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The 20th century witnessed the development of a number of philosophical movements addressing early childhood education, such as the Montessori and Reggio Emilia approaches, both born in Italy. In the latter, teachers facilitate the children's creative learning in environments that enable...

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the recipients of the 2016 Institute Honor Awards, 18 projects from approximately 500 submissions in three categories: architecture, interior architecture, and regional and urban design. John Hill

The motto of Expo 2015 in Milan, "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life," was translated in the French pavilion into a built landscape designed by Parisian architecture firm XTU, with lighting design by Bonn's Licht Kunst Licht. John Hill, Thomas Geuder

Our client wanted a solution that maximized floor area on a long narrow site on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. They did not want an all glass building, but wanted the benefits of large windows without compromising energy efficiency. Handel Architects

David Maisel's series of photographs, The Fall, now on display at Haines Gallery in San Francisco, explores from above the landscape between Toledo and Madrid, Spain, to reveal the not-so-subtle interactions between humans and nature. John Hill

An urban, intangible and soft landscape, which is one with the performance, is the environment defined by the exhibit of Migliore+Servetto Architects for the launch of Ermenegildo Zegna’s new collection at Pitti Immagine Uomo 2014. Migliore+Servetto Architects

According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH, the official international arbiter of skyscraper heights), the total number of "supertall" skyscrapers reaches 100 with the completion of Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. John Hill

The Hyatt Foundation has announced that Alejandro Aravena of Chile has been selected as the 2016 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.  John Hill

Vucedol is located on the right bank of the Danube River, 4.5 km downstream from the center of Vukovar. The Vučedol culture is contemporary with Sumerian period in Mesopotamia, the Old Kingdom in Egypt and the beginnings of Troy. Radionica arhitekture + Vanja Ilić

A team consisting of Robbrecht en Daem, Dierendonckblancke Architecten, VK and Arup, in collaboration with Bureau Bas Smets, Muller Van Severen and Grontmij, has been selected to design the new media building for VRT, the Flemish Radio and Television Broadcasting Company in Brussels. John Hill

Architect Steven Holl and choreographer Jessica Lang collaborated last year on Tesseracts of Time, which premiered in November at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago. Watch the two discuss their collaboration, and watch excerpts from the first performance. John Hill

This project started with a mountain guide’s home. Because the house was originally self-built, it had a unique soul. Chevallier Architectes

Whether visiting alone, with a large group of guests or as a family, the owners were looking for a relaxed, welcoming environment, conceptually similar to a cottage yet more refined, particularly in the relationships among spaces and between people. Architecturama

The aptly named Tree House, designed by Matt Fajkus Architecture for a site in South Austin, wraps itself around a sizable oak tree, making it an integral part of the owners' daily lives. The architect sent us some photographs and drawings, and answered a few questions about the house.

On Noor Island, a lagoon island in the middle of the capital of the Arab Emirate Sharjah, German design studio 3deluxe is currently designing a 2.5 ha transmedia landscape park, interwoven with an ensemble of several themed pavilions and buildings.  3deluxe

On Sunday, the exhibition Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie, closed at the National Academy Museum in New York. World-Architects eMagazine Editor in Chief John Hill visited the exhibition on the 2015 AIA Gold Medal winner and filed this report. John Hill

Kampo lounge is a new shape of herbal pharmacy where doctor prescribes based on oriental medicine and also those who are willing to take herbal medicine in their lifestyle are able to learn deeply about it. id-inc.

Is this a ceramic tile pattern? A painting? A quilt? No, it's a "public domain remix" of a small fraction of the 187,000 items the New York Public Library has made available for high-resolution download. John Hill

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a $22 billion plan to modernize transportation infrastructure throughout New York state, with $3 billion going toward a renovated Penn Station, the busiest – and considered the worst – train station in New York City. John Hill

Munich's HENN has won first prize in a competition to design a nearly 200-meter-tall office tower for software company Kingdee in Shenzhen, China. John Hill

In 2011, within the framework of its factory expansion projects, Aluminerie Alouette struck an accord with the Government of Quebec to finance the construction of a university building in Sept-Iles with the goal of improving access to graduate studies in the region. BGLA | Architecture + Design urbain

Zwolle recently saw the completion of a new community centre: Cultuurcentrum Het Anker. The new complex on the edge of town has a floor area of some 3,000 sm and links the districts of Westenholte and Stadshagen. MoederscheimMoonen Architects

The community center is located in the mountains of Taoyuan Park in Chongqing. The starting point is attempting to merge new building outline with the existing wavy topography. Vector Architects

Laurent Kronental's Souvenir d'un Futur, which documents senior citizens living in the "Grands Ensembles" around Paris – some of them designed by Ricardo Bofill in the 1980s – earned the photographer a 2015 Emerging Talent Award (Bourse de Talent) from the... John Hill

The animal rights activism art-based education facility, Museum of Compassion will be located in Louis­ville, Kentucky. Aaron Neubert Architects

66 Heathdale is a 3,200 square foot custom single-family residence located on the ravine of Cedarvale Park in Mid-town Toronto. TACT Design INC.

"C'è Luce" (There is Light) is the installation of "Andare Oltre Si Può," an association promoting the value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome. Domenico Raimondi – thesignLab

Rising like crystals from its lakeside landscape, Taylor and Miller's Lake House appears to close itself from its surroundings. Actually the striking, contemporary home opens itself up strategically to frame vistas near and far and connect the residents to the Berkshires landscape. The...

In 2013 and 2014, the Building of the Week on American-Architects took a state-by-state look at American architecture, but last year we went overseas to see how US architects design for other countries – and the inverse, to see how foreign architects build in North America. Now it's... John Hill

The campus of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is known best for SANAA's Rolex Learning Center built in 2010. Dominique Perrault has just completed an adjacent building whose facade dissolves through the use of a custom, movable aluminum mesh. John Hill, Thomas Geuder

The Louisiana Museum of Art profiles Copenhagen's Henning Larsen Architects in "Building Ambitions for Soceity," a twenty-minute film from the Louisiana Channel. John Hill

Yet another exciting year has passed. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the great support and trust in 2015. At World-Architects we are looking forward to the opportunities and challenges lying ahead in 2016. 

One week after revealing the two finalists in the second design competition for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, the Japan Sports Council has selected the winner, a wood and steel structure designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. John Hill

Part of a triumvirate of derelict round buildings in Zhengzhou, Henan province, the 28,000 sm Soyoo Children Center presents to its community a new façade and landscape design as well as a completely refurbished interior. Crossboundaries

Today the Barack Obama Foundation issued RFPs (Requests for Proposal) to seven potential architects to design the future Obama Presidential Center (OPC) on Chicago's South Side. John Hill

The LMB bungalow is the first of a possible series of bungalows intended to be built on a large site in Tepoztlán - a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City. Cadaval & Solà-Morales