USA
MAD Architects unveils slimmed-down design for Lucas Museum in Chicago
Mecanoo replaces Foster + Partners on New York Public Library renovation
Drone video shows progress on New York “courtscraper” by BIG
Postmodern architecture: the Portland Municipal Services Building, Oregon, by Michael Graves
Matter Design’s Microtherme conceals voluptuous concrete forms within a wooden box
Piet Oudolf creates rooftop garden for New York condo building
Drone movie shows Foster + Partners’ Apple Campus 2 beginning to rise out of the ground
Will Bruder clads a mountain home in Aspen with charred cypress
Black Box writing studio by ANX captures iconic Los Angeles views
Artifox unveils quick-assembly wood furniture that ships in flat-pack boxes
Instagram users offer a preview of The Broad museum in Los Angeles
MAD proposes conceptual “vertical village” for LA as alternative to sprawl
AA Studio transforms industrial building in Tribeca into creative hub
Mast Brothers designs its own Minimalist chocolate shop in Brooklyn
Flight 93 Memorial opens in Pennsylvania to mark 14th anniversary of 9/11
New York exhibition examines the pre-Memphis work of Ettore Sottsass
Rafael Viñoly reveals plans for the “largest green roof in the world” in Silicon Valley
Andrew Blauvelt named director of Detroit’s Cranbrook Art Museum
Diller Scofidio + Renfro releases first official photos of The Broad
Renzo Piano and Diller Scofidio + Renfro competing for Obama Presidential Library
Gehry’s selection as LA River masterplanner sparks criticism
Design purveyor Murray Moss auctions off items from private collection
CHA:COL creates a live-work space in LA using hacked IKEA products
