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Michael Green Architecture designs world’s tallest mass-timber skyscraper for Milwaukee

August 8, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

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. Set to be built alongside the Marcus Center in central Milwaukee, the multi-tower scheme led by developer Neutral is currently going through the city’s approvals process.

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Intuit Dome basketball stadium set to open its doors in Los Angeles

August 7, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

A roof informed by a basketball “passing through a net” characterises the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, which was designed by international firm AECOM for the LA Clippers NBA team. The oval-shaped arena is scheduled to open its doors next week in Inglewood after more than three years of construction. It is located near the

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Eight Black modernist architecture projects preserved in the US

August 6, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architectural sites with significance to African American culture have received funds as part of Conserving Black Modernism, a national grant program that highlights “undervalued” contributions of Black architects in the United States. Among the featured projects are a dormitory complex in Mississippi and a mosque in Washington DC. The Conserving Black Modernism program is a

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Malek Alqadi references Petra for series of follies in California desert

August 5, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

California studio Malek Alqadi has created a series of monumental concrete hotel suites in the Mojave Desert, USA, informed by Middle Eastern archaeological sites. Folly Mojave is a series of standalone structures in the middle of the Californian desert. It comprises five structures, one single-storey amenity space and four different suites with two storeys, designed

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Skyscraper by Pei Architects follows “Toronto’s rich tradition of concrete”

August 1, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

New York studio Pei Architects has unveiled a skyscraper in Toronto, Canada, wrapped in precast concrete balconies and above a travertine podium. Pei Architects – founded by the two sons of modernist architect IM Pei – created the 56-storey residential tower for the Tower Hill Development in Midtown Toronto. Designed with local studio Quadrangle Architects,

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Conner + Perry Architects adds spa and theatre lounge to Lautner house in LA

July 30, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Conner + Perry Architects has made additions to the area surrounding the Sheats-Goldstein Residence in Los Angeles, which American architect John Lautner designed in the 1960s. Conner + Perry Architects completed work on the lower terrace of the steep site, with the original Lautner house at the top of the site. The entire

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Axel Vervoordt and Tatsuro Miki create “cloister-like” gallery in Puerto Escondido

July 11, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Belgian artist Axel Vervoordt and Japanese architect Tatsuro Miki have created a monolithic art gallery on the Oaxacan coast in Mexico to showcase large sculptural works. Called Meridiano, the gallery sits on the strip of coast north of Puerto Escondido near arts non-profit Fundación Casa Wabi’s Tadao Andoe-designed residency and gallery. Meridiano is run by Axel

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Xanadu is a “fun and maximum” roller disco in Brooklyn

July 10, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Local designer Varun Kataria has unveiled a venue with a mix of colourful, retro details that contains the only permanent roller rink in New York City. Set in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Xanadu occupies a former industrial warehouse, which was converted by Kataria and his team, who also run the nearby restaurant and venue Turks Inn and

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Jahn completes 1000M skyscraper in Chicago

July 3, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Jahn has completed a skyscraper in Chicago with two distinct sections, which is one of the last projects designed by studio founder Helmut Jahn. Called 1000M, the 788-foot-tall skyscraper (223 metre) is located at the south end of the Michigan Avenue Historic District near the Chicago lakefront. It is one of the tallest

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Twelve scenes froms America’s “hidden” industrial world

June 28, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Pencil production in New Jersey and the fabrication of massive turbines for wind power in North Dakota feature in this roundup of American industrial facilities photographed by Christopher Payne. Payne has spent the last decade exploring factories in America, ranging from “traditional industries” like wool carders to the production of contemporary technological machines that he

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