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AN's 2026 Best of Design Awards is open now
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (256+ words) The 14th edition of'The Architect's Newspaper's 2026 Best of Design Awards returns today! Now open through September 18, Best of Design seeks to crown the best projects from around the world. That means infrastructure, landscape, facades, civic buildings, cultural buildings, homes, ADUs, interiors,…...
An exhibition revisits the vision of the architectural pioneers behind Best Products
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (461+ words) An exhibition revisits the vision of the architectural pioneers behind big box store Best Products The Architect's Newspaper In the 1970s and '80s, Best Products was among the nation's premier retail showrooms. Their secret sauce? An American corporate aesthetic at an American…...
The trends driving lighting design right now
1+ week, 2+ day ago (607+ words) The Architect's Newspaper In the May/June issue of The Architect's Newspaper, AN spoke to several lighting designers about illumination for architectural projects. Conversations with designers from TM Lighting, HOK, HLB, Studio Atomic, L'Observatoire International, and Loop revealed several design…...
Rarify is more than a marketplace'it's an ecosystem for design
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (466+ words) AN: First off, how was NYCx DESIGN? AN: I think that's a good point. I've heard other designers also express concern about the NYCx DESIGN being so close to Milan Design Week and the difficulty to show at both. When…...
An exhibition explores Isamu Noguchi's unrealized vision for New York City
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1060+ words) The Architect's Newspaper Works from Isamu Noguchi's Mac Dougal Alley studio period, 1940s. (Nicholas Knight) In 1951, Isamu Noguchi proposed a playground for a sliver of land just south of the United Nations campus, next to FDR Drive on the East Side…...
Empowering the Next Generation of Adaptive Reuse Innovators
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (20+ words) The Architect's Newspaper Empowering the Next Generation of Adaptive Reuse Innovators...
Aalto projects are under consideration for UNESCO's World Heritage List
2+ week, 2+ day ago (284+ words) The Aalto Works'thirteen buildings from Finnish architects and designers Aino, Elissa, and Alvar Aalto'have been nominated for inclusion on UNESCO's World Heritage List. A final decision on their addition will be announced in July, culminating a 40-year, multi-step process to…...
Thomas Safran updates Frank Gehry's Schnabel House
2+ week, 2+ day ago (109+ words) in Los Angeles The Architect's Newspaper After discovering that the Gehry-designed Schnabel House was on the market, Safran decided to buy it. With a deep respect for Gehry's creativity and a desire to bring the project into the 21st century, Safran…...
Palma and Taller TO win competition to design MAC Panam
2+ week, 5+ day ago (395+ words) Panam's Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC Panam) was founded in 1962. Today, the institution is based in Anc'n, Panam City, and houses a collection of over 1, 200 artworks by Panamanian and Latin American artists from the 20th and 21st centuries. Palma and Taller TO,…...
In Eva Jospin's cardboard universes, architecture and nature converge
2+ week, 5+ day ago (623+ words) The Architect's Newspaper One man's trash is Eva Jospin's treasure. Nearly two decades ago, the French artist, now known for her architectural, cardboard-based practice, experienced a creative breakthrough after retrieving piles of boxes from the sidewalks near her studio. Up…...