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Atlantic Art

KPMB designs an addition to New Brunswick’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery fronted by concrete columns

February 3, 2023 • Facades+, International

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Tennessee Timber

The Nashville Warehouse Co. references the city’s industrial past through a mass timber frame clad with corrugated metal

January 20, 2023 • Facades+, Southeast

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On Track

Metro de Madrid’s headquarters gets a new identity with a black-finned facade

January 13, 2023 • Facades+, International

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A Round of Applause

Facades+ looks back on a successful 10th anniversary year

December 23, 2022 • Facades+

Rending of a mixed-use neighborhood

Neighborhood News

KPF unveils plans for a new neighborhood in Seoul

December 22, 2022 • Architecture, Development, International

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Pushing the Building Envelope

Here are the top facades AN covered in 2022

December 16, 2022 • Facades+, International, National

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Powerhouse Tower

HWKN realizes a brick facade with angular cuts at a mixed-use complex in Jersey City

November 30, 2022 • Architecture, East, Facades+

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Almost Time to Shine

OMA’s expansion of Buffalo’s AKG Art Museum plans for a May 2023 opening

November 21, 2022 • Architecture, Art, East, News

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People’s Palace

Almost 60 years in the making, a midcentury town hall in Uppsala, Sweden, is made whole thanks to an addition by Henning Larsen

November 18, 2022 • Architecture, Facades+, International

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A New Hudson Street

After establishing a master plan for Hudson Square and realizing a trio of new parks, MNLA delivers a leafy streetscape for this developing Manhattan neighborhood

November 11, 2022 • Case Study, East, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism

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Shou Sugi Ban in Spain

With Entegra, Batlleiroig introduces charred wood to Spanish office building facades

November 11, 2022 • Architecture, Facades+, International

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Withstanding the Test of Time

Beyer Blinder Belle embraces imperfection in Washington, D.C.’s newly opened Rubell Museum

November 8, 2022 • Architecture, East, News, Preservation

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Made to Match

Studio Bright weaves a facade with perforated brick screens and tiered rooftop gardens into Sydney’s Circular Quay

November 4, 2022 • Facades+, International

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Norwegian Wood

Oslotre’s new cross-laminated timber building in Norway prioritizes material efficiency

October 28, 2022 • Facades+, International

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Cloudy with a Chance of Curtain Wall

MAD Architects’ organically-shaped arts center is under construction in Aranya

October 21, 2022 • Facades+, International

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Sustainable Sugi

Nori Architects retrofits an office building with a new facade constructed from natural and recycled materials

October 14, 2022 • Facades+, International

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Cold Weather Cladding

With a facade that resembles salmon skin, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe welcomes a new education center in Alaska

October 14, 2022 • Facades+, West

Big Biophilia

BIG completes a planted tower in Singapore with a facade that pulls apart

October 7, 2022 • Facades+, International

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