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a bird's eye view of a sports stadium in Hangzhou, CHina

Opening Up

NBBJ’s Olympic Sports Center blossoms in Hangzhou, China

April 8, 2020 • Architecture, International, News

A warehouse clad in perforated aluminum, for the University of Arkansas

Speaking Up

Innovation in Arkansas shouldn’t be overlooked

April 8, 2020 • Architecture, Feature, Southeast

A plate engraving of the White House, realized in the neoclassical style

Building America Trump’s Way

What to make of the draft executive order to classicize federal architecture?

March 23, 2020 • Architecture, National, News, Professional Practice

Los Angeles skyline against mountain backdrop, where the AIA Conference 2020 was to be held

No Meet or Greet

AIA postpones 2020 national conference in Los Angeles over coronavirus

March 16, 2020 • Architecture, National, News, Professional Practice

Photo looking upwards at midcentury office tower with thick aluminum cladding

Tearing Down the Ceiling

A rarely-seen Noguchi installation is under threat in Midtown renovation

February 27, 2020 • Art, East, News, Preservation

Virtual reality image of policemen escorting people

True To Scale

Forensic Architecture debuts its first U.S. survey in Miami

February 25, 2020 • International, On View, Technology

Rendering of NYC skyline at sunset with glass, boxy tower above Macy's department store

Towering Above

FXCollaborative designs a skyscraper for Macy’s Manhattan flagship

February 24, 2020 • Architecture, East, Unveiled

Photo of women marching with signs in Washington, D.C. during Women's March 2017

She Builds

House passes bill to build women’s history museum on National Mall

February 20, 2020 • Architecture, National, News, Other

Image of two men standing in doorway; Barozzi Veiga

Art on Site

Barozzi Veiga to design campus for mainstay Miami nonprofit Oolite Arts

February 19, 2020 • Architecture, News, Southeast

Exterior view of the Cooper Hewitt museum in New York City; director Caroline Baumann was recently forced to step down

Conflicts of Interest

Cooper Hewitt director and six trustees resign over wedding controversy

February 18, 2020 • Design, East, News, Professional Practice

Rendering of skyscraper above the clouds in Toronto, across from CN Tower

Head in the Clouds

Canada’s tallest residential tower revealed for downtown Toronto

February 13, 2020 • Architecture, International, Unveiled

Exterior shot from plaza of concrete Hurley Building

Concrete Dystopia

Massachusetts considers partial- to-full removal of Paul Rudolph’s Hurley Building

February 12, 2020 • East, News, Preservation

Rendering of a timber structure in France shaped like a square

Timber Takeover

France mandates public buildings be built with at least 50 percent timber

February 11, 2020 • Development, International, News, Sustainability

Exterior rendering of the serpentine pavilion in green lawn

Counterprogramming

South African studio Counterspace will design the 2020 Serpentine Pavilion

February 10, 2020 • Architecture, International, Unveiled

Exterior view of sharply shaped glass building with angular volumes

Order, Order!

Critics speak out over the draft federal architecture mandate

February 7, 2020 • Architecture, National, Preservation, Round Up

Exterior image of steel shop in China

Market Shift

How will the coronavirus affect global construction commodities?

February 7, 2020 • Development, International, News

Aerial view of U.S. Capitol and administrative buildings

Neoclassical is Now in Session

AIA rejects Trump’s draft order for uniform federal architecture style

February 5, 2020 • Architecture, National, News

A photo of the White House, a neoclassical structure akin to the buildings typified in the new executive order

Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again

[Updated] Potential executive order might force neoclassical style on federal buildings

February 4, 2020 • Architecture, National, News