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Explore possibilities for converting inner-city land covered with shuttered industrial facilities.

For over 35 years, Chip Clark worked as the chief photographer of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Talk about an enviable position! In this role, he documented everything in the museum’s vast collection, of which only a portion is accessible to the public. He was also sent on expeditions to caves…

From its offices in The Boathouse in Putney, West London, bpr architects has focused its practice on family values since being founded by current director Paul Beaty-Pownall’s parents in 1975. He and fellow director Graham Wilson took over in 1994 and maintain a culture that he describes as a “family of architects all working toward…

If there is one architect who understands the challenges that Dame Zaha Hadid faced in the upper ech elons of architectural stardom, it is surely Frank O. Gehry. As last week’s news of Hadid’s unexpected death continues to sink in, one of the architect’s most prominent peers has spoken of her impact across the profession —…

From Piet Blom’s Cube-Houses to the iconic Erasmus Bridge, the city’s architecture reveals the evolu tion of its design culture over the last three decades.

From low-rise housing blocks to high-rise towers, these Mexican apartment buildings are at the foref ront of urban housing for the 21st century.

With Easter having passed quite recently, the idea of resurrection is perhaps on many people’s minds . Nowhere is this more true than Puglia, Italy, where one can now visit a “resurrected” early Christian basilica made of wire mesh that serves as an ethereal reminder of the area’s rich architectural history. The creator of this apparitional…

ECDM is an architecture firm based in Paris, France. Founded by Emmanuel Combarel and Dominique Marr ec, the firm exhibits a specific design attitude, which aims to create seamless connections between the old and the new. This objective is translated in their contemporary and sustainable approaches to social and affordable housing projects in and around Paris,…

These spanking new facilities provide spaces not only for opera, but a number of performing arts enj oyed by the public.