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on 12/5/22

More than 2,200 exhibitors are expected to participate in Heimtextil 2023, the leading international trade fair for home and contract textiles, which will be held in Frankfurt in January — one focus will be on sustainability and the circular economy. Martina Metzner


Found
on 12/3/22

3XN's Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, which just a month ago was named the "world’s most innovative high-rise," took home the top honor at the 15th World Architecture Festival (WAF), held in Lisbon. John Hill


Headlines
on 12/1/22

Despite vocal opposition from UK preservationists and architects, and from Denise Scott Brown herself, Westminster City Council voted unanimously in approval of Annabelle Selldorf's remodeling of The National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing. John Hill


Number
on 12/1/22

Estimated share of US architecture firm billings so far this year that have come from renovation projects, not new construction: 52% René Ammann


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on 11/30/22

Circular construction — the avoidance of new material and the reuse of existing materials and components and their recycling — should be the order of the day. The WWF has conducted research on this topic and had its results examined in a brief legal study to see how realistic the... Katinka Corts


Film
on 11/30/22

Michael Brand, director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, gives a tour of a historic oil tank that has been repurposed as part of SANAA's Sydney Modern project opening December 3. John Hill


Headlines
on 11/30/22

The Sydney Modern expansion of the Art Gallery of New South Wales opens on December 3. It is the first building in the Southern Hemisphere for SANAA, the studio of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. Ulf Meyer


Insight
on 11/30/22

Swiss Llife Arena, host to the Zurich Lions ice hockey team, is the largest project to date for London’s Caruso St John Architects, the firm of Adam Caruso and Peter St. John. The Lions played their first match in the new arena in October. Ulf Meyer traveled to Zurich to see the building and... Ulf Meyer


Headlines
on 11/29/22

Daniel Libeskind has been selected to boldly transform Boerentoren, the iconic Art Deco skyscraper in Antwerp, Belgium, also known as KBC Tower and now owned by Katoen Natie. Ulf Meyer


Reviews
on 11/28/22

Twenty-five years in the making, the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City opened to the public in September 2021. Los Angeles's Johnson Fain started working on the project from 1996, developing a concept that honors the tribes in Oklahoma today and recalls historical tribes through an... Johnson Fain

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Number
on 11/28/22

Number of homeless people Karen Bass, the new mayor of Los Angeles, a city of 4 million people, wants to "find housing for" in her first year:... René Ammann


Headlines
on 11/28/22

The recipients of the 33rd annual Piranesi Awards were announced on Saturday, November 26, during the 39th Piran Days of Architecture held in Portorož, Slovenia. John Hill


Headlines
on 11/23/22

Serpentine has announced that architect Lina Ghotmeh, born in Beirut and based in Paris, as designer of the 22nd Serpentine Pavilion and unveiled her design. It will open in London's Kensington Gardens next June. John Hill


Headlines
on 11/23/22

Spanning five blocks in the neighborhood of Astoria, the mixed-use development called Innovation QNS was approved by the New York City Council on Tuesday, two years after it was unveiled and following weeks of uncertainty. John Hill


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on 11/22/22

Architects Adam Newman and Kelvin Tsang of Melbourne's NWMN have created the 2022 NGV Architecture Commission, Temple of Boom, a one-third-scale version of the Parthenon that will be transformed by artists over its nine-month duration. John Hill


Insight
on 11/22/22

Poet Christine Stewart-Nuñez is the author of numerous poetry collections and a professor at University of Manitoba. Her work explores women’s lives and art practices, as well as the body in relationship to public space. Madeline Beach Carey reviews The Poet and the Architect, published... Madeline Beach Carey


Film
on 11/22/22

A short film depicts the creation of Sculpting Reality – THE HOUSE SCULPTURE by Canadian artists Jacky Georges Lafargue and Louis Couturier, who were inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark and his concept of Anarchitecture. John Hill


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on 11/21/22

A new book published by Thames & Hudson and an exhibition now on display at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) respectively map the interactive worlds of video games and investigate how people conceive of space and time through interactive design. Take a brief tour through Videogame... John Hill


