Cultural Facilities

JCJ Architecture's design for Center for Community & Entrepreneurship in New York City will provide the local Asian community with a bulwark against marginalization. Images: JCJ Architecture
Hartford, Conn.-based JCJ Architecture traces its roots to 1936, when the U.S. was just coming...
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All photos: James Ewing
The project will act as a second home for the Jewish community it serves.

Downtown Los Angeles has $3 billion in new construction projects under development, including The Grand, a mixed-used 1.2-million-sf public-private partnership that Related Cos. is developing, according to a new report from the Downtown Center Business Improvement District. However, JLL's latest Construction Forecast predicts a slow recovery in construction spending nationwide. Image: Related Companies
Predicts second-half improvement toward normalization next year.

Pictured: Arlington (Va.) Public Schools Heights Building Photo by Jim Tetro, courtesy Gilbane
This 70-page PDF features AEC firm rankings across 51 building sectors, disciplines, and specia...
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AECOM, Arup, and Populous head BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest cultural facilities sect...
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Long Beach, Calif.’s new Civic Center includes the 93,500-sf Billie Jean King Main Library, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in 2019. Photo: Benny Chen| Fotoworks
Federal contracts are proceeding, but states and cities are delaying, deferring, and looking fo...
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The Elephant Museum in Thailand sits on 5,400 sm in Surin Province. Images: Spaceshift Studio
The complex, in Surin Province, was built with 480,000 clay bricks.

The Providence Public Library is now sporting a revamped wing, auditorium, and special collections area that encompasses tens of thousands of books, manuscripts, photos, and other artifacts. Photos: Anton Grassl
The $29 million project adds light and collaborative space to a 67-year-old wing.

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Annually, this list spotlights important examples of our nation’s architectural and cultural he...
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Semans-Griswold Environmental Hall, designed by Ayers Saint Gross, is home to Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society and commands a picturesque site on the Chester River. The river is a living laboratory that provides students with an immersive experience in support of the building’s programs in environmental science and sustainability. Photo courtesy Ayers Saint Gross
The 2020 Giants 400 Report features more than 130 rankings across 25 building sectors and speci...
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The 1.5-acre Roosevelt Plaza Park in Camden, N.J., replaced a parking garage, office buildings, and ground-floor retail. Image: Cooper's Ferry Partnership
Fifteen examples of how parks and green spaces emerged from parking lots, garages, and underpas...
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All renderings courtesy Snøhetta
The project’s design was developed with WERK Arkitekter.

Theatre Row, the five-theater Off-Broadway complex, recently underwent an extensive renovation as part of a larger reimagining of the complex’s role in New York City's nonprofit theater community. Marta Sanders of Architecture Outfit designed the renovation, which was unveiled last summer. Image: Playbill.com
A new study identifies the challenges these theaters face, and offers possible solutions that inc...
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All renderings courtesy MIR and Dorte Mandrup
Dorte Mandrup won an international competition to design the project.

All renderings courtesy Coldefy & Associés.
The design was selected from 68 entries.

The restoration of the Harlem Fire Watchtower in North Manhattan, which took two years to complete, required new cross bracing. Images: Courtesy of Thornton Tomasetti
The nearly $8 million project required major structural interventions.

Milwaukee Public Library Mitchell Street Branch, designed by HGA. The library was created from the former Hills Department Store originally built in 1919. Photo courtesy HGA
Whiting-Turner, Turner, PCL, Clark Group, and Gilbane top the rankings of the nation's largest cu...
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The Sunset Park Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning, comprises eight stories and 21,000 sf. The library encompasses the first two and a half floors of the building, while the remaining five and a half floors house 50 affordable residences for qualified low-income occupants. Rendering courtesy Magnusson Architecture and Planning
Jacobs, Arup, EXP, BRPH, and Thornton Tomasetti head the rankings of the nation's largest cultura...
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The HGA-designed Mitchell Street Branch of the Milwaukee Public Library was created from the former Hills Department Store originally built in 1919. Photo: Courtesy HGA
Gensler, Populous, DLR Group, Stantec, and Perkins and Will top the rankings of the nation's larg...
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Macalester College’s new Theater, Dance, and Classroom building in St. Paul, Minn., designed by HGA, includes a flexible performance space that allows for different seating and performance configurations. Photo: Courtesy HGA
The future of libraries is less about being quiet and more about hands-on learning and face-to-fa...
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An aerial view of The REACH (left, in front of the Kennedy Center), whose three pavilions are connected underground. Images: Richard Barnes, Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects.
The REACH, with three pavilions on a generous lawn, adds openness and light to this performance s...
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Denny Substation in Seattle redefines this building type by its inclusion of neighborhood-focused amenities. Image: Benjamin Benschneider
The Denny Substation includes 44,000 sf of open space that invites local residents and visitors t...
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All images courtesy Snøhetta
The Opera House is part of a new urban master plan for Shanghai.

The Linde Center offers three intimate spaces that support the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Center, a new initiative called the Tanglewood Learning Institute, whose programming will include online programs. Image: Robert Benson Photography
It recently debuted three climate-controlled event spaces and an indoor-outdoor café

All renderings courtesy Steven Holl Architects
Their winning proposal was supported by six of the seven members of the jury.

All photos: Laurian Ghinitoiu
The project gives Bordeaux an art-filled public space from the waterfront to the city’s new urban...
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All renderings courtesy MAD
MAD beat out four other proposals for the opportunity to design the theater.

Williams Terrace, Charleston, S.C., designed by David Baker Architects. The project echoes the iconic Charleston single house, with piazzas that function much like porches. These wide, open-air corridors provide external circulation and surround an airy central courtyard. Photo: Luker Photography, courtesy AIA
The firm's Williams Terrace project is the first dedicated housing for Charleston, S.C.’s low-inc...
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Rendering courtesy Foster + Partners
The project will sit on the banks of the Harlem River in Sherman Creek Park.

Former ConocoPhillips CEO and wife have donated millions for culture and education.