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Chicago Architecture Biennial announces participants for fifth edition

June 6, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

A selection of more than 70 architects, artists and designers including Carol Ross Barney, LOT-EK and Anupama Kundoo have been selected to participate in Chicago’s architecture festival in the fall, organised around the theme “This Is a Rehearsal”. The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is set to return in September for its fifth edition, curated by

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Sothebys to move in and “review” brutalist Breuer Building in New York

June 2, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

International auction house Sotheby’s has announced its acquisition of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Marcel Breuer-designed building on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Sotheby’s has announced its acquire the building and turn it into a flagship gallery for the brand in order to display collections of art and luxury goods to the public. The company

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Herzog & de Meuron transforms derelict Brooklyn power plant into arts centre

May 25, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed the restoration and conversion of a power plant on a decontaminated industrial site along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. After an extensive decontamination project launched by the state government, Herzog & de Meuron was charged with converting the remains of a 115-year-old power plant into an

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US becoming more open-minded says Piero Lissoni as he announces New York architecture office

May 24, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Italian designer Piero Lissoni says that American clients are becoming more amenable to investing in detail-oriented architecture as he announces the official opening of Lissoni Architecture in New York City. After a certification process through the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in New York, Lissoni announced the opening of Lissoni Architecture, which will offer “360-degree”

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OMA tops Tiffany & Co’s Fifth Avenue flagship with “jewellery box” addition

May 19, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

The New York office of architecture studio OMA has completed its renovation of Tiffany & Co’s flagship store in Manhattan, adding a three-storey glass extension to the historic jewellery store. OMA renovated and expanded the 10-storey limestone building at 727 Fifth Avenue, which has served as a department store for Tiffany & Co since 1940,

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B+H Architects creates archival facility with double-concrete skin in Quebec

May 12, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Toronto-based studio B+H Architects has created an archival storage facility in Gatineau, Quebec, with a massive double-layer concrete envelope and automated retrieval systems. Officially called Library and Archives Canada Gatineau 2, the facility is located next to an older building on the site and was constructed to preserve historic and cultural items “relevant to Canadians”.

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New York’s “visionary” All-Electric Building act prohibits the use of fossil fuels in new buildings

May 11, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

New York has passed a bill that prohibits fossil fuels being used for power, heating and cooking in new buildings constructed in the state, setting “a new standard for the future of building design” according to AIA New York president Matt Bremer. Originally introduced to the New York State Senate in 2021 by senator Brian

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Snøhetta New York employees aim to unionise to “gain a collective voice”

May 11, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Employees at the New York office of architecture firm Snøhetta have announced a bid to unionise the studio, which would make it the second private-sector architecture studio in the United States to do so. Early this week, workers at Snøhetta’s New York office announced that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations

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Adjaye Associates begins transformation of historic Washington DC power plant

May 10, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has broken ground on its project converting the West Heating Plant and Coal Yard in Washington DC into luxury residences and a private park. Sited on a slip of land between three waterways in the Georgetown neighbourhood in northwestern Washington DC, the project comprises the conversion of a 1940s federal building

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(W)rapper Tower in Los Angeles has “eternal” lifecycle says Eric Owen Moss

May 9, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

American architect Eric Owen Moss has completed the (W)rapper office tower in Los Angeles, which was named for a structural support system that covers the facade. Moss, who runs an eponymous studio in LA and has been planning the tower for decades, recently completed the 235-foot (72 metres) structure in Los Angeles. The tower is

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