April 2014 Table of Contents

Naming the socially minded Japanese architect as the 2014 Pritzker laureate doesn’t quite let the jury off the hook for snubbing Denise Scott Brown last year—but it’s a start. Read more

ARCHITECT talked to the congressman about his efforts to alleviate architecture students’ debt in exchange for public service. Read more

Creating a beacon for Port-au-Prince and beyond. Read more

Galloway Township, Boston, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago Read more

Are justice facilities and public–private partnerships a natural fit? Read more

Beyond the quick-fix of public-private partnerships. Read more

A commitment to architecture's broader narrative. Read more

The new Dover Street Market outpost in Manhattan was designed as a riotous interpretation of a high-end pop-up. Read more

Joyce Hwang’s practice, Ants of the Prairie, is generating buzz with innovative projects that create urban habitats for bees, bats, and other threatened species. Read more

More than two decades after its completion, the museum and architectural icon gets a 21st-century update from the firm that knows it best: the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Read more

With his new art museum in northern China, the Cambridge, Mass.–based architect proves that parametric form can still follow function. Read more

Emerson College’s new Hollywood outpost, designed by Morphosis Architects, brings added density—and a striking silhouette—to this rapidly changing neighborhood. Read more

"The Art of Collaboration in Architecture" gives architects a roadmap to more effective collaboration. Hint: BIM is not the magic bullet. Read more

K2S Architects realized an unorthodox form for a chapel in Helsinki with help from a team of former shipbuilders. Read more

Using advanced digital and lighting technology, UNStudio created a dynamic façade that captivates the city of Wuhan, China, during the day and night. Read more

The United States is behind in embracing national BIM guidelines. Here’s a look at the industry leaders who are trying to effect change and why architects should care. Read more

The material breaks all strength records, but getting it out of the lab and into the commercial market will be its hardest test. Read more

This San Francisco building reveals how our interpretation of an architectural form can change with the times. Read more

Local architect Dirk Denison integrates a multistory landscape into an infill site in Lincoln Park. Read more

Ando's new Dream Chair doesn't exactly live up to its billing. Here's why architects tend to struggle in their pursuit of sitting comfort. Read more

Deborah Osburn, the California-based designer behind online luxe tile marketplace Clé, is applying traditional Japanese textile-dyeing techniques to tile production using a method that relies on equal parts chemistry and patience. Read more