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toronto library renovated ny LGA Architectural Partners
Concrete Conservation

LGA Architectural Partners reclads a Brutalist library outside of Toronto

Westhof by ConenSigl with train passing in front
Bird Sanctuary

Conen Sigl clads Westhof Dübendorf in corrugated steel

CannonDesign’s Western Michigan University student center
Campus Canopy

CannonDesign’s Western Michigan University student center recalls local landscapes with a facade of aluminum and GFRC

angled view of the facade of the Link in Montreal
Victorian Patchwork

ACDF’s precast concrete facade for the Link apartment tower in Montreal echoes Victorian silhouettes

exterior view of Barkow Leibinger’s Hanszen Hall
“Staggered Geometry”

Barkow Leibinger combines timber, brick, plaster, and glazed tile for Hanszen Hall at Rice University

housing by Arquitectonica
Real-Life Legos

Arquitectonica constructs Palm Springs development from interlocking block system

close-up of Maverick Chelsea
Gray and White

DXA Studio fronts Maverick Chelsea with a faceted precast concrete facade

corner of 660 Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue Reno

KPF reclads a prominent Fifth Avenue office building with custom oversize IGUs

The Lodge Metís Crossing
Indigenous Tourism

Reimagine Architect references fur trade–era cabins for The Lodge at Metís Crossing

Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C.
Alluding to Ayers

Bates Smart faces Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C., with copper panels to evoke the Australian Outback

Skyglass building in Seattle by Hewitt
Zig-Zag

Hewitt completes Skyglass, a glass tower with an angled curtain wall

exterior image from street of Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT
The Shingle Style

SOM delivers another innovative curtain wall at the Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT

Grand Quai

Provencher_Roy adds a structurally expressive observation tower to Montreal’s waterfront

Gateway University of British Columbia will be presented at Facades+ Vancouver
City of Glass

Facades+ comes to Vancouver for the first time on May 21

Tokyo’s Tallest

Pelli Clarke & Partners devises tapering glass curtain wall for JP Mori, Japan’s tallest tower

The Axiom by Büro Ole Scheeren surrounded by city buildings
Free the Floorplate

Büro Ole Scheeren completes The Axiom, a Shanghai office tower with an offset elevator core

an aluminum intervention on the exterior of historic building for The Baroque Museum of Catalonia
Sutured Together

David Closes adds an aluminum-clad entrance to Baroque Museum of Catalonia

Canvas House exterior
Voxel Bond

PARTISANS’s Canvas House in Toronto features a facade of corbeled brick

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