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STV Group Renovates Hoboken’s Historic Ferry Terminal

STV Group renovates a 1907 transportation hub in Hoboken, New Jersey, and puts ferry service back in place after an almost 45-year hiatus. For a century, railroads dominated trade and travel in the...

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Celebrating Cultural Influences on Design: the Made in USA – German...

Architecture in New York City draws upon the talents of many international designers, and an exhibition at the German Consulate General held in March celebrated the unique contributions of German...

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Milstein Hall: How Old Meets New

A new academic facility by OMA supports Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) while bridging several historic campus buildings. As if designing space for an architecture...

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Minimalist Design of Cité de l'Océan et du Surf Museum Inspired by Sea and Sky

Steven Holl Architects' design for a museum near the oceanfront in France is dedicated to the sport of surfing but also calls attention to issues affecting marine ecology. Since opening in June of...

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Titanic Signature Project: An Exploration of Belfast's Shipbuilding Past

A new exhibition center in Belfast tells the story not only of the Titanic but of the long maritime history of this iconic city. One hundred years after the RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage and tragic...

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Design Inspiration: Structures of Utility

Bay Area architect David Stark Wilson, founder of WA Design, published a collection of photographs that highlights the vernacular architecture of California’s Central Valley and the foothills of the...

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Case Study: Clinical and Translational Science Building, Part 1

Francis Cauffman designs a medical facility for the University of Rochester that unites research with practice. This first article in a three-part series on the University of Rochester’s Clinical and...

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King's Cross Station Redevelopment

John McAslan + Partners created a canopied addition to the historic King's Cross Station, leaving the original western facade intact. Heralded for its historical importance but rather drab, London’s...

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Philip Johnson’s Crystal Cathedral

The Crystal Cathedral, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee in 1980 (with adjacent buildings by Richard Neutra and Richard Meier), will continue to serve as a house of worship, having...

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A Conversation with Beverly Willis of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation

The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has been addressing the needs of women in the AEC industry for the past decade. The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF), a national research and...

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The Smith Center for the Performing Arts: Deco in Vegas

DMSAS designs a new performing arts center that will outlast the $20 in your pocket. Las Vegas is known for its over-the-top re-creations of period architecture and, in some cases, of entire cities....

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Norway's TrollVeggen Restaurant

The Trollveggen made Architectural Digest's list of 10 most beautifully designed restaurants – read more about the visitor center and cafeteria elevated by its modernist architechture. Reiulf Ramstad...

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Kursaal Convention Center and Auditorium, San Sebastian

Where an architect created harmony and balance, locals see discord and ostentation. San Sebastian, in Spain’s Basque country, is one of those incredibly majestic places you can visit once and never...

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Earthen Construction: Building with Compressed Earth Blocks

With a long list of benefits, compressed earth blocks make an ideal natural building material. Approximately one-quarter of the world’s population live in homes made of earth, mostly in the developing...

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Reflections at Keppel Bay by Studio Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind softened his signature approach when designing a symphony of curving residential towers along Singapore’s waterfront.

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Organic Forms in Architecture

A glance at recent work by internationally influential architects shows a shift in fundamental building forms.

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An Outlook for the AEC Industry from Futurist Edie Weiner

The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation hosted a forum with featured speaker and futurist Edie Weiner, who outlined the eight opportunities for growth she sees for the AEC industry in the years to...

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Romania's National Library

Biblioteca Nationala a Romaniei, the National Library of Romania, reopened in April 2012 after languishing for more than 20 years in a nearly finished state.

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Offshore Cemetery in Hong Kong: Floating Eternity

In Hong Kong, the limited availability of land has led BREADstudio to design a floating columbarium off the coast.

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Frank O. Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Gehry's masterpiece, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, functions as one of the world's most prominent art museums, a contender for the most important building of the last 30 years, and a driver of tourism.

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