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Twin porcelain-clad skyscrapers by Selldorf Architects rise on the Brooklyn waterfront

August 24, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Photos have been released of a pair of skyscrapers designed by local studio Selldorf Architects at the Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment site on the East River waterfront in Brooklyn, NewYork. Located in the Domino development in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighbourhood, the twin skyscrapers called One Domino Square have nearly reached their full height of 550 and

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NBBJ and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers create LA playground

August 22, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

American architecture studio NBBJ has collaborated with American musician Flea to design a playground on a public housing complex in Los Angeles. ESI Design, the east coast experience design studio within NBBJ, worked with Michael Peter Balzary, better known as Flea, on the renovation of Nickerson Gardens Playground in the Watts neighbourhood of Los Angeles.

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Helmut Jahn-designed 1000 M skyscraper tops out in Chicago

August 17, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

A residential skyscraper designed by the late German-American architect Helmut Jahn has topped out in Chicago’s South Loop. Sited in the city’s Historic Michigan Avenue District, the skyscraper reached its final height of 788 feet (240 metres) after construction began in 2019. It sits on the western edge of Grant Park. Designed by architecture studio Jahn, the

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Burning Man 2023 temple designed to show “deepest potential of architecture”

August 15, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

The design team for the temple at this year’s annual Burning Man festival in Nevada has revealed renderings of the project as construction gets underway in the desert. Called Temple of Heart, this year’s official temple will be an all-wood design conceived by designers Ela Madej and Reed Finlay. Each year, a new design is chosen by

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DR Horton builds North Carolina house with grass-based ceiling and wall panels

August 11, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

North Carolina firm DR Horton has begun construction on a residential home using building materials from local technology studio Plantd, including panels made from compressed perennial grasses. DR Horton, which claims to be the United States’ largest homebuilder, has begun using panels produced by Plantd. These are made by compressing large amounts of fast-growing grasses

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Studio Gang to design Clinton Presidential Center expansion in Arkansas

August 10, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Chicago-based architecture firm Studio Gang has been selected to renovate and expand the Clinton Presidential Center, a library and museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. Studio Gang was chosen by The Clinton Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded by former US president Bill Clinton, to expand the programming of the current building. The program also calls for

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Mattaforma considers “plants as clients” for Public Records outdoor space

August 9, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Local design studio Mattaforma has created a plant nursery and community space for Public Records, a music venue and restaurant space in Brooklyn. The Nursery at Public Records sits in an outdoor space adjacent to the Gowanus institution’s other programming, a vegan cafe, club and listening lounge. It serves as a nursery for plants and

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Brooklyn’s first supertall skyscraper reaches completion

August 8, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

New York studio SHoP Architects has completed the black and bronze facade of the supertall skyscraper Brooklyn Tower, the tallest building in the borough. At 93 storeys and 1,066 feet (325 metres) tall, the supertall skyscraper topped out in March 2023, but the intricate cladding of its exterior was only recently completed. The skyscraper features blackened

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Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos to add “floating” gallery to Dallas Art Museum

August 3, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

The Dallas Art Museum museum has selected Spanish architecture studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos to expand its downtown complex, citing its “poetic sensibility”. Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos’ design, the first from the Madrid-based studio in the US, features a monolithic square form placed on top of the current structure, which was designed by American architect Edward Larrabee

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Bursts of colour punctuate minimal interiors at Lackawanna Café in Jersey City

August 2, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Local studios Inaba Williams Architecture and Kyle May have created a cafe in New Jersey oriented around massive structural columns and bright, colourful elements. Called Lackawanna Café, the project occupies the ground floor and mezzanine of a mid-rise apartment building in Jersey City designed by Fogarty Finger Architecture. Inaba Williams led the interior design of

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