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What does the selection of Alejandro Aravena as the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate mean for the future of "architecture's Nobel"? World-Architects ponders the question and offers a handful of nominations for future Pritzker Prize juries to consider. John Hill

On Sunday, the exhibition Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie, closed at the National Academy Museum in New York. World-Architects eMagazine Editor in Chief John Hill visited the exhibition on the 2015 AIA Gold Medal winner and filed this report. John Hill

For our last Insight feature of 2015, World-Architects looks back – month-by-month, and week-by-week – at some of the headlines, projects, competitions, features and products of the last year, while we glance ahead to some projects slated for completion in 2016. John Hill

Last week the eighth annual World Architecture Festival (WAF) was held in Singapore, when more than thirty projects were given awards and the "super jury" crowned the World Building of the Year. John Hill

It's the last half of 2015 and the monograph – long bemoaned to be on the way out – is alive and well, as witnessed by these dozen recently published (or soon-to-be-published) monographs on World-Architects member firms.   John Hill

The inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial opened to the public on 3 October 2015, running until 3 January 2016. Under the direction of curators Joseph Grima and Sarah Herda, the Biennial takes a look at "The State of the Art of Architecture" through more than 100 participating... John Hill

With last week's announcement of the international search for an architect to design the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, we take a look at 20 libraries designed by World-Architects member firms since 2004, the year of the striking Clinton Presidential Library designed by ennead architects. John Hill

At World-Architects we are big fans of art with an architectural twist, so we decided to focus on some artists who look to architecture and building as subjects for their paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations and films. John Hill

The third and last leg of the exhibition Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio opened at the Cooper Hewitt in New York on 24 June, running until 3 January 2016. eMagazine Editor in Chief John Hill got a look at the exhibition and filed this report. John Hill

With a growing awareness of the environmental benefits of solid wood over steel and concrete construction, more and more buildings this century are being constructed out of wood. With over twenty case studies in Joseph Mayo's new book, Solid Wood, World-Architects spoke with the... John Hill

The London Festival of Architecture takes place throughout the month of June under the theme Work in Progress. We highlight ten of the installations, exhibitions, and events happening as part of the LFA. John Hill

Memorial Day Weekend saw the opening of a two-block stretch of the Chicago Riverwalk, one of the most anticipated projects in the midwestern city. The riverwalk is designed by Ross Barney Architects (with Sasaki Associates), which World-Architects recently visited. John Hill

The State of the Art in Architecture is the theme of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial, which gets underway in just over five months. To get a sense of the state of architecture in the city, we take a look at 15 buildings from the last 15 years. John Hill

Gender equality in architecture has been an increasing concern in recent years, most overtly since Denise Scott Brown called for a retroactive Pritzker Prize in 2013. To get some impressions on the current state of women in the architecture profession, we surveyed eleven women-owned,... John Hill

Last year saw the most supertall (300 meters or higher) skyscrapers built than in any year (11 of them), most significantly One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. World-Architects is taking a look at it and nine other supertalls under construction. John Hill

World-Architects recently visited the Princeton, New Jersey, office of ikon.5 architects to speak with partners Joseph Tattoni, Arvind Tikku and Charles Maira about the firm's background and their working process, and to look at some new projects. John Hill

Atelier Bow-Wow, Rice University professor Jesús Vassallo and students from Rice School of Architecture recently completed the "Learning from Houston" study of the city's vernacular shotgun houses, culminating in an exhibition in the university's art gallery. John Hill

Bjarke Ingels Group has followed up last year's successful BIG Maze at the National Building Museum by ringing the building's atrium with 60 of their projects to take visitors on "an odyssey of architectural adaptation" from hot to cold climates. John Hill

This week, building design and construction professionals head to Munich for BAU 2015, the "world's leading trade fair for architecture, materials, systems." Here we highlight a few of BAU Blog's "Team Building" and "Talks About Tomorrow" features. John Hill

Of the 420 projects from 36 countries competing for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015, we highlight some of the contending projects designed by World-Architects member firms. John Hill

For our last Insight feature of 2014, World-Architects takes a look back at some of the headlines, projects, competitions, features and products of the last 12 months while we look ahead to some projects to be completed in 2015. John Hill

World-Architects recently visited the Manhattan office of James Corner Field Operations to get a tour of their office space, speak with Mr. Corner about the firm's philosophy, and see where the landscape architecture and urban design firm is heading. John Hill

At World-Architects we are big fans of architectural models, but we'll admit their imagery is not as prevalent online as computer renderings. To remedy that we decided to focus an Insight on models, asking a few questions to some W-A member firms. John Hill

In response to Chinese leader Xi Jinping's call for an end to "weird architecture" in China, we combed through the profiles on the Chinese-Architects platform of World-Architects to highlight some firms working in a different vein. John Hill

AS+GG is on a roll, with many high-performance skyscrapers in the works, one of them soon to be the world's tallest. While in Chicago World-Architects got a tour of the office and chatted with a couple senior team members about some current projects. John Hill

In recent years a number of popular tech companies – Airbnb, Dropbox, Pinterest, and Twitter – have opened new headquarters in San Francisco's South of Market area. We take a look inside them for a side-by-side comparison of their workplace designs. John Hill

Inspired by the recent unveiling of Bjarke Ingels Group's Zootopia proposal for Givskud Zoo in Denmark, we've assembled some recent projects from World-Architects member firms to get an idea of the state of zoo design in the 21st century. John Hill

Good architecture depends upon good clients, a fact not lost on Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC), as evidenced by the buildings gracing its four international campuses. This year NPC expanded its New Jersey campus with five new buildings. John Hill

In addition to the three-part 14th International Architecture Exhibition, directed by Rem Koolhaas, a number of collateral events are taking place as part of the Venice Biennale. We highlight a few... John Hill

The Fundamentals theme for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition consists of three components: Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014, Elements of Architecture, and Monditalia. Here we look at the national pavilions and Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014. John Hill

The Fundamentals theme for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition consists of three components: Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014, Elements of Architecture, and Monditalia. Here we look at Monditalia in the Arsenale's Corderie. John Hill

The Fundamentals theme for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition consists of three components: Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014, Elements of Architecture, and Monditalia. Here we look at Elements of Architecture in the Central Pavilion. John Hill

To recognize the achievements of firms profiled on World-Architects.com, we present the fourth biannual roundup of Awards, Competitions, Completed Buildings, Exhibitions, and Monographs; carefully selected, just like the profiles. John Hill

As the school year winds down for architecture students around the world, we highlight 10 design/build programs that are making a difference by developing experience and skills in the future architects, by contributing to local communities through their efforts, and by exploring the integral... John Hill

Most of the news on 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient Shigeru Ban focuses on his humanitarian efforts made from paper tubes. We look at how his material innovation extends to other structures built with paper tubes, complex wood structures, buildings made from prefabricated components,... John Hill

On February 28, the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (UABB) was scheduled to wrap up its three-month run at the renovated Value Factory in Shenzhen, China (the exhibition was extended to March 14). We highlight some of the award-winning exhibits from the UABB. John Hill