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The structure functions as a place of convergence of mourners and for the reading of eulogies prior to and during the burial. Its essential nature is that of a pavilion or open sided shelter and is located next to the cemetery. Ron Shenkin Studio for architecture & design

Faced with a two bedroom apartment and a growing family, Chris Grimley of the Boston-based architecture firm over,under put his design chops to the test and remodeled his own home. The result is an open, light-filled space that showcases the talents of both the designer and his wife... over,under

Designing buildings for a foreign country involves a good deal of research and interpretation, so additions to the context incorporate contemporary methods but are also sensitive to traditions. These considerations are evident in the tower New York-based...

To parse just what it is that creates the distinctive architecture of Barcelona and the Catalan region, architect and Cities Connection Project co-director Xavier Bustos presents three snapshots in three categories of architectural production: education, cultural initiatives, and awards. Xavier Bustos

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Dame Zaha Hadid will be the recipient of the 2016 Royal Gold Medal, what RIBA calls "the world’s most prestigious architecture award." John Hill

Nearly one year after initial designs by China's Ma Yansong were unveiled to the public, refinements to the museum that filmmaker George Lucas is planning for a lakefront site in Chicago have been released. John Hill

As an architectural practice operating in an urban environment, the large scale of our work often implies that we are unable to fully engage the end user within the realm of the everyday objects that they interact with – be they light fixtures, small Architecture Discipline

The Scaffold House project consists of the rehabilitation of a single-family home that was built in various phases starting in the 1950s in the unrivaled setting of the Sa Riera cove in Begur, Girona. bosch.capdeferro arquitectures

FC Barcelona has announced the finalists in the architectural competition for the Espai Barça, which aims to be the "biggest and best sports facility that the world has ever seen in a city center." John Hill

Northerly Island, a park designed by Studio Gang Architects and SmithGroupJJR for the Chicago peninsula that formerly served as Meigs Field, opens to the public on Friday, twelve years after Mayor Richard M. Daley closed the airport. John Hill

This is a synthetic project that shares identifying traits with its surrounding context. Mass, verticality and the shape of the roof lines are dominant, connecting the hall with the rest of the city. Barozzi / Veiga

Designed by the Tokyo-based firm KMDW, the Veneer House is a self-build plywood house. KMDW designed and built the first Veneer House to serve as a community center for Minamisanriku, in Miyagi Prefecture, after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated the town. The firm has since built similar...

66MRN is a Zen-inspired house featuring strong architectural lines and shapes, belying a sophisticated living environment that maximizes views of nature. ONG&ONG

Following their design being scrapped in July, a 24-minute video from Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) argues that their winning design for the main venue of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is ready to build and pursuing a new design is foolhardy. John Hill

News came in September 2014 that architect Isay Weinfeld would take his Brazilian modernism to a site next to the High Line in New York for luxury residences. Renderings have finally been released for the project. John Hill

Located in the trendy Sanlitun area, a 60-year-old auditorium that has seen multiple transformations now houses Crossboundaries’ new office. Crossboundaries

Buenos Aires's new Centro Cultural Kirchner is commonly known as Ballena Azul (Blue Whale) due to its whale-like concert hall designed by B4FS Arquitectos that is covered in metallic fabric from GKD. John Hill

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are the winners of the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award. John Hill

The World War One Centennial Commission has announced that five design concepts for the National World War One Memorial at Pershing Park in Washington, DC  have been selected to proceed to Stage II of the design competition. John Hill

BIG – Bjarke Ingel Group's design of a waste-to-energy plant under construction in Copenhagen incorporates an art piece that puffs a steam ring each time the plant burns one ton of carbon dioxide. John Hill

Paralleling the popularity of supertall skyscrapers that top 300 meters (984 feet), the New York Times looks at "giga coasters," roller coasters with drops of over 300 feet (91 meters). John Hill

"Tapioca Space" is how SsD (Single Speed Design - the firm of Jinhee Park and John Hong) creatively describe the in-between spaces of this Micro-Housing project they realized in Seoul, Korea. In addition to these small spaces that create the potential for shared connections...

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), with Leonhardt Andra und Partner, has been named winner in the competition for a bridge in Taiwan that will be located at the mouth of the Tamsui River near the Taiwan Strait. John Hill

It's hard not to be charmed by the once-a-day paper buildings that Charles Young of Edinburgh has been creating since August 2014. John Hill

On 1 May 2015 the Pulitzer Arts Foundation opened with an expanded building and a new name. Previously known as the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, the institution that calls itself "a sanctuary for the ever-evolving experience of art" opened in 2001 in a building...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced that this year’s winner of the 10 Year Award is Malmö’s Turning Torso, designed by Santiago Calatrava. John Hill

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel has announced that Ultramoderne, a collaboration between architects Yasmin Vobis and Aaron Forrest and structural engineer Brett Schneider, have won the BP Prize in the Chicago Architecture Biennial's Lakefront Kiosk Competition. John Hill

A thin undulating roof caps the Visitor Center that Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designed for Vanke and its Pearl Hill Preserve development in Qingdao, China. The form mimics the surrounding natural landscape, while the roof and its supports serve as a contemporary interpretation of...

Five houses that work together, using the natural topography of the site for the best views: the project is located on mountain environment, adjacent to San Roque Lake. Carlos Alejandro Ciravegna

The official LEAF judging panel has announced its 2015 shortlist of entries, projects in 14 categories that "are setting the benchmark for the international architectural and design community." John Hill

In a list of building types that are the least regarded architecturally, surely gas stations are present if not right at the top. Design seems to be set aside in favor of economy and signage, but the redesign of Rompetrol's Litro stations by Eight Inc. admirably combines formal minimalism...

An icon of Postmodern architecture, the Vanna Venturi House that Robert Venturi designed for his mother in 1964, is up for sale for the first time since 1973. John Hill

On top of running her eponymous New York architecture studio, Toshiko Mori is a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she formerly served as chair. Following a conversation with a friend at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation she gave her GSD students a project for a...

Japan has shelved Zaha Hadid's competition-winning design for the main stadium of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, citing costs that have ballooned to 252 billion yen ($2 billion USD). John Hill

The European Parliament has rejected the plan that would have restricted the so-called Freedom of Panorama, the right to use pictures of public buildings and sculptures without restriction. John Hill

The Studio Museum in Harlem has announced that David Adjaye is designing a new building for the museum on the site of the 1914 building it has occupied since 1982. John Hill