A light-filled civic building in Los Angeles animates and engages a rapidly urbanizing downtown.

The new administration inherits an impressive roster of embassies thanks to the State Department’s program for architectural excellence.

A museum near Jerusalem, dedicated to Palestinian culture, offers a glimmer of optimism in troubled times.

Gehry’s jewel of a concert hall in Berlin was designed to transcend differences.

Kéré, the first African architect to win the coveted commission, drew inspiration for his proposal from a tree in his native village.

An altruistic program breathes new life into an old building while giving hope to at-risk youth in Toronto.

An Art Deco office building beyond the Loop is reimagined as an urbane hotel by Antunovich Associates with Nicolas Schuybroek Architects and Marc Merckx.

Architects and engineers enlist one of the oldest building technologies to create innovative 21st-century structures.

An airy chapel is set against a somber historic synagogue in Los Angeles.