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The Met’s Nolen Study Room, located within the Watson Library, repurposes wood shelving as CNC-milled wall paneling.

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.

Occupying the first two floors of a new residential tower, the relocated Martin Luther King, Jr. branch is anchored by a round concrete stage for lectures, screenings, and the occasional wrestling match.

Completed in 2024, the new Redmond Library in Deschutes County, Oregon, embodies a forward-looking vision for community architecture — one where mass timber and raised access flooring combine to create a space that is sustainable, adaptable, and deeply connected to its region.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and structural engineer Dewhurst MacFarlane partnered for this renovation at the Corning Museum of Glass, which was featured in the November 2001 issue.

A new cultural complex in Taiwan's second-largest city comprises an array of eight boxy, steel-framed volumes wrapped in aluminum mesh.

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

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.

A nearly century-old library steps up its role as a cultural institution by expanding below grade and becoming accessible to all.