ICYMI: Carsten Höller's giant slides are coming back to London.

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Farnsworth House opened for the 2015 season yesterday. [Twitter]

Architect John Portman, FAIA's 1970s and 1980s neo-futuristic architecture has served as the setting for movies and TV shows. [Atlanta Business Journal]

One theory about the cause of last week's explosion and building collapse in New York City involves gas siphoning. [The New York Times]

The new Renzo Piano, Hon. FAIA-designed Whitney Museum of American Art is three times the size of the old Whitney, which means the museum has to make more money in the new space. [The New York Times]

Adam Reed Tucker is trying to "break that stigma that [Legos is] just a toy" by creating models of well-known buildings. [Chicago Tribune]

Foster + Partners designed a new city hall for Buenos Aires. [Designboom]

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The director of Tate Britain, Penelope Curtis, is leaving for the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. [The New York Times]

Awards: Enter Now!

ARCHITECT's R+D Awards recognize innovative building research, materials, and technologies at every scale—from design strategies and building systems to must-have products and digital tools. Entries are due April 17.

Robert A.M. Stern Architects is hosting its third annual RAMSA Travel Fellowship, a $10,000 prize for the purpose of travel and research. Proposal submissions are due April 10.

The Radical Innovation Awards recognize innovative ideas that impact the hospitality industry. Contestants may submit their next big hotel concept until April 15.

The 2015 World Architecture Festival Awards is accepting entries through May 22.

The American Society of Landscape Architects is accepting submissions for its 2015 Awards. Student entries are due by May 22.

Marvin Windows and Doors are seeking designs that utilize the company’s products for for its seventh annual Architects Challenge. Submissions are due May 1.

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