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Cleveland Browns share new renderings of forthcoming HKS-designed stadium

The Cleveland Browns franchise has shared new renderings of a forthcoming stadium complex designed by HKS. The domed stadium by HKS will measure 377,000 square feet and be able to host up to 75,000 ...
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A detailed look at New York’s community of independent and in-house model makers

A display wall at Radii in Hoboken, New Jersey, shows the range of models built by the shop since it opened in 2000. (Christopher Payne/Esto) Amid all of the ways to make an architectural model ...
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The restoration of the Air Force Academy Chapel is the U.S.’s most complex modernist preservation project ever

[Editor’s note: This March 2 article shared some of the design history of the Air Force Academy’s modernist campus and the repair and restoration of its landmark Chapel. But it is just one small part ...
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At Rice University, Karamuk Kuo’s new Cannady Hall serves as an extension of the school’s architecture building

The young Swiss architecture firm Karamuk Kuo has created a "marvelous enigma" with Cannady Hall at Rice University. Its deceptive facade appears to be made of simple red metal panels but is instead ...
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In L.A., new tiny home villages offer a temporary solution in the city’s struggle with homelessness

At Alexandria Park, prefabricated structures made by Pallet are used, so Lehrer Architects’ focused on organization and shared spaces. (Courtesy Lehrer Architects) Alexandria Park is one of ten such ...
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Gowanus is one of New York City’s most ambitious redevelopment projects—and its most fraught

“He’s the keeper of the dream,” says an off-camera voice, introducing the man with the plan to reinvent Gowanus. “He’s the visionary who, for 30 years, has been leading the community efforts to make ...
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Perkins&Will revisits Crow Island School near Chicago to update and upgrade a groundbreaking modernist monument to creative pedagogy

Perkins&Will’s design respects the historical integrity of the original architecture. The entrance and eastern facade include matching brick colors and patterns, and aluminum window systems. (Courtesy ...
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CTA’s largest-ever expansion reaches out to fulfill a transit gap

With a focus on economic development in a part of the city that’s been starved for transit access and investment for much of its history, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced in September ...
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Alaska’s Cold Climate Housing Research Center is rethinking how the Circumpolar North builds

The Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) describes itself as “an industry-based, nonprofit corporation created to facilitate the development, use, and testing of energy-efficient, durable, ...
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Twenty must-see Expo 2025 pavilions in Osaka, Japan

Amid global turmoil and tariff wars, the world gathers in Osaka, Japan, at Expo 2025 to see the latest innovations in technology, agriculture, and more. More than 160 countries are represented in the ...
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Is the White House building a triumphal arch outside Arlington National Cemetery?

The proposed arch is inspired by Paris’s Arc de Triomphe. (Courtesy Harrison Design) Watson’s photograph showed the Lincoln Memorial facing the wrong direction, and the model quickly garnered ...
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In Los Angeles, the Stahl House, designed by Pierre Koenig, is for sale

The Stahl House in Los Angeles, designed by Pierre Koenig and famously photographed by Julius Shulman, is up for sale for the first time in its history. (© J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research ...