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Snohetta completes “surgical” renovation of Phillip Johnson’s AT&T building

November 23, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has carried out a series of renovations to the postmodern 550 Madison skyscraper, which was formerly known as the AT&T building. Snøhetta opened up some of the facades, added a public garden and improved ventilation and elevation systems as part of the conversion of the 647-foot-high (197-metre) skyscraper from a single-occupant tower into an office for multiple

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Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group unveil food distribution centre in Brooklyn

November 22, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

New York-based studios Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group have converted a 19th-century train warehouse into the headquarters for a charitable organisation in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighbourhood. The studios transformed a block-long train repair shop in Brooklyn into a headquarters and distribution centre for the charitable organisation City Harvest, turning it into a bright and open

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BIG unveils Calgary skyscraper “composed to form a feminine silhouette”

November 21, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled the 222-metre-high Telus Sky Tower in Calgary, Alberta, which has a pixelated facade that twists diagonally from its base and “stands like a lady in a cluster of cowboys”. The studio revealed photos of the skyscraper, which was completed in 2020, showing its twisted design that was created to signify

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LMN Architects creates mass-timber business school for University of Washington

November 18, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has completed the mass-timber Founders Hall building for the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business in Seattle. Founders Hall is an 84,800-square-foot building with five floors spread over three volumes on the University of Washington’s campus in northern Seattle. LMN designed the building for the business school to serve a variety

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HKS unveils plans for brise soleil-wrapped supertall skyscraper in Austin

November 17, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio HKS has released plans for a supertall skyscraper to be built in Austin, Texas, that will be tallest building in the state. HKS Austin released plans for an 80-storey, 1,035-feet-tall (315 metres) skyscraper called Wilson Tower, will be wrapped in a brise soleil. Taking up a half-block location on 5th Street in downtown

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Steven Holl Architects designs asymmetric Princeton institute building with curved ceilings

November 16, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

American studio Steven Holl Architects has completed Rubenstein Commons, a building composed of “bulbous space curves”, for the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Rubenstein Commons was designed to be a meeting place and office complex for visiting scholars to the institute, where scientist Albert Einstein once held a faculty position. The studio

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Studio Sofield completes interiors on world’s skinniest supertall skyscraper in New York

November 15, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Studio Sofield has completed the interiors of 111 West 57th Street, also known as Steinway Tower – a supertall skyscraper designed by SHoP Architects in New York City. The interiors mark the full completion of the 1,428-foot-tall (435-metre) skyscraper, which is the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere, and the skinniest in the world with a height-to-width

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Construction commences on BIG and ICON’s community of 3D-printed homes in Texas

November 11, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Construction is underway on a community of 100 3D-printed homes in Texas co-designed by Danish architecture studio BIG and American construction technology company ICON. Sited in Georgetown – a municipality outside of Austin – the project aims to be the largest community in the world built using 3D printing technology. Nicknamed Wolf Ranch, the community

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Eskew Dumez Ripple designs courtyard pavilion for Burden Center in Baton Rouge

November 4, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

New Orleans architecture studio Eskew Dumez Ripple has unveiled plans for a welcome centre at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge that will feature a sloped roof, glass walls and a sunken central courtyard. Plans for the pavilion in Baton Rouge – the capital city of Louisiana – show a square building with roofs that

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Neil Logan installs RBW headquarters at former IBM campus in New York

November 3, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

New York architect Neil Logan and local studio Dutton Architecture have transformed an out-of-use IBM call centre in Kingston into a factory and headquarters for lighting company RBW. The lighting company commissioned studios Neil Logan Architect and Dutton Architecture to transform a 100,000-square-foot (9,290 metres) facility in upstate New York into its new headquarters. The

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