Artists and designers worldwide are capturing the magic of the season in an alternative way this year. … Illuminating the courtyard of the the Utzon Center in Denmark, SOM’s Alternative Christmas Tree’ accompanies the firm’s current exhibition titled Sky’s the Limit: The Engineering of Architecture’ which explores SOM’s structural engineering practice and philosophy. The 7m-high tree’ … Continued
I met Lubell in lower Manhattan because the area proved to be central to his research. He and his co-author, Greg Goldin, have completed “Never Built New York,” a lushly illustrated compendium of almost two hundred utopian, dystopian, gargantuan, high-flying, and low-lying plans that never made it. … A superteam including Gordon Bunshaft, Wallace K. Harrison, … Continued
The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has honored SOM architect Michael Archer with the Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) Merit Award. This award recognizes Michael’s significant contribution as a young architect to the profession and community. The award was presented at the 2017 AIA New York Board Inaugural on December 13th, … Continued
Construction is now underway on the U.S. Naval Academy’s Hopper Hall, a new academic building for cyber studies, the computer science department, and other related disciplines. The building is named in honor of Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, a pioneer in computer science. It is the first academic building named after a woman at a major service … Continued
2016 has been a bumper year for architecture and our coverage has included some amazing projects both big and small from around the globe. Join us as we take a look at the 10 best buildings we’ve reported on in the past 12 months, including the world’s second-tallest skyscraper, a first 3D-printed office, floating student … Continued
Constructing a podium for the largest air rights project to date in Washington, D.C., is one thing. Doing it in a confined work area over an active highway is something else entirely. Topping that, the project includes moving Washington’s oldest synagogue—twice. The project’s complexity stemmed from balancing “the practical needs of construction and preserving design … Continued
When Chicago was still celebrating the end of the Civil War, the city had a population of roughly 200,000 people. The most memorable structure from that era, the Water Tower, was still three years from construction. Today, 150 years later, the city’s population has grown by more than 1,200 percent, and the city’s tallest building, … Continued
As the holiday season enters its final busy weeks, historic churches and religious buildings have a special draw to visitors, says Stephanie Meeks, president and chief executive officer of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. … U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet ChapelColorado Springs While this modern design was controversial when completed in 1962, it’s now … Continued
Anyone who looks up while walking Washington’s streets can reckon what the building material of the future is. Most new structures feature glass walls, which have turned downtown into a giant peep show. Stone and concrete facades are being stripped and replaced with even more of the tempered, transparent material. “Timber City,” an illuminating if … Continued
This was a year in which Los Angeles shook off some ambivalence about its own status as a dense, tall, post-suburban city — and in which the profession of architecture continued to embrace, reassess and excavate its own history. It was also a year in which architecture critics, thankfully, saw enough completed high-profile buildings — … Continued