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Eight upcoming skyscrapers in the United States

January 18, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

From the JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York designed by UK architecture studio Foster + Partners to be “all-electric” to Miami’s first supertall skyscraper, we round up eight skyscrapers coming to the United States. In various stages of development, the projects below are underway, with Jahn Studio’s 1000 M in Chicago and SOM’s Two Manhattan

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“I was frozen out” of +Pool project says architect Dong-Ping Wong

January 12, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

New York architect Dong-Ping Wong, who worked as a lead designer on a floating swimming pool proposed for New York City, says he was “frozen out” of the project. In a post on Instagram, Wong addressed the recent news that the +Pool project was granted $16 million to advance, as well as his concerns for

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Primary colours fill converted brick structure in San Miguel de Allende

January 11, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Architecture studios Oficina de Diseño Colaborativo and Atelier TBD have created a cultural space that preserves the “self-built essence” of San Miguel de Allende. Created in collaboration with interior studio Maye Colab, Santa Tere Espacio is a cultural space and office that will primarily serve to foster reading in the surrounding neighbourhoods. “Santa Tere Espacio

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Croxatto and Opazo Architects front Chilean holiday home with rotated terrace

January 10, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Chilean architecture studio Croxatto and Opazo Architects has created a holiday home outside of Santiago with a rotated, wedge-shaped terrace at its front. At just 22 feet by 22 feet (7 metres by 7 metres) and 16 feet (5.5 metres) high, the cube-shaped Casa Lagunita contains a kitchen, living and dining room, two bathrooms and

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Testing for floating +Pool to begin in New York City summer 2024

January 9, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Testing for the floating +Pool swimming pool proposed for New York City’s waterways will begin this summer upon the project receiving $16 million to advance. Designed by LA-based design studio PlayLab Inc and the now-dissolved studio Family, +Pool is a cross-shaped pool that will filter pollutants from the surrounding water without chemicals and provide publically

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Metal screens and interior courtyards feature in Córdoba office building

January 8, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local architects Santiago Viale and Juan Manuel Juarez have wrapped the offices of an animal feed plant in Córdoba with a perforated metal screen. The 18,040 square foot (1,676 square metre) administrative building is part of a larger 199,000 square foot (18,460 square metre) industrial complex for Biofarma, which produces feed for animals including poultry, swine

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Moroni Ciovini and Ana Montero expose textured concrete walls in Buenos Aires shop

January 4, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local architecture studio Moroni Ciovini and designer Ana Montero have preserved the exposed layers of concrete wall for this bookstore and café in Buenos Aires. At just 247 square feet (23 square metres), Medio Pan cafe is just large enough to fit seating, a bar and bookshelves, which are located at the back and front

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PlayLab Inc centres “space for conversation” in Los Angeles retail store

January 3, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

LA studio PlayLab Inc has created a flagship store that contains a sky blue conversation pit at its centre for local clothing brand MadHappy. PlayLab Inc split the West Hollywood store into two distinct zones – one for retail space and the other for “intimate gathering spaces”, including a cafe and a courtyard. “Our collective

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Florencia Rissotti uses curtains to organise Buenos Aires fabric shop

December 18, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local architect Florencia Rissotti has converted a warehouse into a textile shop in Buenos Aires, using fabric dividers to organise the space. To house a retail location for fabric shop Tienda Mayor, Rissotti integrated textiles in several ways, lining the store with samples, draping colourful patches over a staircase and using curtains to conceal and

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The Museum of Architecture displays works of gingerbread architecture

December 14, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

London-based pop-up museum The Museum of Architecture has installed a city of gingerbread buildings, bridges and boats by local architecture studios at an exhibit in New York’s Seaport district. Called the Gingerbread City, the exhibit showcases a variety of gingerbread housing typologies and infrastructure based on the architecture of five distinct regions, including a desert

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