1+ week, 6+ day ago   (238+ words) The All Straw House in New York’s Hudson Valley It looks like a furry but friendly wild animal or some strange new species: the 145-square-foot cabin, recently completed on a rural site near Hudson, New York, has a playfully off-kilter…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (227+ words) The Horácká Arena is situated between a park and a school. Sports buffs will tell you that a stadium’s location can make or break a team. A bad combination of insufficient public transit access, endlessly expansive parking lots, and remoteness…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (685+ words) Architectural Record Verstas Architects Completes a Mortuary in Helsinki’s Malmi Cemetery The Finnish capital of Helsinki faces a challenge that is becoming all too familiar to many European cities. Earlier this year, its population crossed the 700,000 mark, but the cohort…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (856+ words) Architectural Record StudioPractice Makes Its Debut with a Long-Awaited Sonoma County Courthouse Sonoma County Hall of Justice, Santa Rosa, California, In 2009, the Los Angeles branch of Richard Meier & Partners responded to a public RFP for the design of a courthouse…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (230+ words) “Macroeconomic uncertainty continues to weigh on the built environment,” said AIA chief economist Richard Branch in a statement. “High oil prices are putting upward pressure on inflation and may lead to even higher rates in the back half of the…...