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Kresge College Expansion at University of California / Studio Gang

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Studio Gang, the international architecture and urban design firm led by Jeanne Gang, has completed an expansion of Kresge College at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). The firm's expansion plan involves the construction of four new buildings–three mass-timber residential halls and the new Kresge College Academic Center – as well as improvements to the site that increase the College's accessibility and better connect it with the surrounding natural ecology and the greater UCSC campus.

UChicago Medicine Crown Point / Perkins&Will

Andreas Luco — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Amid growing awareness among healthcare providers of the importance of bringing crucial care to medically underserved areas, UChicago Medicine has opened a Perkins&Will-designed multispecialty care center and micro-hospital in Crown Point, Indiana. The 132,000-square-foot facility is the academic health system's largest off-site facility, designed to deliver advanced care within a personalized and family-centric environment.

One Hundred / Studio Gang

Paula Pintos — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000

One Hundred is a residential tower overlooking Forest Park in St. Louis. The tower, Studio Gang’s first project in the city, will rise to over 380 feet and include retail, amenities, parking, and residential apartments with views of the park to the west and the Gateway Arch to the east.

Perelman Performing Arts Center / REX ARCHITECTURE

Hana Abdel — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Adjacent to New York City’s most hallowed site, the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) is the cultural keystone and final public element in the World Trade Center master plan, embracing the restorative power of art as a counterpoint to the site’s commemorative import. A producing house for theater, music, dance, opera, and film, PAC NYC pioneers new forms of theatrical adaptability to amplify the creativity of its artists and empower directors to surprise patrons with new processions and viewing experiences upon each visit.

The Canyon / MVRDV

Paula Pintos — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Located opposite the Giants’ Oracle Park, The Canyon is one of four buildings that form the first phase of the new Mission Rock neighborhood, which is being developed through a partnership of the San Francisco Giants, Tishman Speyer, and the Port of San Francisco. Located on an 11-hectare site, these buildings were designed in a collaborative process in which four internationally renowned design firms – Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, and WORKac in addition to MVRDV – worked simultaneously, creating distinct designs that work seamlessly together.

Texas Tower / Kendall/Heaton Associates + Pelli Clarke & Partners

Valeria Silva — Fri, 13 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Texas Tower will catalyze a reinvigorated Downtown Houston neighborhood through connections to the Arts District, Market Square, and the Buffalo Bayou. This forty-seven-story tower is designed specifically with the tenant experience in mind to create an energizing and creative environment for a live, work, play lifestyle in the heart of downtown.

Akamai Technologies Global Headquarters / Pickard Chilton

Paula Pintos — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000

As Akamai Technologies’ new global headquarters, 145 Broadway consolidates their workforce from across six disparate locations into a unified vertical campus. Creating connectivity within the building and neighborhood was a defining vision for the design.

The Burke Museum / Olson Kundig

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000

The Burke Museum is the oldest public museum in Washington State with a collection of over 16 million artifacts and specimens, ranging from totem poles and gemstones to dinosaur fossils. Because the Burke’s collection is so wide-ranging and continues to grow – it is a collecting museum – the new building needed to serve as a coherent, effective container that would allow for flexibility over time. The building’s rational scheme holds the complexity of the Burke’s activities and collections, both now and into the future.

Seattle Asian Art Museum / LMN Architects

Paula Pintos — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:00:00 +0000

The design represents the first substantial renovation, addition, and the seamless integration of the building’s spectacular site with the museum’s mission for the 21st century: to showcase Asian art in conjunction with contemporary educational and conservation spaces.

Two Union Square Lobby / NBBJ

Paula Pintos — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 19:00:00 +0000

At 30 years old, Two Union Square remains a one-of-a-kind and significant icon in the Seattle skyline. To meet the rapidly-changing business needs of the city’s most innovative tenants — and adapt to the evolving nature of work that is moving beyond designated offices into community spaces like lobbies — the project team repositioned all of the public spaces in Two Union Square to create a design that is boldly current, incorporates design complexity in fabrication techniques and is centered on the human experience.

Space Needle Renovation / Olson Kundig

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Olson Kundig has unveiled the Century Project, a sensitive renovation of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle overseen by Alan Maskin, Design Principle of the firm. Maskin’s design is, in all ways, about expanding views. Removing walls, barriers and floors and replacing them with structural glass created a dramatically updated visitor experience.

100 Stewart Hotel and Apartments / Olson Kundig

Andreas Luco — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:00:00 +0000

“It was an honor to work on such an important corner and intersection in Seattle. The project is adjacent to one of the city’s most important cultural institutions – Pike Place Market – and so even today with all the changes Seattle has experienced, the area still carries a little of the Seattle I recall when I moved here in 1974.” ―Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, Design Principal

The Avery Mixed Use Building / OMA + Fougeron Architecture

María Francisca González — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Related California, the West Coast affiliate of the nation’s largest privately-owned real estate firm, Related Companies, announces the completion of the penthouse and amenities of its highly anticipated residential high-rise, The Avery. Located in the heart of San Francisco’s newly emerged Transbay District, the tower is designed by OMA in collaboration with New York firm Clodagh Design (tower interior), Fougeron Architecture (podium architects), HKS (architect of record) and Jay Jeffers (penthouse interior).

Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center / LMN Architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 16 May 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Octave 9 offers a hub for artistic and high-tech partnerships to explore new worlds of musical expression. Located in Benaroya Hall at the corner of Union Street and Second Avenue, Octave 9 provides new access to music education and experimentation in downtown Seattle.

Pike Place MarketFront / The Miller Hull Partnership

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:00:00 +0000

Building on an ICONIC HISTORY
Since its opening at the turn of the 20th century, Pike Place Market has become a pillar of Seattle’s urban fabric. More than just a public market, this neighborhood turned historic district is home to farmers, craftspeople, small businesses and residents, each an integral part of the area’s history and character.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / SCB + ZGF Architects + Anderson Mikos Architects

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:00:00 +0000

SCB served as the design architect for the exterior and public interior spaces of the new, 22 story, 1.25 million square foot Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Completed in 2012, the facility is on Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine Campus and next to the recently completed Prentice Women’s Hospital.

Brickell City Centre / Arquitectonica + ArquitectonicaGEO

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 07:00:00 +0000

Brickell City Centre, Swire Properties Inc.’s massive mixed-use project in the heart of Miami, has been integrally woven with a lush native and adapted tropical landscape that sets a new standard for urban lifestyle landscapes. Landscape Architect, ArquitectonicaGEO, collaborated closely with the architects of Arquitectonica to design an extraordinary multi-level environment.

McDonald’s Global HQ / Gensler + IA Interior Architects and O+A Studio

Rayen Sagredo — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 08:00:00 +0000

McDonald’s Corp. today opened its new corporate headquarters in Chicago’s vibrant West Loop neighborhood by unveiling the state-of-the-art building which had been covered in a 70-foot tall and 470-foot wide wrap dotted with Big Macs for the grand opening. McDonald’s President and CEO Steve Easterbrook was joined by employees, owner-operators and suppliers, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and local community and civic leaders for the unveiling.