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Shanghai's former World Expo grounds transformed into mixed-use district
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (273+ words) Work on Expo Place, on the site of the former 2010 Shanghai World Expo, was recently completed. The project transformed a once-fragmented landscape into a cohesive, human-scaled mixed-use district designed for everyday urban life. Expo grounds had been left with abandoned…...
A geological park in Taiwan to add tourist facilities that echo the surrounding rock formations
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (407+ words) Although it's one of Taiwan's best-known geological parks, Jialeshui has had limited tourist infrastructure. A new project aims to change that by adding rock-like tourist facilities and infrastructure to Jialeshui, known for sandstone formations shaped by winds and waves over…...
Top 90 Student Housing Architecture Firms for 2025
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (138+ words) "The target audience includes professionals and firms involved in designing and engineering student housing facilities, such as architecture and AE firms, industry stakeholders, and those interested in the latest trends and rankings in student housing architecture for 2025." Top 90 Student Housing…...
Phoenix mixed-use project combines a concrete tower with a wood-frame structure
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (294+ words) Saiya, a mixed-use development spanning 605, 000 sf, integrates a 23-story concrete building with a 5-over-1 wood-frame structure. The $150 million two-tower project, which broke ground in 2022 and was completed in 2025, delivered 389 residential units. Located at the intersection of a residential neighborhood and…...
Top 130 Cultural Facility Architecture Firms for 2025
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (158+ words) "The target audience consists of professionals and firms involved in the design, architecture, and engineering of cultural facilities such as museums, galleries, theaters, and libraries, seeking industry rankings and insights into leading companies in this sector for 2025." Top 130 Cultural Facility…...
Smart technologies in performance-based design
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (105+ words) Image courtesy Page, now Stantec This blog post was authored by Jennifer Wegner, Digital Content Lead, Stantec. When used early in the design process, CFD becomes a predictive tool, one that allows architects not just to respond to environmental forces…...
AI tools for architecture: Designers explore what's possible
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (655+ words) As part of Idea Xchange, here is Team 7s AI-powered competition project for the North American headquarters of a fictional aerospace company. New corporate offices include a research and development laboratory and an advanced manufacturing floor for product development and testing....
LRS Architects delivers 107 affordable units in new Lincoln City, Ore. , community
1+ week, 6+ day ago (251+ words) Architecture, interior design, and planning firm LRS Architects has recently designed and completed Lincoln 25 Apartments, a 107-unit affordable multifamily community in Lincoln City, Ore. Developed and owned by Innovative Housing, Inc. , the 98, 932-sf project includes a mix of one-, two…...
5 emerging design trends in university student housing
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (734+ words) This blog post was authored by Brady Jobe, Senior Associate and Director of Collegiate Projects, Kirksey Architecture. The dreary cinderblock dorm rooms that many of us remember as a rite of passage from our undergrad days would now be unfamiliar…...
Cornell University opens Computing and Information Science Building
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (374+ words) Cornell University recently opened the new 135, 000-sf Computing and Information Science Building'for the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science.'The new structure creates both a precinct and a destination for the university's rapidly growing computing and information science…...