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libeskind's crystals mall

City on the Strip

With CityCenter, its new megaproject featuring buildings by Norman Foster, Helmut Jahn, and other marquee names, MGM Mirage proposes a Las...


  • the w hollywood hotel & residences splits guest rooms and residential units into two connected buildings. billboards, designed by sussman/prejza, are attached to a steel structure that stands parallel to the hotel. when illuminated, the super-graphics become a 'glowing icon in the night,' hks principal eddie abeyta says.

    W Hotels

    A look at four new branches of the W Hotel have opened up in Hollywood, Atlanta, and the New York Area.

  • the wit hotel, designed by chicago-based koo and associates, brings hipsters to a doubletree property in the city???s central loop.

    The Wit

    This new Doubletree hotel in Chicago, designed by Koo and Associates, gives the normally humdrum chain a boutique aesthetic.

  • view of the façade

    Cooper Square Hotel

    The new tower, designed by Carlos Zapata Studio, is the newest building to help redefine this civic plaza on Manhattan's East Village.

 
 
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GIS and Data-Enriched Design

Long a favorite tool of planners, GIS technology holds exciting possibilities for...

sons of fresno: kiel famellos-schmidt (above left) and ???shaunt yemenjian of spacio | design.

Think Locally, Act Globally: A California Startup Built on Community

The principals of Spacio | Design, a new firm in Fresno, Calif., make the leap from...

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Architecture for Humanity's Recovery Roadmap for Haiti

Published just days after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, "A Plan for...

 

R+D Awards

Solar tube density varies on the different faces of the tower. The highest concentration is on the south fa?ade, in an effort to harness the maximum amount of solar energy to convert to steam power.

2010 R+D Call for Entries

Enter Architect's 2010 R+D Awards, celebrating innovations in building science.


 
 

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Architectural Schools Guide

Architecture Schools Guide 2009

A new guide to inform (and demystify) the process of choosing an architecture school.


 
 
 

March Issue

March 2010

Las Vegas, Learning; Meet the Geodesigner; W Hotels, and more.

 

Product Spec Guide

Fall 2009: Sustainability

Yale Platinum, Welcome to Indianapolis, GGA's Greener Office, Raw Material: Western Red Cedar, and 32 green products.

 
 

Architect's Network

 
 

Sponsored Industry Center

 
 

New Products

the pilkington profilit hurricane translucent glass system from technical glass products (tgp) is approved by miami-dade county and the state of florida for 60-psf design loads in channel glass lengths up to 10'. the system consists of self-supporting cast glass channels and an extruded metal perimeter frame and protects buildings against high winds and windborne debris while admitting natural light. several colors, coatings, and patterns—in textured and nontextured glass—are available. • tgpamerica.com

TGP Pilkington Profilit Hurricane Daylighting Glass

TGP's Pilkington Profilit Hurricane impact channel glass accommodates daylighting designs in hurrican regions.


 
 
 

57th Annual P/A Awards

 
 

Annual Design Review

 
 
 

Architect TV

2010 P/A Awards: Steven Holl Architects

The LM Harbor Gateway is not so much about form, which was dictated by Copenhagen code, say Steven Holl and project adviser Chris McVoy...