4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (535+ words) Architectural Record Kenzo Tange’s Demolition-Bound ‘Boat Gym’ in Takamatsu City, Japan, Is Spared from the Wrecking Ball for Now Apparently, the United States isn’t the only country whose government has a rogue construction agenda. Disregarding public opinion, Japan’s Kagawa Prefectural…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (175+ words) House for Art Collectors in Highland Park, Ill. As guests arrive, a prismatic four-car garage—jacketed in blackened wood and capped with a pyramidal roof—is the first intervention by the 2022 Design Vanguard firm to come into view. It connects the…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (227+ words) The Horácká Arena is situated between a park and a school. Sports buffs will tell you that a stadium’s location can make or break a team. A bad combination of insufficient public transit access, endlessly expansive parking lots, and remoteness…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (685+ words) Architectural Record Verstas Architects Completes a Mortuary in Helsinki’s Malmi Cemetery The Finnish capital of Helsinki faces a challenge that is becoming all too familiar to many European cities. Earlier this year, its population crossed the 700,000 mark, but the cohort…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (460+ words) Architectural Record UNESCO Inscribes 13 Alvar Aalto Works as a World Heritage Site Alvar Aalto’s Sunila in Kotka, Finland. Over the course of 10 days in late July, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in Busan, South Korea, to deliberate over the…...