Architecture News
Architecture news moves fast, and this category keeps you on top of it. illustrarch reports on new projects, competition results, industry shifts, and notable openings from around the world. Check back regularly for clear, concise updates on the buildings and ideas everyone in the field is talking about.
Johnston Marklee Lifts the Bass Museum Expansion Above a Shaded Courtyard in Miami Beach
Johnston Marklee has released designs for The Bass in Miami Beach: two white gallery pavilions raised on a concrete plane, with a lit...
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KieranTimberlake Completes Stuart Weitzman Hall for Penn’s School of Design
Stuart Weitzman Hall joins an 1892 brick building to a four-storey steel-framed addition, giving Penn's design school its first major new space in...
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World Monuments Fund to Restore Diego Rivera Stadium Mural at UNAM
WMF and UNAM begin a multiyear project restoring Diego Rivera's unfinished stone mural at Mexico City's Olympic stadium.
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Three Reuse Projects Shortlisted for RIAS Andrew Doolan Award 2026
Three reuse-led projects, from a Victorian hospital to an Art Deco pool pavilion, vie for the 2026 Doolan Award.
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Nakshabid Architects’ Green Field Factory in Bangladesh Wins the RIBA International Prize 2026
Green Field Factory, a seven-storey rug factory in Rangpur, Bangladesh, by Nakshabid Architects, has won the RIBA International Prize 2026 for its passive...
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GRT Architects Completes First Major Overhaul of Storefront for Art and Architecture Since 1993
GRT Architects has renovated Storefront for Art and Architecture's SoHo home, its first major update since 1993.
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Lion Green Road Housing in Croydon Wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2026
Lion Green Road, a 157-home scheme for Croydon Council by Mary Duggan Architects and Ruff Architects, has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2026....
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The Albanian Files Puts 500 Starchitect Projects on Record as Protests Grow in Albania
A new 800-page book collects more than 500 Albanian projects by 60 international practices. Critics read it as evidence of an opaque, top-down...
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