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Freedom Plaza, the proposed megaproject for the long-underutilized site adjacent to the United Nations, seeks to bring housing, a museum dedicated to democracy, and hotels (and maybe even a casino) to the East River. New visuals were shared this week of the park space planned for the project. https://ow.ly/lbcI50VmwNZ

The Penn Station redevelopment saga, recently quiet but never dormant, has taken an abrupt plot twist, as proposals emerge and re-emerge against a background of renewed attention to—and a high-level edict requiring—classical design. https://ow.ly/CoYk50VmwIH

A serpentine-like creature slithers across the floor, contorting its body to fit a 98-square-foot gallery space at LIGA in Mexico City. The Uncomfortable Giant was designed by Peruvian firms Blanco, Estudio Jochamowitz Rivera, and Ghezzi Novak. https://ow.ly/gC4M50VmuXp

At the MacArthur Foundation headquarters in Chicago, We Will Tell Our Story, crafts an intervention that corrects the historical record and materializes Simon Pokagon’s critique of Chicago architecture from within, in building with its own history of settler-colonial narratives. https://ow.ly/X8vP50VmrQP

Hot on the heels of last week’s South by Southwest—Austin’s premier music, film, and media festival—the city has revealed renderings for a new convention center designed by Seattle-based LMN Architects in collaboration with Page, a Texas firm. https://ow.ly/jLE250Vml37

Moto Designshop screens a residence in Philadelphia with angled brick fins to create privacy https://lnkd.in/g2a2mXJM

There's only one week left to enter AN's Best of Practice Awards! This program honors what it means to run a business in the architecture and buildings industry—and who in particular is moving the needle within this. From educating and working with clients, to advocating for the right projects, and creating a work environment that encourages design excellence, there are many unique challenges to building a good business in the AEC industry. Best of Practice celebrates the efforts that go into this ever-evolving project, honoring architecture firms, landscape companies, developers, contractors, sustainability consultants, engineers, and other studio types. Winners and honorable mentions will be shared online to our audience of over 1 million readers and be featured in our special year-end Best of 2025 print issue. Get your applications in before midnight ET on Friday, March 28 to have your firm reviewed by out stellar jury: Tizziana Maria Baldenebro of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, Antoine Bryant, NOMA, Assoc. AIA of Gensler, Anne Marie Decker at Duvall Decker, Diane Lipovsky of Superbloom, Enrica Oliva of Pratt, Steve Radom of Radom Capital, Jacob Reidel from Harvard GSD, and AN's executive editor Jack Murphy. Learn more about registration and start submissions here: https://lnkd.in/gp9c7mx2

🌟 Congratulations to my professor, Prof. Julie Ju-Youn Kim, FAIA, on her participation in the Facades+ Atlanta Roundtable! Last semester, I had the incredible opportunity to work under the mentorship of Prof. Kim and Alexander Briseño (HKS) as part of Georgia Tech’s precast facade design studio. Their guidance deepened my understanding of culturally responsive design and tectonic innovation, especially through our exploration of the Buford Highway corridor—a project I’ll always cherish. While I’m currently in University of Tokyo for the Smart City Studio and unable to attend, I’m immensely proud of our team’s work! This event will showcase groundbreaking ideas bridging academia and industry, including insights from Ray Clark and Mo Wright (GATE Precast). Excited for everyone to see the work our studio poured their hearts into! ✨ A huge thanks to the team—hope our designs inspire as much as they challenged us. Don’t miss the discussion! 😊

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