing glass
Completed in December 2019, The Looking Glass is a four-story mixed-use renovation for developer Warenar Real…
REX and Front’s 2050 M Street stands lightly with fluted glass
Set to open in mid-March, 2050 M Street is a novel commercial project located in…
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects’ Centrale nods to the Jazz Age with chevrons of terra-cotta
Midtown East is a competitive Manhattan neighborhood to design a new tower; the skyline is crowded…
The Naturalis Biodiversity Center boldly stands out with red travertine and concrete
The Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands, houses one of the world’s largest collections of…
Bonetti/Kozerski’s Pace Gallery rises over the Chelsea scene with volcanic stone and foamed aluminum
New York’s leading art galleries are in a figurative arms race; buildings upwards and outwards…
Architects and engineers will hone their skills during Facades+ L.A.’s Transitions Detailing Workshop
Facades+ Los Angeles, taking place on November 14 & 15, is a two-day conference hosted…
