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The site area of Nantong Grand Theatre is 107,071㎡, with a total building area of 110,916㎡. It consists of 7 floors above ground and 2 underground floors (3 underground floors in certain points), with a building height is 57m. The BIAD team aims to reconstruct the locality and th…
Following our previous visit to STUDIOS, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Seattle this week to explore the work of SHED Architecture & Design. Founded in 1998, the firm describes its ethos as engaging architecture “as a practical art.” Since its founding, SHED…
To tackle the global climate crisis and achieve China’s “dual-carbon” goals, CATL has shifted its focus from the remarkable achievements in the field of new energy batteries to creating green, intelligent, and livable urban environments. The Möbius strip, a symbol of perpetual cy…
A new site-specific pavilion has been unveiled in Bradford city centre as part of the 2025 UK City of Culture celebrations. Designed by artist Zarah Hussain and architectural designer Fatima Mejbil, Infinite Light marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and the launch of…
Milan, a global hub of fashion and finance, increasingly asserts itself as a leading center for architecture and design. Its status as Italy's second-largest city underpins its vibrant cultural scene, attracting both established and emerging creative talent. Additionally, Milan i…
Continuing our annual tradition, we asked our readers who they believe should be awarded the 2025 Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious honor.
Prefabrication is one of the most transformative innovations in architecture and construction, redefining how buildings are designed, manufactured, and assembled. While not a new concept, its application has evolved to offer a broader range of advantages. Traditionally valued for…
Katajanokan Laituri is a solid wood office and hotel building that sets an example in the possibilities of wood construction in a sensitive urban environment. As the first new building on the formerly industrial Katajanokka waterfront that directly connects to Helsinki's iconic m…
Exploring the garden that inherited the landscaping philosophy of Tanzhe Temple Beijing Xitan Hotel, an oriental aesthetic resort that combines grandeur and delicacy
The Jinshazhou E-commerce Live Streaming Base in Dali Town, Nanhai District, Foshan, is located at the heart of the Guangzhou-Foshan Metropolitan Integration area. Spanning 155 acres, it has developed a 220,000-square-meter digital economy ecosystem. By 2024, more than 800 compan…
Among Hair explores the brand philosophy of connection through the idea of interweaving, where individual lives and moments come together to create meaningful ties.
Old Versus New Traffic Safety Paradigms Todd Litman Sun, 03/02/2025 - 11:00 The United States is failing to increase traffic safety. Despite decades of efforts, motor vehicle crashes continue to impose huge social costs. Although traffic casualty rates declined during most of the…
Lume Haus is a family office located on the terrace of a commercial building. This home-like office is a flexible space for meetings, discussions, and official get-togethers.
Parks for All: LA Looks to Residents to Help Shape Park Equity and Access Clement Lau Sun, 03/02/2025 - 09:00 Primary Image Los Angeles is launching a citywide effort to engage residents in shaping the future of its parks, as the city grapples with declining park quality and ineq…
Trump Administration Takes Aim at Transportation Research Todd Litman Sun, 03/02/2025 - 07:00 Primary Image The Trump administration has wasted little time launching a multipronged assault on scientific research across an array of fields. Mass layoffs have roiled the National Sci…
Richter Centre reflects company's dynamism and community orientation. Designed by Zoboki Design and Architecture (ZDA), the new Richter Gedeon headquarters marks the beginning of a new era for the company. This building not only pays homage to Richter's history and tradition but…
Docomomo US' Liz Waytkus shared some insights with the New York Times recently for a look at the growing political discord inherent in public opinion of Brutalist architecture, saying the invectives by Trump and accoltyes such as Justin Shubow are an attempt to forge a cultural w…
Purple Martins Call Nashville Home. Some Wish They Wouldn't Maggie Gigandet Sun, 03/02/2025 - 05:00 10 minutes
Renewal and revival of celebrated 1970s modernist offices and gardens unveiled at Plant Basingstoke. The retrofit and regeneration of Plant, Basingstoke, formerly known as Mountbatten House and considered one of the 15 most important listed modern buildings in Britain, has been c…
The Beirut-born, Paris-based architect has beaten a list of top candidates to redesign the museum’s Western Range. It will be the latest in a series of compelling creations which ‘get all the senses engaged’The British Museum, behind its purposeful and orderly front, gets more an…
Germany's largest wooden parking garage as a source of materials for the future. Designed by the Stuttgart-based firm herrmann+bosch architekten, this parking garage sets new standards in multiple aspects, combining high demands for design, user-friendliness, and sustainability.…
La presentación de la artista del performance en Ciudad de México pareció más bien transaccional y no se relacionó de forma significativa con la historia de la casa, el legado de Barragán o México.
