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Contemporary monumental works hanging amid shapes, visions, and concepts for the challenging installation created by Metrogramma for Margraf at the recent edition of Marmomacc (VeronaFiere, September 24-27, 2014). John Hill, Metrogramma

On a recent trip to Chicago we visited some buildings designed by World-Architects members firms as we made our way by car and by foot around the city. Here we present some highlights. John Hill

AS+GG is on a roll, with many high-performance skyscrapers in the works, one of them soon to be the world's tallest. While in Chicago World-Architects got a tour of the office and chatted with a couple senior team members about some current projects. John Hill

A library on the outskirts of Beijing, China, designed by architect Li Xiaodong, is the recipient of the inaugural $100,000 Moriyama RAIC International Prize. John Hill

A single-family residential cabin in Austin, Texas. un.box studio

Stockholm's Kjellander + Sjöberg designs the initial stage of a new sustainable urban neighborhood in Växjö, Sweden. Kjellander + Sjöberg

The swimming pool in Strasbourg's Kibitzenau neighborhood, which opened in 1965, has an Olympic pool with 8 lanes. Besides its function as a public pool, it is used by the professional swimmers of the Alsace region and the local water polo team. Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

The solo exhibition of Brooklyn-based Artist Roxy Paine on display at Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York City is highlighted by Checkpoint, a generic airport security screening area rendered in wood. John Hill

Following the recent completion of the Theatre de Stoep in the Dutch town of Spijkenisse, the Municipality of Spijkenisse today celebrates the official opening of its new cultural venue for the city. UNStudio

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo recently inaugurated the 19th century icon's new first floor, which includes a glass floor 57 meters (187 feet) above the pavement. John Hill

At a recent ceremony in Medellín, the Holcim Foundation announced the winning projects of the Holcim Awards 2014 for Latin America, which "illustrate how sustainable construction continues to evolve." John Hill

The Entre Deux Rives housing project, developed by the agency Philippon-Kalt, announces the start of the new Ile-Saint-Denis riverside green neighborhood. John Hill, Philippon-Kalt

Located in the Mont-Tremblant National Park, the Discovery Centre offers a stunning view of Lake Monroe and its surrounding hills and mountains. Smith Vigeant Architects

Lincoln Center and the Public Art Fund have teamed up to present Irish artist John Gerrard's Solar Reserve (Tonopah, Nevada) on Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza from October 3 to December 1. John Hill

Not many architects can boast of having a cultural anthropologist on its team when designing a building, but when it came time for Liollio Architecture to tackle the design of a library for the residents of St. Helena Island in South Carolina, they brought one on board to help understand the...

The multistage international competition for the extension of the BMW Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ) in Munich has been decided. By a unanimous vote, first prize went to the design by HENN. HENN

The main purpose of the design for the new multifunctional building, with public and private underground parking, is to realize a new congress centre for the SGR Group headquarters, with hotel and restaurant facilities. 3TI_LAB srl

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced The Chapel, Vietnam, designed by a21studio, as the World Building of the Year in the finale of the event that took place in Singapore October 1 - 3, 2014. John Hill

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's design for The New School's University Center in New York City places classrooms, studios, labs, a library, a dormitory, a cafe, and an auditorium behind a façade of 5,277 hand-finished brass panels. John Hill

The first covered food market in the Netherldands, designed by MVRDV and also including 228 apartments and 1,200 parking spaces, was opened by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands on October 1. John Hill

David Chipperfield has inserted 144 tree trunks inside the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, one year before the British architect's renovation of the museum designed by Mies van der Rohe in the 1960s. John Hill

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced the winners of 13 award categories on the second day of the event taking place in Singapore October 1 - 3, 2014. John Hill

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced the winners of 16 award categories on the opening day of the event taking place in Singapore October 1 - 3, 2014. John Hill

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the 34 professional awards selected from more than 600 entries. John Hill

Today kicks off the 31 days of "Archtober" in New York City, the fourth annual month-long festival of architecture activities, programs and exhibitions. Here we highlight some of the Buildings of the Day designed by World-Architects member firms. John Hill

In a short film from the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, Diébédo Francis Kéré, an architect from Burkina Faso who is based in Berlin, speaks about how he designs and builds for the people of his native country. John Hill

Alcatraz Island, site of a military fort, a federal prison, a Native American protest, and now a national park, plays host to new sculpture, sound, and mixed-media installations by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. John Hill

Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) and the Frankfurt Book Fair have selected 10 winners from 205 submissions in the 5th international DAM Architectural Book Award. John Hill

The third section of the High Line – called the High Line at the Rail Yards – opened to the public on September 21, bringing the total length of the elevated park to just under 1.5 miles (2.4 km). Here we present some photos from our weekend visit. John Hill

Emmanuelle Moureaux's "100 Colors" installation was on display in Tokyo's Shinjuku Central Park for only one week in September. Here we share a short video that shows what you might have missed. John Hill

The sixth and final installment in Al Jazeera's Rebel Architecture series heads down to Brazil to see what informal builder Ricardo de Olivera and architect Luis Carlos Toledo are doing to improve the conditions in Rio's favelas. John Hill

Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the U.S., but its architecture has warranted studies by historians Henry-Russell Hitchcock in Rhode Island Architecture and Vincent Scully in The Shingle Style with the Stick Style. The latter is mentioned by architects Estes/Twombly...

The winning prize at the 8th International Biennial of Landscape Architecture is Auckland Waterfront - North Wharf Promenade and Silo Park, in Auckland, New Zealand, designed by Taylor Cullity Lethlean (TCL) and Wraight + Associates (WA). John Hill

Fifteen years in the making, the "museum of biodiversity" in Panama opens to the public on October 2. Frank Gehry's multicolored museum contains exhibits designed by Bruce Mau and sits in a Biodiversity Park designed in collaboration with Gehry. John Hill

Seoul is one of the most exciting cities in the world. The Architecture Forum Aedes has dedicated a major exhibition to the capital of South Korea in Towards a Meta-City: Recent Urban Projects in Seoul. Ulf Meyer

Lighting group Zumtobel AG has selected three projects in as many categories for its biennial architectural awards "promoting sustainability and humanity in the built environment." John Hill