A mixed-use tower complex by NADAAA with Perkins&Will engages its urban surroundings.

A residential college by Barkow Leibinger continues the tradition of good design at Rice University.

A sustainable classroom building by Susan T. Rodriguez | Architecture • Design in collaboration with OPAL embodies the mission of the an environmentally oriented college in Maine.

Teeple Architects’ student-services center at Morgan State provides a welcoming new gateway.

Mark Cavagnero Associates collaborates with SmithGroup to foster well-being at the Joan & Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building at UCSF Mission Bay.

A new, elegant concrete volume by David Chipperfield Architects has opened across a public plaza from the existing Kunsthaus in Zürich, Switzerland.

The design team sensitively modernizes the lobby of the 1920s building while paying tribute to its past.

At LUMA, in Provence, Belgian designer Bas Smets turns a harsh landscape into a naturalistic haven.

Baroque influences shape this sinuous contemporary church in Southern Italy by Mario Cucinella Architects.

This year’s winners showcase top architectural designs that take sensitive yet bold approaches to materials and contexts from Tokyo to San Francisco.