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Cracked beam forces closure of Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco

September 26, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

San Francisco’s new transportation hub has closed less than two months after opening, following the discovery of a major crack in one of its steel beams. The Salesforce Transit Center, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, shut its doors to the public on Tuesday 25 September 2018 after a worker installing ceiling panels on the

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Teton Residence / RO | ROCKETT DESIGN

September 26, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

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.

Amin Taha ordered to demolish his RIBA Award-winning home and office 15 Clerkenwell Close

September 26, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architect Amin Taha has been served a demolition order for his stone-framed 15 Clerkenwell Close housing block in London, which is shortlisted for a Dezeen Award, and has already won an RIBA Award. Islington Council issued the order to demolish the six-storey building, because the natural stone used on its facade is not fully detailed in the planning documents.

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The Met Set to Leave Breuer Building in 2020 as The Frick Collection Moves In

September 26, 2018 Eric Baldwin 0

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.

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National Building Museum Honors Inga Saffron and Robert Campbell with Vincent Scully Prize

September 26, 2018 Eric Baldwin 0

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.

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Pablo Escobar’s former Medellín home to be torn down

September 26, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

The concrete Mónaco building in the Colombian city of Medellín, once home to infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar, is set to be demolished to make way for a public space. The uninhabited structure in the El Poblado neighbourhood will be torn down early 2019, according to Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. Medellín mayor Federico Gutiérrez announced

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CenturyLink Technology Center of Excellence / Moody Nolan

September 26, 2018 Daniel Tapia 0

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.