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The first installment in an interview series that explores the philosophical concerns of architects exhibiting at "TIME - SPACE - EXISTENCE," a collateral event at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, features Dirk Hebel of ETH Zürich. John Hill

Tel Aviv University has selected the design of French studio Atelier d’Architecture Michel Remon as the winning project in the open international competition for its new Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center. John Hill

The 7-level, 250-tenant building located at the Monash University Clayton Campus for the purpose of student accommodation incorporates both living and communal areas designed to increase communication and exchanges with other tenants. McBride Charles Ryan

The Luxemburg bank supervisory office (CSSF) is a prospering authority with continuously varying space requirement. The planned office building replaces the current building of CSSF on Route d’Arlon. JSWD Architekten

Yesterday World-Architects got a sneak peek at the Manus x Machina exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. Opening to the public on May 5th, the exhibition design is by OMA New York. John Hill

The project presents the renovation of an apartment located in a building on the ‘Eixample’ neighborhood, Barcelona. Adrian Elizalde

World-Architects was there in November 2014 when the Fulton Center opened to the public in Lower Manhattan. The $1.4 billion project consists of a new head house building, station...

The directors of Ashton Raggatt McDougall have been awarded the Australian Institute of Architects' highest honor, the Gold Medal, at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards. John Hill

Last week Eva Franch i Gilabert, Chief Curator and Executive Director of the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, gave the keynote address at the Vectorworks Design... John Hill

The 2016 tour season at the Philip Johnson Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, begins on Sunday with Yayoi Kusama: Narcissus Garden, a landscape installation that celebrates the 110th anniversary of Philip Johnson’s birth and the 10th anniversary of his estate opening to... John Hill

Two years after David Chipperfield Architects, with their "Nobelhuset" entry, won the competition for the Nobel Center in Sweden, the Stockholm City Council has... John Hill

Four design teams have been selected in the Pershing Square Renew Design Competition, with the winner replacing the little-used, much-hated public space in Downtown Los Angeles designed in the 1990s by Ricardo Legorreta and Laurie Olin. John Hill

Through the simplest of means, Barcelona-based street artist Pejac has been leaving his distinctive imprint on the buildings of Al Hussein, a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. John Hill

Inaugurated on 25 April 2016, the new Salerno Maritime Terminal by Zaha Hadid Architects is integral to the city’s urban plan. Zaha Hadid Architects

Vertical Itaim is a small building with 10 apartments in São Paulo designed by studio mk27. Its simplicity and the search for generous spaces in a careful composition of material oriented the architectural project. Studio MK27

Several planned developments for Vectorworks software were unveiled during the keynote address of newly appointed CEO, Dr. Biplab Sarkar, at the Vectorworks Design Summit in Chicago yesterday. John Hill

Dellekamp Arquitectos was a finalist in the competition project for FCA (Feria de las Culturas Amigas), a competition organized by the Government of Mexico City. Dellekamp Arqutiectos

World-Architects is the Exclusive Media Partner of the Vectorworks Design Summit 2016, which takes place 25-27 April in Chicago. Here we give a brief background on the event and describe what takes place over the three days. John Hill

The residential development at Chilestieg in Rümlang, Switzerland looks like a set of shimmering crystals embedded in lush green surroundings. be baumschlager eberle

Dattner Architects and WXY architecture + urban design were hired to design two buildings on Manhattan's West Side for the New York City Department of Sanitation: a Sanitation Garage and a Salt Shed. The latter, though far more diminutive in size, is the more striking of the two, thanks...

The 43-story luxury residential tower for developers Westbank and Peterson, proposed for a site near the entrance to Vancouver’s famed Stanley Park, will be Kuma's first North American, large-scale residential tower. John Hill

Hugh Broughton Architects has completed a new gallery on the Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire. Hugh Broughton Architects

The aptly named Crystal Houses in Amsterdam, designed by the Dutch architects at MRVDV, features a replica facade made of traditional terracotta bricks that dissolve into solid glass bricks at street level. John Hill

In a narrow time frame of just 21 months, a four-storey institute building has been both designed and built for the University of Saarland, creating a gatehouse situation for the eastern entrance of the University. Veauthier Architekten

The Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has posted the 30-minuted talk Bjarke Ingels gave at their conference in New York City in October 2015. In it he presents a handful of BIG's projects – in NYC and elsewhere. John Hill

Architectural quality and sustainability permeate two rental apartment blocks in solid wood in Fristad, outside Borås in Sweden. The buildings are based on the concept "Wood right through" for the municipal housing company FRIBO. Tengbom

Eight architecture firms have been selected from the 26-strong long-list (announced in August 2015) in the three-stage competition to design the one-million-square-foot Art Mill in... John Hill

The new city hall in Deventer unites the old historical city hall with a new city office. The new building complex is located at the ‘Grote Kerkhof’ and extends as far as the ‘Burseplein’. Neutelings Riedijk Architecten

In addition to its annual Honor Awards, announced in January, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently announced the awards it gives out in the categories of housing and... John Hill

Built in Caraquet village, les Jumelles are two small sister constructions link in order to create a single family holiday house oriented towards the grandiose scenic view of the Baie-des-Chaleurs. YH2

La Mantilla answers the functional mix programme defined for the mixed development zone Jacques Cœur in Montpellier. With an approximately 32,000 m2 surface area, it provides shops, restaurants, housing, a student residence, offices and a public car park. Jacques Ferrier Architecture

Three weeks after Hadid died at the age of 65, ZHA has issued a statement indicating, among other things, that the firm will move forward without its namesake founder. John Hill

Delays caused by an ongoing lawsuit have prompted Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to propose tearing down McCormick Place's Lakeside Center in order to keep George Lucas's planned museum in the city. John Hill

The installation conceived by Migliore+Servetto Architects, B&B Italia / The Perfect Density, identifies the concept of density as the narrative fulcrum to celebrate the 50th anniversary of B&B Italia. Migliore+Servetto Architects

This home is partially sunken into a bluff where a wooded site meets the ocean. The living spaces within span the overlap between the forest and water’s edge – form and detail exploring the tension between the natural and the man-made. Leroy Street Studio Architecture

Photovoltaic panels distinctively wrap this recently completed public school in New York City's borough of Staten Island, a project we first learned about during a studio visit to...