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To publish, or self-publish, that is the question. Well, that is one question for architects to consider these days, as publishers cut back on the number of architecture titles they release, and technologies make it easier than ever to independently publish books in print. World-Architects... John Hill

Share of materials in the renovation of the American Geophysical Union Headquarters in Washington, DC that was reused: 96% René Ammann

Vienna's AllesWirdGut has completed the Račianska Residential High-Rise Complex (aka GUTHAUS) in nearby Bratislava, Slovakia. Ulf Meyer

The Upper Cloister is a modern-day interpretation of an ancient temple-complex, where the urban middle class from Beijing can find rest and relaxation within a grandiose natural and cultural landscape with a view of The Great Wall. It is located halfway between the Chinese capital and Chengde,... Eduard Kögel

Estimated number of homes the country of Pakistan René Ammann

With the Asociación Semillas, which she founded, Marta Maccaglia supports projects for educational buildings in the Peruvian Amazon region and builds schools in settlements near Lima, among other endeavors. For her great commitment, she has received the inaugural divia award — a prize that... Katinka Corts

Turkey’s first museum of modern and contemporary art opens the doors to its new home on Thursday, May 4. Designed by Genoa, Italy's Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), Istanbul Modern is located on the waterfront in Istanbul’s Karaköy quarter, right where the Bosphorus and Golden Horn meet. Ulf Meyer

Toranomon Hills Station Tower is a mixed-use tower in Tokyo designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu for the Mori Corporation. When it opens to the public in fall 2023, it will be OMA’s first tower in Tokyo. Ulf Meyer looked at the project in-progress and sent us his impressions. Ulf Meyer

The latest episode of Al Jazeera's Studio B: Unscripted — “a discussion series without a host, just two notable individuals from different walks of life and ideas to share” — features South African architect Sumayya Vally and Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena. John Hill

Curator and critic Vladimir Belogolovsky recently spoke with Hong Kong-based architect Gary Chang about his background, his firm, EDGE Design Institute, and some of the projects he has created since the completion of the famous Suitcase House at the Commune by the Great Wall two decades ago. Vladimir Belogolovsky

In a ceremony on the evening of April 23, the Ordre des Architectes du Québec (OAQ) unveiled the ten winners of its awards of excellence for 2023, including two Grand Prix d'Excellence. John Hill

Studio Gang's transformation of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) opens to the public on April 22, the first day in a week-long celebration of the newly reimagined museum. John Hill

Two LINA fellows, Rebeka Bratož Gornik and Joaquin Mora, are investigating architect Richard Marasović's abandoned Children’s Maritime Health Resort of Military Insured Persons in Croatia, as part of DAI-SAI's “From Care to Cure and Back” program. Two short video interviews explain their... John Hill

Walker Hall is the adaptive reuse of a nearly century-old building on the campus of the University of California, Davis, transforming it from a home for agricultural engineering to a student center, “a hub of university life.” The architects at Leddy Maytum Stacy answered a few questions about... Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

Artist Lauren Halsey's the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I) is a monumental installation that combines motifs from South Central Los Angeles, ancient Egypt and other places, both real and imagined. John Hill

Price of a two-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom house built in 1984 in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, that is considered René Ammann

The winner of Metals in Construction Magazine's 2023 Design Challenge, which asked entrants to envision concepts for redeveloping a Midtown Manhattan office tower for residential use, cuts up a modern skyscraper to create a Vertical Village with “neighborhoods in the sky.” John Hill

At 80 years old, more active than ever, Mario Botta multiplies projects across the world. For this Ticino native, the role of architecture is to go beyond function and to conjure up the sacred. Let’s meet the architect. Patricia Lunghi

Architect William (Bill) Hellmuth, the Chairman and CEO of HOK and nephew of founding partner George F. Hellmuth, died on April 6, 2023, at the age of 69, following a long illness. John Hill

As part of its “Built Ecologies: Architecture and Environment” video series, MoMA's Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment presents a short film on the New England Aquarium, designed by Peter Chermayeff and completed in 1969. John Hill

After Rio (2021), Seoul (2017), Durban (2014) and Tokyo (2011), the International Union of Architects (UIA) is holding its World Congress in the city of Copenhagen from July 2 to 6, 2023. Silvia Pujalte Toledo

The latest monograph on Thom Mayne and Morphosis, M³: modeled works [archive] 1972-2022, is a 1000-page tome that presents their entire 50-year oeuvre exclusively in photographs of the physical models that have helped make the Southern California studio so influential. John Hill

Streaming services are in abundance but only one is devoted to architecture: Shelter. Is it worth the monthly investment? Our review. John Hill

Ahead of its fourth annual summit of “architecture’s now, near, and next,” to be held at the Guggenheim Museum on Earth Day (April 22), The World Around has announced its inaugural Young Climate Prize winners. John Hill

The DART Laboratory (Digital Architecture Research Technologies) at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College has unveiled a “groundbreaking advancement in creating an ultra-lightweight, 3D printed concrete wall.” A short film shows the design and construction of Shell Wall. John Hill

As spring brings the promise of warmer weather, many people's thoughts turn to outdoor activities such as sunbathing, swimming, and sand volleyball. Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland, Washington, is a year-round neighborhood amenity with these and other activities. A bathhouse with restrooms... EHDD

Edward Denison, professor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, delivered his inaugural lecture as part of the school's International Lecture Series on March 15. “End Time: Reflections on Design, Modernities, and the Anthropocene” reflects on Denison's 25-year career researching and... John Hill

Nigerian-born artist, designer and architect Demas Nwoko has been named the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by La Biennale di Venezia. He will receive the award at the inauguration of the Venice Architecture Biennale on May 20, 2023. John Hill

The Manchester Museum has become home to the UK’s first permanent gallery for South Asian art, courtesy of an extension designed by Purcell, the firm that boasts “the world’s largest team of heritage experts.” Ulf Meyer

The exhibition COMMON LANDSCAPE. Re-Cultivating Industrial Sites by Shanghai’s Atelier Deshaus will open at Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin on March 31, 2023. The exhibition’s curator, Eduard Kögel, spoke with founding partner Liu Yichun about the firm’s architecture in advance of... Eduard Kögel

Combining the the Museum of Central Finland and the Alvar Aalto Museum, the new Aalto2 Museum Centre opens to the public in May, when it will play a major part of the 125th anniversary of Alvar Aalto’s birth. Ulf Meyer

Once again, a host of innovations were on display at this year's ISH in Frankfurt. New developments from the industries promise to open up many possibilities for a construction industry capable of implementing a circular economy. Leonhard Fromm

Heatherwick Studio: Building Soulfulness opened on March 17 at Mori Art Museum's Tokyo City View gallery. The first exhibition in Japan devoted to the UK studio of Thomas Heatherwick, Building Soulfulness displays 28 major projects over the last three decades. Ulf Meyer visited... Ulf Meyer

Two notable recent passings: Thomas Hacker, one of the most influential architects in the US state of Oregon, died on February 27 at the age of 81; and British architect Michael Wilford, longtime partner of James Stirling, died on March 10 at 84 years old. John Hill

The divia award promotes the visibility of women in the international architecture industry. From the 27 nominees announced in December, the jury has selected five finalists. Katinka Corts

Distance requested to bump out the front door of a private residence in a historic district on New York City's Upper East Side designed in 1966 by Paul Rudolph, René Ammann