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a range of artists and architects have joined forces to commemorate the legacy of martin luther king, jr and his wife coretta scott king.

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A young family desired to build a retreat on a large lot located outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming in bucolic Teton County, Idaho. The design locates the house amidst an expansive wetland that fluctuates seasonally.  A small, spring-fed creek to the south supports a healthy cutthroat trout population.  To the east and west are spectacular mountain views and from the south blows a consistent wind.

In the latest turn of events for the New York art scene, the Frick Collection has announced that the Met will vacate it’s home in Marcel Breuer‘s Madison Avenue building in 2020. As the Art Newspaper reports, the Frick will move in later that year while its mansion undergoes a renovation and expansion by Selldorf Architects. The news follows the recent decision by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to approve the museum’s latest expansion plan to its 1914 Gilded Age mansion. The move is the latest development in an ongoing effort to provide additional space for the Frick Collection.

The National Building Museum has announced critics Inga Saffron and Robert Campbell as the recipients of the 2018 Vincent Scully Prize. The award celebrates the pair’s thoughtful, insightful, and clear journalistic observations and criticisms of the built environment. Both Pulitzer Prize winning journalists, the two are honored by the Museum for their ability to reveal how smart architecture criticism can raise the consciousness and expectations for the built environment.

The existing CenturyLink headquarters building sat alone on 77 acres near Monroe, Louisiana, nestled in a large orchard of mature pecan trees. The long-term master plan for the area included the creation of a walkable, sustainable mixed-use “technology neighborhood”. The new Technology Center of Excellence, a 300,000sf, a three-story facility was designed as the centerpiece of this development.

TEN Arquitectos has released images of their proposed NASA Research Support Building at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Marking the Agency’s diamond (60th) anniversary, the research center is to serve as “a new and contemporary public face for the home of the country’s most prolific aeronautic and aerospace innovations.”