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Situated on the waterfront promenade of Tokyo Bay, this project is a focal point for the Harumi district. Richard Meier & Partners Architects

Chilean architect Smiljan Radić's design for the 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion has been relocated to Hauser & Wirth's Durslade Farm in Somerset, England. John Hill

The construction of French artist Georges Rousse's installation Faro & Faro for the Laboratorio de Arte Alameda in Mexico City is documented in a short film. John Hill

In recent years, architectural practice has undergone deep transformations. In countries with a strong artisan tradition, as is the case of Spain, the old model of studying architecture that could lead to being in charge of projects of very different scales has been substituted by vast...

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is celebrating Chinese New Year and more than four decades of working in China with the 12-year zodiac calendar illustrated by the firm's Graphics + Branding studio. John Hill

Located on one of the many islands dotting The Archipelago in Georgian Bay, Ontario, this private boathouse and docking facility designed by Kevin Weiss of Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited exemplifies a quiet and precise modernism. Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited

The construction of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Museum of Image & Sound overlooking Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is documented in a couple short films from MIS. John Hill

The international architectural design competition of the Pomeranian Science and Technology Park in Gdynia was won by AEC Krymow & Partners, an architectural office from Warsaw. AEC Krymow & Partners Architects

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the 2015 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, 23 projects from approximately 500 submissions in three categories: architecture, interior architecture and regional & urban design. John Hill

With the inauguration of Evolutee Hotel in August, another important phase of the Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort was achieved. S+A is the author of the architectural project of this Resort in one of the most beautiful lands on the Portuguese coast. Saraiva + Associados

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has announced that photographer Gerry Padden is the winner of the #WelcomeOneWTC photo contest that SOM held to celebrate the opening of One World Trade Center. John Hill

After Paris's city council narrowly rejected Herzog & de Meuron's proposed 42-story Triangle Tower for the city's Porte de Versailles area, Mayor Anne Hidalgo decried the vote as invalid and is calling for a second one. John Hill

The National Library has unveiled Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron's preliminary design for the library's new home to be built on a government-allocated site in the National Precinct in Jerusalem. John Hill

The Museum of the History of the Polish Jews, designed by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects has been named the 2014 Finlandia Prize for Architecture. John Hill

On Monday, the 104-story tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) opened in Lower Manhattan, and on the same day SOM launched a photo contest to celebrate the building's completion. John Hill

Complete renovation, wooden structural extensions on brick ensemble, green roofs to harvest rainwater, windmills and solar chimneys to light and provide natural ventilation. Hubert & Roy architectes et associés

Parking garages are one of the lowliest of building types, often built as gray, open-air concrete boxes without any architectural consideration. But a number of garages, such as Herzog & de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami, reveal the potential hidden in parking structures. Axis...

PRODUCTORA is a budding architecture studio with its headquarters in Mexico City, founded by architects from different countries: Abel Perles from Argentina, Wonne Ickx from Belgium, and Carlos Bedoya and Víctor Jaime from Mexico. Shortly after its beginnings in 2006, the studio came...

What is the role of a brief? What impact does it have on the final outcome of a design, be it a building, a piece of furniture, or an ad campaign? Bassett & Partners asked these questions and more of Frank Gehry and five other prominent designers. John Hill

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's design for The New School's University Center in New York City places classrooms, studios, labs, a library, a dormitory, a cafe, and an auditorium behind a façade of 5,277 hand-finished brass panels. John Hill

At 2pm on September 21, "a singular contemporary museum" – the Muze'um L, Light & Landscape – opens in Roeselare, Belgium. John Hill

Like a beached whale of black steel, Polish artist Monika Sosnowska's Tower sculpture – all 110 feet (33-1/2 meters) of it – sprawls across the large gallery space of Hauser & Wirth's West 18th Street location in New York City. John Hill

This home for a family of four designed by Naoi Architecture & Design Office sits in a farming-district-turned-suburban-subdivision in Shiga Prefecture. In order to enable a lifestyle in harmony with nature for the outdoors-loving residents, the architects kept the surrounding landscape...

This weekend sees exhibitions ending at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona and the Materials & Applications outdoor space in Los Angeles. John Hill

The U.S. Department of State has announced that Ennead Architects and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have been selected as design architects for new U.S. Embassies in, respectively, Ankara, Turkey, and Colombo, Sri Lanka. John Hill

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has unveiled the new World Trade Center logo via the construction fences wrapping the 16-acre site. John Hill

The inauguration of “The Building on the Water” of the Shihlien Chemical plant in Huai’An City, Jiangsu Province, will be held on August 30, 2014, the first work unveiled in China by celebrated architect and 1992 Pritzker Prize winner Álvaro Siza. Shihlien Group / Álvaro Siza & Carlos Castanheira

For years, Switzerland has held a privileged position in the panorama of international architecture. The country (one of the richest in the world) boasts an excellent network of architecture schools, a modern architectural culture with a long tradition, a powerful publishing industry and...

Herzog & de Meuron's newest residential project for Ian Schrager is located at 357 West Street in New York's West Village, overlooking the Hudson River. John Hill

KCAP Architects&Planners, in a team of international experts, was chosen from four international entries as the winning proposal in the architectural competition for a new RER E – Eole - station in Nanterre, France. John Hill

Herzog & de Meuron's seventh project for the Swiss manufacturer of herb drops has been completed in Laufen. Notably, the building is considered the largest loam building in Europe. John Hill

Site often determines a building's form, be it orientation, size, views, or materiality, among numerous characteristics. This cabin on the edge of Flathead Lake in western Montana finds inspiration in its site accordingly, also going so far as to echo the slope of the land in the green...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has named four regional winners – Americas, Asia & Australia, Europe, and Middle East & Africa – as best tall buildings in the world for 2014. John Hill

One of the highlights on the expo floor at the 2014 AIA National Convention is Kreysler & Associates' composite façade panel for SNØHETTA's expansion of SFMOMA, now under construction. John Hill

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has selected Washington, DC's Oehme van Sweden & Associates (OvS) for its 2014 Landscape Architecture Firm Award, the organization's highest honor it bestows on a firm. John Hill

Two new Manhattan projects by global superstars Tadao Ando and Herzog & de Meuron have been unveiled. John Hill