Civic Architecture

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In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, we look back at the renewal of one of this country’s most cherished—and aspirational—monuments.

A former city hall in Mie Prefecture by Junzo Sakakura, a Japanese architect who worked for Le Corbusier, is revitalized with a new use.

Designed by HCMA Architecture + Design and Dub Architects, the Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre provides facilities for athletics year-round.

The critically received project by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien improves a large section of Jackson Park and harks back to an era of heroic form-making.

Baskervill led the design of the new T.B. Smith Community Center, which features an eye-catching roofline and offers a variety of neighborhood resources.

Olive green metal panels clad the timber-framed facility designed by Barcelona-based Josep Ferrando Architecture.

Miller Hull creates a high-performing landmark for the storied capitol campus in Olympia, Washington.

Designed by Vir.Mueller Architects, the mostly subterranean curatorial center comes more than 450 years after the completion of the domed mausoleum.

Designed by London’s T_M.space, the temporary bamboo structure was bedecked in a mix of native and invasive species.