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At the beginning of January, the new coronavirus broke out in the Chinese city of Wuhan and became a pandemic within a few weeks. The measures taken by the Chinese government affected everyone, including architects and the country's entire construction sector. Now that the acute wave of... Voices collected by Eduard Kögel

At the beginning of January, the new coronavirus broke out in the Chinese city of Wuhan and became a pandemic within a few weeks. The measures taken by the Chinese government affected everyone, including architects and the country's entire construction sector. Now that the acute wave of... Voices collected by Eduard Kögel

World-Architects recently corresponded with Ángela Baldellou, who runs Observatorio 2030, a group created by the Council of Spanish Architects that brings together professionals and experts from... Madeline Beach Carey

Shou County Culture and Art Center is designed to draw people in to discover and experience it, unlike a beautiful sculpture that can only be viewed but not experienced. Studio Zhu-Pei

Michael McKinnell, whose firm Kallmann McKinnell & Wood designed Boston's famous Brutalist City Hall, died on March 27 following complications from COVID-19. John Hill

The Project arises in a small land with a slightly slope, in the vicinity of Ansião Village. Bruno Dias Arquitectura

Following an executive order from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, "all work on non-essential construction and demolition sites is suspended," in response to the spread of COVID-19. John Hill

This two-unit house designed by an architect for his family features a generous indoor/outdoor living space removed from the street. Contemporary in materials and architectural expression, the house nevertheless looks to historic houses in New Orleans for inspiration. Architect Nathan Fell... Nathan Fell Architecture

Planning architecture for emergencies; transforming buildings for temporary needs; rethinking the model of hospitals; reflecting on empty cities to rediscover how design plays an active role in activating social relationships and connections; reconsidering the importance of architecture and... Paola Pierotti, PPAN

Number of beds for patients with Covid-19 that New York City's largest convention center,... René Ammann

Architecture critic, urban designer, author, and educator Michael Sorkin died on March 26, 2020, from complications brought on by the novel coronavirus. He was 71. John Hill

The 2019 MPavilion, designed by Australian architect Glenn Murcutt, closed on March 18 after its four-month run in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens. A new podcast series includes a conversation between Murcutt and MPavilion organizer Naomi Milgrom. John Hill

In the architect’s vision, at some point in the future, people can be listening to folk songs, drinking beer and looking up into the starlit sky, in the way life is actually supposed to be. 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio

Ávila‎, Spain's Nagami Design, a design brand that specializes in 3D printing, has put its furniture production on hold to accelerate the production of the face shields used by health care workers treating people with COVID-19. John Hill

Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota have designed CURA, an open-source design that uses repurposed shipping containers to create plug-in intensive care units at hospitals faced with shortages of ICU space from the spread of the novel coronavirus. John Hill

The Galleria is Korea’s first and largest upscale department store franchise. The store in Gwanggyo is Galleria's sixth branch, its stone-like appearance making it a natural point of gravity for public life in the city. OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture

This is a fantasy and uncommon space where buildings of various shapes are ‘floating’ in space. What kind of light is needed for such a space? Beijing Puri Lighting Design Co.,LTD.

The International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee have announced that the Summer Olympics, scheduled to open in Tokyo in July, is being postponed to "not later than summer 2021" in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. John Hill

One year ago Vista Tower topped off at 363 meters (1,191 feet), making it the third tallest building in Chicago. Vista towers over the nearby Aqua Tower, which ten years ago brought fame to Studio Gang and its founder, Jeanne Gang. Ulf Meyer looks at Vista in the context of Gang's earlier work... Ulf Meyer

The former Lourcine barracks are located in Paris’ 13th district and comprise a parade ground with accompanying military buildings erected in 1875.  ChartierDalix

LR2 Residence sits on a hillside in Pasadena, California, a city northeast of Los Angeles. Montalba Architects exploited the location by lifting the living spaces to the top of three floors to take advantage of panoramic views. The architects answered a few questions about the house. Montalba Architects

Grafton Architects' competition-winning design for the planned Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is conceptualized as a Story Book of Timber: a teaching tool for future students at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design to... John Hill

Junshan Cultural Center is located just outside of Beijing in the midst of the undulating mountain ranges and meandering rivers near the Miyun Reservoir. Neri&Hu Design and Research Office

Architects are working from home to deter the spread of COVID-19, but what about the construction workers carrying out their designs? The construction industry has been slow to respond to the pandemic. John Hill

Crossboundaries' latest installation is part of the group exhibition for 2019 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale themed around potential models for future schools and the possibilities of prefabrication and modularization in the realm of educational buildings. Crossboundaries

Two weeks after the School of Architecture at Taliesin announced it had secured new fundings sources in an effort to remain open, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has announced it will end discussions with the school, letting its agreement with the school expire at the end of July. John Hill

With museums closed and people (who can) working from home to combat the spread of COVID-19, now is a really good time to crack open a book. Here we take a look inside Countryside, A Report, the pocket-size printed companion to the Countryside, The Future exhibition that opened... John Hill

Imbibing the organic character of Indian villages and old cities, the Rajasthan School is a low-rise three-story school with open, enclosed, and semi-enclosed spaces of various volumes. Sanjay Puri Architects

The World-Architects staff has been working from home since last week — in China, Japan, the United States, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In the face of an unprecedented international crisis, we see this as doing our part to improve the situation. world-architects.com

The deadline for the ​£7,000 RIBA Norman Foster Scholarship — open to architecture students enrolled at eligible universities — is April 24, 2020. John Hill

The Junshan Cultural Center is a clubhouse and sales center catering to a development north of Beijing, near the Miyun Reservoir. A short film takes viewers above, around, and inside Neri&Hu's... John Hill

Share of the cost of a new home in the United States being eaten up by regulatory burdens, impact fees, taxes, and the costs of delays: 24% René Ammann

Many museums are closed and just about all architecture-related events are postponed or canceled in response to the spread of COVID-19. Some exhibitions, such as the collections of drawings by... John Hill

Vittorio Gregotti died in Milan on Sunday, March 15, from pneumonia after contracting COVID-19. The respected Italian architect, educator, and theorist was 92. John Hill

Aaron Betsky, the head of the School of Architecture at Taliesin (SOAT) since 2015, has been appointed director of Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture + Design in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies. John Hill

Around the world, events that bring large groups of people together are being canceled or postponed as the novel coronavirus spreads. These include architecture and design events; some of the major fairs and conferences... John Hill