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Porto Cruise Terminal

High-Water Mark: A cruise-ship terminal’s exuberant form connects passengers and is a destination in its own right.

March 1, 2016

To create the iconic curving forms of the cruise-ship terminal in Porto, Portugal, architect Luís Pedro Silva began working from the project’s territorial context rather than simply seeking a display of formal prowess.

Luminous Revivals

690 Folsom Street

Lydia Lee

February 1, 2016

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The prosaic city garage at 690 Folsom Street in downtown San Francisco had been neglected for decades, but a recent makeover is attracting attention.

Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz

Mary Pepchinski

November 15, 2015

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The Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station lies 60 feet under the inner city of Leipzig, yet architect Max Dudler, who is based in Zürich, Frankfurt, and Berlin, wanted to create the impression that this public space is flooded with daylight.

Fred A. Bernstein

September 21, 2015

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A slew of airportment improvements—some controversial—are headed for New York City over the next several years. Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle The only rendering of the proposed TWA Flight Center Hotel, designed by Beyer Blinder Belle, shows very little of the future structure except two six-story volumes behind Saarinen’s winglike forms. New York will see a slew of airport improvements in the next few years and, surprisingly, the only one not causing controversy is a $48 million terminal for animals known as the Ark. The same can’t be said for the other two projects—a $4 billion reconstruction of LaGuardia Airport

Fred A. Bernstein

February 11, 2015

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Joy's 1,000-square-foot station is part of the redevelopment of the southwest corner of the Princeton University campus.

Fulton Center by Arup, Grimshaw, Page Ayres Cowley, and HDR

New York

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

January 16, 2015

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A multifaceted design team creates a 21st-century transportation hub for New York while preserving an important piece of the city's history.

Long Beach Airport

Let's Fly Away: HOK's new passenger concourses recall the relaxed atmosphere of early air travel.

Sarah Amelar

August 16, 2014

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The history of aviation in Long Beach, California, is legendary—from the landing, on its sandy shores, of the first transcontinental flight to its female-powered aircraft production during World War II and its more recent output of mammoth commercial and military jets.

Porta Susa High-Speed Train Station

Crystal Palace: A sleek new train station by Silvio d'Ascia Architecture helps to rejoin two long-severed neighborhoods.

David Cohn

August 16, 2014

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A sleek new train station by Silvio d'Ascia Architecture helps to rejoin two long-severed neighborhoods.

King Street Station

Track Star: ZGF's renovation of King Street Station revives a faded landmark while positioning the city for an integrated transit future.

Clifford A. Pearson

August 16, 2014

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Although just 1,800 Amtrak passengers use it each day, the recently renovated King Street Station in Seattle serves as a landmark and urban catalyst at the junction of several changing neighborhoods.