The Architect’s Newspaper / The most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States. Fri, 17 May 2024 21:08:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Jia Yi Gu is stepping down from her role as MAK Center director /2024/05/jia-yi-gu-stepping-down-mak-center-director/ Fri, 17 May 2024 21:08:20 +0000 /?p=376378 The MAK Center for Art and Architecture’s Jia Yi Gu has announced she is stepping down from the role of director. In an Instagram post the architectural designer, curator, and historian

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The Good Plastic Company turns plastic waste into a range of surfaces. What’s next? Expansion in the U.S. /2024/05/the-good-plastic-company-plastic-waste-expansion-us/ Fri, 17 May 2024 21:05:29 +0000 /?p=376347 When Dr. William Chizhovsky founded the Good Plastic Company in 2018, his goal was to produce the world’s most sustainable surface materials. Chizhovsky, born in Ukraine, earned his master’s degree

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John McAslan + Partners opens an office in New York City /2024/05/john-mcaslan-partners-opens-office-new-york-city/ Fri, 17 May 2024 16:40:24 +0000 /?p=376326 John McAslan + Partners is known worldwide for its architecture and infrastructure contributions, specifically to major transit hubs—both London’s Kings Cross and Sydney’s Central Station being crowning achievements. New York

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What will come of Downtown Los Angeles’s Oceanwide Plaza? /2024/05/what-will-come-of-downtown-los-angeless-oceanwide-plaza/ Fri, 17 May 2024 16:37:10 +0000 /?p=376330 Is Oceanwide Plaza an object lesson? Stalled for more than five years, the project in Downtown Los Angeles stands half-built, filling an entire block across the street from the Crypto.com

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Icon of the Seas by Wilson Butler Architects and Royal Caribbean is the world’s largest cruise ship /2024/05/icon-of-the-seas-by-wilson-butler-architects-and-royal-caribbean-is-the-worlds-largest-cruise-ship/ Fri, 17 May 2024 14:49:55 +0000 /?p=376301 In 1996, Royal Caribbean and Wilson Butler Architects (WBA) embarked on a simple mission: Provide the “best family vacation on the planet.” Since then, the pair have put out into

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Bates Smart faces Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C., with copper panels to evoke the Australian Outback /2024/05/bates-smart-embassy-of-australia-washington-dc-copper/ Fri, 17 May 2024 09:59:28 +0000 /?p=376228 Brought to you by: Architect: Bates Smart Location: Washington D.C. Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info Much like Uluru—or Ayers Rock, a sandstone landmark in the Australian Outback—the hues

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Hewitt completes Skyglass, a glass tower with an angled curtain wall /2024/05/hewitt-skyglass-glass-tower/ Fri, 17 May 2024 09:57:42 +0000 /?p=376082 Brought to you by: Architect: Hewitt Architects Location: Seattle Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info The latest addition to Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood is Skyglass, a zig-zag-shaped residential

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William Rawn Associates debuts major renovation for Boston’s Museum of Science /2024/05/william-rawn-associates-boston-museum-of-science/ Thu, 16 May 2024 20:30:58 +0000 /?p=376260 William Rawn Associates released this week their vision for a major renovation at Boston’s Museum of Science (MoS). The project will yield a new venue called the Public Science Common—a

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Hill House, designed by Donaldson + Partners, is the result of an all-too-rare creative alignment between architect, client, and builder /2024/05/hill-house-donaldson-partners-creative-alignment-architect-client-builder/ Thu, 16 May 2024 20:07:55 +0000 /?p=376207 In the 1990s, after working on special effects for films, Lynda Weinman taught digital media and motion graphics at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and wrote a

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WORKac releases vision for Sibley Dome renovation at Cornell AAP /2024/05/workac-releases-vision-sibley-dome-renovation-cornell-aap/ Thu, 16 May 2024 16:50:07 +0000 /?p=376199 WORKac has unveiled its plans for restoring Cornell AAP’s Sibley Dome, the 40-foot-tall rotunda connecting Sibley Hall with Milstein Hall. The New York City office founded by Amale Andraos and

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