Headlines
on 11/18/22

The reimagined public space at the base of 550 Madison, designed by Snøhetta as part of Olayan Group's transformation of Johnson/Burgee's iconic AT&T Building, opened to the public on November 16. John Hill


Headlines
on 11/17/22

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named The David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago the 2022 Best Tall Building Worldwide, besting other considerably taller contenders. John Hill


Film
on 11/17/22

On his popular "Architecture with Stewart" YouTube channel, Stewart Hicks presents the history of Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower, explains why it was demolished, and speaks with artist Noritaka Minami, who documented the tower for over a decade. John Hill


Number
on 11/16/22

Price of a 240-square-foot (22.3 m2) home for essentials-only living in the beachfront town of Chinandega, Nicaragua, land included: $8,000... René Ammann


Insight
on 11/16/22

Radical Landscapes is a new documentary directed by Elettra Fiumi about Gruppo 9999, the Radical Architecture collective from Florence that was co-founded by her father, Fabrizio Fiumi. Shown as part of DOC NYC, the film is as much a personal exploration on the part of the filmmaker as... John Hill


Works
on 11/15/22

The masterplan for the regional center 'Huysmanhoeve' in Eeklo is based on the typical typology of the moat farm. This forms the fundament to develop the Huysmanhoeve as an open, flexible and multi-purpose gathering place. This project is about four buildings: two existing barns are renovated... ZOOM architecten


Headlines
on 11/15/22

The Fondation Giacometti has announced it will turn the former Invalides train station in the heart of Paris into the Giacometti Museum & School, set to open in 2026. John Hill


Specials
on 11/15/22

Civic participation is booming. Better communication with citizens and their greater participation is being widely discussed. Should urban development become a common task? Or is it too complicated to decide on the many urban development issues in a democratic process? What should the... Christian Heuchel and Wolfgang Sonne


Specials
on 11/15/22

Prof. Christian Heuchel and his guest, Prof. Wolfgang Sonne (TU Dortmund University and Baukunstarchiv NRW), will discuss this topic. What are the rules that should be applied when building cities today? What are the basic principles of good urban development? How much democracy do urban...


Number
on 11/14/22

Number of years the 62,000 square-foot (5,760 m2) mansion at 2-8 Rutland Gate in London, the most... René Ammann


Headlines
on 11/11/22

Architect Peter Barber, known for the design of affordable housing in London, is the fifth recipient of the Soane Medal, which has been awarded annually by the Sir John Soane’s Museum since 2017. John Hill


Headlines
on 11/11/22

Reports this week indicate that the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIMA) is reversing course and will not preserve the dormitories designed by Louis I. Kahn and completed in 1974. John Hill


Found
on 11/10/22

Three floors of the New Museum in New York City are devoted to artist Theaster Gates. Young Lords and Their Traces is the first American museum survey exhibition on an artist known for a diverse output that embraces sculpture, painting, video, performance, historical archives, and even... John Hill


Works
on 11/10/22

Amidst the pandemic, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration opened its remarkable public space, the Chao Phraya Sky Park (CPSP). Left abandoned for almost 40 years, the halted infrastructure project has now been given a second life as the newest Bangkok landmark, and the nation's first... Kotchakorn Voraakhom


Insight
on 11/9/22

Reflective Nostalgia is an exhibition at Aedes Architecture Forum that presents the work of Neri&Hu, the Shanghai firm (with studios in London, Paris, and Milan) of Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu. Ulf Meyer visited the Berlin gallery and sent us his impressions. Ulf Meyer


Film
on 11/8/22

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art speaks with architect Kim Herforth Nielsen of Copenhagen's 3XN about Quay Quarter Tower, the recipient of the International... John Hill


Headlines
on 11/8/22

As announced by the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), and DekaBank, 3XN's Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, Australia, is the "world’s most innovative high-rise" for 2022/23. John Hill


Reviews
on 11/7/22

The sculptural off-white exterior of the Health Futures Center on Arizona State University's innovation campus is striking but also functionally responsive to the desert climate, as explained in this short interview with CO Architects, the Los Angeles firm that designed the building with... CO Architects

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