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Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse: 2025

Jakob + MacFarlane Dusts Off a 1980s Library in France

Chris Foges

February 10, 2025

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The Paris-based firm ‘prunes’ a failing building to meet 21st century needs.

Continuing Education: Prefabrication

On Staten Island, 1100 Architect Debuts New York’s First Modular Public Restroom

Staten Island, New York

Pansy Schulman

January 7, 2025

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As New York City grapples with a public restroom crisis, modular design presents a quicker and cheaper approach to expansion.

Continuing Education: Prefabrication

Schlaich Bergermann Partner’s Danube Valley Bridge Opens in Austria

Linz, Austria

Matthew Marani

January 7, 2025

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Through a combination of prefabricated components and strategic construction methods, the new bridge demonstrates how complex infrastructure can be built with minimal disruption.

A 100-foot-tall Vertical Mausoleum Rises at L.A.’s Landmark Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Matt Hickman

December 20, 2024

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The first phase of the Sunset Mausoleum project, designed by Lehrer Architects and Arquitectura y Diseño, accommodates 5,000 crypts within a soaring, open concrete structure.

3SIX0 Gives a Providence Nonprofit a New Home—and Brings Mass Timber to Rhode Island

Dante A. Ciampaglia

December 19, 2024

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Anchored by a 120-seat performance hall, the firm’s Community MusicWorks Center showcases cross-laminated timber while taking all-important acoustics into consideration.

Arts & Culture Projects 2024

December 2, 2024

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These tricky commissions tackle deep-rooted histories, cultural divides, and complex sites.

BIG’s 40th Precinct is a Big Upgrade for the NYPD in the Bronx

Dante A. Ciampaglia

November 25, 2024

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The 45,000-square-foot station house includes a dedicated community room—a first for the NYPD—with a separate entrance on the ground level.

Open Architecture’s Sun Tower Rises on China’s Shandong Peninsula

Dante A. Ciampaglia

October 31, 2024

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Drawing on the region’s history of sun worship, the waterfront ‘lighthouse’ has become a local attraction in the coastal city of Yantai.

Centerbrook Architects’ New Canaan Library Ushers a Civic Anchor Into the 21st Century

Jennifer Krichels

October 28, 2024

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Located in the heart of the Connecticut town, the 42,700-square-foot building foregrounds community, not quiet.

In Focus

Snøhetta’s Vibrant Library for a Queens Neighborhood Embraces Artistic Flair

Queens, New York

Ian Volner

October 11, 2024

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Featuring an abstract, calligraphic design that snakes across a glass facade, the two-story structure in Far Rockaway seeks to honor the rapidly changing neighborhood.