HKS unveils plans for brise soleil-wrapped supertall skyscraper in Austin
Architecture studio HKS has released plans for a supertall skyscraper to be built in Austin, Texas, which will be tallest building in the state. More
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro's David Rubenstein Forum named 2022's best tall building
The 10-storey David Rubenstein Forum in Chicago designed by US studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been awarded the 2022 prize for Best Tall Building Worldwide by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. More
Brett Farrow creates "chiseled" houses for Laguna Row development in California
Cedar cladding and distinctive windows feature on the exterior of tall rowhouses that were designed, developed and constructed by California architect Brett Farrow. More
Messana O'Rorke places marble bathrooms in Malin + Goetz founders' New York apartment
New York studio Messana O'Rorke has extended its collaboration with skincare brand Malin + Goetz by designing an apartment for its founders on Manhattan's Upper West Side, where special attention was paid to the bathrooms. More
Brandon Architects designs stone-clad home that frames the Las Vegas Strip
Brandon Architects has created a contemporary house that blends into the surrounding Las Vegas desert with stacked stone, disappearing glazing and reflective water features. More
ASA Studio Albanese references mid-century offices for Thom Browne store in San Francisco
American fashion label Thom Browne has opened its first retail location in San Francisco, designed by ASA Studio Albanese to feature dramatic marble against white slatted blinds. More
Mighty Buildings completes 3D-printed net-zero home in southern California
Mighty Buildings has delivered what it claims is the world's first 3D-printed net-zero home as part of a 40-unit community in Desert Hot Springs that explores environmental and economic development strategies. More
Architecture at Home exhibition presents "human-centred" housing prototypes
New York studio Levenbetts and Mexico City practice PPAA are among the firms that have designed socially conscious architecture prototypes for an exhibition on housing at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas. More
Photos show Studio Gang's Natural History Museum extension nearing completion
Construction has progressed on Studio Gang's Gilder Center in New York City, with images showing the cave-like concrete interiors and panelled exterior nearing completion. More
Norman Foster creates angular retreat in Martha's Vineyard for "friends of the Foster family"
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Norman Foster has designed the Foster Retreat in Martha's Vineyard as a holiday home for his friends and those of the Norman Foster Foundation, which features furniture designed by the architect for Karimoku. More
"Thor's Hammer flattens another 13-storey parking ramp" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing North Carolina architecture studio Duda Paine's 405 Colorado office building in Austin and other top architecture and design stories. More
"Hip hop has always had to be sustainable" says Atlanta hip-hop architecture exhibition curator
Architecture uses many of the same creative principles as hip-hop music, the curator of an exhibition tracking the relationship between the musical genre and designing buildings, Sekou Cooke, says in this interview. More
New York Philharmonic's David Geffen Hall reopens after extensive renovation
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects and Diamond Schmitt Architects have carried out a renovation of New York City's David Geffen Hall, modernising the venue's main concert hall and improving the public spaces that surround it. More
Populous and Hastings unveil largest purpose-built soccer stadium in the US
Architecture studio Populous and local studio Hastings have completed Geodis Park in Nashville for Nashville SC, which the studios say is the largest stadium dedicated to soccer ever built in USA. More
Maya Lin Studio designs spiral-shaped arts centre for Bard College
New York City-based Maya Lin Studio and US studio Bialosky and Partners have designed a spiralling plant-covered performing arts centre for Bard College in New York that will sit next to Frank Gehry's Fisher Center. More
BC designs Francis Gallery LA to celebrate Korean art and culture
Gallerist Rosa Park has opened a second Francis Gallery in Los Angeles to showcase the work of Korean artists and designers, with interiors by local studio BC intended to reflect the country's visual culture. More
The Quoin hotel by Method Co opens in historic Delaware bank
US hospitality firm Method Co has turned a Gilded Age-era bank building into a boutique hotel in Wilmington, Delaware, which boasts the city's first rooftop bar. More
Woods + Dangaran organises Twentieth house around olive tree
Living spaces are organised around a decades-old olive tree in this Santa Monica home, completed by Los Angeles studio Woods +Dangaran. More
Davies Toews Architecture refurbishes industrial Queens building
Davies Toews Architecture has overhauled a factory building in Ridgewood, Queens to serve as a mixed-use commercial and arts space. More
Sarah Jefferys creates Passive House in Brooklyn with dramatic cedar screen
American studio Sarah Jefferys Architecture + Interiors has renovated a slender townhouse in Brooklyn with airy rooms and a cedar screen on the facade to meet Passive House standards. More