At first glance, the key function of the new sports hall may not be immediately apparent. Still, its role as an urban hinge on the heterogeneous area between the vocational school centre, the old town hall, the grammar school and the fairground is crucial. By opening up the hall…
Education has long been a driving force in the Middle East, shaping knowledge, encouraging innovation, and strengthening cultural identity. In recent years, educational architecture in the region has expanded beyond its academic function, evolving into public gathering spaces and…
Following a logic of typological continuity, the mechanical solution of the funicular establishes the connection to the Graça hill. Lisbon's hills have a tradition of transport mechanisms for people, most of them electric, such as various elevators—both vertical and inclined—and,…
City damaged during occupation by Islamic State group reopens 850-year-old mosque in time for Ramadan as reconstruction gathers pace In the small courtyard of Sara’s grandmother’s house, children are running and playing as if time had never passed. “The house kept our memories,”…
PAC is a commercial complex developed by Keppel in Jing'an District, Shanghai. It is a lifestyle platform that connects nature, people, and community. The purpose of PAC Place-making is to help owners develop Physical Spaces into Vibrant Urban Place. With Nota Modernology, Progra…
Designed by interior architecture firm shell+core, ETHR Clubhaus is a cafe/bakery space in Sharjah, UAE that represents an exclusive lifestyle where design, art, food, and wellbeing are celebrated in a zen, plant-filled setting.
A project to open a hair salon in Hiroshima by a couple who run a modelling and hairstylist business from two bases in Tokyo and Hiroshima. They live apart from each other and can only spend a short time together, so they wondered if they could project their lives between Tokyo a…
HT Arquitetura e Urbanismo has been designing and building a wide variety of projects and skateparks over the last few years. In this case, we have a very specific solution for the design of the central square of the Vila do Chapéu gated development, located on Taíba beach, 74 km…
In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Interiors. Tip: Use the han…
What we found on the site was a publicly fractured urban and social space, with a very rich program established by the PMU led by SEDATU, which began the unification and integration. Among the pre-existing elements related to the cultural character of the site, there was a public…
As “The Brutalist” heads into Oscar night with 10 nominations, Hollywood is clamoring for its next big architecture hit. Our illustrator has some ideas.
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announced this afternoon it has canceled a forthcoming Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) edition about Palestine. An email sent to ACSA member The post ACSA cancels Fall 2025 Journal of Architectural Education is…
The Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (SoCalNOMA) is taking action to rebuild the Black community’s stake in Altadena following the Eaton Fire, joining local groups such as the Altadena Rebuild Coalition that are ensuring the cultural…
Beyond question, the housing crisis in the United States is a deeply entrenched issue that affects millions of Americans. From rising rents and mortgage costs to the increasing scarcity of The post Two scholars deliver a manifesto with notes for the new federal administration app…
One Architecture & Urbanism (ONE) is involved in a new RFP released by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) calling to make the beloved Coney Island section of Brooklyn more livable with 1,500 new residential units. The plan additionally calls for the $42 m…
Archinect readers have once again weighed in on their predictions for the winner of the Pritzker Prize. The 2025 winner of what is arguably architecture’s most prestigious accolade will be announced on Tuesday, March 4th. Last year, 2024 winner Riken Yamamoto appeared as an unexp…
To coincide with Valentine’s Day, Pernilla Ohrstedt Studio’s installation, Love Ever After, was on view in Times Square. On March 4, just one month after its debut, the art piece The post Pernilla Ohrstedt Studio’s Love Ever After installation in Times Square to be deconstructed…
Here There Be Dragons is a podcast by Jess Myers, an architecture professor at Syracuse University. The podcast is about cities, and the people who live in them. Past seasons The post AN sits down with Jess Myers to learn about season four of her podcast Here There Be Dragons, wh…
According to the LA Times, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed the first phase of debris removal in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades burn zones following last month's devastating fires in Los Angeles. This is an important though contested step in the recover…
The Architecture Department of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) has shared its Spring semester lecture poster to go with our Get Lectured roundup. The list of events includes appearances from Chris Cornelius (March 5); Dominic Leong (March 17); Nina Cooke John (March 31)…
Zaha Hadid Architects has been active in the Italian market lately with the beginning of two large-scale urban reclamation projects—the Napoli Porta Est master plan and Centre for Mediterranean Culture in Reggio Calabria—after a competition win and the recent groundbreaking. Napo…
The revival of a midcentury home places the work of the unsung architect Junzo Yoshimura in a new context.
