CLOSE AD ×

InternationalLatest Stories

rendering of revamped public square in ottawa's parliamentary hill
Blocked In

Toronto’s Zeidler Architecture and David Chipperfield Architects win bid for Block 2 reimagining in Ottawa

a theater complex with a globe-shaped volume extending from a boxy building
Theater in the Round

OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Center lifts theater spaces over a bustling night market

exterior view of an embassy in washington, d.c.
Thursday!

Daily digest: Norway’s revamped D.C. embassy opens, Historic Filipinotown in L.A. gets a new gateway, and more

Met With Secrecy

The design competition for Montreal’s PHI Contemporary is public and transparent. Why can’t the Met do the same?

a person deconstructing a construction element
Full Circle

By redrawing the way we design, build, and “unbuild,” circularity could reduce forced labor in the building industry

The Politics of Memory

Calls for a permanent COVID memorial neglect our fragmented political culture and the long road to recovery that lies ahead

a diptich with a diagrammatic building with what looks like a colon running through it
BIG Toothpaste

Bjarke Ingels Group’s virtual headquarters for Vice Media disappoints on every level

portrait of christopher alexander
Code Breaker

Christopher Alexander, who died in March at 85, offered ways to unf*ck the world

Elevation of new mixed-use complex
Ain't No Valley Low

MVRDV’s Valley twists and turns with natural stone and vegetated balconies

skyline view of a museum campus
Artful Remake

SANAA-designed Sydney Modern Project at the Art Gallery of New South Wales set for December debut

view of the sculpture court at barbican centre
In The Can

Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio tapped for Barbican Centre revamp

photo of a skyscraper under construction
Big Boy

Japan’s tallest tower tops out in Tokyo

a historic brick museum building with a modern glass addition towering behind it
Growth Spurt

Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt, and Two Row Architect selected for major Art Gallery of Ontario expansion

exterior of a colonnaded education building
Firsts and Lasts

Grafton Architects’ Kingston Town House in London wins Mies van der Rohe Award in a first for a university building

rendering of a tree sculpture
Put A Tree On It

Heatherwick Studio’s Buckingham Palace tree sculpture elicits cutting reactions

Rendering of the Liberland Metaverse. (ZHA)
Regressive Fantasy

Patrik Schumacher’s Liberland Metaverse is pure cringe

Hold The Mustard

Superette’s newest cannabis dispensary pays playful homage to classic Italian delis

portrait of a female architect
In Jeddah

Counterspace’s Sumayya Vally named co-curator of inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale

CLOSE AD ×