A former tile warehouse in Accra, Ghana, has been transformed into the headquarters of the African Futures Institute, an independent architecture school founded by Ghanaian-Scottish architect Lesley Lokko. Designed by Lokko with designer Fred Swart and architects Patrick Gentilezza, Patti Anahory and Laurence Lord, the renovated building contains research and education spaces for the school…
Chinese studios HB Architects and Nature Times Art have completed a hotel in Jiashan, China, which is connected by a 360-metre-long raised walkway. Named Dayun Landison Manor, the hotel occupies the elongated site of a demolished village. It stretches 360-metre-long from east to west, with a maximum width of 54 metres in the middle that…
US studio Coughlin Scheel Architects has completed the cedar-clad Surf Road House, lifting it 10 feet above the ground because of environmental concerns. The house sits on Fire Island, a narrow barrier island in New York that is accessed by ferry. Motor vehicles are largely prohibited on the island, with its delicate landscape. Coughlin Scheel Architects…
Global architecture and design firm Corgan has relocated its Washington D.C. office to Skanska’s trophy office 17xM, one of the city’s premier workplaces in the heart of downtown. The move marks a significant The post Corgan relocates Washington D.C. office, expanding space for growth and collaboration appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Forty-one architecture student volunteers build a school toilet In a small primary school in Suphanburi Province, forty-one volunteers spent eleven days learning to build the one thing their annual camp had never designed before: a toilet. For years, the AKU ASA Volunteer Camp has served as a meeting ground where architecture students and local…
Farshid Moussavi is the 2026 Sir John Soane Medal winner. The jury was chaired by architect Amin Taha and included curator Vicky Richardson. The selection committee recognized Moussavi for her The post Farshid Moussavi wins 2026 Soane Medal appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
The Architectural League of New York announced today that its new program director is Marianela D’Aprile—an editor, educator, and community organizer. Anne Rieselbach was the previous program director; she announced The post Marianela D’Aprile is The Architectural League’s new program director appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
In Philadelphia, a series of projects reshaping streetscapes aims to promote culture and connectivity by creating green corridors. These include projects that aim to revitalize the city’s beleaguered Market Street, The post In Philadelphia, a series of green corridor projects will promote walkability and connection appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
British-Iranian architect Farshid Moussavi has been awarded this year’s Soane Medal for her “sustained and rigorous” contribution to architecture through building, teaching and writing. Moussavi, who founded Farshid Moussavi Architects in 2011 and is an architecture professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, becomes the 10th winner of the prestigious award that was…
Bangladeshi architect Kashef Chowdhury has published a monograph collating works from his three-decade-long career. In this roundup, we spotlight six key examples. Published by Park Books, the Meditations in Entropy monograph sees the architect recount his years focused on creating sustainable infrastructure for those who need it most with his studio Urbana. “I don’t want…