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Elkus Manfredi & Offshoots Design a Verdant Bike Park and Future Community Center in Boston

Boston

May 9, 2022

The tilted green space atop a bike hub encourages sustainable commuting, mitigates air pollution, and establishes a focal point for an emerging mixed-use campus.

Future of the Workplace

RECORD Editors

May 1, 2022

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Architects from Chicago to Belgium explore solutions for creating work spaces that can accommodate new, flexible styles of working while accounting for sustainability needs.

SOM & 7 WTC Office by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

New York City

Pilar Viladas

May 1, 2022

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SOM walks the talk in a new space for its New York studio at 7 World Trade Center.

Atop a Belgian Warehouse, Agrotopia Is a Shimmering Experiment in Vertical Farming

META and Van Bergen Kolpa design a rooftop greenhouse in Roeselare, Belgium

Tim Abrahams

May 1, 2022

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An experimental greenhouse complex by META and Van Bergen Kolpa ups the ante for the humble agricultural typology.

For Uber's Headquarters, SHoP Reinvents the Glass Box with "Breathing Facades"

The San Francisco complex offers an alternative to the conventional office tower

John King

May 1, 2022

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Two interconnected buildings in San Francisco offer an alternative to the conventional office tower.

Willis Tower Transformation by Gensler

Chicago

James Gauer

May 1, 2022

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Gensler builds a complementary new base for SOM’s famed Willis Tower.

The Post-Pandemic Office

Architects and their clients are reimagining the workplace with more flexible and humane environments

Ronda Kaysen

May 1, 2022

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Architects and their clients are reimagining the workplace with more flexible and humane environments.

Rambla Climate House by Andrés Jaque and Miguel Mesa del Castillo Clavel

Molina de Segura, Murcia, Spain

Andrew Ayers

April 26, 2022

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Architects Andrés Jaque and Miguel Mesa del Castillo Clavel create a manifesto in Southern Spain.

Bruges Meeting & Convention Center by Eduardo Souto de Moura & META architectuurbureau

Bruges, Belgium

Tim Abrahams

April 25, 2022

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Eduardo Souto de Moura and META bring a modern convention center to the historic Belgian city of Bruges.

Snapshot: Luminous New Star on Sagrada Família's Tower of the Virgin Mary by LKL

Barcelona

Ilana Herzig

April 14, 2022

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Illuminated by the German lighting design firm's Barcelona hub, the 12-pointed steel-and-glass star was installed atop the tower at Antoni Gaudí’s basilica.