The Oakland Athletics have released artist renderings of their planned $1.5-billion ballpark in Las Vegas, and the new building looks ... Stunning? Definitely. Innovative? Absolutely. Like a spherical armadillo? Sure (more on that later). Unique? Well, not quite. The stadium depicted in the renderings released Tuesday by the A's and design firms Bjarke Ingels Group and HNTB is striking in many ...
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Over the last two decades, Walt Disney Concert Hall has blazed cultural trails like no place else. We can rightfully talk about the L.A. Philharmonic before and after Frank Gehry built it a hypnotizing new home. We can divide downtown L.A. into pre- and post-Disney. We can go so far as to distinguish orchestral life, not only in L.A. but everywhere, in the same way. Gehry turns 95 on ...
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A rendering of the two towers called 400 Lake Shore Drive.Provided/Related Midwest The end is here for the infamous manmade crater at Lake Shore Drive and Grand Avenue.The twisting, 2,000-foot tall Chicago Spire was supposed to grow from this 75-foot deep hole. But the project fell through 15 years ago, and that sunken place has just sat there ever since, attracting rainwater and curiosity ...
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Feb. 15—A 28-story tower is opening this week in downtown Houston, reshaping the skyline near Discovery Green park. Developer Skanska USA has substantially completed construction at 1550 Lamar Street, the first piece of Discovery West, a 3.5-acre mixed-use project. Dubbed 1550 on the Green, the 375,000-square-foot, $225 million tower includes ground-floor space expected to be filled by ...
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Los Angeles' most Instagrammable chapel, a midcentury modern structure with redwoods, an ocean view and a long history as a popular wedding venue, has closed indefinitely. After recent storms, Wayfarers Chapel announced that land movement in the area had increased. Just months after the Rancho Palos Verdes church was named a National Historic Landmark, the iconic venue was forced to shutter ...
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One of architect Frank Gehry's long-standing wishes is finally coming to life: a new concert venue in downtown Los Angeles that will complement his famous Walt Disney Concert Hall. Preliminary work has begun on a $335-million expansion of the Colburn School of performing arts designed by Gehry that includes a mid-size concert hall he expects to be in near-constant use for events put on by ...
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Feb. 5—Houston's office market has long been bifurcated into the have's and have nots. Newer buildings account for the lion's share of office leasing, while high vacancy rates plague older buildings. The trend is so pronounced that the industry has a name for the phenomenon: flight to quality. And that flight has only sped up in this era of hybrid work. Houston landlords poured millions of ...
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Feb. 5—WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden came into office three years ago calling for a historic expansion of the nation's power grid to allow the movement of electricity from wind farms in Texas to cities in the east and the broader electrification of the U.S. economy. But the administration so far has struggled to make much progress in building out the network of power lines that allows ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — SoFi Stadium will begin work Monday on renovations to increase the size of its playing field area in preparation for hosting eight matches during the 2026 World Cup. Los Angeles Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff says the construction involves replacing concrete in the corners of the lower bowl with bleacher risers that can be rolled back during soccer matches. The ...
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