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Facade of an IKEA store

The facade of IKEA’s first full-size city center store greens and cools its surroundings

May 20, 2022 • Facades+

Horizontal view of a building in a desert landscape

Healthcare Heat

A modernist-inspired facade built for desert heat shapes Arizona State University’s Health Futures Center

May 13, 2022 • Architecture, Facades+, Southwest

Nature × Humanity

Neri Oxman’s exhibition at SFMOMA pushes material limits amid apocalyptic visions

May 6, 2022 • Review, Sustainability, West

detail of a building facade

Big Triangulation

Inspired by Manhattanhenge, Scalar Architects transforms aging Kips Bay building with a sparkling facade

April 29, 2022 • East, Facades+

Street view of a glass and terra-cotta building in Manhattan

Not Your Mama's Terra-cotta

SOM’s 28&7 black terra-cotta facade shines in Chelsea

April 22, 2022 • East, Facades+, Featured

historic brick facade of a lion enclosure at a zoo

Glass Animals

Goettsch Partners designs new home for lions within landmarked building at Lincoln Park Zoo

April 15, 2022 • Facades+, Midwest

Agrotopia

Steel and glass define a public-facing greenhouse that pushes the scale of urban agriculture

April 8, 2022 • Facades+, International

Deborah Berke Partners shakes up Penn’s campus with terra-cotta baguettes

April 1, 2022 • East, Facades+

The UCSF Joan and Sanford I. Weill Institute for Neuroscience, a boxy building with two flaring wings

Second Skin

Mark Cavagnero Associates shades the UCSF Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building with symmetrical light screen

March 18, 2022 • Facades+, West

The long, boxy Neutron Research Centre against the mountains of the alps

Shine On Like A Neutron

The white aluminum facade of the Neutron Research Centre shines in front of the French Alps

March 11, 2022 • Facades+, International

Brick By Brick

The Clay Studio reflects skilled craftwork inside and out in Philadelphia’s South Kensington neighborhood

March 4, 2022 • East, Facades+

Straight And Narrow

The jagged facade of the Museum of Modern Aluminum is as dynamic as the city around it

February 25, 2022 • Facades+, International

exterior photo of a virgin hotel with diamond facade panels

A Double Diamond Course

Dallas’s new Virgin Hotel creates a diamond-esque view in the Design District

February 18, 2022 • Facades+, Southwest

a facades+ project showing a circular building with jutting skin

Back In Action

Facades+ is returning to Atlanta for its first event of 2022

February 15, 2022 • Facades+, Southeast

Exterior of Carlisle Cathedral, a red stone church with a low-slung arched atrium addition

Put The Light On

Here are the top facades AN highlighted in 2021

February 4, 2022 • Facades+, International

s-lab, a blocky building made from red panels

Invisible Ink

ELASTICOFarm included a hidden message in a concrete-paneled facade

January 28, 2022 • Facades+, International

The Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank headquarters, tower wrapped in white superstructure

Thick (Double) Skin

The breathable facade of the Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank’s new headquarters connects occupants with the climate

January 21, 2022 • Facades+, International

River Saint Joe Brewery, a glass fronted barn

Drink Up

moss Design’s River Saint Joe Brewery puts industrial vernacular architecture to contemporary use

January 14, 2022 • Facades+, Midwest

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