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L.A. Tower Set to Include Glass Slide Thrill Ride

March 29, 2016

Thrill seeking tourists will have a new destination this June, when the renovated U.S. Bank Tower is slated to reopen after a $50-million facelift.

Williams Tsien Plan for Hood Museum Sparks Controversy

Miriam Sitz

March 28, 2016

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Darthmouth enlisted the architects for a $50 million renovation and expansion of Charles Moore's postmodernist building.

WOHA’s High-Intensity Architecture Now on Display at the Skyscraper Museum

Clifford A. Pearson

March 28, 2016

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In recent decades, Southeast Asia has become a vibrant laboratory of high-density urbanism with places such as Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong packing more people into taller buildings on smaller parcels of land.

AIA Diversity Survey Yields Bleak Results

Laura Raskin

March 25, 2016

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Last month, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) released the results of its 2015 Diversity in the Profession of Architecture survey and the numbers tell a grim—and unsurprising—story: the profession doesn’t look at all like the society it serves.

Rockwell's Nouveau Broadway Turn

Linda C. Lentz

March 24, 2016

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The Roundabout Theatre’s revival of the 1963 musical She Loves Me, which opened at New York City’s Studio 54 on March 17, scored glowing reviews for its terrific cast, director Scott Ellis—and set designer Rockwell Group.

Designing Diplomacy: Top Firms Selected for New U.S. Embassies

“I believe in the power of architecture,” says director of Overseas Buildings Operations.

Fred A. Bernstein

March 23, 2016

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After reviewing the portfolios of six finalist firms, the State Department has chosen Studio Gang Architects to design a new U.S. Embassy in Brasilia.

Groups Petition Putin to Save Shukhov Tower

World Monuments Fund will host a two-day celebration in Moscow this weekend to raise awareness of Constructivist icon.

Anna Fixsen

March 18, 2016

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Preservationists are imploring Russian president Vladimir Putin to take decisive measures to restore Shabolovka Tower, a deteriorating Constructivist masterwork in Moscow.

DDC Releases New Handbook of Municipal Design Principles

A new initiative from New York City’s primary design and construction agency aims to inspire rather than instruct.

Rebecca Seidel

March 17, 2016

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The New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) unveiled a revamped set of priorities March 9 for architects working on public facilities and infrastructure. These four new guiding principles—equity, sustainability, resiliency, and healthy living—align with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s environmental and economic policies.

U.S. Pavilion Milan Expo Designers Unpaid

Designers of U.S. Pavilion at 2015 Milan Expo Shortchanged

Fred A. Bernstein

March 17, 2016

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Since the 1990s, the U.S. State Department has been barred from spending public funds on world expo pavilions. The result has been a series of disasters: the U.S. was a no-show at the expo in Hanover, Germany, in 2000; it then built lackluster, overly commercialized pavilions for the 2005 and 2010 expos in Aichi, Japan, and Shanghai, China.

Three Firms Commissioned to Design Dubai Expo Pavilions

The designs center on three themes: mobility, sustainability, and opportunity.

Rebecca Seidel

March 16, 2016

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Foster + Partners, Grimshaw Architects, and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) will design a trio of pavilions for Expo 2020 in Dubai. The three firms beat ten competitors in a global competition whose results were announced on March 12.