Ma Yansong may be known for creating hallucinatory architectural forms—from a mountain-inspired residential complex to a horseshoe-shaped hotel—but now the architect has put a kid-friendly spin on his approach.
The bright white trailers started arriving in late 2005, weeks after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to hundreds of thousands of homes along the Gulf Coast.
Sources may have confirmed Wednesday that the Obama Presidential Center was to be located in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side, but today the President himself made it official.
In July, when the Centers for Disease Control released a report documenting suicide rates by occupation in the U.S., it yielded both bleak and surprising results: Architects and engineers ranked fifth on the list, beating out high-stress jobs like police officers, firefighters, and corrections workers.
The Chicago Tribune reports that President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have selected Jackson Park on the city’s south side as the future home for the Obama Presidential Center.
A photography exhibition now on view at the Venice Architecture Biennale chronicles the architect’s fascination with capturing the beauty and banality of cities.
When Barack Obama was announced victorious in the 2008 presidential election—the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office—he told the crowd of tens of thousands gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park, “This is your victory.”
The inaugural project of the Norman Foster Foundation, which will launch officially next year, is a prototype for a droneport that would be a hub for the delivery of vital cargo, such as medical supplies, in developing countries.