Magazin

The National Library has unveiled Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron's preliminary design for the library's new home to be built on a government-allocated site in the National Precinct in Jerusalem. John Hill

In Jacques Tati's 1967 classic PlayTime, a film that resonates strongly with architects, Monsieur Hulot fumbles through a modern Paris, at one point visiting a bar and inadvertently breaking a glass door, a scene critic David Cairn analyzes in depth. John Hill

The $1.4 billion transit center, designed by Arup and Grimshaw with James Carpenter Design Associates, opened to the public today in Lower Manhattan. John Hill

Atelier Jean Nouvel's One Central Park in Sydney, Australia, has been given the title "Best Tall Building Worldwide" by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) at the 13th Annual CTBUH Awards Ceremony and Dinner last week. John Hill

The Museum of the History of the Polish Jews, designed by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects has been named the 2014 Finlandia Prize for Architecture. John Hill

At World-Architects we are big fans of architectural models, but we'll admit their imagery is not as prevalent online as computer renderings. To remedy that we decided to focus an Insight on models, asking a few questions to some W-A member firms. John Hill

The Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 National Architecture Awards were announced on 6 November at a ceremony hosted by Myf Warhurst at the Darwin Convention Centre. John Hill

The Architekturzentrum Wien has announced the prizewinners and special mentions in this year’s Az W Photo Award. The Photographs will be on display at the AzW, as part of "Eyes-On, the Month of Photography," until 1 December 2014. John Hill

The Chicago Architecture Biennial has announced the title of its 2015 inaugural edition – “The State of the Art of Architecture” – and its first participant, renowned photographer Iwan Baan. John Hill

On Monday Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and her Deputy Mayor in charge of urban planning, Jean-Louis Missika, launched an international contest calling on architects to propose innovative projects for 23 urban sites. John Hill

Austrian designers Gassner Redolfi and Swiss architect Alberto Alessi have won the Gold Medal of Design Austria's biennial award for the permanent exhibition Wood Perspectives at the Rubner Haus in Kiens, Italy. John Hill

On Monday, the 104-story tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) opened in Lower Manhattan, and on the same day SOM launched a photo contest to celebrate the building's completion. John Hill

Filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have created Barbicania, a feature-length film capturing a month-long immersion in London's Barbican Centre and Estate. John Hill

Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architects, has unveiled his design for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art proposed for a lakefront site in Chicago. John Hill

Good architecture takes its environment into account, particularly surrounding buildings. In Frankfurt am Main, Franken Architekten has taken a literal approach through a digitally drawn façade for a new home and studio in old town Sachsenhausen. John Hill, Thomas Geuder

Bonnie Burnham, President of World Monuments Fund, has announced that the two-decade restoration of Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library in Vyborg, Russia, has been awarded the 2014 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize. John Hill

Cellist Isang Enders visits the Peter Zumthor-designed Bruder-Klaus Chapel in Mechernich, Germany, to perform the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1. John Hill

Developer Larry Silverstein is moving ahead with the long-stagnant 3 World Trade Center, designed by British architect Richard Rogers, after selling tax-exempt bonds to finance the construction. John Hill

The newest design for the renovation of the convention center – originally intended to be a major redevelopment designed by OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture – has been unveiled by Fentress Architects and Arquitectonica. John Hill

Yesterday evening World-Architects stopped by the Storefront for Art and Architecture to check out the Situation NY installation by Jana Winderen and Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY, on display until 21 November 2014. John Hill

The New York firm's design of Washington, DC's Constitution Gardens, with PWP Landscape Architecture, is approved, and their design of Minneapolis's Water Works park, with SCAPE / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, is revealed. John Hill

The Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects has announced the winners of the 2014 Design Excellence Awards given in four categories: Distinguished Building, Interior Architecture, Divine Detail, and Unbuilt Design. John Hill

In response to Chinese leader Xi Jinping's call for an end to "weird architecture" in China, we combed through the profiles on the Chinese-Architects platform of World-Architects to highlight some firms working in a different vein. John Hill

The winners of the inaugural Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize were announced at a benefit dinner at the S.R. Crown Hall of the Illinois Institute of Technology on 22 October 2014. John Hill

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has invited twelve Australian and international architectural firms to submit concept designs for the Sydney Modern Project, a major expansion of the museum. John Hill

Last week the Commission of Fine Arts approved Frank Gehry's latest redesign for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, DC. It is the second of two government approvals needed for the project to proceed. John Hill

The Fondation Louis Vuitton (FLV) in Paris, designed by Frank O. Gehry, opens to the public on October 27. Building up to the much-anticipated opening, FLV is counting down with 50 days of "stories" and "emotions." We highlight some of our favorites. John Hill

Today the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation launched an online gallery of submissions – all 1,715 of them – in the first stage of the Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition to design a proposed Guggenheim museum in the Finnish capital. John Hill

French designer Philippe Starck has teamed up with Slovenian construction company Riko to produce P.A.T.H. – Prefabricated Accessible Technological Homes. John Hill

The great Swiss photographer died yesterday at the age of 81 after a long battle with cancer. In his tenure at Magnum Photos he memorably captured the buildings and personalities of Le Corbusier, Luis Barragan and Oscar Niemeyer, among others. John Hill

LEAF International has announced the winners of the 11th annual LEAF Awards, which "demonstrate buildings that are setting the benchmark for the international architectural and design community." John Hill

With two years left in his presidency, we won't know the final form of the Obama Presidential Library for a little while. Nevertheless The Guardian asked four architects "to sketch and describe their unofficial visions for a possible" library design. John Hill

At a recent ceremony in Beirut, the Holcim Foundation announced the winning projects of the Holcim Awards 2014 for Africa and the Middle East, which "illustrate how sustainable construction continues to evolve." John Hill

Two side-by-side buildings – the CUNY Advanced Science & Research Center and the City College Center for Discovery & Innovation – recently opened on City College's Harlem campus. Bendheim's channel and dichroic glass defines much of the interiors. John Hill

In a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects this evening, Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, designed by Haworth Tompkins, was named the recipient of the 2014 Stirling Prize. John Hill

The 11th Street Bridge Park has announced the selection of OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture + OLIN as the design team for Washington, D.C.’s first elevated park over the Anacostia River. John Hill