Ben Dreith
ODA designs cylindrical skyscraper for Fort Lauderdale
New York architecture studio ODA has released designs for the 633 SE 3rd Avenue skyscraper in southern Florida with a series of cylindrical tubes arranged on top of a tree-covered podium. More
Toronto airfield to be converted into district that aims for "the opposite of suburbanization"
Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects, local studio KPMB and landscape architecture studio SLA are set to convert an airstrip outside of downtown Toronto into a residential district. More
Collection of Le Corbusier tapestries goes on display at Almine Rech Gallery
Almine Rech Gallery in New York has launched its Nomadic Murals show featuring the tapestries of Swiss-French architect and designer Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier. More
Google turns logo black to mark Queen Elizabeth II's funeral
Google has turned the logo on its homepage black in the United Kingdom to coincide with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. More
Architectural "touchstones" make The Rings of Power world look real, says production designer
The sets for Amazon's The Rings of Power television series draw on a range of historical European architectural vernaculars to make the fantasy world believable, says production designer Ramsey Avery in this interview. More
Crosby Studios and Zero10 launch fashion pop-up that lets people "try on" virtual clothes
Design firm Crosby Studios has teamed up with augmented reality technology company Zero10 for a pop-up store in Manhattan that aims to provide a virtual retail experience. More
Milwaukee mayor declares September 16 Santiago Calatrava Day
The city of Milwaukee has dedicated September 16 to Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to commemorate the Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum, completed in 2001. More
Brutalist Marcel Breuer hotel among 2022 Modernism in America Award winners
Conservation group Docomomo US has announced the winners of its annual Modernism in America Awards, which celebrate individuals and projects that preserve modernism in the United States. More
Meow Wolf opens installation-filled venue on site wedged between Denver viaducts
Arts company Meow Wolf has collaborated with 300 artists to create a series of immersive installations made from mostly salvaged material for its Shears Adkins Rockmore Architects-designed venue in Denver. More
Eleven Burning Man 2022 installations that showcase deep-desert design
A bulbous sculpture by architects Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange, an ornate temple and a walkway made of recycled ocean plastic were featured at the annual Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of western Nevada. More
KPF breaks ground on supertall skyscraper set to be Texas' tallest
American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has revealed images of Waterline, a supertall skyscraper to be built in Austin that will be the tallest structure in the state of Texas once completed. More
Herzog & de Meuron and Piet Oudolf unveil designs for Calder Gardens in Philadelphia
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf have teamed up to create Calder Gardens in Philadelphia, which will house works by American sculptor Alexander Calder. More
Sid Lee Architecture remodels offices at base of IM Pei skyscraper in Montreal
Canadian architecture studio Sid Lee Architecture has created offices that take advantage of the original skylights in the base of an IM Pei-designed skyscraper in Downtown Montreal. More
Cimet Arquitectos remodels earthquake-damaged office tower in Mexico City
Mexican architecture studio Cimet Arquitectos has remodelled and reinforced an 18-storey-tall structure in Mexico City after it was damaged by a series of earthquakes. More
Ten atriums that brighten and expand residential spaces
A Montreal home with a trapeze net, a warehouse conversion in London and an Indian home with a monolithic marble facade are among the residences in this lookbook, which feature atriums as a central aspect of their design. More
Bernheimer Architecture becomes first US private-sector architecture studio to unionize
New York studio Bernheimer Architecture has announced that its employees will join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, making it the first private-sector architecture studio in the US to unionize. More
Architects should be "more involved" in abortion access says AIA Los Angeles panel
Architects and designers should take a more active part in response to the overturn of Roe V Wade, the Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion, according to speakers on a recent AIA Los Angeles panel. More
NBBJ set to add two towers to Paul Rudolph's brutalist Boston Government Services Center
The state government of Massachusetts has unveiled plans by architecture studio NBBJ to redevelop the brutalist Hurley Building in Boston and add a pair of high-rises to the Paul Rudolph-designed 1970s structure. More
Nine municipal buildings in North America that reject bland utilitarianism
A sculptural transit garage in Alberta, a Studio Gang-designed fire station in Brooklyn and a massive sculptural salt warehouse in Manhattan are included in this roundup of visually striking North American municipal architecture. More
Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert
American artist Michael Heizer has completed City, a monumental sculpture formed of earthen mounds, geoglyphs and concrete pyramids deep in the Nevada desert that took more than 50 years to construct. More