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Mc Intosh Poris Architects converts Detroit assembly plant into housing
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (374+ words) The building is considered the world's first reinforced-concrete automobile factory, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (John D'Angelo) In Detroit, Mc Intosh Poris Architects (MPA), a local Michigan firm, has converted a former Cadillac assembly plant…...
B'K Modern's structurally integrated metal systems offer advantages for architects
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (800+ words) The Architect's Newspaper B'K Modern was founded in 2010. Its range of products can be applied to range of building components from facades and guardrails to trellises and staircases. (Courtesy B'K Modern) Architects, contractors, and developers can agree one thing: In…...
Pratt faculty fight proposed cuts to Architecture Writing Program
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (572+ words) Pratt Institute faculty members have launched a petition aimed at reversing proposed cuts to contact hours for the Humanities and Media Studies Department's Architecture Writing Program (AWP)." The AWP's goal is to strengthen the critical thinking capacities of Pratt architecture…...
Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul to open in June
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (350+ words) Centre Pompidou Hanwha will have a back lit facade that illuminates the art gallery at night. (Courtesy Centre Pompidou Hanwha) Centre Pompidou shared updates in regard to its forthcoming satellite campus in Seoul, South Korea, on Yeouido Island. The museum…...
First Office restores a midcentury ranch in Los Angeles
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (226+ words) from a filming backdrop to a livable family residence'The Architect's Newspaper Once home to Eden Sasson from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, a midcentury ranch in Los Angeles prioritized set design for the reality TV show over light, circulation,…...
Alex Strada turns city signage into testimony for New York's unhoused
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (273+ words) New York City remains the only municipality in the United States to guarantee the right to shelter. But the right to shelter is not the right to the city. Alex Strada's Public Address, now installed in Brooklyn's Columbus Park after…...
Angelenos'and some out-of-towners'share early takes of LACMA's David Geffen Galleries
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1014+ words) The March/April issue of The Architect's Newspaper features an article by Nate Hume that offers a detailed look at the structural engineering of LACMA's David Geffen Galleries, designed by Peter Zumthor and SOM. To accompany Hume's story, this latest…...
Kengo Kuma, BDP, MICA to design new wing for National Gallery
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (409+ words) Kengo Kuma and Associates, BDP, and MICA Architects, were selected from a shortlist of firms to design a major addition to London's National Gallery as part of Project Domani, a $1 billion capital campaign, the museum announced today. In a statement,…...
Introducing Dyna Drum Gen 3: Born in Los Angeles, built for the elements
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (144+ words) We are thrilled to announce the third generation of Dyna Drums (H3, E3, S3). This series marks a major milestone as the first to be part of the Acclaim Modular Systems platform, proudly assembled right at our Los Angeles headquarters. By bringing assembly…...
MBL Architecture restores Edward Durell Stone'designed Fine Arts Center at University of Arkansas
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (551+ words) The University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center is considered the first multidisciplinary arts building in the U. S. It was completed in 1951 and designed by Edward Durell Stone'a Fayetteville, Arkansas, native who studied at University of Arkansas'in tandem with landscape architect Christopher…...