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Renovating Rudolph

Early renderings of the Hurley Building’s transformation in Boston invite questions about legacy, transparency, and public process

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A New Lease on Life

Massachusetts announces Paul Rudolph’s Hurley Building will be “transformed” as part of mixed-use redevelopment

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Big Prey

Why can’t Paul Rudolph’s buildings catch a break?

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It's For The Birds

Daily digest: BIG unveils a hotel covered in birdhouses, the Eiffel Tower gets even taller, and more

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In the Can

Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Adjaye Associates, BIG and more shortlisted for Barbican Centre revamp

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Let There Be Light

Cooper Carry reveals an expansive refresh of Marcel Breuer’s Atlanta Central Library

A still from the 2021 dune film of a young man in front of a massive golden bas relief of a worm god
Desert Power

Designing Dune required mining the past to build humanity’s future

a concrete civic building with an entrance resembling an abstract sphinx
Not Rising From the Ashes

Court rejects petition to save Brutalist bank in downtown San Jose from demolition

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Barbi-will

The City of London launches design competition for major revamp of the Barbican Centre

New Front Yahd

Sasaki’s extensive renovation of Boston City Hall Plaza is moving along

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Taking Control Of The Narrative

Brutalism bolstered Control’s success, but why is the movement still so trendy?

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1920–2021

Pritzker Prize-winning German architect Gottfried Böhm dies at 101

Two brutalist buildings in trenton, new jersey, now being demolished
Bye Bye Brutalism?

Two historic Brutalist buildings in Trenton, New Jersey are being demolished for surface parking

A restored brutalist bus terminal supported by steel trusses
Sorry, Martha

Daily digest: The largest offshore wind farm in the U.S. moves forward, a Brutalist bus terminal revival, and more

mid-century housing blocks in france
You Say You Want A Revolution

Utopian politics makes a uniquely rotten pairing with architecture

Old Masters, New Home

The Frick Collection to reopen next week in the former Met Breuer building

Climbing Out of The Past

Work kicks off at MVRDV’s transformation of a communist relic into a new cultural hub for Tirana, Albania

B&W photo of modernist paul rudolph building in north carolina, the Burroughs Wellcome Company headquarter
Farewell, Old Friend

Paul Rudolph’s Burroughs Wellcome headquarters razed in North Carolina

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