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The groundbreaking of the Hunters Point Community Library in Long Island City took place last week, five years after Steven Holl Architects began working on the project. An exhibition at the Sculpture Center, and an online companion, celebrate this step forward. John Hill

FAT (Fashion, Architecture, Taste), the UK firm of Sean Griffiths, Charles Holland and Sam Jacob, announced their closing in late 2013, with A House for Essex, designed in collaboration with artist Grayson Perry, serving as the studio's last completed commission. John Hill

The Design Museum in London has selected six Designs of the Year in its eighth annual awards. Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena and his firm Elemental have won in the Architecture category with the UC Innovation Center - Anacleto Angelini. John Hill

The glass box is the default form for office buildings in the 21st century, meaning that detailing and articulation – glass surfaces, spandrels, and mullions – are the most important means of expression. But what if a glass box is malleable? Handel Architects' design for...

Architects flocking to Atlanta last week for the AIA National Convention were treated to a new ground-floor headquarters designed by 5G Studio Collaborative for the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects. John Hill

New York-based writer Fred Bernstein traveled to Milan for the opening of the Expo Milano 2015 – themed "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" – and sent us reviews of three pavilions: Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. Fred Bernstein

Diller Scofidio + Renfro has released preliminary concept renderings for the United States Olympic Museum, scheduled for a spring 2016 groundbreaking and an opening prior to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, which will take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea. John Hill

Here we are in the heart of Paris, and in the 21st Century. The people who will reside in this establishment come for the most part from the surrounding neighborhoods; they were born and have lived their lives in Paris. Atelier Zündel Cristea

The templates imposed by sporting practices allow little room for complex manipulations of volume. Thus our pragmatic approach to the program, which we sought to keep as compact as possible. Atelier Zündel Cristea

The Dutch architects have won a competition to transform an abandoned section of highway in Seoul into an elevated park with over 250 species of trees, shrubs and flowers. John Hill

Balinese architect Elora Hardy's motto is, "Bamboo will treat you well if you use it right." In this ten-minute TED Talk, she explains how her firm Ibuku creates beautiful and sustainable buildings that "respect the material." John Hill

“Welcome to the world’s most equitable supermarket,” says a young man trained to greet guests in several languages. This supermarket is the centerpiece of the Swiss pavilion at the World Expo 2015 in Milan — where countries were asked to explore the theme “Feeding... Fred Bernstein

SecondMedia's Foamspace submission is the winner of Storefront for Art and Architecture’s 2015 Street Architecture Prize Competition, to be displayed as part of the IDEAS CITY Festival in New York City at the end of May. John Hill

Assemble, an 18-member "collective based in London who work across the fields of art, architecture and design," is one of four finalists in the Tate's prestigious Turner Prize 2015. John Hill

Two buildings with disparate functions and programing create an ensemble, in which an expanded field of potential experience is promoted. A monolithic, poured-in-place hardened concrete data center and a flexible, open steel frame office building, are positioned and shaped as sisters. Duvall Decker Architects

Artist Daan Roosegaarde has virtually flooded the Museum Square in Amsterdam with his Waterlicht installation, which "lets you experience how the Netherlands would look like without waterworks." John Hill

Germany’s pavilion, seen from the main route through the Expo, isn’t especially impressive. Indeed, it looks something like a boardwalk on which several tents have... Fred Bernstein

The 1100 m2 multi-purpose hall and the latest two-level addition to Gammel Hellerup High School just north of Copenhagen, provides existing students with generous spaces for social and creative unfolding, while increasing the capacity of the school in response to its growing popularity. BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

Often the best buildings aren't the most flashy or iconic; they are the ones that fit into a city so well they seem to be forever a part of it. This isn't to say that Mecanoo's design for the offices of the Boston Public Schools Division doesn't have contemporary flourishes...

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, wants a green bridge crossing the Thames. Critics point out that the Garden Bridge would not be a public space. The fact that state funds are nevertheless channelled into its construction and maintenance has prompted them to take this case to court. Oliver Pohlisch

The European Commission, along with the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, announced today that Szczecin Philharmonic Hall is the winner of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. John Hill

The Catalan studio of Jonathan Arnabat, Jordi Ayala-Bril, Aitor Fuentes, and Igor Urdampilleta has won for the Luz House, a single-family house born from the transformation of an existing structure in Cilleros, Spain. John Hill

The plot is located in the historical city center of Granollers and placed into an urban fabric of dwellings between party walls. The available space is narrow and elongated – only 6.5 m wide – and accessible from two streets. H ARQUITECTES

The entire entrance floor and first floor, which house mainly food outlets, as well as the top floor with the cinema were revamped during ongoing operations over a period of several months. BWM Architekten + architektur denis kosutic

World-Architects is saddened to learn of the death of Los Angeles-based architect Austin Kelly of XTEN Architecture. He succumbed to cancer last month at only 49 years of age. John Hill

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2015 National Design Awards, including a posthumous lifetime achievement award to Michael Graves. John Hill

The new Fondazione Prade complex designed by OMA - Office of Metropolitan Architecture opens to the public on Saturday. Filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have documented the project's construction in SPIRITI, a collection of 14 video fragments. John Hill

The first black repertory theatre in Memphis relocated from their start-up space to an existing parking lot in an urban entertainment district currently undergoing a resurgence. archimania

The modern, world-class venue dedicated to cultural events – music, ballet and theatre performances as well as congresses – comprises three main halls with 1915, 600, and 300 seats, and a multifunctional conference area with a floor space of 550 sq.m. Ingarden & Ewý Architects + Arata Isozaki & Associates

Annabel Karim Kassar Architects shows in the Cortile 700 of the Università Statale in Milan an architectural installation Camera Chiara with two pavilions: Liwan and Camera Obscura. Annabel Karim Kassar Architects

The independent book fair Libros Mutantes took place recently at La Casa Encendida in Madrid, a cultural event that brings together publishers from Spain and abroad, gathering important guests such as Études Books, III Studio, or Stefan Marx. Cuarto Orden

China's presence at the recently opened Expo Milano 2015 is threefold, with a national pavilion, the China Corporate United Pavilion, and the Vanke Pavilion. The last, designed by Daniel Libeskind, is covered in ruby red ceramic tiles developed with Casalgrande Padana. John Hill

The flowing, perforated facade is the first thing that attracts attention in this expansion to the Central World Shopping Center in Bangkok. But a glance beyond the facade reveals flowing internal spaces – indoor and outdoor – that give cohesion to the project and some legitimacy...

Even with rainy skies and protests in the streets, the long-awaited and much-criticized Expo Milano 2015 opened this first day of May. John Hill

The "Tin House," which Frank Gehry designed for artist Ron Davis in the late 1960s and has been owned by actor Patrick Dempsey since 2009, has hit the market with an asking price of $14.5 million. John Hill

Designed by Akio Nakasa of naf architect & design, Arch Wall House makes use of the curved walls that are a common theme in much of the firm’s work. Here, an arch both separates and links two homes: a single-story residence for a woman living alone, and a two-story residence for a...