Takashi Suo's Sinuous Pavilion Snakes Around its Mountaintop Site in Japan Takamatsu, Japan Naomi Pollock, FAIA December 15, 2022 No Comments Takashi Suo crafts a dramatic mountaintop attraction clad with scaly stone shingles to revitalize an abandoned but treasured landscape in Japan.Read More
Wenk Associates and Tres Birds Design an Elevated Walkway in a Nature-Focused Promenade Denver’s Arkins Promenade facilitates public river access to the city's River North Arts District Ilana Herzig October 19, 2022 No Comments The Denver-based firms provide the once-industrial River North Arts District with an accessible green space that offers curated views of the Platte River.Read More
Sou Fujimoto Melds the Hungarian House of Music with its Natural Surroundings Naomi Pollock, FAIA September 15, 2022 One Comment Under a hovering roof, Sou Fujimoto’s House of Music embraces the Budapest park it sits within.Read More
Almere's 2022 Floriade Could Have Lasting Effects on the 40-Year-Old Dutch City Tim Abrahams September 14, 2022 No Comments A Dutch horticulture expo has implications for the country’s cities beyond parks.Read More
Urban Rivers and SOM Construct a Floating Urban Sanctuary in the Chicago River The buoyed gardens and wetlands provide opportunities for educational and community engagement Ilana Herzig August 8, 2022 2 Comments SOM's "Wild Mile" restores nature to an industrialized stretch of the Chicago River.Read More
Parks & Recreation Projects 2022 August 1, 2022 No Comments Projects from North America, Europe, and Asia showcase new architectural ideas for sports and other leisure activities.Read More
MAD Architects Creates a Volcano-Inspired Stadium in China Clifford A. Pearson August 1, 2022 One Comment The firm embeds a stadium in an otherworldly landscape in China’s Zhejiang Province.Read More
Arresting Architecture Brings a Canadian Community Center to Life MJMA's Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park features a mass-timber shading system Alex Bozikovic August 1, 2022 No Comments MJMA integrates landscaped grounds and a diaphanous recreation-and-gathering hub on former farmland.Read More
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Bring Cohesion to a Michigan Sculpture Garden Suzanne Stephens August 1, 2022 No Comments A new building expands and ties together the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids.Read More
Sports and Entertainment Come Together at France's Espace Mayenne Andrew Ayers August 1, 2022 No Comments Hérault Arnod fashions a striking center for a wide range of sports and entertainment in Laval, France.Read More