Articles by Ben Dreith

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Goettsch Partners designs Nashville’s tallest skyscraper with “subtle” facets

September 2, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Goettsch Partners has unveiled the design of the Paramount skyscraper , which is set to be the tallest skyscraper in Nashville, Tennessee. Construction recently began on the Paramount skyscraper, which is planned to reach 60 storeys and stand 750 feet tall (229 metres) upon completion, unseating the 617-foot-tall (188 metres) AT&T Building. The

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Reigo and Bauer uses diamond-shaped cladding for angular Toronto house

August 30, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Local studio Reigo and Bauer has completed a Toronto house clad in diamond-shaped panels that present a “quiet tension of that contrast” between the cladding’s decorative and minimalist qualities. Called Neville Park, the three-level house sits on a narrow lot in an East End Toronto residential neighbourhood. It is characterised by a tall profile with

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Neil M Denari Architects aims for “immediate singularity” with purple LA office building

August 29, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

American studios Neil M Denari Architects and HLW have created an office structure in Beverly Hills equipped with solar panels and a distinctive “aubergine”-coloured facade. 9000 Wilshire is a single-tenant office building in Los Angeles’ Beverly Hill neighbourhood. Positioned on a low-rise commercial strip surrounded by residential, the building utilises a distinctive cladding language with

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Neil M Denari Architects aims for “immediate singularity” with purple LA office building

August 29, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

American studios Neil M Denari Architects and HLW have created an office structure in Beverly Hills equipped with solar panels and a distinctive “aubergine”-coloured facade. 9000 Wilshire is a single-tenant office building in Los Angeles’ Beverly Hill neighbourhood. Positioned on a low-rise commercial strip surrounded by residential, the building utilises a distinctive cladding language with

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Stuart Graff steps down as Frank Lloyd Wright foundation CEO

August 28, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

American architecture organisation The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has announced its president and CEO Stuart Graff will step down after eight years of acting as the head executive. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, an organisation dedicated to preserving the intellectual and physical legacy of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, announced that Graff would be stepping

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Jahn creates “rough and tough” military archive in Wisconsin

August 27, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

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. The Pritzker Military Archives Center is a facility for the storage, preservation and exhibition of documents and artefacts from participants in the US military, especially from the two world

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“Regenerative” eco-park opens on site of cancelled Mexico City airport

August 20, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architect Iñaki Echeverria has completed the first phases of an eco-park three times the size of Manhattan in Mexico City, using some of the infrastructure of the cancelled Foster + Partners-designed airport. Named the Lake Texcoco Ecological Park, the project entailed the regeneration and building of public infrastructure on a massive wetland environment on the

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ZGF Architects places “nine-acre” mass-timber roof on Portland airport terminal

August 15, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

American studio ZGF Architects has completed an expansion to the main terminal at Portland International Airport, installing a massive mass-timber roof that was prefabricated to keep the airport operational. The airport’s giant roof was made from metal and glued-laminated timber (glulam) that forms over 400,000 square feet (37,161 square metres) of beams and lattice and

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Seven narrow New York townhouses making the most of urban space

August 14, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

From a tall structure with a metal screen in SoHo to house extensions in neighbourhoods around Prospect Park, we’ve rounded up seven townhouses in New York City designed to make the most of narrow lots. New Yorkers know space is at a premium, from crowded subways and streets to tiny apartments in prewar buildings. Within

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