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Today we are launching Daily News, a new editorial section of World-Architects that, as the name indicates, brings headlines, projects, products and other features to readers on a daily basis. John Hill

The Spanish office of Francisco Mangado has won first prize in the international competition to convert the facilities of an old thermal hospital into a spa. John Hill, Francisco Mangado

Architect Rafael de La-Hoz completes the Daoíz y Velarde Cultural Centre. As part of the Daoiz y Verlarde complex of former barracks the objective is to preserve the architecture, a representative sample of Madrid’s industrial and military heritage. Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos

BBP Architects have converted an office building dating from 1964 in the center of Copenhagen into the new headquarters for the Danish jewelry firm Trollbeads, who are known for their glass and gold beads. John Hill, BBP Architects

Think of the areas in and around Boston and most likely institutions of higher education come to mind: Harvard University, MIT, Boston University, to name a few. Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) is relatively small in comparison but a new 20-story tower gives the college...

A fire broke out on Friday in the basement of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's early 20th-century masterpiece. John Hill

To recognize the achievements of firms profiled on World-Architects.com, we present the fourth biannual roundup of Awards, Competitions, Completed Buildings, Exhibitions, and Monographs; carefully selected, just like the profiles. John Hill

Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Poli House wins the inaugural award from the Illinois Institute of Technology. John Hill

Reaction, Creation on Aarau, Switzerland's Schneider & Schneider is the first of a new series of monographs from W-A. John Hill

The founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture will receive the prize from Venice Biennale director Rem Koolhaas. John Hill

Libeskind teams with photographer Edward Burtynsky and landscape architect Claude Cormier on Canada's monument. John Hill

From a distance Bierman Henke Architects' egg-shaped "Art Cloud" at the Museum de Fundatie resembles a stucco-like surface, but up close one can see that it is made up of ceramic tiles, over 50,000 of them in fact. Ceramic manufacturer Royal Tichelaar Makkum produced two sizes of... John Hill

The passing of H.R. Giger on May 13 at the age of 74 has prompted us to think of the artist's contribution to films like Alien but also the eponymous bars he designed in his home country of Switzerland. John Hill

Zoltan Pali is no larger part of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences museum in Los Angeles. John Hill

Baltimore has a reputation for crime, poverty and drugs, thanks to statistically high rates of each but also the city's portrayal in popular culture, most notably the television show The Wire. A major redevelopment area in East Baltimore attempts to address these concerns, and a...

Mount Desert Island is the largest island on Maine's Atlantic shore – the second largest island on the American eastern seaboard, after Long Island, New York. The natural beauty of Mount Desert Island is conserved through Acadia National Park, which covers about half of the island....

Frank Gehry becomes the sixth architect to win the prestigious Spanish award. John Hill

Founded by Phyllis Lambert in 1989 as a museum and study center, the Canadian Centre for Architecture has established itself as one of the most important collecting and research institutions focused on architecture in the world. John Hill

Lightweight printed facades offer the opportunity for artistic expression while also enabling easy and inexpensive change in the future. For a daycare center in a new urban district under development on an old airfield in southern Germany, (se)arch Freie Architekten employed SergeFerrari's... John Hill, Thomas Geuder

The Vancouver Art Gallery selects the Swiss architects to design their new building at Larwill Park. John Hill

Google has teamed up with LEGO to launch Build with Chrome. In addition to creating whatever strikes their fancy in an online virtual environment, builders can place their structures in Google Maps alongside other creations – a true "Land of Legos." John Hill

Sports and history may seem like two areas that don't mix, but the memorabilia of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the displays of the Northwest Louisiana History Museum come together in the fluid interiors of Trahan Architects' new building in Natchitoches. Likewise, old and new...

As the school year winds down for architecture students around the world, we highlight 10 design/build programs that are making a difference by developing experience and skills in the future architects, by contributing to local communities through their efforts, and by exploring the integral... John Hill

Bertrand Goldberg's cantilevered concrete cloverleaf is coming down to make way for a glass tower. John Hill

Zaha Hadid Architects' Heydar Aliyev Center is the winner in the architecture category. John Hill

Fujiko Nakaya: Veil, guarantees to make a strong – if fleeting – impact on the iconic heart of the 47-acre Philip Johnson Glass House campus in New Canaan. John Hill

Being an architect means acknowledging that even the smallest things are important. This position comes to mind when considering Architectural Artisans' design of a new accessible entry at the side of the Third Lutheran Church in Louisville. The small limestone portal invites visitors...

Bremen, Germany's URBANSCREEN is using more than 20 high-end video projectors to transform the 100-meter-high, 24-sided Gasometer Oberhausen into what they call "an imaginary, ever-changing room." John Hill

The first phase of the design by Grimshaw, Nordic Office of Architecture and Haptic Architects will open in 2018. John Hill

The Museum of Modern Art has started the demolition of the museum designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. John Hill

Neolith is a brand of durable surfacing material created by parent company TheSize for façades, countertops, flooring, interior walls and other architectural applications. Two building façades – in Doha, Qatar, and in Seoul, South Korea – show some possibilities of the... John Hill

The Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic wins the 2014 prize for distinguished criticism. John Hill

Manhattan is a small city in northeast Kansas that is affectionately called "The Little Apple" and is home to Kansas State University. While the K-State campus is predominantly limestone, buildings off campus are a more varied lot, such as the existing orange-brick Manhattan High...

BPS Development Company has unveiled phase-three designs by Frank Gehry and Norman Foster. John Hill

David Chipperfield Architects has been unanimously selected as architect for the Nobel Foundation's new building in Stockholm. John Hill

The National Capital Planning Commission rejects Frank Gehry’s design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial. John Hill