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Fuseproject proposes "friendly" design for AI-enabled robot
American design studio Fuseproject has designed a body for a robotic system by tech studio Kind Humanoid intended for various domestic and commercial environments. More about Fuseproject proposes "friendly" design for AI-enabled robot
Metabolic Studio diverts LA River water to "facilitate natural systems that want to repair themselves"
Art and research organisation Metabolic Studio has showcased aspects of its Bending the River project, an infrastructure and art project designed to remediate water and land around the Los Angeles River. More about Metabolic Studio diverts LA River water to "facilitate natural systems that want to repair themselves"
BIG set to "reanimate" 1950s power plant on Scape-designed park
Architecture studio BIG has unveiled plans to adapt a decommissioned power plant in Connecticut, USA, into a community centre on a site to be reimagined by landscape studio Scape. More about BIG set to "reanimate" 1950s power plant on Scape-designed park
Neri Oxman unveils conceptual skyscraper AI-optimised for planting
Design studio Oxman has devised a system called "ecological programming" to optimise green architecture, which it has demonstrated through a conceptual skyscraper with multiple planted platforms. More about Neri Oxman unveils conceptual skyscraper AI-optimised for planting
Neri Oxman launches New York practice in Foster + Partners-designed studio
Designer Neri Oxman has unveiled a studio in Midtown Manhattan designed with architecture studio Foster + Partners that houses a production workshop and wet lab. More about Neri Oxman launches New York practice in Foster + Partners-designed studio
Shelburne Museum unveils replacement for dropped Adjaye Associates scheme
Shelburne Museum in Vermont, USA, has unveiled a design by architecture studios Annum Architects, Reed Hilderbrand and Two Row Architect for its Native American Art Center after cancelling a scheme by Adjaye Associates last year. More about Shelburne Museum unveils replacement for dropped Adjaye Associates scheme
Morphosis raises concrete galleries around Dallas art museum
Architecture studio Morphosis has balanced long galleries on massive beams and clad in patterned, precast concrete at the Crow Museum of Asian Art museum in Dallas, Texas. More about Morphosis raises concrete galleries around Dallas art museum
Eight buildings "unlike anything seen before" from the American School
We've selected eight buildings in the western United States by architects in the American School that are featured in the Outré West exhibition in Oklahoma. More about Eight buildings "unlike anything seen before" from the American School
Heleo and Daniel Ruanova create "low-tech cathedral" for San Diego pavilion
Local design studio Heleo and Tijuana artist Daniel Ruanova have created a pavilion in San Diego meant to symbolise a twisting together of the walls on the US-Mexico border to form a space for gathering. More about Heleo and Daniel Ruanova create "low-tech cathedral" for San Diego pavilion
Foster + Partners showcases models of 14 skyscrapers that "challenge convention"
British studio Foster + Partners has showcased large-scale models of 14 built, or in-progress, skyscrapers at an exhibition in the lobby of the recently renovated Transamerica Pyramid. More about Foster + Partners showcases models of 14 skyscrapers that "challenge convention"
Max Núñez Arquitectos creates concrete care home in Chile
Local studio Max Núñez Arquitectos designed this concrete care home in Chile with open interiors to reduce maintenance, create a dialogue with a park and build a sense of community for the elderly inhabitants. More about Max Núñez Arquitectos creates concrete care home in Chile
Seven conversation pits that bring people and rooms together
For our latest lookbook, we've put together a roundup of contemporary takes on the classic conversation pit, installed into projects ranging from houses to retail spaces to create places for gathering. More about Seven conversation pits that bring people and rooms together
Trahan Architects restores Superdome to be "microcosm" of New Orleans
Local studio Trahan Architects has finished an interior renovation of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, completing a series of renovations launched after Hurricane Katrina that it claims will extend the stadium's life by 25 years. More about Trahan Architects restores Superdome to be "microcosm" of New Orleans
Foster + Partners "restores the logic" of Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco
UK studio Foster + Partners has renovated the modernist Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper in San Francisco, USA, restoring elements from the original design and linking it to a redesigned adjacent park. More about Foster + Partners "restores the logic" of Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco
Fefostudio and Kamilla Csegzi create mycelium-based Ephemeral Table
Local design firm Fefostudio and architect Kamilla Csegzi have created a large table made from mycelium inset with openings for custom glassware for the Collectible design fair in New York. More about Fefostudio and Kamilla Csegzi create mycelium-based Ephemeral Table
Ten architectural installations from Burning Man 2024
From a canyon-like podium for the man effigy to a solar-powered battery library for artists, here are 10 large-scale installations from this year's Burning Man event in Nevada captured by photographer Gurpreet Chawla. More about Ten architectural installations from Burning Man 2024
Garza Studio creates bench with seats that move on steel bearing balls
Mexico-based Garza Studio has created a solid aluminium bench topped with two seating plates that move on top of a plane of steel bearing balls for the Collectible design fair in New York City. More about Garza Studio creates bench with seats that move on steel bearing balls
SOM unveils renderings of Hudson Yards West skyscraper and casino development
Developer Related Companies has released additional images of the SOM-master-planned Hudson Yards West development in New York, amidst an outcry from local advocates. More about SOM unveils renderings of Hudson Yards West skyscraper and casino development
Nine recently completed skyscrapers in Chicago
From Studio Gang's triple-tower St Regis skyscraper to one of the last projects designed by iconic architect Helmut Jahn, we've rounded up nine skyscrapers completed in Chicago in the last decade. More about Nine recently completed skyscrapers in Chicago
High Line "under threat" from proposed skyscrapers and casino say Friends of the High Line founders
The rezoning of land in New York City for skyscrapers and a casino puts the experience of the city's High Line "under threat" according to the founders of Friends of the High Line. More about High Line "under threat" from proposed skyscrapers and casino say Friends of the High Line founders