Université Catholique de Louvain Museum Perkins+Will, Emile Verhaegen, and MATRIciel A new museum for a Belgian university will consist of two buildings on 1.2 acres overlooking a 17-acre lake. It will serve as a dynamic gateway to Louvain-la-Neuve, a town located 16 miles southeast of Brussels. Image courtesy Perkins+Will

Swiss National Museum Extension Christ & Gantenbein Architects The government has approved funding for an extension to the Swiss National Museum, a castle-like building designed by Gustav Gull and completed in 1898. Groundbreaking on the $93.5 million addition will take place in 2010, with completion scheduled for 2013. Image courtesy Christ & Gantenbein Architects

Utah Museum of Natural History Polshek Partnership Polshek Partnerhsip has designed a new, 161,000-square-foot facility for the Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake City. The $98 million project will enable the 45-year-old institution to better showcase its collection of fossils, rocks, minerals, and other artifacts. Image courtesy Polshek Partnership

December 2008

Université Catholique de Louvain Museum, Perkins+Will, Emile Verhaegen, and MATRIciel
Art Museum to Serve as Dynamic Gateway for Belgian Town

Swiss National Museum Extension, Christ & Gantenbein Architects
A Modern Addition Planned for a Picturesque Museum in Zurich

Utah Museum of Natural History, Polshek Partnership
For a Utah Museum, Polshek Takes Its Cue from the Land

 

November 2008

Seaport Square
Another Grand Plan for the South Boston Waterfront

Copley Place Tower, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Luxury Condo Tower to Rise Near Boston Landmarks?

 

September 2008

Calais Border Station, Robert Siegel Architects
Small Town in Maine Gets a New, $48-Million Border Station

Pulkovo Airport Expansion, Grimshaw Architects
Grimshaw Designs “Airport City” for St. Petersburg

Oslo Central Station Redesign, Space Group
Space Group Launches New Scheme for Transit Hub

 

August 2008

Art Museum of Yue Minjun, Studio Pei-Zhu
Studio Pei-Zhu Designs Museum for Iconic Chinese Artist

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners Paints a New Future for Pushkin Museum

International UFO Museum and Research Center, Ahearn-Schopfer Associates
UFO Museum Has Close Encounter of the CAD Kind

Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Whitney Reveals Piano’s Design for Downtown Branch

May 2008

Mesa Del Sol Town Center, Antoine Predock, FAIA, and Jon Anderson Architect
Ceramic Frit Does Double Duty.

Louisiana Superdome Re-clad, Trahan Architects, Billes Architecture, and Sizeler, Thompson, Brown Architects
Superdome’s New Skin is Tougher Than Pig Skin.

American Institute of Architects North Carolina Headquarters, Frank Harmon, FAIA
Harmon Sews the Seeds of “Earthy Modernism”.

April 2008

Light*house, Z-huset,UNStudio; Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
Beacon of Affordable Housing Shines on Danish Waterfront.

HL23, Neil Denari
High Line Hosts a First for Neil Denari.

One Hundred Mill Avenue, Hayden’s Flour Mill, Davis; Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle and Substance Design Consortium
Tempe Nods to Past and Eyes the Future.

March 2008

Seongnam City Hall, KMD Architects
KMD's Government Building Alights Like a Bird.

National Performing Arts Center, Mecanoo
Banyan Tree Inspires Shape of Taiwan’s Largest Arts Hall.

Miami Art Museum, Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron Tap Tropical Climate for Design Ideas.

February 2008

Cornerstone Arts Center, Antoine Predock
Predock’s Flexible Arts Center Suits College’s Boundary-Breaking Style.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 4240 Architects
Constitution Text Inspires Immigration Building Design.

Cadillac Centre, Anthony Caradonna
Detroit Revs Up for Cadillac Centre.

January 2008

National Mountain Centre, Saucier+Perrotte Architectes
A Rocky Mountain museum and visitor’s center to be constructed in Canmore, Alberta.

Marianne, Massimiliano Fuksas
Crash course in chic design appreciation.

Spencer Dock Bridge , Future Systems
Santiago Calatrava’s bridges in Dublin.

August 2007

King Faisal Foundation, Nadel Architects
Nadel-designed skyscraper to blossom in Saudi desert

Opus, Zaha Hadid Architectss
Hadid’s next opus set for Dubai

Hydropolis, Crescent-Hydropolis Resorts
20,000 leagues under the Persian Gulf

July 2007

Human Sciences Institute, Agence Search
Anything But Stilted

Giant Group Pharmaceuticals Headquarters, Morphosis
Morphosis’s “Dragon” Takes Flight in Shanghai

Singapore Scotts Tower, OMA
OMA’s Beijing Office Designs Residential Tower for Singapore

June 2007

Alameda Theatre, Killis Almond & Associates
The Alameda, "San Antonio’s Apollo," Receiving a Makeover

Empire State Building Lobby, Beyer Blinder Belle
Empire State Building Lobby Getting a Makeover

Elbe Philharmonic, Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron’s "Pirate" Seizes Hamburg’s Skyline—and Its Imagination

Center on Halsted, Gensler
Coming Out of the Scaffolding: Chicago’s First LGBT Center

Hummingbird Centre, Studio Daniel Libeskind
Libeskind Tower to Perch Atop Hummingbird Centre

Silo Point, Parameter
Housing Takes Root in Former Grain Elevator

May 2007

Afro-American Cultural Center, The Freelon Group
Center Honors Charlotte’s African-American History

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Legorreta + Legorreta
Legorreta + Legorreta Unveil Fort Worth Design

Green Circle Shopping Center, Hufft Projects
Eco-Conscious Shopping Center Goes for Platinum

111 First Street, OMA
Koolhaas Raises Profile of Jersey City

April 2007

Rice Mill Lofts and Falstaff Brewery, Wayne Troyer Architect, HMS Architects
Sustainable, Affordable Housing on Rise in New Orleans

Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, Gehry Partners
Gehry’s First Vegas Building Breaks Ground

CityCenter, Gensler
CityCenter Scores Greenbacks for Going Green

March 2007

Valencia Stadium, Reid Fenwick Asociados, Arup Sport
Valencia’s City Map Inspires Stadium Facade

Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Lab Architecture Studio
Lab Architecture Experiments at Aussie Gallery

Saadiyat Cultural District, Gehry Partners, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid Architects
Starchitects Join Abu Dhabi’s Big Cultural Gambit

Fan Pier, Hill Glazier Architects, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Will Boston’s ICA Be Its Own Bilbao?