Ben Dreith
Architects need to "take responsibility for shaping the world" says Thom Mayne
Morphosis founder Thom Mayne, who is reportedly working on Saudi megacity The Line, explained his desire to work on complex, city-scale projects in a talk in New York City. More
Studio CL creates Santiago apartment building as "exercise in micro-density"
Studio CL has created a concrete apartment block in Chile made out of precast concrete that was designed as a prototype for a multi-family housing unit. More
MVRDV envisions Vancouver in 2100 with predicted sea level rise
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released a study that aims to offer possible solutions to urban planning in the face of rising sea levels by reimagining the Vancouver waterfront. More
Plantd Materials creates OSB board alternative from processed grass
North Carolina firm Plantd Materials has developed a material consisting of processed perennial grasses that it says will be lighter and stronger than traditional timber boards while capturing more carbon.
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Steelcase launches furniture line based on Frank Lloyd Wright designs
American company Steelcase has used archival designs by architect Frank Lloyd Wright to create the Racine Collection, a line of home office furniture. More
Smiljan Radić creates inflatable stage for Chile's architecture biennial
Chilean architects Smiljan Radić and Nicolás Schmidt have created an inflatable, metallic structure that acts as a stage for the country's architecture biennial in Santiago. More
Edgardo Giménez creates colourful artist residency in Uruguay
Argentinian artist and designer Edgardo Giménez has created an artist residency in Uruguay called Casa Neptuna that features playful geometry and bright colours. More
Pelli Clarke & Partners creates Mexico City's tallest skyscraper as "window to the heavens"
US architecture studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed the Mitikah skyscraper, which is now the tallest in Mexico City. More
Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt buildings revealed in series of renders
Spanish architect David Romero has released a set of renderings that depict unbuilt projects by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, including a mile-high skyscraper and the floating cabins of Lake Tahoe Summer Colony. More
Kevin Daly designs canopied building to be "welcoming as the shadow beneath a tree"
LA studio Kevin Daly Architecture has created a headquarters for a Houston foundation that has a latticed canopy suspended over a white building that was created using steel and cross-laminated timber. More
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill designs pair of Toronto skyscrapers
Chicago studio Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has released designs for two skyscrapers in Toronto that will rise from a block of preserved heritage buildings. More
HKS creates "ship in a bottle" venue within SoFi Stadium
International architecture studio HKS has placed an entertainment venue called YouTube Theater under the sweeping canopy of an NFL stadium in Los Angeles. More
Ten high-profile US buildings being completed in 2023
Continuing our previews of what's to come this year, we round up 10 architecture projects set to be completed in the United States in 2023, including a cavernous Manhattan museum extension and Austin's tallest skyscraper. More
GAAA restores 1970s Chilean boat that "carries the memory of the forests"
Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has created an all-wood cabin with an ornamental overhang and a decorative skylight for the restoration of the Kon-Tiki boat in Chile. More
Cinco x Cinco references playgrounds with chrome-and-craft furniture collection
Guatemalan design studio Cinco x Cinco used a mix of contemporary and artisanal techniques for its third collection of furniture, The Sum of Small Parts, which won the highest honour at Design Week Mexico 2022. More
Snøhetta to expand Museum of Sex to Miami in "most ambitious undertaking yet"
Architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled its design for a Miami outpost of the New York City museum dedicated to "celebrating the cultural significance of human sexuality". More
Zaha Hadid Architects unveils modular tent classrooms for refugees
London studio Zaha Hadid Architects has created a series of tent-like classrooms for displaced communities, which were designed by the late Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. More
BioLab Studio develops 3D-printed "bio scaffold" for growing mycelium
California-based BioLab Studio has developed a system that uses 3D printers to construct wooden scaffolding that cultivates mycelium maintained by a robotic arm. More
Concrete creates art-oriented space for CitizenM's first Miami hotel
Dutch hotel group CitizenM has opened a hotel in Downtown Miami in a high-rise building with multiple terraces that was designed to be a "3D art piece". More
Cinco Sólidos creates Casa Aire for J Balvin in Colombia
Colombian architecture studio Cinco Sólidos has renovated a gabled house in the mountains outside of Medellín for musician J Balvin to appear as a "house in the air". More