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Home » Authors » Matthew Allen

Matthew Allen

Matthew Allen is a visiting assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis, and writes on architecture, technology, and visual culture.
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CIBC Square
Tall Buildings 2026

With a Set of Faceted Skyscrapers and an Elevated Park, WilkinsonEyre extends Toronto’s Business District

Toronto
Matthew Allen
May 12, 2026
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CIBC’s new headquarters complex links two sites split by a busy rail corridor.
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Powell Hall
Renovation, Restoration & Adaptive Reuse: 2026

Snøhetta Adds a Sinuous Structure to a Century-Old Symphony Hall in St. Louis

St. Louis
Matthew Allen
February 3, 2026
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The cramped but acoustically blessed Powell Hall, home to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, celebrates its centennial with a grand new lobby and back-of-house extension.
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Gensler Shanghai Studio
RECORD Forum

Chinese and American Architects’ Shifting Relationship

Matthew Allen
January 23, 2026
2 Comments
The Chinese architects behind some American firms’ biggest projects are poised to step onto the global stage, writes Matthew Allen.
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House of Monitors
Record Houses 2025

In Toronto, a House by Williamson Williamson Harnesses Light Monitors to Illuminate its Interiors

Toronto
Matthew Allen
September 8, 2025
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Daylight is smartly scooped and funneled into this modest—and aptly monikered—bluffside residence.
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The Well
Sustainability in Practice Summer 2025

In Toronto, The Well Aims for Environmental and Social Responsibility on a Grand Scale

Toronto
Matthew Allen
August 14, 2025
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The sustainable centerpiece of this immense mixed-use development, master planned by Hariri Pontarini Architects, is an innovative deep-lake-water cooling system.
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Allied Music Centre
Entertainment

KPMB Maximizes a Narrow Site to Add State-of-the-Art Facilities to a Storied Toronto Concert Hall

Toronto
Matthew Allen
August 5, 2025
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With its curtainlike facade, the seven-story Allied Music Centre provides vital back-of-house functions for the restored Massey Music Hall.
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Trumpf Education Center
Industry

Barkow Leibinger’s Mass-Timber Training Center Buzzes with Activity

Matthew Allen
June 2, 2025
No Comments
A honeycomb-shaped education facility showcases modern manufacturing machinery, and the people operating it.
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Kailua House
Residential Architecture 2025

With Kailua House, Mork-Ulnes Architects Links Three Design Traditions Under One Curved Roof

Kailua, Hawaii
Matthew Allen
March 13, 2025
No Comments
Scandinavian efficiency, California Modernism, and the traditional Hawaiian lanai merge at a beachside abode near Honolulu.
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On Olive
In Focus

A Planned Neighborhood near the Pulitzer Arts Foundation Springs Up in St. Louis

St. Louis
Matthew Allen
December 12, 2024
One Comment
An international cohort of architects led by Tatiana Bilbao collaborate to create market-rate houses that challenge conventional American living patterns.
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Long Goy

Design Vanguard 2024: Sher Maker

Chiang Mai, Thailand
Matthew Allen
June 18, 2024
No Comments
Amid a freewheeling community of fabricators in Northern Thailand, Patcharada Inplang and Thongchai Chansamak source materials from forest treks and reimagine construction techniques.
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