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Matt Hickman

Matt Hickman

Matt Hickman is senior news/digital editor at Architectural Record. Previously, he served as Senior Editor at The Architect’s Newspaper and has over a decade of experience as a freelance writer and editor specializing in historic preservation, public space, and the intersection of the natural world and built environment. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Matt holds an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from The New School.
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Appleby Blue Almshouse

Witherford Watson Mann’s Appleby Blue Almshouse in South London Wins 2025 Stirling Prize

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
October 17, 2025
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Now honored for a ‘radical’ housing complex for seniors, this is the second time that the firm has been awarded the UK’s top architecture prize following its 2013 win for the restoration of Astley Castle.
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CAB 2025 installation

The Sixth Chicago Architecture Biennial is at Its Strongest When Championing Design as a Tool for Social Good

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
October 16, 2025
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Following the September launch of the Florencia Rodriguez–curated ‘Shift,’ new installations by biennial participants will be unveiled November 7 at a vacant retail space on the Magnificent Mile.
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GDU group photo

Mexican Landscape Architect Mario Schjetnan and Grupo de Diseño Urbano Win 2025 Oberlander Prize

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
October 14, 2025
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Schjetnan and the Mexico City–based firm are the third recipients of the biennial prize for landscape architecture, following Julie Bargmann and Kongjian Yu.
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Vancouver Art Gallery

KPMB and Formline Picked to Design New Home for the Vancouver Art Gallery After Ouster of Herzog & de Meuron

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
September 30, 2025
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The Swiss firm was on the job for more than a decade until a riff with the museum over ballooning costs brought the project back to square one in late 2024.
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Terry Farrell

English Architect Terry Farrell Dies at 87

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
September 29, 2025
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Best known for designing London’s 1990s-era SIS Building and Embankment Place, Farrell’s death follows the recent passing of his former partner, Nicholas Grimshaw.
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Carole Wedge

Carole Wedge Named New CEO/EVP of AIA

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
September 29, 2025
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The former CEO of large national firm Shepley Bulfinch will transition into the role beginning December 1.
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Vero Beach Art Museum design rendering

Florida’s Vero Beach Museum of Art Reveals Design for Allied Works–Led Campus Transformation

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
September 25, 2025
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The $85 million project expands the Treasure Coast institution’s exhibition, education, and event spaces while lifting the museum above a beautiful but flood-prone site.
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Kongjian Yu

Chinese Landscape Architect and Educator Kongjian Yu Dies in Plane Crash in Brazil

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
September 24, 2025
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The Oberlander Prize–winning founder of celebrated Beijing practice Turenscape and originator of the revolutionary ‘sponge cities’ concept was 62.
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Chancery Rosewood

Eero Saarinen’s U.S. Embassy in London Reopens as a Luxury Hotel Following Chipperfield–led Transformation

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
September 22, 2025
One Comment
While the facade of the landmark 1960 building on Grosvenor Square remains familiar, much of the interior has been significantly altered in its conversion to the high-end Chancery Rosewood.
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Kumma, Helsinki Museum of Architecture & Design

Hometown Firm JKMM Wins Bid for New Helsinki Museum of Architecture and Design

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
September 16, 2025
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The practice’s ‘Kumma’ concept was selected in a high-profile international competition that brought in 624 proposals—roughly a fifth of them from Finnish firms.
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