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MoMA PS1 invited German artist Katharina Grosse to transform an abandoned building at Fort Tidlen, a national park on the city's Rockaway peninsula. She explains the explosion of color in the landscape in a short film from the Museum of Modern Art. John Hill

Olana, the 19th-century home of landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church in New York's Hudson River Valley, invited 21 architects and landscape architects to imagine a 21st-century version of Church's unbuilt summer house. John Hill

Architects Advocate Action on Climate Change, a platform made up of "architects dedicated to healthy and livable communities, and guided by scientific consensus and reason," publicly launches on the first of September. John Hill

Earlier this month Oslo's Snøhetta won the competition for the new Banque Libano Francaise (BLF) headquarters in Beirut with a design that features large planted terraces carved into the checkerboard-clad tower. John Hill

LEED may be the most popular gauge for sustainable architecture in the United States, but its criteria is nowhere near as stringent as the Living Building Challenge, which bills itself as "the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment possible...

On Friday the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies announced the winners of their 22nd annual American Architecture Awards. John Hill

As the primary architecture of the International Horticultural Exposition, the Heavenly Water Service Center undertook multiple functions including circulation hub, activity center, restaurant, recreational landscape, cultural communication, and exhibition. HHD_FUN

The architectural interiors project for the penthouse sp_penthouse sought to attend to the demands of the program with the minimal division of space possible, shaping spatial continuity and amplitude for the apartment. Studio MK27

With the Centre d’Art Diane Dufresne, ACDF Architecture has created a new arts centre for the suburban municipality of Repentigny, providing a dynamic core where residents can take in stirring arts and culture without getting on the highway to nearby Montreal. ACDF Architecture

German architect J. Mayer H. unveiled his new installation, XXX TIMES SQUARE WITH LOVE, in New York City's Times Square this morning. The pink seats reference the X-shaped street inersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue as well as the adult theaters that once populated... John Hill

Our clients for this project are from local who believe in contemporary art, and intended the museum to be a platform to promote young artists. The two main programs of the museum are art exhibition and artist residence. Praxis d'Architecture

As part of the regeneration and development of the West Bund area in Shanghai, Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen have completed a permanent exhibition and art pavilion on the riverside promenade. Schmidt Hammer Lassen

The HUB TIC is a project designed, built and lived from the new social, economic and environmental paradigm shift that seeks a balanced symbiosis between people, nature and technology. ROA Arquitectura

The Harvard Art Museums, which holds a 32,000-strong collection of objects relating to the Bauhaus, "the 20th century’s most influential school of art and design," has unveild a digital catalog ahead of the legendary school's 100th anniversary in 2019. John Hill

Tomas Koolhaas's much-anticipated documentary on his father, 71-year-old OMA leader Rem Koolhaas, will premiere at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, which runs from 31 August to 10 September 2016. John Hill

SFMOMA’s leadership worked closely with Snøhetta to design the new museum as an outward- looking and engaging gathering space. Snøhetta

California architect and digital innovator Greg Lynn gives viewer a tour of Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention, his third and last exhibition exploring architecture and digital technologies, on display at the Canadian Centre for Architecture until 16 October 2016. John Hill

The social charity institution Padre Rubinos was born in A Coruña nearly a century ago with a dedication to give shelter and asylum to the needy. Later it has continued growing and expanding its scope to nursery schools and the elderly. Elsa Urquijo Architects

The Snøhetta-designed, ten-story expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) opened to the public on 14 May 2016. Involving a transformation of the original Mario Botta building, the project consists of three times more gallery space than before. Snøhetta sent...

Great Britain’s architecture scene regrets Brexit. Does that include all architects? No, a single prominent representative of the profession regards the withdrawal from the EU as a great opportunity – for the full development of entrepreneurial creativity. Oliver Pohlisch

Much has been achieved over the past two decades to transform the Sydney Park site from its former post-industrial history and waste disposal, into 44 hectares of parkland and a vital asset for the growing communities of Sydney’s southern suburbs. Turf Design Studio & Environmental Partnership

Chicago's Studio Gang Architects recently uploaded a number of short films on some of their completed buildings. Here we highlight a handful of the films, including one on their breakthrough Aqua Tower. John Hill

The new "Mercato Navile" city quarter is being developed on the site of the former central market east of the Bologna main railway station. JSWD Architects were commissioned to plan the "Lotto P," which is located opposite the main station and more or less marks the entry to... JSWD Architekten

Columbia University Medical Center’s new Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), in collaboration with Gensler, will open to faculty and students on 15 August 2016 for the start of the fall term. John Hill

In the decades since architect Morris Adjmi was partnered with Italian Architect Aldo Rossi, his eponymous, New York-based firm has created a number of buildings in Manhattan that tap into the city's industrial past. Adjmi has taken his contemporary expression of industrial architecture...

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has released new renderings of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor's design for their $600 million expansion. John Hill

Coupée Croisée is the extension of a Ville Mont-Royal cottage, the enclosed garden-city of Montreal. YH3

Richard Meier & Partners has completed the new Leblon Offices in Rio de Janeiro: The project is the first completed by the firm in South America and has been awarded LEED-Silver Certification. Richard Meier & Partners Architects

Situated on an undulating site in the deserts of Ras, Rajasthan, India, Studios 18 apartments are a part of an entire layout spread over 36 acres. Sanjay Puri Architects

For the third year in a row, the Pickathon music festival (5-7 August 2016 in Happy Valley) will feature an original, temporary, minimal-waste performance venue known as the Treeline Stage, designed and built by students and faculty in Portland State University’s School of Architecture. Portland State University School of Architecture

The Shed, part of the huge Hudson Yards development in New York that bills itself as the city's "new center for artistic invention," has released a fly-through animation of the Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) design now under construction. John Hill

The design concept for Ballart Regional Soccer Facility (BRSF) emerged as a response to clients brief to provide a stadium for world-class soccer. Located in the regional setting of Ballarat, Australia, BRSF provides leading edge sporting and social facilities for elite A level as well as... k20 Architecture

We learned about Tucson, Arizona's DUST back in 2014 when we featured their Tucson Mountain Retreat as a Building of the Week. Just as that house integrates itself into the desert landscape...

The Getty Foundation has announced the nine buildings that have been awarded Keeping It Modern grants, which are designed to preserve the modern architectural heritage at considerable risk. John Hill

Studio Pali Fekete architects [SPF:a]’s recent residential project, Double Stick, has received a merit award in the architecture category of the American Institute of Architects, California Council's (AIACC) Design Awards. SPF:a

Following the last month's selection of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects as the lead architect for the Obama Presidential Center, The Obama Foundation is expected to choose Jackson Park as the project's site. John Hill