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MARCH 30, 2025

“Cheaper buildings are not good for the planet and they’re not good for our health, and actually we need to spend a little bit more – but only a little bit – and I think the next few years are about really proving that we can make buildings radically more human for only a little bit more money.”

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The opportunity to renovate one of New York City’s most important cultural buildings, Marcel Breuer ’s Brutalist icon at 945 Madison Avenue, has been granted to a partnership that includes Herzog & de Meuron and PBDW Architects after Sotheby’s named the firm to the project on Monday.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

The embattled owner of Frank Lloyd Wright ’s landmark Price Tower in Bartlesville Oklahoma has filed suit against The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy in order to void liens which have been placed on the property, the New York Times is reporting.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is looking into a rare designation for the interior spaces of the recently sold 945 Madison Avenue (aka the Breuer Building) on the Upper East Side. According to The Art Newspaper , a hearing on the issues is expected to take place within the next few months.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

As I step into this new role, I am honored by the opportunity to lead ArchDaily into a new chapter, building on our strong foundation to reach even greater heights. Addressing you directly marks a meaningful shift from our usual approach, and I believe it's the perfect way to begin the year.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Image Maxwell MacKenzie The United States is a country with an extensive history, its buildings holding onto legacies from later times. Preservationists argue that historic buildings deserve protection from potentially damaging retrofits. As cities push toward reaching climate goals, these mandates are under scrutiny.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

Because of the thermal mass the temperature inside the building changes a lot slower than a conventional build saving you a lot in energy costs. It’s mold resistant and pest resistant, fire resistant. Click here to learn more about the Lower Sioux Hemp Program and Housing Project.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

In hermetically sealed buildings, less fresh air gets in. [.] This raises the question of how buildings pollute the air around them, what pollutants they produce, and whether this expelled air is sufficiently diluted once outdoors. To fix it, authors César Martín-Gómez and Arturo H.

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APRIL 4, 2025

Rather than a conventional residential block, the building’s form is dynamic—light, vertical, and fluid—interacting with the surrounding cityscape in a way that feels natural yet unexpected. From Via Luigi Taddei, its slender volume gives an impression of permeability rather than mass.

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APRIL 9, 2025

Syam Sreesylam Another year, another successful ArchDaily China Building of the Year Awards! The 2025 China Building of the Year Awards is brought to you thanks to Dornbracht , renowned for leading designs for architecture, which can be found internationally in bathrooms and kitchens.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

ORIGIN Tree House by Atelier LAVIT. Image Marco Lavit Nicora Despite their whimsical appearance, treehouses offer a unique platform for structural innovations and design explorations.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

to require new buildings to achieve net zero carbon emissions standards upon opening. ” With buildings accounting for approximately 71% of Boston’s carbon emissions, the NZC Zoning policy aims to reduce emissions by promoting energy efficiency, increasing electrification, and shifting to renewable energy sources.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

The new building is set to be inaugurated with the first major career retrospective of sculptor Tom Lloyd, whose solo exhibition was notably the first shown at the museum’s founding loft space on 125th Street when it opened in 1968.

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APRIL 7, 2025

Building a house in the U.S. is about to get a lot more expensive — not just because of materials, but because the people who build them may no longer be around.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

The long road back for residents of the western North Carolina counties that were heavily impacted due to flooding from Hurricane Helene is still being mapped out, but now the New York Times and other local outlets are reporting on critics who say reforms to the state’s building codes could have exacerbated the scale of property losses.

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MARCH 24, 2025

billion people requiring every type of building imaginablehospitals, colleges, housing, and more. Vikram Sarabhai Library. Image Somaya Sampat India today is a country of 1.4

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MARCH 16, 2025

A new LA Times poll has discovered a plurality of Angelenos now support stronger building codes and more building restrictions after the Los Angeles Fires. According to the results, "[80%] of those polled backed tougher building codes to make homes more fire resistant even if doing so added to costs.

