On the ground floor of the Chicago Cultural Center, Labyrinth—a cluster of installations and exhibitions occupying a warren of rooms as part the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial—serves as the visitor's introduction to participants' responses to the theme, Make New History. In this short film, architects including Jürgen Mayer H., Freek Persyn (51N4E) and Philip F. Huan (Archi-Union) present their projects and reflect on their work, process, and involvement in North America's largest architectural event.

The Chicago Architecture Biennial has announced the list of participants invited to contribute to the event’s second edition, which will be held from September 16 to January 7, 2018 in Chicago. More than 100 architecture firms and artists have been selected by 2017 artistic directors Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, founders of Los Angeles–based Johnston Marklee, to design exhibitions that will be displayed at the Chicago Cultural Center and throughout the city.

“Our goal for the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial is to continue to build on the themes and ideas presented in the first edition,” explained Johnston and Lee. “We hope to examine, through the work of the chosen participants, the continuous engagement with questions of history and architecture as an evolutionary practice.”

HHF Architects, in collaboration with landscape architects from Westpol, have won a competition with their design for Jardin Métropole, a 30-meter-tall apartment tower and neighboring green space. Located in Biel, Switzerland, the project is expected to become the symbol of the city and contribute to the area’s general enhancement through its angled cube massing and public element.

Based on the theme of a “city garden,” the building will constitute the beginning of a new, park-like passage to Rue du Moulin, and will feature access to gardens with private planting beds, a shared roof terrace, and landscaped loggains.

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HHF architects has created a temporary pavilion for the first biennial for contemporary music and architecture ZeitRäume in Basel, Switzerland.

At nearly six meters tall, the installation is constructed of simple parts:  “a large drum made of bamboo poles, with a roof of scaffolding brackets.” While seemingly basic in construction, the pavilion additionally features movement in the roof portion, when blown by the wind.

Swiss firm HHF Architects have released images and drawings for "Parking & More," a mixed-use structure and public facility for Basel's Dreispitz quarter.

An addition to an existing steel parking complex, "Parking & More" combines a parking lot with eateries, sport facilities, and shops, "creating a vibrant and lively street and a partially covered urban plaza." The project is adjacent to BIG's Transitlager ad Herzog & de Meuron's 312 Helsinki Dreispitz, forming a triumvirate of new developments that reflect the area's rapid rates of densification and urbanisation. Read more about "Parking & More" and view selected images after the break.

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• Architects

  HHF Architects

• Location

  Lichtstrasse 9, 4056 Basel, Switzerland

• Category

  Apartments

• Design Team

  HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILER with Cella Hubel, Nicole Baron, Philippe Guillod, Walter Gloor, Yujin Hirase, Lisa Lo, Daichi Takano, Jens Van Zele, Christian Weyell

• Artist

  Erik Steinbrecher

• Area

  3059.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Julien Lanoo, Maris Mezulis, Tom Bisig

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• Architects

  HHF Architects

• Location

  Nuglar-Skt Pantaleon, Switzerland

• Category

  Houses

• Design Team

  Markus Leixner, Anna Smorodinsky, Mio Tsuneyama

• Project Year

  2011

• Photographs

  Tom Bisig

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• Architects

  HHF architects

• Location

  Jalisco, Mexico

• Category

  Landscape Architecture

• Project Team

   Tilo Herlach, Simon Hartmann, Simon Frommenwiler, Alexa den Hartog, Janna Jessen

• Project Year

  2010

• Photographs

  Iwan Baan

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• Architects

  HHF Architects

• Location

  10245 Berlin, Germany

• Category

  Office buildings

• Client

  Labels Projektmanagment GmbH & Co KG

• Area

  0.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2010

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• Architects

  HHF Architects + Ai WeiWei

• Location

  Ancram, United States

• Category

  Houses

• Design Team

  HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILER & AI WEIWEI with Bhavana Hameed, Tom Strub, Fumiko Takahama, Magnus Zwyssig

• Structural Engineering

  Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY

• Construction Management

  Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY

• General Contractor

  Robert Reed Construction, Germantown, NY

• Client

  Private

• Area

  375.0 m2

• Project Year

  2008

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• Architects

  Ai Weiwei, HHF Architects

• Location

  Salt Point, Pleasant Valley, NY, USA

• Category

  Gallery

• Design Team

  HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILER & AI WEIWEI with Tom Strub, Fumiko Takahama

• Structural Engineering

  Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY

• Construction Management

  Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY

• Client

  Christophe W. Mao / Chambers Fine Art

• Budget

  US $321,700

• Area

  373.0 m2

• Project Year

  2007

• Photographs

  Iwan Baan