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Canadian architect Bing Thom died last week while in Hong Kong, at the height of his renown and with a wealth of architectural commissions underway.

In late 2014, citizens of Burkina Faso revolted against the country’s dictatorial leader, President Blaise Compaoré, and set fire to the parliament house, leaving it a charred ruin in the capital city of Ouagadougou.

Lisbon’s new riverside architectural icon, designed by London-based studio AL_A, opened last week to a flood of visitors.

“Designing sustainably and designing resiliently is not just more homework for architects and engineers,” said Bjarke Ingels at the closing plenary of Greenbuild 2016 Friday afternoon.

Two of New York City’s most overburdened transportation facilities— Pennsylvania Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal, which together serve nearly a million passengers a day —could be dramatically upgraded or replaced if proposals developed by architectsand recently made public are adopted.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) has announced a new platform, called arc, intended to measure building performance and track incremental improvements as projects move toward LEED certification.

On October 6, the Royal Institute of British Architects bestowed its highly coveted award—the RIBA Stirling Prize for best building of the year—to the Newport Street Gallery, designed by Caruso St John Architects.

Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation released its annual list of the most at-risk architectural and cultural sites in the United States.

Today the recipients of the Agha Khan Award for Architecture were announced in Abu Dhabi.

When the grandchildren of Dwight D. Eisenhower approved a compromise design last week, it seemed likely that Frank Gehry’s memorial to the 34th president would finally get built—perhaps even in time for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, on June 6, 2019.