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On June 17 at Toronto’s historic Evergreen Brick Works, Azure Magazine revealed the 18 winners of its 6th annual AZ Awards. John Hill

The project consists of the renovation of an existing building in Boulogne Billancourt, the redesign of the facades, taking into account the overall structure, the renovation of the technical premises, and the optimization of office spaces. Atelier Zündel Cristea

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (TWBTA), with local architecture firm Interactive Design Architects (IDEA), have been selected by the Obama Foundation to design the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) in Chicago. John Hill

The much anticipated extension of the Kunstmuseum Basel opened to the public in April. Architects Emanuel Christ and Chrisoph Gantenbein have crafted a building that interprets the classical elements of architecture found in the museum's main building. A dynamic Light Frieze across the facade... John Hill, Thomas Geuder

World-Architects got a sneak peek of The Hills, the second phase of West 8's design for Governors Island Park in New York City, which is opening to the public on 19 July 2016. John Hill

Avanto Architects and Joanna Laajisto Creative Studio have completed Löyly, a unique combination of a public sauna and a restaurant in Helsinki. Avanto Architects

Gerry Judah was asked by BMW to come up with a sculpture, bigger and better than anything done before, to commemorate their centenary at Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester, West Sussex. Gerry Judah

Visitors to Anish Kapoor's ArcelorMittal Orbit in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park now have the option of descending the 76-meter-tall tower via Carsten Höller's newly opened Tunnel Slide – the world's longest at 178 meters. John Hill

Chromazone is about the creation of memorable perceptual experience. It explores optical complexity, ambiguity and mutability within an outline of formal austerity. It operates with the knowledge that perceptually equivocal conditions can situate experience in enigmatic places that... Hal Ingberg architecte

The shock over the unexpected outcome of the EU Referendum sits deep in the British architecture scene. This can be seen in first reactions from different British offices, which also employ a large number of nationals from other EU countries. Now their future is uncertain. Oliver Pohlisch

World-Architects stopped by the New York Public Library's new 53rd Street Library this morning for its opening. Designed by Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos, the library is highlighted by an amphitheater visible from the street. John Hill

The seven finalists of the second biennial Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP), which recognizes the best built works of architecture in the Americas realized from January 2014 through December 2015, have been announced. John Hill

Star Wars creator George Lucas has issued a statement announcing he is abandoning plans to build the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago, where lawsuits have delayed the project since it was unveiled in 2014. John Hill

Three years after a 2013 visit to the Office for Metropolitan Architecture's (OMA) New York office to speak with partner Shohei Shigematsu, World-Architects editor John Hill returned to 180... John Hill

Anchoring Beijing’s Dawangjing business district, the mixed-use Beijing Greenland Center is a highly sustainable landmark building equidistant from Beijing’s bustling core and the airport. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the regional winners of the CTBUH 2016 Tall Building Awards culled from 132 submissions, the most entries to date. John Hill

In the latest installment in an interview series that explores the philosophical concerns of architects exhibiting at "TIME - SPACE - EXISTENCE," a collateral event at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, Peter Eisenman speaks about architectural education, history, drawing and meaning. John Hill

This development is in the 19th arrondissement on the northern edge of Paris, within an urban environment characterised by the brick buildings of low-cost housing units developed between the wars. Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

Docomomo US has announced the winners of the 2016 Modernism in America Awards program with ten projects that raise "awareness of the importance to advocate, restore and celebrate the architecture, landscapes and typologies of postwar society in the United States." John Hill

Pop-up sensory garden and giant xylophone arrives in Greenwich for London Festival of Architecture. pH+ Architects

For the first time the Venice Architecture Biennale includes three Special Projects, one focused on applied arts. A World of Fragile Parts, curated by Brendan Cormier of London's Victoria and Albert Museum, explores the production of copies in the 21st century. John Hill

Text by Eduard Kögel

On Saturday The Floating Piers, the first project completed by Christo since his wife, Jeanne-Claude, died in 2009, opened to the public at Lake Iseo in northern Italy. John Hill

Lawrence is a city of about 90,000 people in northeast Kansas, best known as the home of the University of Kansas (KU). The university's presence means Lawrence has a thriving downtown, one that stretches along Massachusetts Street. Near the north end of the street is the Lawrence Public...

The project site is atypical for Paris : it is a very big unit, historically made up of 3 parcels, rather narrow, equivalent width and deep enough. The central plot was occupied by a small house to preserve, built in the 17th century ahead the other buildings of the street. This situation... rh+ architecture

Iraq has issued new postage stamps honoring two of the country's late, great architects: Zaha Hadid, who died in March at the age of 65, and Mohamed Makiya, who died last year at the age of 101. John Hill

The Machado Silvetti-designed Center for Asian Art, an addition to the Ringling Museum of Art, is covered in more than 3,000 deep-green, glazed terra cotta tiles that boldy mark the entrance to the grand Florida institution. John Hill

The first HPP project in Turkey is complete. The split tower rises 110 meters into the sky above the Kozyatağı financial district. HPP Architects

The new headquarters for international advertising superstar Droga5 occupy three building floors and a two-story penthouse in New York’s Financial District. ROGERSPARTNERS Architects+Urban Designers

The team of Adjaye Associates and AB3D with Plan A, AKTII, BuroHappold, Turner & Townsend, and Martha Schwartz Partners has won the two-stage competition for the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art in the historic center of Riga. John Hill

The Tippet Rise Art Center opens tomorrow on an 11,500-acre (4,450-hectare) ranch just north of Yellowstone in Fishtail, Montana. Among its many artworks are a few pieces by architects Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa of Ensamble Studio. John Hill

After four years of work, the recent inauguration of the Maison des Êtudiants de l’École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) unveiled a signature building which enhances an entire neighborhood in the Griffintown district. Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes

As part of Art Basel (16-19 June), Swiss artist Zimoun has installed hundreds of paper bags and DC motors inside an elevated shipping container. A small opening in the base of the container allows one visitor at a time to immerse themselves in the sound of the slowly moving bags. John Hill

This former ice-making factory in Japan has been converted into an office and nursery by Taku Sakaushi / O.F.D.A. + Sakaushi Lab., Tokyo University of Science. Sakaushi Taku Architects' Office/O.F.D.A.

The building will take place in the plot of Civic Center of the city of Ryde, with 9,600 square meters. MASS Lab

This project houses a growing graphic/product design office within an existing brick building located in the Jackson square historic district. Terry.Terry Architecture