ONE Architecture & Urbanism made its mark in New York City more than a decade ago after the Amsterdam-based office rolled out a comprehensive master plan for Lower Manhattan with The post ONE Architecture & Urbanism shares housing and coastal resiliency plan for Coney Island appe…
LA’s Trees Absorb More Carbon Than Expected, But Can’t Do It Alone Clement Lau Fri, 02/28/2025 - 08:00 Primary Image A groundbreaking study from USC Dornsife College has found that trees in central Los Angeles absorb significantly more carbon dioxide than previously estimated, of…
With spring on the horizon, step out to see the array of exciting architecture and design-related festivals, exhibitions, and trade shows available throughout the month of March.From the roster of ongoing and upcoming events listed on Bustler, here is our curated selection of rec…
If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. Featured below are four briefs seeking student-led designs for a temporary, mobile structure that facilitates climate action, innova…
On March 12, the Facades+ conference series will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Westin Downtown. Celebrating its 13th year, the event returns with an exciting day of programming The post Facades+ returns to Washington, D.C. on March 12 appeared first on The Architect’s Newspa…
The movie producer Nicole Avant grew up in Beverly Hills, as her parents welcomed famous entertainers into their home. She’s making her own memories now in another part of Los Angeles.
Poll Shows Residents of Western States Prefer Conservation Over Oil and Gas Christine McLaren Fri, 02/28/2025 - 07:00 Primary Image A bipartisan poll of voters in eight western states shows nearly three quarters of respondents support conservation and environmental protection on…
Architects: KRIS YAO | ARTECHArea: 32641 m²Year: 2023Photographs: Shephotoerd Co., Iwan Baan, Shawn Liu StudioStructure Consultants: Arup, Chuang Wei Structural Engineering Inc.Architect: Kris YaoClients: Cultural Affairs Department, New Taipei City GovernmentInspection Architect…
Architects: HOT DESIGNArea: 4158 m²Year: 2024Photographs: Junnan LiuLead Architects: Xiang Wang, Ke YanFirst Floor Pavilion Design and Construction: Shenzhen Silkroad Blue Creative Display Co. LtdConstruction Drawing Collaboration Institute: Guangzhou Zoneteam Architectural Desig…
Architects: ArchermitArea: 800 m²Year: 2024Photographs: ChillShine StudioLead Architect: Youcai PanDesign Director: Zhe Yang (Partner)Technical Director: Ren Zhen Chen (Partner)Design Team: Yu Zhao, Wenshuang Wang, Xiangxin Ge, Jincheng Guo, Xinyue LiuConstruction Drawing Design:…
MVRDV has unveiled Mega Mat, a temporary installation at Bangkok Design Week that transforms a public space into an educational experience on plastic waste and recycling in Thailand. Located at Lan Khon Mueang Town Square, the installation seeks to combine urban design with envir…
In Universal City—the neighborhood-sized home of Universal Pictures’s corporate campus, production lots, and theme park—LEVER Architecture has designed two new buildings: The Commons and One Universal. The former, an employee The post LEVER Architecture evokes early moving pictur…
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A special large-scale sculptural commission of Frank Gehry by Silverstein Properties (the property manager of 3 World Trade Center) is now up in Lower Manhattan. Located in the building’s lobby, Gehry’s 2024 piece Untitled (Fish on Fire, Greenwich Street) is a 20-by-7 foot instal…
Donald Shoup, the legendary urban planner known for his radical rethinking of parking policy, has died at the age of 86. The longtime UCLA professor and author of 2005’s The High Cost of Free Parking gained notoriety while advancing the field of study immeasurably during a 41-yea…
The ambitions of a Florida-based startup to use the surface of the Moon as a site for data center operations have lifted off in a new project designed by BIG and facilitated by SpaceX. The 3D printed Freedom Data Center for the seven-year-old Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. is 26 x…
Architects, artists, and educators wrapped up a series of presentations this week in Columbus, Indiana, in which the illustrious group shared 13 design concepts for the fifth cycle of Exhibit The post Exhibit Columbus shares design concepts for 2025 iteration, Yes And, by Miller…
OMA has shared new renderings for its New Museum expansion in New York City ahead of the project’s anticipated May completion. It adds 60,000 square feet and doubles the gallery spaces offered by its SANAA-designed neighbor. Shohei Shigematsu is leading the project and says it wi…
An architect’s office building rarely becomes a tourist attraction. But just east of Seattle’s downtown, the offices of Schemata Workshop, built in 2016, draw national and international visitors. That’s because The post Single-stair reform has energized North American architects.…
