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Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's sculptures aim to bring a smile to anybody's face. His Rubber Duck is docked in Hong Kong's Harbour City from May 2 to June 9, 2013. John Hill

Geo Metria was designed by Mount Fuji Architects Studio, a Tokyo-based “creator’s collective” committed to developing quality living environments through architectural and other design work. The residence sits on a hillside where the plains of Odawara meet the mountains of...

The American-born architect based in London died on April 20 after a short illness. John Hill

Architecture and other undergraduate students at the longtime tuition-free school will pay up to $20,000 in yearly tuition. John Hill

This short film, edited by ViaViLi (Khaled Morgan and Elnaz Anzalchi), pieces together 20 clips of famous architects talking about architecture. It is a who's who of architects from the dawn of the television to our age of the Internet, spanning from the boastings of Frank Lloyd Wright to a... John Hill

Located on the banks of the Ohio River southwest of downtown Louisville, Riverbank Park is 70 acres envisioned by De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop in their master plan "as a new recreational venue for the community." The first component in the park's master...

On September 19, 2012, the new Folkwang Library opened on the Essen-Werden campus of the Folkwang University of the Arts. The boxy building, designed in a 2006 competition by Max Dudler, holds a 200,000-strong musicological collection behind a translucent skin that looks like stone but is in fact... John Hill

Not surprisingly the library, museum, and policy institute for the 43rd U.S. President is designed by Robert A.M. Stern. John Hill

It was 20 years ago this spring that the demolition of Kowloon Walled City near Hong Kong's former Kai Tak Airport began. On this anniversary, the South China Morning Post publishes a feature accompanied by a highly detailed inforgraphic. John Hill

adamo-faiden is an architecture studio that emerged from the ruins of the Argentinean corralito. After leaving the country and going to study and work in Europe, for Sebastián Adamo and Marcelo Faiden their return to post-crisis Argentina led to them reformulate their role as...

After a three-year restoration, Norway's 1952 gift to the United Nations reopened in a ceremony last week. John Hill

Architect Renzo Piano's preliminary design for a $300 million museum on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles includes a "soap bubble." John Hill

Only three materials—rammed earth, steel, and cedar—comprise this small trailhead structure in eastern Kansas. Foremost of these is rammed earth, a truly sustainable material that also provides an appealing appearance. Designed and built by students in the University of Kansas...

In Australian photographer Ben Thomas's latest series, Accession, he inverts views of cities to create odd alternate realities.  John Hill

BNIM's ability to craft sustainable architecture has been explored here previously in the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, one of the few buildings to achieve "Living"...

The transformation of Tour Bois le Prêtre in Paris, by Frédéric Druot and Lacaton & Vassal, wins in the architecture category. John Hill

As part of the 2013 Milano Salone (April 9-14), Panasonic commissioned architect Akihisa Hirata to design an installation occupying an arcade at the University of Milan. John Hill

The sixth World Architecture Festival (WAF) will take place October 2-4, 2013 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. With the awards submissions process underway (the deadline for entry is May 24), World-Architects thought it a good time to interview Paul Finch, the driving force behind WAF and... John Hill

Architekturbild e.v. has announced the winners of its biennial award, to be exhibited at DAM in Frankfurt. John Hill

The Cyberinfrastructure Building houses Indiana University's 700-strong University Information Technology Services. This staff was previously scattered across several buildings on campus, but now they occupy an L-shaped building in a nearby technology park. SmithGroupJJR's design...

The Vancouver property of late Canadian architect Arthur Erickson is being eyed for development. John Hill

On April 13, after a 10-year restoration and renovation headed by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos of Seville, the "Museum of the Netherlands" in Amsterdam opens its doors. John Hill

The Nihondaira Hotel, a long-standing institution on Shizuoka’s scenic Nippondaira plateau, sits within  Nihondaira Park. Recently created by Shizuoka's municipal government, the park presents the Nippondaira plateau as an open-air museum of natural landscape art; as part of the...

The Midway Plaisance—a one-mile-long green space laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the 1890s—splits the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus into the neo-Gothic spires and quadrangles to the north and the predominantly modern buildings to...

The architect says she deserves "a Pritzker Prize inclusion ceremony" during an event on women in architecture. John Hill

A special committe has chosen architects to compete in the design of new home of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm. John Hill

Coeur d'Alene is the largest city in Idaho's northern panhandle, located appropriately on the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene. On the banks of the Spokane River, just north of where it drains into the lake, is the Riverstone development, where this office building designed by...

The importance of photography in promoting buildings and architects is undeniable. But what about the uncommissioned work—the personal explorations, the fine art exhibitions, the free work, the side projects—that architectural photographers undertake outside of their commercial jobs?... John Hill

Congress heard arguments for starting over with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in DC. John Hill

The winners of the 23rd MIPIM Awards were announced in Cannes, France, on March 14. John Hill

For travellers approaching Tyrol from Germany along the Inntal railway line or the motorway that runs parallel to it the passion play theatre in Erl provides a clear signal that one has finally arrived on Tyrolean soil. For architect Roman Delugan this solitary white building embedded in the...

The thirty-somethings at Humans Since 1982 have created the "A Million Times (Time Dubai)" installation for Design Days Dubai, running from March 18-21. The installation is made up of a grid of 288 black-and-white clocks that are synchronized via an iPad to create flowing patterns that... John Hill

The Island of Hawai'i (aka the Big Island) is made up of five volcanoes and their lava flows—two volcanoes are still active, so the island keeps growing. With this geologic condition, it is no surprise that architect Craig Steely calls the modern houses he has designed on the island...

Today's predilection for glass walls and roofs often results in glare and heat gain, two issues addressed typically through shades, louvers, and other means of blocking or cutting down on direct sunlight. SageGlass, an "electronically tintable dynamic glass," is an alternative that... John Hill

Japanese architect Toyo Ito has been named the latest recipient of architecture's highest honor. John Hill