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    Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects completes "intentionally sculptural" Obama Presidential Center

    A monumental granite-clad tower surrounded by artificial hills has been completed by US studio Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to honour US president Barack Obama. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects completes "intentionally sculptural" Obama Presidential Center

    Ben Dreith | 4 June 2026 | Leave a comment
  • Obama Presidential Center Opinion

    "The Obama Presidential Center unquestionably breaks free of tired precedent"

    The completed Obama Presidential Center represents a concerning shift in the image ex-presidents want to convey, writes Anthony Paletta. More about "The Obama Presidential Center unquestionably breaks free of tired precedent"

    Anthony Paletta | 4 June 2026 | Leave a comment
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    Photos reveal construction progress on granite-wrapped Obama Presidential Center museum

    Photos of construction at the Obama Presidential Center Museum Building in Chicago have shown an exterior wrapped in granite panels, as well as the interior of the partially completed uppermost floors. More about Photos reveal construction progress on granite-wrapped Obama Presidential Center museum

    Ellen Eberhardt | 17 April 2025 | Leave a comment
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    Museum at Obama Presidential Center in Chicago tops out

    The monolithic museum anchoring the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago has topped out, with former president Barack Obama placing his signature on an uppermost beam. More about Museum at Obama Presidential Center in Chicago tops out

    Ellen Eberhardt | 18 June 2024 | Leave a comment
  • David Geffen Hall

    New York Philharmonic's David Geffen Hall reopens after extensive renovation

    Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects and Diamond Schmitt Architects have carried out a renovation of New York City's David Geffen Hall, modernising the venue's main concert hall and improving the public spaces that surround it. More about New York Philharmonic's David Geffen Hall reopens after extensive renovation

    James Brillon | 1 November 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Princeton lawsuit Tod Williams Billie Tsien

    Tod Williams Billie Tsien faces $10.7 million lawsuit for Princeton University building

    Princeton University is suing Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects over the school's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, claiming the building process was careless and took too long. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien faces .7 million lawsuit for Princeton University building

    Bridget Goldberg | 2 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • David Geffen Hall by Diamond Schmitt Architects and Tod WIlliams Billie Tsien Architects

    Tod Williams Billie Tsien teams with Diamond Schmitt for redesign of New York Philharmonic concert hall

    Architecture firms Diamond Schmitt and Tod Williams Billie Tsien have revealed plans to redesign David Geffen Hall at New York's Lincoln Center, two years after Heatherwick Studio's overhaul was scrapped. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien teams with Diamond Schmitt for redesign of New York Philharmonic concert hall

    Bridget Goldberg | 3 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Tod Williams and Billie Tsien win 2019 Praemium Imperiale for architecture

    Tod Williams and Billie Tsien win 2019 Praemium Imperiale for architecture

    American architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have been named architecture laureates for the Japan Art Association's 2019 Praemium Imperiale awards. More about Tod Williams and Billie Tsien win 2019 Praemium Imperiale for architecture

    India Block | 17 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Hood Museum of Art overhauled by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

    Tod Williams Billie Tsien overhauls postmodern Dartmouth Hood Museum

    Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects' major extension and renovation of the Hood Museum of Art in New Hampshire has kept postmodern architect Charles Moore's glass and grey-brick stairway as its centrepiece. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien overhauls postmodern Dartmouth Hood Museum

    Eleanor Gibson | 24 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • "Make space for families" to improve gender equality in architecture, says Billie Tsien

    Architect Billie Tsien has called for better child care in the US to help more women remain in her profession, rather than have to chose between work and family. More about "Make space for families" to improve gender equality in architecture, says Billie Tsien

    Eleanor Gibson | 29 June 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Hood Museum of Art by Tod Williams Billie Tsien

    Tod Williams Billie Tsien's Hood Museum overhaul will "knit together" its postmodern predecessor

    Tod Williams and Billie Tsien's major extension and renovation of postmodern architect Charles Moore's Hood Museum of Art, in New Hampshire, will involve slotting in a pale brick building and covering a central courtyard. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien's Hood Museum overhaul will "knit together" its postmodern predecessor

    Eleanor Gibson | 28 June 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Obama Presidential Center

    "There is no need to destroy one significant cultural legacy in order to celebrate another"

    The Obama Presidential Center will be presented to the Chicago City Council today. But its proposed siting in the city's Jackson Park will both remove acres of public land and blight Fredrick Law Olmsted's historic landscape design, argues The Cultural Landscape Foundation president Charles A Birnbaum. More about "There is no need to destroy one significant cultural legacy in order to celebrate another"

    Charles A Birnbaum | 17 January 2018 | 15 comments
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    Obamas reveal more details and images for Presidential Center in Chicago

    Barack and Michelle Obama have released a set of new renderings and a movie showing the cultural complex celebrating his presidency, which is to be built on Chicago's South Side. More about Obamas reveal more details and images for Presidential Center in Chicago

    Dan Howarth | 10 January 2018 | 8 comments
  • Obama Presidential Library concept design

    Obama Presidential Library concept design unveiled in Chicago

    The first images and models of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects' plans for the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago have been revealed. More about Obama Presidential Library concept design unveiled in Chicago

    Dan Howarth | 3 May 2017 | 29 comments
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    Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects chosen for Obama Presidential Library

    Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have won the long-running competition to design the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects chosen for Obama Presidential Library

    Dan Howarth | 30 June 2016 | 3 comments
  • Tod Williams and Billie Tsien complete sheltered ice skating rink in Brooklyn

    Patterns referencing the footwork of figure skaters decorate the underside of a roof sheltering this ice rink in Brooklyn, New York, designed by American firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. More about Tod Williams and Billie Tsien complete sheltered ice skating rink in Brooklyn

    Alyn Griffiths | 14 May 2014 | 3 comments
  • American Folk Art Museum building

    Demolition "only option" for New York's folk art museum says MoMA director

    News: the Williams and Tsien-designed former American Folk Art Museum in New York will be demolished just 13 years after it was built to make room for an extension to the neighbouring Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), despite an outcry from architects, conservationists and critics. More about Demolition "only option" for New York's folk art museum says MoMA director

    Amy Frearson | 9 January 2014 | 20 comments
  • MoMA pulls back from plan to raze former folk art museum, photo by pov_steve

    MoMA pulls back from plan to raze former folk art museum

    News: the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to reconsider its decision to demolish the former American Folk Art Museum next door following an outcry from architects, conservationists and critics. More about MoMA pulls back from plan to raze former folk art museum

    Emilie Chalcraft | 10 May 2013 | 9 comments
  • MoMA to demolish Williams and Tsien folk art museum, photo by Dan Nguyen

    MoMA to demolish Williams and Tsien folk art museum

    News: the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to raze the former American Folk Art Museum next door just 12 years after its completion by US architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. More about MoMA to demolish Williams and Tsien folk art museum

    Emilie Chalcraft | 11 April 2013 | 45 comments

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