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Orange Coast College expansion threatens designs by Neutra, Alexander, and...
The future’s looking grim for a dozen buildings on the Orange Coast College designed by Richard Neutra and Robert Alexander. A November vote by college trustees approved a plan for the demolition of...
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Ford Foundation announces renovation of its Kevin Roche–designed headquarters...
The Ford Foundation announced today that Gensler will lead a $190 million renovation of its Manhattan headquarters in East Midtown. The renovation will bring the building up to code while preserving...
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Foster & Partners, HOK among nine shortlisted for UK Houses of Parliament...
Allies and Morrison, BDP, HOK and Foster+Partners have been shortlisted among a group of nine firms for the refurbishment project at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. The commission is...
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Isamu Noguchi’s space-age, fluid ceiling is hidden inside this St. Louis...
In what has become a recurring irony, the poor taste of 20th century corporations has been saving the day for historic buildings across the country. Now as companies like Walgreens and CVS rehabilitate...
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SOM design to replace Long Beach’s Late Modern civic center
It’s too late for Late Modernism in Long Beach after the city council voted unanimously to demolish the existing Long Beach Civic Center and replace it with a sleek modern design by SOM. The old civic...
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Wisconsin’s Googie Gobbler gets grand reopening, purple vinyl and all
After nearly 15 years sitting empty, a Googie icon of the upper Midwest is reopening—and there’s no shortage of purple vinyl and rotating bars. The Gobbler Supper Club, now the Gobbler Theater, sits on...
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A Detroit soccer team asks fans to crowdfund historic stadium rehabilitation
“City ‘til I Die” is the motto of the Detroit City Football Club (DCFC), a member of the National Premier Soccer League, the largest soccer league in the U.S. Now, the team is asking its fans to put...
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AIA Chicago outlines Pullman’s future as a National Monument
As part of the ongoing preservation efforts surrounding the South Side Chicago neighborhood of Pullman a print and online book has been released reporting the results of a workshop conducted by AIA...
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A giant 3D printer will replicate an ancient temple destroyed by ISIS
Replicas of the entrance arch of the ancient Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria, will be recreated using a giant 3D printer for World Heritage Week in London and New York. The recreations are intended to...
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The tragedy of Mummers Theater and the failed development that spelled its...
The sad saga of the destruction of John Johansen’s Mummers Theater in Oklahoma City has just gotten even sadder. AN has reported numerous times on the effort to save Johansen’s 1970 tour de force Stage...
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Kevin Roche’s late modern interiors at the Ambassador Grill may be demolished
Kevin Roche‘s late modern interiors at the United Nations Plaza Ambassador Grill & Lounge, and Hotel Lobby are in jeopardy. Millennium Hotels and Resorts, the owners 0f ONE UN New York Hotel (the...
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Engineers’ Club of St. Louis renovates and renames club building
One of the nation’s oldest engineering societies is set to remodel its St. Louis Mid-Century Modern home. The 65-year-old building of the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis will be getting a much needed...
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Staten Island’s eerie, abandoned Farm Colony to be transformed into senior...
Staten Island‘s abandoned New York City Farm Colony is being redeveloped into Landmark Colony, a $91 million residential community for seniors 55 and older. The architect is Staten Island–based...
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Breaking: World War I Centennial Commission names winner in memorial competition
The World War I Centennial Commission in Washington D.C. has announced Chicago–based designer Joe Weishaar and New York–based sculptor Sabin Howard as the winners of the World War I Memorial...
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Gina Pollara named President of the Municipal Art Society of New York
Architect, author, and urban designer Gina Pollara, has been appointed President of The Municipal Art Society (MAS). Frederick Iseman, Chairman of the MAS Board of Directors announced that the move...
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Hopkins Architects moves forward with revamp of Sert’s Holyoke Center at Harvard
British firm Hopkins Architects (formerly Michael Hopkins & Partners) has been granted planning permission from local authorities to build the new Smith Campus Center for Harvard University in...
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Historic St. Paul church for sale comes with interred body
When buying a building that is in a historic preservation district there are many considerations to take into account, including zoning restrictions, restoration, and often, accessibility concerns. In...
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Right on trend, the oldest mall in America is reborn as micro-apartments
Search Twitter for #mallmonday and see a hilariously bleak photo series that profiles different malls, some dead, some impossibly sad, each week. Why are these depressing spaces so popular with...
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Apple shows love to New York’s historic neighborhoods and the Landmarks...
The New York Landmarks Conservancy is honoring Apple with its 2016 Chairman’s Award. The award, to be given at a fundraising luncheon where individual tickets start at $500, honors the company for...
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Two groups renew the effort to save the all-concrete Miami Marine Stadium
Can decay on the Bay be forestalled? In 2014, a local group floated the idea of murals, and now, two nonprofits, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Dade Heritage Trust, are renewing...
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