Dezeen Debate features "out of place" infill housing in Wisconsin
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a slender home in Wisconsin by Johnsen Schmaling Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
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Johnsen Schmaling "reimagines infill" with Curtain House on narrow lot in Milwaukee
Wood and metal louvres line the front of a slender home in Wisconsin by Johnsen Schmaling Architects that was built on a vacant lot in a way that reformulates the "typological conventions" of infill architecture. More
Jahn creates "rough and tough" military archive in Wisconsin
Chicago architecture studio Jahn has used massive steel trusses and a glass envelope for a military archive building with a structure informed by amphibious landing vehicles. More
Michael Green Architecture designs world's tallest mass-timber skyscraper for Milwaukee
Vancouver studio Michael Green Architects has released plans for a development in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which includes a mass-timber skyscraper that would be the tallest in the world if completed. More
Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin theatre reopens after five-year restoration
The Hillside Theatre by Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin has reopened following an extensive five-year restoration that addressed "significant structural and functional challenges". More
Kate Smith clads own Wisconsin home in two tones of wood
Local designer Kate Smith has wrapped a gabled house in blackened cypress siding in Door County, Wisconsin for her personal residence. More
World's tallest timber tower replaced by forest growth "in less than 25 minutes"
The final case study in our Timber Revolution series is Ascent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Korb + Associates Architects, which has been certified as the world's tallest mass-timber building. 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
Ennead Architects releases design for Milwaukee museum based on geological formations
New York studio Ennead Architects has unveiled its design for the Milwaukee Public Museum building in Wisconsin, which will consist of a series of rounded structures informed by the area's geological formations. More
This week we revealed the world's tallest timber building
This week on Dezeen, a mass-timber skyscraper in Milwaukee was certified as the world's tallest timber building. More
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Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee becomes world's tallest timber building
Ascent, an 86.6-metre-tall mass-timber tower in Wisconsin designed by Korb + Associates Architects, has been certified as the world's tallest timber building. More
Strand Design creates Lake Placid A-Frame in northern Wisconsin
American firm Strand Design has created a pointy cabin wrapped in metal and wood that is intended to blend with its forested, lakefront site in Wisconsin. More
Wisconsin train station becomes The Harvey House restaurant by Home Studios
Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a former rail baggage handlers' building in Madison into dining spaces that evoke "the golden age of train travel". More
Tres Birds wraps Wisconsin's Art Preserve in slanted strips of fir wood
Work by self-taught artists will be displayed within a Douglas fir-wrapped museum in eastern Wisconsin designed by US firm Tres Birds Workshop to evoke the natural landscape. More
Three gabled volumes form Wisconsin home by Collective Office
US architecture practice Collective Office "updated the rustic farmhouse typology" for this house in Wisconsin, which comprises three gabled units clad in black metal siding and shingles. More
Tretow designs snaking interior for Commonplace design store in Milwaukee
Snaking shelves by local studio Tretow are designed to encourage customers to linger in Wisconsin's Commonplace design store. More
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Johnson Wax offices as a forest open to the sky
Mushroom-shaped columns, pyrex skylights and earthy coloured furnishings feature in Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax Headquarters, which is next in our series of the architect's most important projects, celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth last week. More
Salmela builds Wisconsin residence in four separate phases over time
This home in the woods of Wisconsin was originally built as a single, open-plan volume by Salmela Architect, and subsequently extended on three occasions to fit its occupants needs. More
Wisconsin country house by Salmela Architect takes cues from weathered barns
American studio Salmela Architect has created a rural Wisconsin home that features a steep roof, square windows and natural cedar cladding meant to age over time. More
Wendell Burnette builds little house on the prairie in Wisconsin
This zinc-clad home by US studio Wendell Burnette Architects sits in the middle of a Wisconsin crop field (+ slideshow). More