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MARCH 26, 2025

The show, which can be visited until May 4th, is accompanied by a catalog that states, "The work of internationally renowned US architect Steven Holl is distinguished not only by his extraordinary buildings, with a focus on cultural and public structures such as museums, art centers, concert halls, libraries and universities worldwide, but also by (..)

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A research team in Oregon has unveiled a mass timber prototype home that seeks to showcase a sustainable, energy-efficient alternative to traditional home construction.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

Efforts currently underway to amend existing building and construction codes in order to create more affordable housing could soon be boosted via the removal of a long-held and potentially outdated requirement—the need for two egress routes in multifamily buildings with heights up to six stories.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The initiative aims to curb demolition driven by speculation and foster a construction industry that prioritizes the potential of existing public and private buildings. is the European Citizens' Initiative calling for EU legislation to make renovation and reuse of existing structures more easy, affordable and social.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

"I fear that I have integrated my people into a burning house" — MLK At the end of 2024, in my new position as incoming president of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), I was asked to weigh in on an issue that has consumed much of my professional life and intellectual energy.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Courtesy of HGA | Barabara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building (BRAB) Architectural firms Snøhetta and HGA have just began work on the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building (BRAB) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

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APRIL 1, 2025

Syam Sreesylam Following two exciting weeks of nominations, ArchDaily's readers have evaluated over 500 projects and selected 15 finalists for the Building of the Year Award China. These finalists are the buildings that have inspired ArchDaily readers the most, which also reveal the growing trend of Chinese architecture.

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MARCH 17, 2025

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) have released a new status report on emissions benchmarks with findings relevant to the global building sector. The UNEP says, however, that funding challenges pose a serious threat to achieving other climate-related targets.

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MARCH 3, 2025

The report finds that single-stair buildings can help architects achieve a better variety of configurations, contort to irregular-shaped lots, improve ventilation, and increase the amount of natural light that flows inside. This applies to buildings of between three to six stories. The new report also includes da.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

On November 8th, the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University will host the Urban Workshop Symposium , the latest iteration of the Urban Workshop's engagements in community-based design and education.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

According to a new study by McKinsey, the number of heat pumps worldwide still needs to increase significantly in magnitude from its current 15% global market share to 65% by 2050 in order to meet climate targets.

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MARCH 28, 2025

A ruling in the Southern District of New York, which covers New York City, has upheld the city’s 2021 ban on natural gas heating and appliances in new buildings.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

Megan Jones The construction industry, traditionally reliant on the intensive use of non-renewable natural materials, is at a decisive moment to reevaluate its processes and mitigate its significant environmental impact. How can the growing demand for infrastructure, housing, healthcare, and education be met without depleting natural resources?

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MARCH 20, 2025

Von Gerkan, Marg & Partners (gmp) has shared new images from their 2019 prefabricated K-12 design for Frankfurt ’s diverse Westend community that now stands as one of the EU’s and world’s largest modular timber school buildings. Photo by Marcus Bredt, courtesy of gmp.

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MARCH 4, 2025

His buildings are reflections of the everyday lives of ordinary people, crafted with an understanding of place, culture, and materiality. His buildings reflect an authenticity that speaks to both past and present, avoiding grand gestures in favor of spaces that foster interaction, spirituality, and human connection. Read more

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designed by Peris + Toral Arquitectes , the six-story timber-framed building is a notable example of innovative social housing design. The design prioritizes cross-ventilation, dual orientation, and a central communal courtyard, fostering social interaction and community building. Its modular structure, based on a 3.6m Read more »

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MARCH 30, 2025

Image Stanley Fung Integrating natural elements into architectural design has long been a fundamental pursuit in creating comfortable, sustainable environments that enhance both individual well-being and the relationship between buildings and their surrounding context.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

As an architectural movement, Modernism was ideal for the day, and newly independent countries had extensive building programs to assert themselves as fully functioning nations. Hotels are one type of building that illustrates the complex architectural and political history of the times.

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