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The United States pavilion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale has unveiled 12 projects comprising The Architectural Imagination.

Though the scaffolding on the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s new building on the Mall in Washington, D.C. has been down for some time, allowing the public full view of its three-tiered, crown-shaped exterior of bronze-colored cast-aluminum panels, on Thursday, a small group of journalists was given a tour of its nearly complete interiors, where installation of exhibits has already begun.

Related Midwest has signed a deal to develop a vacant 62-acre parcel of land linking the city’s South Loop and Chinatown neighborhoods, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Since establishing Erdy McHenry Architecture in 1999 with David McHenry, Erdy’s design work has received more than 25 state, local, and national awards.

Thomas Kirk is an associate principal at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson where he focuses on the planning and design of carefully crafted projects that draw on the simple expression of structure, the timelessness of materials, and the strong connection between site and building.

French conceptual artist Daniel Buren has created a temporary, site-specific work for the Frank Gehry-designed Fondation Louis Vuitton building, in the Bois de Boulogne park in western Paris.

Today, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced winners of the 17th Annual National Design Awards, which recognize excellence and innovation in 11 categories.

When he was named director of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena asked curators to focus on projects that “improve the quality of the built environment and life and consequently people’s quality of life.”

While the Yale School of Architecture is one of the leading architectural education programs in the country, it is—probably to the surprise of many—much younger than similar programs at universities with whom it shares top billing.