A new exhibit at the National Building Museum explores Tuskegee University’s architectural legacy, from Robert R. Taylor to a ...
Modern architecture often aims to create a symbiotic relationship between a manmade structure and its surrounding environment – but rarely does it resemble its surroundings so much that it’s almost ...
Houston’s Rothko Chapel is open again following a meticulous update by Architecture Research Office (ARO). The chapel originally opened in 1971 and is part of local philanthropists John and Dominique ...
Now it has finally been realized, OPEN Architecture's much-anticipated Chapel of Sound looks just as impressive as the early renders promised. The rock-like concert hall provides a one-of-a-kind ...
Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2013 and has been updated. You can read the previous post here. I love this chapel. It is a beautiful building, inside and out. Coming up upon the Green-Wood ...
A multi-million dollar restoration project is under way to bring a glow back to the Gothic-inspired chapel at Green-Wood Cemetery. A recent stroll past the towered limestone chapel showed that it is ...
Earlier this year we reported on an unusual project by OPEN Architecture named the Chapel of Sound, which is a planned concert hall in China that's designed to resemble a rocky outcrop. Construction ...
Text description provided by the architects. Walking the southern perimeter of Auckland’s Cathedral grounds seven years ago would be an experience of the eclectic arrangement of 100 year old oaks, a ...
Boston-based Finegold Alexander Architects was recognized with the 2019 William D. Smith Memorial Award for Accessible Design from the Boston Society of Architects for its renovation of a historic ...
Jim Alma always liked the look of the lava rock chapel, but its sounds were what stuck with him – specifically, the ringing of the Fairmount Memorial Rock Chapel bells. Alma, 87, first heard them ...
In December of 1907, after over a year’s construction and at a cost of $17,000, a new mortuary chapel was opened at Elmira’s Woodlawn Cemetery. The headline in the Dec. 8 Telegram read, “It may be a ...
The 790 square-meter concert hall includes a semi-outdoor amphitheater, outdoor stage, and viewing terrace. The building form is driven entirely by its function as an instrument for sound rather than ...