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Six supertall skyscrapers planned for North American cities
Supertall skyscrapers are becoming increasingly common in North America outside of New York. Here are six designs by architects including Frank Gehry and SOM for supertalls that are planned across USA and Canada.
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Living Vehicle launches off-grid mobile home that creates water from humidity
California company Living Vehicle has unveiled its 2023 Travel Trailer mobile home, which has a roof covered in solar panels and generates its own drinking water from the humidity in the air. More
American architects select 11 of the country's most influential buildings
Philip Johnson's Glass House and a Frank Lloyd Wright home are among the buildings that 11 leading American architects have selected as 11 of the USA's most significant pieces of architecture of all time. More
Icon Architects unveils design for tallest mass-timber building in North America
Canadian studio Icon Architects has released its design for a 31-storey tower in Toronto that, if completed, will be the tallest mass-timber structure in North America. More
SPF Architects creates Obama Sports Complex from pre-engineered metal structures
Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. More
Neural Sleeve is a bionic leg wrap that uses AI to correct walking patterns
California startup Cionic and Yves Béhar's design studio Fuseproject have developed a bionic wearable that uses electric pulses and artificial intelligence to correct muscle movements in people with limited mobility. More
Frank Gehry's The Grand skyscrapers open in Los Angeles
A pair of skyscrapers designed by architect Frank Gehry that contain residences, retail spaces and a hotel have opened in Los Angeles across from the architect's famous Walt Disney Concert Hall. More
"The best tool for empowering people is through affordable housing" says architect Victor Body-Lawson
Architects should see themselves as the representatives of the community in the building process and not simply as an agent of developers, argues low-cost housing specialist Victor Body-Lawson in this interview. More
Kengo Kuma unveils first US residential tower
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has released designs for a structure in Miami Beach that will be the studio's first residential tower in the United States. More
Safdie Architects vaults glass atrium over indoor garden at São Paulo medical centre
Safdie Architects has oriented a medical centre in Brazil around a massive atrium with a glass ceiling that was designed to evoke "the feeling of being under a tree canopy". More
Chicago's buildings "still not as efficient as those built 130 years ago" says Energy Revolution curator
The Energy Revolution exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Center aims to demonstrate that the city's buildings need to become much more energy efficient. More
HCMA embeds "Indigenous design principles" in British Columbia student housing
Canadian architecture studio HCMA has completed the Wii Gyemsiga Siwilaawksat student housing and cultural center in Terrace, British Columbia. More
Michael Maltzan Architecture completes Ribbon of Light bridge with swooping arches in LA
Michael Maltzan Architecture has completed the new Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles, also named the Ribbon of Light for its multiple concrete arches lit from below. More
Virgil Abloh exhibition at Brooklyn Museum includes a full-scale house
The Brooklyn Museum has unveiled Figures of Speech, an exhibition of works by the late designer Virgil Abloh that includes Social Sculpture, a full-sized home placed inside the museum. More
Studio of Environmental Architecture drapes sails over mountainside home in Bequia
Studio of Environmental Architecture has used massive sails to create a "land yacht" on the island of Bequia in the Caribbean that was built using reclaimed wood and has a complex rain collection system. More
Thomas Phifer creates monolithic concrete gallery as home for Richard Serra artwork
American architecture studio Thomas Phifer and Partners has built a concrete structure at the Glenstone Museum in Maryland to house an artwork by sculptor Richard Serra. More
Sprawl in America "is not good for our climate" says Barack Obama
Former US president Barack Obama has called on architects and policymakers to tackle urban sprawl and to "create livable density" in American cities. More
Frank Gehry creates "welcoming building" for Children's Institute in LA
Architect Frank Gehry has designed a children's institute for no fee in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California, which will provide social services to the local community. More
BIG reveals design for National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth
Architecture studio BIG has unveiled its design for the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, which will commemorate the emancipation of enslaved peoples in the United States. More
Material Bank acquires digital architecture platform Architizer
US architecture and design materials marketplace Material Bank has acquired digital architecture database Architizer. More