Born in Montevideo, the architect garnered praise—and some controversy—for projects including the Tokyo International Forum, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, and 20 Fenchurch Street in London.
Led by Diamond Schmitt, Selldorf Architects, and Two Row Architect, the project will add at least 13 new galleries dedicated to modern and contemporary art spread across 40,000 square feet.
Sponsored in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, the annual competition will award $2 million to fund the construction of proposals that demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits of mass-timber construction.
This year’s 16 winning projects include an early education center in Detroit by Marlon Blackwell Architects and a girls school in Rajasthan, India, by Diana Kellogg Architects.
The AIA-applauded move removes a major barrier on the road to licensure that disproportionately impacts women and candidates from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
RECORD speaks to the former longtime president of Walt Disney Imagineering about his career with the entertainment juggernaut as he steps into a new role at Gensler.
The undercroft of Henry Bacon’s Neoclassical D.C. landmark will be converted into a new museum focused on the history of the memorial and its emblematic role in the civil rights movement.
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