The Washington Post

Earthy Materials Like Copper Add Warmth to DC

Midtown Center, an office building by Carr Properties near McPherson Square, is another project that stands out for its use of copper. The project comprises two mid-rise towers linked by three sky bridges that cross a central plaza. Copper panels and fins along the building give it the appearance of a sea-formed crust. This green copper is patinated: pre-weathered with a film that occurs naturally with exposure to the elements.

The Real Deal

Gregg Pasquarelli on Building Big in New York

Pasquarelli laid out his methods, speaking to both design practices and business principles. One theme was the ability to think outside of the binaries that limit much of the industry. Pasquarelli spoke about innovating, implementing technology, and more. Watch the video for the full conversation.

Architectural Record

New Standards Shape Embassies Representing the U.S. Abroad

Currently under construction on a 10-acre site just beyond the ring road that encircles Milan’s core, this project of approximately 130,000 square feet includes a historic pavilion, plaza, and parade ground. These have been restored and repurposed to frame a new chancery and serve as both campus gateway and public gathering space.

BuiltWorlds

Using Technology Well: An Inside Look at SHoP Architects

The idea of a “bigger platform”—one in which the company’s tech solutions are all integrated into a single infrastructure—is fundamental to SHoP and SHoP principal John Cerone’s long-term digital strategy. “We believe it’s the future,” he says. “We are developing our own platform, or digital infrastructure, that will ultimately achieve the sort of holistic way of working that we know is inevitable.”

CTBUH

Council on Tall Buildings Celebrates Innovation at SHoP

SHoP’s longstanding commitment to process innovation—advancing design and delivery technologies, developing visualization tools that streamline team and client collaboration, and leveraging all-digital model-based delivery—redefine the traditional role of the architect for the 21st century.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Atlassian Central’s Bold New Art

In LED tubing, Wiradjuri artist Brook Andrew is creating three illuminated silhouettes: a waxing moon, a sun synchronised to daily temperatures and an emu constellation seen in the dust bands of the Milky Way as a keystone art project for the office tower rising 40 storeys above Sydney’s Central Station.

Bloomberg

A New Generation of Women Architects Take the Advocacy Helm

The foundation has organized training programs for hundreds of women in leadership positions and many more through mentorship programs. “It’s not really about getting a seat at the table anymore,” Angelica Baccon says. “It’s about how we’re going to shape the profession now that we have one.”

Dezeen

SHoP Designs Mercedes-Benz’ First US Residential Skyscraper

Mercedes-Benz Places is a planned 67-storey, mixed-used skyscraper under construction in the Brickell neighbourhood of Miami. Developed by JDS Development Group (JDS), the building was designed collaboratively between SHoP and the Mercedes-Benz design team. At 2.5 million square feet (232,257 square metres) it will be one of the largest projects currently under construction in Florida.

Columbia Magazine

11 Remarkable Buildings from Columbia Architects

Since the establishment of Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation in 1881, alumni have gone on to create dazzling structures from the National Archives Building to the Empire State Building to the Museum of Modern Art. Today, Columbia architects are building upon that legacy in conceiving a wide range of innovative public and private spaces around the world.

YIMBY

FIT’s New Academic Building Nears Completion

Work is nearing completion on Fashion Institute of Technology‘s ten-story New Academic Building at 220 West 28th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 110,000-square-foot structure is engineered to LEED Gold standards and will yield new classrooms, administrative offices, review and exhibition spaces, and a student quad illuminated by skylights.