Designed by Gensler and HDR in association with Luis Vidal + Architects, the facility's roof consists of staggered peaks that frame clerestory windows meant to evoke the Allegheny Mountains.
The latest high-profile cultural institution on Saadiyat Island, where Frank Gehry's Guggenheim is under construction, commemorates the United Arab Emirates’ founder, an avid falconer.
The Rothko Pavilion—designed by Vinci Hamp Architects with Hennebery Eddy Architects—positions the museum as a crossroads between art and the urban context.
The 94-unit mid-rise gives priority to residents with ties to the historically Black Lower Albina neighborhood, which was shattered by midcentury urban renewal projects.
Rochester, New York’s soulful Temple B’rith Kodesh appeared in RECORD in November, 1963, during Pietro Belluschi’s tenure as dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning.
In its move to the Right Bank, the contemporary art museum has leased the basement and first two floors of a sprawling former hotel opposite the Louvre.