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Zvi Hecker, the “Bad Boy of Israeli Architecture” (according to Haaretz, at least) who was born in Poland, immigrated to Israel in 1950, and moved to Germany in 1991, died at his home in Berlin on September 24, 2023, at the age of 92.  John Hill

Deceptively simple in form, 17th Avenue Clinic derives its articulation around the modulation of light, privacy, and transparency. It's central light well, flared roofline with story-high clerestory, cutaway corner decks, impervious horizontal concrete band, and articulated open glass and... 5468796 Architecture

For sure, 2020 is a year many people would like to soon forget, what with the coronavirus pandemic derailing the events that regularly attracted architects and leading to the deaths of some notable figures in architecture, among other things. Nevertheless, against the backdrop of the pandemic,... John Hill

Following a seven-month closure, Eileen Gray reopens on October 13 for a brief run at Bard Graduate Center on Manhattan's Upper West Side. World-Architects got a peek at the exhibition recently and also explored the accompanying virtual exhibition and the companion catalog. Here is our... John Hill

White Square is located at No.99 Yunxi road in the central area of Nanjing airport city. With the construction development of new airport city, a vast comparative maturity residential area has been built. Noise and construction dust from building sites have bad effects on the original... MINGGU DESIGN

One of the ways architects have been helping with the COVID-19 pandemic is making face shields and other PPE with the 3D printers in their office. A shield from ICD caught our attention for its simplicity: one sheet of plastic, two folds, two holes, and one rubber band. John Hill

Lair: Radical Homes and Hideouts of Movie Villains, a new book by architect Chad Oppenheim, is an extremely fun romp through fifteen films that are united by the incredible lairs of their bad guys, and are beautifully depicted through highly detailed architectural illustrations. John Hill

Amount a Chinese blogger was fined for saying a Beijing office complex designed by Zaha Hadid Architects had bad feng shui: 200,000 yuan (€26,000) René Ammann

Everything comes together in the bathroom, from the ambition to be a feel-good space for body and soul to the technologization of living. We talked to architect and interior designer Peter Ippolito from Stuttgart about the latest developments in the sophisticated bathroom area.  Thomas Geuder

As part of its renovation of the bathing hall at Obermain Therme in Bad Staffelstein, Germany, Krieger Architekten Ingenieure designed a cave-like space whose form was inspired by salt crystals. Two layers of LUCEM light-emitting concrete panels give the enclosure its colorful glow. John Hill

An events forum, a cafeteria and an experiment space have been added to the the existing library building with its distinctive, net like and dissolved concrete facade. A designed landscaped plateau surrounds the circular structure and is set apart from the structure by a concentric light band. Auer Weber

The Architects Newspaper takes a look at the installation of a 135,000-square-foot (12,500-sm) green roof atop the SHoP Architects-designed arena that opened in Brooklyn in 2012. John Hill

Tokyo-based Komada Architects Office designed this two-story wood-frame residence in a new residential development in Chiba Prefecture. By including a narrow band of windows between the top of the walls and the roof on both the first and second stories, the architects gave the building a feeling...

Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center is saved, but Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital will face the wrecking ball. John Hill

Mit langem  Atem und viel Innovationssinn bauten die Architekten Franz Sam und Irene Ott-Reinisch den komplexen Schulbestand in Waidhofen an der Ybbs zum multifunktionalen Schulzentrum aus und um. Der Altbau wurde unterfangen, im felsigen Grund daneben fand der große, neue Turnsaal...