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It’s not architecture (or maybe it is?), but we’d like to take a moment to acknowledge the major new s this morning: the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the Constitution guarantees marriage equality! And now back to your regularly scheduled programming … L: Álvaro Siza, via Archdaily; R: Zaha Hadid, via Design…

L: David Chipperfield’s Fayland House, via ArchDaily; R: Cosmo by Andrés Jaque, via Dezeen. Contempo rary Classic: David Chipperfield’s Fayland House in Buckinghamshire has been proclaimed the winner of the 2015 AR House Awards, with the Architectural Review praising the architect’s “radical new take on the English country house.” Judges waxed lyrical about Chipperfield’s restrained residence,…

DISSING+WEITLING Architecture won the 2015 A+Award, Jury Choice, for the Highways & Bridges Category with Cykelslangen / The Bicycle Snake. This 660-foot (200-meter) bicycle bridge in Copenhagen makes life easier for some 12,500 commuters daily.

HELSINKI — Moreau Kusunoki Architectes of Paris are the winners of the Guggenheim Helsinki design co mpetition, the museum announced at a press conference Tuesday morning. After a year-long process, they were chosen by an 11-member jury from a shortlist of six firms. “One of our key ideas from the beginning was to make a transparent…

Architecture has come a long way since the time of drawing boards, T-squares, and dividers. How do c ontemporary firms deploy software and hardware solutions in an increasingly competitive market when superior workflow is measured in seconds, bytes, and pixels? Architizer recently conducted a survey of architects [PDF] to glean how they use technology, and the…

Plastic Fantastic: Designed by SelgasCano, the 2015 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (pictured above) ope ned today in London. The wire-framed structure is wrapped in a rainbow-colored skin of ETFE plastic. The Spanish architects’ sculptural form is the 15th created since the pavilion program began and is open until the 18th of October this year. Bridge Over Troubled…

Our regular news roundup: Madness in L.A., a Mall by Leeser, Robin Hood, RIBA, and the Stars Align.. .

This week sees the grand opening of Foster + Partners’ latest work, a project of a markedly differen t profile — or variety — than his trumped tower in N.Y.C. The masterplan for the Château Margaux is laden with a different but equally challenging history, albeit one that required a rather lighter touch. Considering the big…