New York architecture studio KPF has completed Waterline in Austin, Texas, a supertall skyscraper with a mixed-use programme that slopes away from Lady Bird Lake as it rises. It has a form that resembles a “cowboy boot”, according to its designers. KPF, which is known for its skyscrapers around the world, was not originally meant…
Perched above 41 acres of rugged Wyoming terrain, a cantilevered, boomerang-shaped residence folds into the mountainside. Designed by CLB Architects, the home makes an unforgettable impression, a quiet marvel of restraint and precision framed by sweeping vistas. Photography by Matthew Millman Spanning 7,000 square feet, the Boomerang Residence serves as the owners’ contemporary holiday home.…
Scottish architecture studio PagePark has completed The Allardice Centre, a health and wellbeing hub for Fettes College in Edinburgh, which is topped with a lantern-like roof. Named after the independent day and boarding school’s alumnus David Allardice, the 469-square-metre centre brings together medical and pastoral care services in a fully accessible building nestled into a…
Lincoln, Nebraska’s Bennett Martin Public Library has been the city’s main library since 1962, a midcentury complex designed by Hazen and Robinson. That year, it replaced Lincoln’s “Old Main” Carnegie library, built earlier in the 20th century on the same site. Soon, Lincoln’s central library will move into an existing building on O Street, the…
A giant orange cone designed by Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa acts as an observation deck at this large recycling complex on Shikoku island in Japan. Nishizawa, co-founder of Japanese studio SANAA, positioned the cone to overlook a large landfill basin at Oono Development, a recycling complex in the city of Toon, and open up this…
WAYFINDING system FOR Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Located in Medora, North Dakota, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is embedded directly within the terrain of the Badlands. Designed by Snøhetta with architect of record JLG Architects, the library campus connects three institutions across expansive indoor and outdoor environments. Studio Loutsis was commissioned to develop the…
Chinese architect Ma Yansong has completed one of the highest-profile US buildings of 2026 – the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, in California. In this interview, he explains his architecture’s international appeal as a “bridge between imagination and reality”. Speaking over video call on the occasion of the Lucas Museum’s opening, Ma told Dezeen that…
Sylvia Lavin has been appointed as dean of the Princeton School of Architecture. Lavin has served as dean in an interim position since January. Her deanship goes into effect November 1, 2026. Lavin joined the Princeton faculty in 2018 from UCLA. She is succeeding Mónica Ponce de León, who announced she was stepping down as…
The Warsaw Museum of Modern Art (MSN Warszawa) designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners opened in 2024. This week the New York City office shared with AN updated renderings of TR Warszawa Theatre. TR Warszawa Theatre is a performance art theater Thomas Phifer and Partners is designing next to MSN Warszawa on Parade Square, at…
On a wooded, irregularly shaped lot in the Hamptons, Victory Lap Residence is a 7,000-square-foot home designed by The Up Studio, which also oversaw the interior architecture. A dramatic pitched roof rises above the main gathering space, nearly doubling the area of the second floor while keeping the house within local zoning restrictions. Photography by…