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exterior view of the main residence at hearst castle
Back In Action

Hearst Castle reopens with new tour focused on its architect, Julia Morgan

a skatepark with a large mural and colorful post-modernist building in the background
Stories To Tell

The National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered list for 2022 includes murals, an internment camp, and a Neutra-designed school

From Hate to Healing

Reparative justice and adaptive reuse align in planned transformation of old Fort Worth KKK hall into community arts hub

historic facade of a 100-plus-year steam power plant
Riverfront Recharge

Dreyfuss + Blackford’s reimagining of a decrepit power station breathes new life into the Sacramento riverfront

interior of a bar with scratched wood tables and a warm ambiance
Cheers Mate

Daily digest: Cincinnati’s Terrace Plaza Hotel denied landmark status, historic NYC gay bar honored with plaque, and more

exterior of a brutalist courthouse building
The Jeopardized Five

A Brutalist courthouse and century-old Elks Lodge rank among 2022’s Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois

aerial view of the National Air and Space Museum in black and white
Pave The Way

Gyo Obata’s restaurant pavilion on the National Mall to be demolished to make way for $130 million Bezos Learning Center

exterior of a british broadcaster building
Making The List

Concern grows for Channel 4’s Richard Rogers–designed London headquarters amid sell-off scheme

Aerial view of colorful-roofed performing arts center
Aria Building

Daily digest: Heatherwick Studio debuts a “tropical opera house,” a fund for rehabilitating Ukrainian heritage sites, and more

a neoclassical building with columns, a capital building the likes of which the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts would have authority over
One Less Cook On The Commission

Trump appointee Rodney Mims Cook Jr. exits U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

interior of a vietnamese bedroom
Building Socialism

East German architecture leaves a lingering legacy in Vietnam

view of a capsule building in tokyo with highway in foreground
End Of The Road

Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower set to be demolished in April

the concrete and hulking atlanta central library
Out Of Frame

The remodel of Marcel Breuer’s Atlanta Central Library demonstrates the fault lines of preservation causes

a terra-cotta building joining a glass one with aronson building sign
Stone For All Seasons

In San Francisco, the historic Aronson Building gets a second life as a neighborhood anchor

Boston Government Service Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Cast In Concrete

A Boston Brutalist classic is threatened with demolition. Architects and preservationists should fight for its survival

rendering of the restored castle-like structure of the smallpox hospital
Forever And More

On Roosevelt Island, the fight to turn the historic Smallpox Hospital into a permanent pandemic memorial

The exterior of the FBI headquarters in DC
Under Consideration

Fourteen D. C. sites are under consideration for the two new Smithsonian museums, including the FBI headquarters

facade of a historic theatre building
Midtown Makeover

Snøhetta will lead a $100 million revamp of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Powell Hall

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