32+ min ago  (283+ words) Visible rebuilding efforts took place around Kathmandu Durbar Square, where damaged temples and palaces underwent restoration. Craftsmen trained in traditional Newari construction techniques played a major role in rebuilding several heritage structures. Following the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, large parts…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago  (759+ words) Toronto's waterfront transformation continues to take shape with the unveiling of the public realm and streetscape design for Ookwemin Minising, a new island community emerging within the Port Lands district in Toronto. Led by Danish landscape and urban design studio…...

8+ hour, 29+ min ago  (702+ words) For years, architectural movement has been tied to spectacle. Think of fa'ades that open like mechanical flowers, panels that track the sun, and building skins that shift. These projects helped define the language of kinetic architecture, proving that motion can…...

6+ day, 32+ min ago  (238+ words) Some nations answered with greater success than others. Malaysia's Putrajaya steadily grew into a functioning administrative center while Naypyidaw still struggles with empty districts and oversized infrastructure. That contrast is what makes planned capitals so compelling. They reveal how architecture…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (629+ words) New York's long-delayed Penn Station overhaul has entered a new phase after Amtrak and the U. S. Department of Transportation officially selected Penn Transformation Partners as the master developer for the station's redevelopment. The announcement marks one of the most significant advancements…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (493+ words) Located in Phoenix's Roosevelt Row Arts District, Ray Phoenix is a new 26-storey residential tower designed by Johnston Marklee in collaboration with Lamar Johnson Collaborative. Developed by Ray and Ve La, the mixed-use project combines housing, retail, cultural spaces, and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (239+ words) Instead of placing a visible monument within the landscape, the project is envisioned through a process of geological subtraction. No freestanding structure, heroic symbol, or monumental object dominates the site. The design imagines architecture emerging through excavation, slowly incising the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (824+ words) Some of architecture's most radical ideas arise when architects design homes for their mothers. In these deeply personal projects, care, obligation, memory, and familiarity reshape the architectural brief into something far more intimate than a conventional commission. Homes designed for…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (395+ words) Remotely accessed via a former stagecoach road in Healdsburg, California, the site carries history and vulnerability. The 2019 Kincade Fire destroyed the original off-grid house, prompting a rethinking of how to live within such a fragile ecosystem. Inspired by the resourcefulness…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (268+ words) The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has sharply criticized the U. S. Education Department after the agency finalized a new federal student loan rule that excludes architecture from the list of recognized professional degree programs, a move the organization says could significantly…...