The Flemish government has chosen Christ & Gantenbein and Bovenbouw Architectuur to design a new museum of contemporary art in Antwerp, Belgium. The Swiss and Belgian offices respectively won a The post Christ & Gantenbein and Bovenbouw Architectuur to design new Museum of Contem…
This week's edition of our curated career roundup from the Archinect Job board features 19 architecture and design firms in New York City seeking early-career professionals. If you're a recent graduate or still fairly new to the workforce, be sure to read Archinect's Tips for Rec…
Bravo to the musician Mark Mynett for calling out the loss of these instruments as churches close, writes Stephen WilcoxMark Mynett is right – there is a risk that, as churches close and are repurposed, we lose their pipe organs along with them (UK churches need open-mindedness t…
“As architects, we need to unlearn everything we have been taught,” says Ana María Gutiérrez, standing outside this momentous structure in muddy overalls, boots and a broad-brimmed black hat. “Our idea of progress is completely based on colonialist, extractivist practices. People…
The American Institute of Architects and over 400 architects have visited Capitol Hill to push for legislation affecting the architecture profession. According to the AIA, the visit centred on five key legislative goals, which were pressed for through direct engagement with polic…
Homebuilding company PulteGroup has completed a pilot project using robotic-assisted construction technology. Located at the company’s DiVosta community in Babcock Ranch, Florida, the project involved building a home’s structural walls using an AI-guided construction robot named…
European studio LAND Suisse has won a competition for the redesign of the Cantonal School Campus in Biasca, Switzerland. Named the “Treehouse” project, and designed in collaboration with Campana Herrmann Pisoni Architects, the winning design for the campus’ open spaces seeks to b…
With a major expansion by OMA debuting this fall, the museum reopens with a landmark exhibition featuring 150 artists, and tackles timely questions about technological change.
Before the Black Death devastated Siena, the city thrummed with energy, expressed in art and architecture designed to dazzle its audience – and which still astonishes 800 years laterIf you want to know the moment of a medieval Italian city’s greatest prosperity, look at the year…
Architects: CLB ArchitectsYear: 2018Photographs: Matthew Millman, Tom HarrisManufacturers: Dornbracht, Duravit, Sherwin-Williams, Cassina, Design Within Reach, Foscarini, Minotti, Poliform, Poltrona Frau, Restoration Hardware, Roll & Hill, Tacchini, Toto, Victoria & Albert, Water…
Architects: CLB ArchitectsArea: 4,739 ft²Year: 2021Photographs: John Ellis, Matthew MillmanDesign Team: Kevin Burke, Eric Logan, Bryan James, Leo NaegeleInterior Architecture: Jen Mei, Cynthia TibbittsProject Manager: Leo NaegeleStructural Engineering: KLAMechanical Engineering:…
Hoke House, a residential project by Skylab Architecture in Portland, Oregon, has been turned into an official LEGO set, adding it to the LEGO Architectural Series. Built in 2007, the house gained international recognition as the Cullen House in the Twilight film series. The LEGO…
Architects: PHTAA Living DesignArea: 600 m²Year: 2024Photographs: Kukkong ThirathomrongkiatLead Architects: Ponwit Rattanatanatevilai, Harisadhi LeelayuwapanLead Team: Ponwit RattanatanatevilaiDistrict: Bang NaCountry: Thailand Archive Auto service facility designed by PHTAA in B…
Architects: HEMAAYear: 2023Area: 263 m²Photographs: César BéjarEngineering: Grupo BVGLandscape Design: Hugo Sánchez PaisajeInterior design: Dirección MX in collaboration with HEMAADesign Team: Santiago Hernández Matos, Alejandra Tornel Cahue, José Miguel Fainsod Castro, José Pedr…
Architects: Stempel & TesarArea: 322 m2Year: 2024Photographs: Filip ŠlapalLead Architects: Ján Stempel, Jan Jakub TesařLandscape Architect: Vladimír SittaMain Project Engineer: Aleš HeroldStructural Engineers: Jiří Chodora, Jan Vesecký (Valbek)Town: ČernošiceCountry: Czech Republ…
Architects: Delugan Meissl Associated ArchitectsArea: 47000 m²Year: 2024Photographs: CreatAR ImagesStructural Engineering: Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieuere, Bollinger + GrohmannEnergy Design: Transsolar Energietechnik GmbHLandscape Design: Yiju DingDesign Team: Delugan Meissl Ass…
Following the fascinating preview of the Exhibit Columbus Cycle 5 participants' presentations from power Archinector Donna Sink via the Archinect Forum, here’s a look at the 11 design concepts on view in the upcoming exhibition under the title 'Yes And.' The 2025 cycle includes t…
This month, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has moved forward with plans for a new five-member task force aimed at addressing the crisis of biodiversity. The panel will work together to produce a profession-wide Climate and Biodiversity Action Plan for release…
