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Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly dies aged 78
Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly, who designed hundreds of projects including skyscrapers 432 Park Avenue and the Walkie Talkie, has passed away aged 78. More
SOM tops Kansas City airport with giant timber-clad canopy
International architecture studio SOM has completed a terminal for Kansas City International Airport that features a large wood-clad canopy. More
Thomas Randall-Page completes Cody Dock Rolling Bridge in London
British designer Thomas Randall-Page has installed a footbridge in east London that is made from weathering steel and oak and rotates via manual levers to let boats pass. More
Travelling exhibition From the Ground Up highlights unsung Black architects
The racial paradigm in the United States means that Black architects must continue to operate against the grain in order to get projects built, says From the Ground Up exhibition curator Hasaan Kirkland. More
Erre Q Erre replaces parking lot with stone pavilion in Mexico City
Local architecture studio Erre Q Erre has created the Environmental Culture Center, a stone-clad pavilion and garden that replaces a parking lot in Bosque de Chapultepec, a large park in the centre of Mexico City. More
Iwan Baan photographs Anish Kapoor sculpture squashed under New York skyscraper
Photographer Iwan Baan has released images of Anish Kapoor's long-awaited reflective sculpture in New York, which sits at the base of Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard Street skyscraper in Tribeca. More
"Every work is very different" in organic architecture says Javier Senosiain
Organic architecture is less a style or school and more a set of principles, Mexican architect Javier Senosiain and Noguchi Museum curator Dakin Hart tell Dezeen in this interview. More
15-minute city an "easy way to explain an old concept" says Edmonton planner
A planner from Edmonton, Canada, has defended its 15-minute city plan after criticism from locals, saying that the plan uses age-old concepts and "will enable the City of Edmonton to support growth more efficiently". More
Adjaye Associates designs Brooklyn community centre to "disrupt the racial wealth gap"
UK studio Adjaye Associates has released designs for a Brooklyn campus for the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation that include a cultural centre and theatre. More
Elon Musk's Boring Company to build Project Amazing subdivision near Texas factory
US-based entrepreneur Elon Musk's Boring Company is developing a tract of land in Texas as housing for its employees. More
GO'C places arts centre on former Seattle gas station site to "heal an urban problem"
Local studio GO'C drew on the aesthetics of a 1930s gas station to create Mini Mart City Park, a community arts centre in Seattle that aims to show the potential of remediated brownsites. More
Pilar Zeta and Andrés Monnier create contrasting stone installations at Galerie Philia
Argentinian artist Pilar Zeta and Mexican sculptor Andrés Monnier have created the Antipodes exhibition at Galerie Philia that began during Mexico City's art week. More
The Future Perfect presents Gaetano Pesce's work at Los Angeles solo show
Italian designer Gaetano Pesce has launched Dear Future, an exhibition at gallery The Future Perfect's Los Angeles location that presents a range of works created from the 1960s to the present. More
Invisible solar panels "finally allow cultural heritage to access solar energy"
Italian company Dyaqua, which has developed a way to produce solar panels so that they resemble the barrel clay tiles common on the roofs of buildings in Italy, has said the technology is important for the sustainable redevelopment of historical sites. More
"Important to have architecture be part of the NFL" says Peter Eisenman
The Peter Eisenman and Populous-designed State Farm Stadium, which is set to host Super Bowl 57, had the USA's first retractable field and presented an innovative change from previous stadiums, say its designers. More
Car lift allows residents to drive into all apartments in Bentley's Miami Beach skyscraper
Sieger Suarez Architects and Dezer Development have released details of a 61-storey skyscraper in Miami Beach, which features a lift that allows residents to drive vehicles directly into apartments on all levels. More
Cooper Union's controversial Vkhutemas exhibition to open "later this spring"
New York's Cooper Union has announced that an exhibition on Soviet-era architecture will open later this year following its postponement due to concerns related to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. More
"Nomadic" design gallery Masa opens permanent location in CDMX
Masa Gallery has announced the opening of its permanent gallery in a heritage building in Mexico City where installations as well as a repository of work from past shows will be held. More
Brecht Wright Gander's Flesh Light lamp sheds light on "mechanical servants"
New York-based designer Brecht Wright Gander has created a wall sconce with a flesh-like silicone composite that is moved by motors to emphasise "the ways that even the most ordinary of domesticities often pulse with vitality". More
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Postponement of Soviet-era exhibition not about "censorship" says Cooper Union
New York's Cooper Union has defended its decision to postpone its Vkhutemas: Laboratory of the Avant-Garde exhibition following a controversial opinion article, which claimed it was inappropriate due to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. More