A Win in Big Bend In Far West Texas, a coalition called No Big Bend Wall has formed to protest the construction of DHS infrastructure in a remote and environmentally sensitive region with few border crossings. Over the summer, AN covered the situation through the work of journalist and photographer Sarah Vasquez. It was also The post Eavesdrop: Border wall on pause in Texas, class as the final fro

Want to hear your favorite architect talk about their favorite building? What does Tatiana Bilbao think of Lacol’s La Borda Cooperative Housing in Barcelona? Why does Andrew Holder like Frank Gehry’s Ron Davis House in Malibu? How is the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts meaningful for Tei Carpenter? How does Neil Denari connect Le Corbusier’s The post <em>The Department of Buildings</em>, Michae

We are interested in ordinary buildings and forgotten ways of building. Much of the intelligence that developed around their construction developed slowly as people made do with what they had. Techniques were tweaked as they passed down through generations. What survives is not always a style or a recognizable architectural language, but rather what was The post D’Arcy Jones explores the intellige

For the September/October issue of The Architect’s Newspaper, architect and educator Amelyn Ng drew up this fun cartoon titled Powers of Ten (Semesters). Check out the issue online and read the special features section on higher education projects, including the new adaptive reuse Ford Student Center by Herzog & de Meuron and Sasaki at Amherst College. The post Architect and educator Amelyn Ng dra

One of Rotterdam’s few remaining original structures after World War II was its central post office. Located along Coolsingel Avenue in the city center, the site has been out of service for the past 15 years. After the city sold the parcel to a private developer, its huge historical value to the city necessitated a The post ODA adds a porous tower to a historical pre-war post office in Rotterdam a

Tishman Speyer and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art have jointly announced a new ground lease agreement and revitalization plan for the Chrysler Building in New York City. Now holding a 150-year ground lease, which includes a $235 million investment and annual lease payments to The Cooper Union, Tishman Speyer has The post Tishman Speyer and The Cooper Union finalize Chrysle

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) 2026 Student Design Competition is now open for entries. This year’s contest asks architecture students to create an innovative metal building design for a new public library/community knowledge hub with an approximately 40,000-square-foot building and outdoor event spaces. More than $30,000 in prizes will be awarded to entrants in The post 2026

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of City Planning (DCP) director Sideya Sherman announced the 12 community districts that will see a quicker housing approval process for affordable housing come January 1, 2027. Last November, New York City voters overwhelmingly approved charter amendments that created the Affordable Housing Fast Track. In doing so, The post The Mamdani administrat

The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) opens its 2026–27 season in New York City from October 12 to 17. The world’s largest film festival devoted to architecture and design, ADFF will mark the beginning of its 18th year with an opening at MoMA—the first in its history. The festival will then settle into the The post Architecture & Design Film Festival opens its 2026–2027 season in New York

Welcome to Paradox City: A Critical History of Dallas Told Through Its Architecture Mark Lamster La Reunion Publishing $27.95 When Mark Lamster joined the Dallas Morning News in 2013 as its second architecture critic, his first assignment was to review the Bush Presidential Center and Library at Southern Methodist University. That a presidential library was The post In <em>Welcome to Paradox City<