Here's an update to the Getty Trust-led philanthropic effort to provide relief for artists and arts workers affected by the Los Angeles Fires. As of this week, a total of $14.3 million is set to be distributed to 1,700 individuals in increments up to $10,000. Those who lost a hom…
I define Black architectural modernity as the spatial and formal [built] embodiment of the black cultural projects that emerged for African Americans throughout U.S. history. This goes all the way back to the time when they were enslaved peoples [...] through the Civil Rights Mov…
The Los Angeles Department of Building Safety (LADBS) is now offering waivers to homeowners affected by the recent Los Angeles Fires in order to better facilitate the process for obtaining building plans and blueprints. The waiver, along with a required Affidavit for Duplication…
The 9th annual Cecobois Awards of Excellence recently honored 18 selected projects from around the province of Quebec that celebrated the emergence of wood as a building material in commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-residential construction, as well as the architec…
The Cantonment area in Chattogram is known as a serene environment wrapped with greeneries all around the institute’s ground. Chattogram Cantonment Public College situated in DOHS – was established in 1978, and is administrated by the Bangladesh Army. The primary focus of Parenta…
Following our previous look at an opening for a Designer at Lanserring, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for an Assistant Architect at the Central Park Conservancy. The role, based in New York City, calls for…
The Snøhetta-designed El Paso Children’s Museum has completed construction in Texas. The building, named La Nube, adds 77,000 square feet of learning and play space to the city, and was designed alongside El Paso architects Exigo and exhibition designers Gyroscope. Image credit:…
Candidates for the upcoming New York City Mayoral election have been invited to participate in a newly launched Vision for a Better City advocacy platform by the Urban Design Forum. The effort unites electoral politics with the Forum’s mission to reconnect urban design with city…
From ghost trains to backstreet weddings, from demolition sites to ‘alien’s eye views’ of Leeds, groundbreaking photographer Peter Mitchell captures our changing world with his trusty ‘Blad’ – and once even tried to leave itThe Quarry Hill flats in Leeds were once the largest soc…
The performance artist Marina Abramovic celebrated the announcement of a new cultural center in a private home designed by the famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán.
This critically acclaimed drama about how spaces can haunt and heal us is the finest work of John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson and director Kogonada’s careersGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailBrady Corbet’s Oscar hopeful The Brutalist offers a somewhat skewed depiction of ar…
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) is pleased to announce the completion of Ziraat Bank Headquarters. Conceived as the centerpiece of the Istanbul International Financial Center (IIFC), the design of the landmark twin towers integrates highly crafted detail with the demands of a modern work…
Architect who was once highly critical of King Charles is part of team that is one of five finalists for schemeThe shortlist of teams competing to design a national memorial to the late Queen Elizabeth II has been unveiled and includes an architect once highly critical of King Ch…
The Wildness Promenade is located in Zone C of the Wild Island Cultural & Life Community. The predecessor of the community was the Dongjiang Wine Factory built in 1951. On the basis of retaining the original 18 building groups and the landscape texture, it has gradually become th…
Situated in Pilar, Buenos Aires, facing a polo field, Nirvana House redefines the integration of nature and architecture. Inspired by the terrain’s topography, the house is conceived as a three-level garden blending seamlessly with the architectural design, creating a fluid dialo…
Adrian James’s copper-clad, energy-generating new home on the outskirts of Oxford is a triumph of style and sustainabilityWe’re used by now to buildings that declare their greenness; that proudly display their timber construction or hemp panels or wind turbines for the world to s…
Planned and built in the early 1970’s, Black Butte Ranch sits the base of The Three Sisters mountains in the Oregon’s Central Cascades, the gateway to Oregon’s high desert from the Central Willamette Valley. The 1,800-acre site is now both a home for year-round residents and a po…
Call them monuments, foreign elements, eyesores — Brutalist buildings have become another battleground in President Trump’s culture war.
Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientistsAs an eternal testament of humanity, plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones are not a glorious legacy. But two scientists exploring which items from our technologica…