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Photos show Studio Gang’s Natural History Museum extension nearing completion

November 2, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Construction has progressed on Studio Gang’s Gilder Center in New York City, with images showing the cave-like concrete interiors and panelled exterior nearing completion. American architecture studio Studio Gang has released images of the construction of the Gilder Center’s central atrium, Griffin Atrium. The extension will add numerous spaces to the American Museum of Natural

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“Hip hop has always had to be sustainable” says Atlanta hip-hop architecture exhibition curator

November 1, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture uses many of the same creative principles as hip-hop music, the curator of an exhibition tracking the relationship between the musical genre and designing buildings, Sekou Cooke, says in this interview. Titled “Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture”, the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) exhibition showcases the work of 34 designers,

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Populous and Hastings unveil largest purpose-built soccer stadium in the US

November 1, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Populous and local studio Hastings have completed Geodis Park in Nashville for Nashville SC, which the studios say is the largest stadium dedicated to soccer ever built in USA. The open-air, 30,000-seat venue is located at the Nashville Fairgrounds with Populous designing the pitch and “fan experience” and Nashville-based Hastings responsible for the core and shell of

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Maya Lin Studio designs spiral-shaped arts centre for Bard College

October 31, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

New York City-based Maya Lin Studio has designed a spiralling plant-covered performing arts centre for Bard College in New York together with US studio Bialosky and Partners that will sit next to Frank Gehry’s Fisher Center. Maya Lin Studio, which is headed by artist and designer Maya Lin, released a project rendering showing a grass-covered

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SOM unveils design for Singapore’s first supertall skyscraper

October 28, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

American architecture studio SOM has released designs for 8 Shenton Way, a supertall skyscraper in Singapore that will be the city’s tallest and has a design that was informed by bamboo forests. Designs for the 63-storey skyscraper show a stepped structure rising from a plant-filled base, with a series of voids along the facade that

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Duda Paine places sculptural glass office on top of terracotta base in Austin

October 26, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Texas architecture studio Duda Paine has created the 405 Colorado office building in Austin with a sculptural glass form that sits on top of a terracotta base. The architecture studio was commissioned to create a parking structure, but realised that the space could be better utilised with an office element on top and was given

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Taller Mauricio Rocha expands Diego Rivera and Juan O’Gorman’s Anahuacalli Museum

October 25, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Mexican studio Taller Mauricio Rocha has expanded the Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City, which was originally designed by artist Diego Rivera and architect Juan O’Gorman. Due to an increase in its activities, the Anahuacalli Museum decided to expand its footprint into the adjacent park, adding additional structures to the original buildings designed by Riveria and

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Snarkitecture uses recycled materials for Pharrell Williams’ streetwear brand store in Miami

October 24, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

New York design studio Snarkitecture has designed a flagship store for the streetwear clothing brand Billionaire Boys Club, created by American musician Pharrell Williams and Japanese graphic designer Nigo. Located in a former warehouse on a corner in Miami’s Wynwood neighbourhood, the store is a flagship for Billionaire Boys Club (BBC), which was founded in

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Snarkitecture uses recycled materials for Pharrell Williams’ streetwear brand store in Miami

October 24, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

New York design studio Snarkitecture has designed a flagship store for the streetwear clothing brand Billionaire Boys Club, created by American musician Pharrell Williams and Japanese graphic designer Nigo. Located in a former warehouse on a corner in Miami’s Wynwood neighbourhood, the store is a flagship for Billionaire Boys Club (BBC), which was founded in

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