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The restoration of the Air Force Academy Chapel is the U.S.’s most complex modernist preservation project ever

[Editor’s note: This March 2 article shared some of the design history of the Air Force Academy’s modernist campus and the repair and restoration of its landmark Chapel. But it is just one small part ...
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Second Renaissance

Baltimore’s iconic but largely vacant festival market, Harborplace, will be replaced with a $500 million development consisting of two residential towers, offices, shops, restaurants, and expanded ...
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Is the White House building a triumphal arch outside Arlington National Cemetery?

The proposed arch is inspired by Paris’s Arc de Triomphe. (Courtesy Harrison Design) Watson’s photograph showed the Lincoln Memorial facing the wrong direction, and the model quickly garnered ...
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In the 1950s and early 1960s, Florida experienced a midcentury modern awakening of its own

Under a separate cover we are forwarding a proposal for your new house in Gainesville. It is possibly self explanatory [sic] with the exception of the location of the screened-in patio. We have ...
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Alaska’s Cold Climate Housing Research Center is rethinking how the Circumpolar North builds

The Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) describes itself as “an industry-based, nonprofit corporation created to facilitate the development, use, and testing of energy-efficient, durable, ...
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At Rice University, Karamuk Kuo’s new Cannady Hall serves as an extension of the school’s architecture building

The young Swiss architecture firm Karamuk Kuo has created a "marvelous enigma" with Cannady Hall at Rice University. Its deceptive facade appears to be made of simple red metal panels but is instead ...
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In upstate New York, a DMT-inspired psychedelic temple rises

In upstate New York, a psychedelic-inspired temple to art rises. Pictured: The Entheon's facade will feature an expansive cast of mythological figures such as the Angels of the Creative Imagination ...
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270 Park Avenue, by Foster + Partners for JPMorgan Chase, is the worst best building of the year

270 Park was only possible because of changes in Midtown’s zoning and the acquisition of air rights from nearby structures, meaning more behemoths are on their way in the neighborhood. (Max Touhey for ...
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With SoMA at 25 Water Street, CetraRuddy delivers the country’s largest office-to-residential conversion

CetraRuddy retained the brick facade of 25 Water Street, but made surgical cuts to create more openings. (Ivane Katamashvili) In 2022, the property was sold to GFP Real Estate and MetroLoft with ...
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Perkins&Will revisits Crow Island School near Chicago to update and upgrade a groundbreaking modernist monument to creative pedagogy

Perkins&Will’s design respects the historical integrity of the original architecture. The entrance and eastern facade include matching brick colors and patterns, and aluminum window systems. (Courtesy ...
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In Houston, Farshid Moussavi Architecture completes the first Ismaili Center in the U.S.

The Ismaili Center stands as a symbol for many Houstonians whose layered identities are shaped by religion and culture as much as place. (Iwan Baan) The Ismaili community is a sect of Shia Islam with ...
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Bahrain’s Pearling Path offers a two-decade retrospective on history, identity, and architectural narrative

What makes the Pearling Path most exciting is its use of existing city fabric and strategic piecemeal development. (Iwan Baan) An aerial view of the historic area of Muharraq, with contemporary ...