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Restaurant construction and design has taken a prominent role in its ability to attract customers. With the ever-growing popularity of local, customized restaurants, even larger chains and franchises have moved toward new concepts to create interest... goo.gl/WTrqmC

Are we ranking cities based on sustainability in the wrong way? What do you think? goo.gl/cmEFAA

The Florida chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the latest winners of its annual Florida/Caribbean Honor & Design Awards during its convention and trade show in July. The 2018 awards recognize firms from 11 Florida cities... goo.gl/XaetBv

Guess what? LA makes the list! goo.gl/Myfpsn

For all their vaunted proximity to the seas that have shaped their ancient city, locals feel the absence of nature keenly in Istanbul. The nationwide political protests of 2013 were, after all, sparked by the government’s decision to replace a small... goo.gl/EhNVCn

The word "concrete" traces its origins back to the Latin verb concrescere, which means to clot, condense, or solidify. Today, the term refers to a ubiquitous building material known for its ability to form a rigid, inert solid. goo.gl/es6DN5

The Iberville Offsite Houses by Redmellon—an urban infill enterprise that works with non-profit organizations—are just one of five initiatives chosen as finalists for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, which recognizes designs that reinvigorate... goo.gl/65Tufj

Earlier this year, Sidewalk Labs, the urban-innovation offshoot of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, began dropping hints about an ambitious new project. It was no secret that the company had been thinking about building an urban district underpinned by.. goo.gl/kHWzmY

The cities are diverse and non-pretentious, and the list is remarkably heterogeneous, traversing small municipalities (Savannah has less than 200,000 residents) to megalopolises (Beijing and Istanbul are both among the world’s largest). goo.gl/r1o2e9

Despite their humble size, both prefab and tiny homes have the potential to play a tremendous role in providing necessary support and temporary—or even permanent—housing during the critical period after a natural disaster. goo.gl/AoSn7R

Facebook has expanded—again. Just three years after moving into its newly constructed Menlo Park, Calif., MPK 20 campus designed by Frank Gehry, FAIA, the tech giant has unveiled a recently completed expansion called MPK 21, also designed by the architect. goo.gl/HKzHVV

Thanks to a combination of strict land use regulations and strong economic growth, California has been experiencing a creeping housing shortage since the 1970s. Designers and urban planners think that accessory dwelling units (ADUs), which can be built... goo.gl/kHQeT4

“Ballet Mécanique” translates to “mechanical ballet,” a reference to the exterior’s unfolding and moveable elements. The largest of these louvers are the building’s balconies, which are framed by fold-out railings. They fold out to form the front... goo.gl/QWTXXF

It's not beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. -David Allen Coe

The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) has kicked off our site visits to the five finalist projects, located in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania), Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. We’re spending several days at each site... goo.gl/FLHZEG

Canadian developer Westbank Corp. has finished the reconstruction of Danish firm Bjarke Ingels Group’s 2016 Serpentine Pavilion in downtown Toronto. Standing 14 meters (46 feet) tall, 12 meters (39 feet) wide, and 27 meters (88.5 feet) long, the fiberglass...

Architecture is visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves. Julia Morgan

Located at the main entrance of the Four Seasons Resort, the design of the dynamically shaped landmark is inspired by the surrounding mountain peaks and winding snow trails. GroupGSA’s design for the 4610m2 project will appear to almost be an extension... goo.gl/XSx7TN

When is a banyan tree not a banyan tree? When it’s a ship, obviously; a ship which has come to rest in the undulating tropical greenery of Weiwuying park in Taiwan’s second city, Kaohsiung. And more specifically, a ship designed by the Dutch... goo.gl/C6tKf3

The architects who benefit us most may be those generous enough to lay aside their claims to genius in order to devote themselves to assembling graceful but predominantly unoriginal boxes. ALAIN DE BOTTON, The Architecture of Happiness