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KPF breaks ground on supertall skyscraper set to be Texas’ tallest

September 8, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has revealed images of Waterline, a supertall skyscraper to be built in Austin that will be the tallest structure in the state of Texas once completed. Construction has begun on Waterline, which will be located along Waller Creek, a small waterway that feeds into the Red River in Austin.

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Herzog & de Meuron and Piet Oudolf unveil designs for Calder Gardens in Philadelphia

September 7, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf have teamed up to create Calder Gardens in Philadelphia, which will house works by American sculptor Alexander Calder. Herzog & de Meuron has designed a 17,695-square-foot (1,643 square-metre) two-storey structure for Calder Gardens, much of which will be located underground. “A kind

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Herzog & de Meuron and Piet Oudolf unveil designs for Calder Gardens in Philadelphia

September 7, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf have teamed up to create Calder Gardens in Philadelphia, which will house works by American sculptor Alexander Calder. Herzog & de Meuron has designed a 17,695-square-foot (1,643 square-metre) two-storey structure for Calder Gardens, much of which will be located underground. “A kind

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Ten atriums that brighten and expand residential spaces

September 4, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Daughter's House by Khuon Studio in Ho Chi Minh City

A Montreal home with a trapeze net, a warehouse conversion in London and an Indian home with a monolithic marble facade are among the residences in this lookbook, which feature atriums as a central aspect of their design. Atriums – large spaces, surrounded by a building, that are either open-air or feature skylights – were

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Bernheimer Architecture becomes first US private-sector architecture studio to unionize

September 2, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

New York studio Bernheimer Architecture has announced that its employees will join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, making it the first private-sector architecture studio in the US to unionize. It was announced yesterday that the employees at Bernheimer Architecture would unionize the studio, advocating for respect and transparency in the relationship between

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Architects should be “more involved” in abortion access says AIA Los Angeles panel

September 1, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Architects and designers should take a more active part in response to the overturn of Roe V Wade, the Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion, according to speakers on a recent AIA Los Angeles panel. “There are a lot of voices in the profession who were telling us that this decision

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NBBJ set to add two towers to Paul Rudolph’s brutalist Boston Government Services Center

August 25, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

The state government of Massachusetts has unveiled plans by architecture studio NBBJ to redevelop the brutalist Hurley Building in Boston and add a pair of high-rises to the Paul Rudolph-designed 1970s structure. The Massachusetts government announced that it had selected developers Leggat McCall Properties as partners to redevelop the Hurley Building, which is part of the Boston Government

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Nine municipal buildings in North America that reject bland utilitarianism

August 24, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Municipal building with polycarbonate exteriors

A sculptural transit garage in Alberta, a Studio Gang-designed fire station in Brooklyn and a massive sculptural salt warehouse in Manhattan are included in this roundup of visually striking North American municipal architecture. Aesthetics are often overlooked when it comes to municipal buildings. Whereas courthouses and government offices tend to get special treatment, buildings dedicated

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Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert

August 23, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

City sculpture in Nevada desert by Michael Heizer

American artist Michael Heizer has completed City, a monumental sculpture formed of earthen mounds, geoglyphs and concrete pyramids deep in the Nevada desert that took more than 50 years to construct. Measuring around 1.5 miles long and 0.5 miles wide (2.4 by 0.8 kilometres), City consists of several structures resembling ancient geometric temples that Heizer

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Los Angeles’ third tallest skyscraper to be a “modern interpretation of an Italian hill town”

August 19, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Aerial render of planned Angels Landing skyscraper in Los Angeles by Handel Architects

US studio Handel Architects has designed the Angels Landing skyscraper in Los Angeles, which will be the third tallest building in the city and the tallest in the US to be built by Black developers. Set to be built on a site between Hill Street and California Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles, the development will have two mixed-use towers,

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