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Arts & Culture Projects 2024

December 2, 2024

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

Arts & Culture 2024

Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art is a Lesson in Contrast

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

December 2, 2024

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The Thomas Phifer and Partners–designed new home for the young and previously nomadic institution holds its own on a site with a fraught past.

Continuing Education: Remaking the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York institution is updating its enormous complex

Clifford A. Pearson

December 1, 2024

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The New York museum’s expansive renovation program updates and replaces key parts of its enormous Upper East Side complex, taking into account curatorial needs, visitor experience, and energy use.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kaufmann Office, designed 1935-1937, is installed at V&A East Storehouse © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.jpg

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ in East London Will Open in May

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

November 27, 2024

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Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the V&A East Storehouse is a publicly accessible museum storage facility set within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Clad in Terra-Cotta Fins, UPenn’s Expanded Graduate School of Education Fits in with Its Neighbors

Ian Volner

November 22, 2024

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Led by Annum Architects, the school-unifying ‘gateway’ project includes renovation and new construction.

At Vassar, a New Addition by Frederick Fisher and Partners Combines Hospitality with Lofty Institutional Goals

Pansy Schulman

November 20, 2024

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The 48,000-square-foot Institute for Liberal Arts also houses a boutique hotel and restaurant, creating a dialogue between the school’s architectural heritage and community-focused future.

Princeton Considers the Evolving Needs of Graduate Students with the Meadows Apartments

David Sokol

November 20, 2024

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The three-building, Passive House-certified complex designed by Mithun adds more than 600 new beds to the university’s graduate housing stock.

The New Davis Center at Williams College Features Charred-Wood Cladding and a Folded Roofline

Matthew Marani

November 19, 2024

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Along with a 26,000-square-foot expansion, the Leers Weinzapfel Associates–designed project includes the renovation of two historic buildings.

Herzog & de Meuron Reimagines Hospital Design in Zurich

Zurich

Andrew Ayers

November 18, 2024

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Landscaped courtyards and subtle interiors aim to improve patient experience at Switzerland’s largest pediatric healthcare facility.

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Maryann Thompson Elevates a Weekend Retreat Above Martha’s Vineyard Marshland

Edgartown, Massachusetts

Molly Heintz

November 15, 2024

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The Boston-based architect leveraged helical pile foundations—used in hurricane-prone regions—to safeguard a light-filled coastal residence and the surrounding ecosystem.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

In this course, you will learn about the benefits of utilizing terra cotta wall cladding as well as how they are manufactured and installed.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course will examine how noncombustible steel deck framing makes it possible to meet stringent building and fire codes in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) zones.

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Arts & Culture Projects 2024

Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art is a Lesson in Contrast

Continuing Education: Remaking the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ in East London Will Open in May

Clad in Terra-Cotta Fins, UPenn’s Expanded Graduate School of Education Fits in with Its Neighbors

At Vassar, a New Addition by Frederick Fisher and Partners Combines Hospitality with Lofty Institutional Goals

Princeton Considers the Evolving Needs of Graduate Students with the Meadows Apartments

The New Davis Center at Williams College Features Charred-Wood Cladding and a Folded Roofline

Herzog & de Meuron Reimagines Hospital Design in Zurich

Maryann Thompson Elevates a Weekend Retreat Above Martha’s Vineyard Marshland

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