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Designing the Future, Again: What the 55-Year Return of the World Expo to Osaka Reveals

Jonathan Yeung — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 07:30:00 +0000

The 2025 Osaka Expo has captured widespread attention—not only for its architectural ambition and spectacle, but also for breaking records and generating controversy. Its most iconic feature, a monumental timber ring designed by Sou Fujimoto, has already made headlines as a Guinness World Record-breaking wooden structure. Built on the reclaimed island of Yumeshima, the site has attracted praise and critique in equal measure. Beyond its awe-inspiring 2-kilometer circumference—parts of which extend dramatically over the water—the structure has also drawn concerns, including questions about health & safety, extreme heat, and swarms of insects that may affect the visitor experience.

Employees Keep Walking into the Glass Walls at Apple's New Campus

Patrick Lynch — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Apple’s unwavering love for glass and seamless edges is one of the reasons designers flock in masses to purchase their products. But that aesthetic has caused a bit of a snafu at the company’s new Foster+Partners-designed headquarters in Cupertino, where employees are running into the highly transparent glass walls at an alarming rate.

Apple Announces Plans to Construct Second U.S. Headquarters

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:15:00 +0000

Apple has announced plans to open a second U.S. campus as part of a $30 billion plan to invest in United States operations over the next 5 years.

Apple Event Offers First Look into Apple Park's Steve Jobs Theater

Patrick Lynch — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:10:00 +0000

On a day of big reveals for Apple – including a demonstration of the architect-friendly ARKit augmented reality technology – perhaps none was presented so glamorously as the debut of the spectacular venue in which the event was held: the brand new Steve Jobs Theater.