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Portland Parks & Recreation announced a design competition to revamp Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park. The open call sets out to improve the parks amenities, access, and encourage regular visitation beyond major events.

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Ellen Peirson, a London-based architect, writer, and AN contributor, was awarded the 2026 Wheelwright Prize by Harvard GSD. Her research will analyze kitchens as “mineral landscapes” made up of clay, gypsum, silica, and other ultra-processed materials.
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A $400 million expansion to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport led by the Miller Hull Partnership and Woods Bagot is now open. The C-Concourse Expansion adds four new floors to the building between the airport’s C and D concourses.
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A desk designed by Frank O. Gehry is up for auction. The starting price: $50,000. The desk weighs 15,000 pounds, and is made up of 16 reconfigurable pieces. It was carved from blocks of emerald glass.
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The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announced June Williamson as the organization’s new president for the 2026–2027 term. Williamson takes the helm from José Gámez, who served in the role last term.

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Andrea Trimarchi & Simone Farresin of Formafantasma, a research-based design studio, joins Serpentine Galleries as Lead R&D Fellows, Ecology. The multi-year program has them advising ecological integrations and interventions across Serpentine’s programs.

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A museum building by David Chipperfield Architects (DCA) is nearing completion in Santander, Spain. The museum is located in the former headquarters of Santander Bank, the historic Pereda Building, which dates back to the 19th century.
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New York University’s (NYU) Schack Institute of Real Estate launched a new fellowship, Building Better Cities Collaborative (BBCC). The BBCC seeks “high-potential” professionals working across the built environment.
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There are visual and contextual similarities between land art by Michael Heizer and the new Peter Zumthor–designed David Geffen Galleries at LACMA. And Michael Govan agrees.
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Material & Applications and Liz Gálvez explore heat resiliency with an installation at the Craft Contemporary courtyard. Earthen Comforts: Airing Earth stages a hypostyle hall in pursuit of a sustainable space that can beat heat.

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The old Pfizer World Headquarters building in Midtown on East 42nd Street was evacuated this morning as construction was underway over concerns of a potential collapse.
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The Bliss House, an oceanfront home completed in 1979 and designed by late modernist architect Norman Jaffe in Southampton, New York, has been demolished.
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Each year our annual reader survey asks you—our readers, subscribers, and attendees—about your work and how you engage with the brands and resources offered by AN Media Group.
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Experimental photographs, by duo Lake Verea, of Richard Neutra and Albert Frey–designed buildings feature in Lake Verea: DarkRooms and Other Games, an exhibition on view at The Palm Springs Art Museum. The show explores queerness, intimacy, and light.

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Last month, with the opening of One Milestone, Harvard University’s Enterprise Research Campus completed its first phase of construction. The building complex was designed by Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, and Arrowstreet.

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Community Design Collaborative is quietly celebrating 35 years of service to Philadelphia. The nonprofit is thinking about how to sustain a model built entirely on civic engagement at a moment when the fabric of civic life is fraying.
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The World Monuments Fund (WMF) issued a new list of ten historic sites in the U.S. that are at risk and in urgent need of preservation. The list includes Dallas City Hall and Black Mountain College Studies Building.
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Worrell Yeung is renovating a historic chapel and designing a new community hub at Evergreens Cemetery, a 225-acre campus straddling Brooklyn and Queens.
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To celebrate the United States’s 250th anniversary President Trump is hosting the Great American State Fair. From State Pavilions and a giant Ferris wheel, to a cow named Melania, the spectacle arrives amid a deeply divided national political landscape.
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Joseph Henry is Boston’s new chief of arts in culture. AN interviewed Henry about his new role and what to expect in Boston’s cultural sector in the years ahead.
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