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Studio Gang exposes mass-timber structure of Rubenstein Treehouse at Harvard

October 29, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

An exposed mass-timber structure designed to resemble a tree gives a “distinct architectural identity” to this Harvard University student centre, designed by American architecture firm Studio Gang. Rubenstein Treehouse is a social hub at Harvard’s Allston Enterprise Research Campus, which sits across the Charles River from the university’s main facilities in Cambridge, outside Boston. Studio Gang

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Everything you need to know about Trump’s White House plans

October 24, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

As US president Donald Trump finishes demolishing the East Wing of the White House to construct a ballroom. We explain everything you need to know about the controversial architectural project. Before he was president, Trump had been involved in the real estate and construction industries, and is perhaps best known for the flashy Trump wordmark

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Spread of Dubai-style urbanism “quite terrifying” says Quinn Slobodian

October 22, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

Cities and architecture across the world are increasingly being influenced by the fundamentally anti-democratic principles of places like Dubai, argues academic Quinn Slobodian in this interview. Slobodian is a Canadian historian based at Boston University. His 2023 book Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy charts the rise of special

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Foster + Partners completes New York supertall skyscraper for JPMorganChase

October 21, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed the 270 Park Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan for American financial company JPMorganChase. Named 270 Park Avenue, the 1,388 feet tall (423.1 metres) skyscraper is the sixth-tallest building in New York City, joining a host of other supertall skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan. The skyscraper was constructed on the

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Denver pizza restaurant transformed into modular gallery by 11 x 17

October 15, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio 11 x 17 had to leave historic details intact when converting a restaurant in a mixed-use building in Denver, Colorado, into a gallery space for the Architectural League of New York. When commissioned to design a seasonal gallery on the ground-floor level of a five-storey Denver building, 11 x 17 was instructed that

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Waechter Architecture references red wine for cladding of Oregon winery

November 6, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Portland-based Waechter Architecture used cladding with a red colour derived from a popular wine blend to create an angular winery on a site devasted by clear-cutting in Oregon. Corollary Wines wanted to create a base of operations and space for entertaining on an abandoned site in Oregon’s Willamette Valley that had been cut clear of

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Columbus was built as “an exemplary mid-century city”

October 31, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

The mid-century modern architecture in Columbus, Indiana, is a physical reminder of the post-war belief in design as a tool for progress, says critic Matt Shaw in this interview for Dezeen’s mid-century modern series. A small town in the American Midwest, Columbus underwent a remarkable wave of building after the second world war that has

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Mid-century designers and engineers “envisioned the future” at GM’s Tech Center

October 30, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

The Warren Technical Center in Michigan, the first solo project by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, showcased the unity of mid-century architecture, design and engineering in the United States. Completed in 1956 in a small town outside of Detroit, the headquarters comprises a number of administrative, testing and design facilities for General Motors (GM). Driven by

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Omer Arbel proposes surrounding Washington houses with “cedar orb clouds”

October 29, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Canada-based designer Omer Arbel has unveiled designs for a series of homes in Washington State made from concrete and covered in wooden balls intended to cultivate ecosystems over time. Arbel, the founder of lighting brand Bocci, was commissioned to design 16 houses on Governor’s Point, a peninsula that juts into Bellingham Bay north of Seattle.

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Fernanda Canales creates perforated-brick circular community centre

October 25, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Fernanda Canales has created a semi-open community centre for the elderly in Mexico City, using a circular form and simple materials The House for the Elderly is located in Neco, in the border state of Sonora, an arid environment with social and economic problems related to cross-border smuggling. It has been shortlisted in

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