The Architect's Newspaper

The New Museum reopens on March 21 after two years of closure. However, amidst its neighborhood's gentrification and America's dwindling museum attendance, the Museum's OMA-designed expansion emerges in a markedly different context from its predecessor. archpaper.com/2026/03/new-mu…

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Topophyla and Gabriel Castro-Andrade's winning proposal in the Sign and Line competition, an initiative that aims to protect undocumented landscape and construction workers, uses red ribbons to keep construction workers safe from immigration agents. ow.ly/B7qi50Yx2vP

On March 31, a special edition of Facades+ is coming to Coverings in Las Vegas. The half day program will feature two design case studies and two educational sessions, ow.ly/QJ5T50Yx1Gu

Perkins&Will applies a frit with vertical cadence to the FIU Innovation Building ow.ly/UNzr50Yx1Cw

Arianna Laurenzi and Cristiano Frizzele finished the $36 million renovation of the Central Pavilion ahead of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale to redefine “relationships, sequences and connections” within the building. ow.ly/3EKI50YwX84

Brooklyn design and build practice CO Adaptive wants to flip that script on Passive House retrofits. A new modular system dubbed The Block promises to make retrofits faster, cheaper, and more accessible. ow.ly/em0P50YwWSL

AN's Jack Murphy speaks with Christopher Payne—the architect-turned-photographer behind Cooper Hewitt's first large-scale photography show. They discuss craft, access, and the hidden architecture of the factory floor. ow.ly/AaFr50YwyUo

A museum about the desert, designed to look like the desert, in the desert. Hacker Architects breaks ground on the High Desert Museum's first expansion in 36 years. ow.ly/lS4S50YwwZa

New York City just launched ADU For You, a digital platform with pre-approved backyard home designs from eight architecture firms. ow.ly/WBkX50YwwX0

A sound installation at FDR Four Freedoms State Park tests what happens when you put voices into a space designed to hold silence. Hans Rosenström’s Out of Silence, created with Estonian choir Vox Clamantis, opens April 29 on Roosevelt Island. ow.ly/TxGt50YwrNr

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a competition with a prize pool of $650,000 to engage the country’s design professionals, the public, and students in an initiative to conceptualize the “America 250” campaign through infrastructure. ow.ly/QRh350Yw5rs

Studio Gang designed The Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Named after the first Black woman elected to Congress, the building offers a masterclass in public architecture. ow.ly/mKIb50Yw42B

Cooperación Comunitaria is a Mexico City–based nonprofit with a design ethos that employs the physical and cultural context of each region. In its projects, 90 to 96 percent of materials are sourced locally. ow.ly/UtWO50Yw0sc

"As a female architect who started working in the late 1990s, I found this cult of male genius infuriating," Anne Barrett writes in an op-ed that dissects the sexism, wage disparity, and egotism behind "starchitecture" culture. ow.ly/RRqE50YvZtM

February's AIA’s Architecture Billings Index reported a decline, but trends indicate stabilization may be on the horizon, citing a score of 49.5. The report said “global economic uncertainty” remains a factor affecting billings. ow.ly/x1Np50YvWJ6

Ahead of the submission deadline on April 10, AN spoke to Elizabeth Lowrey about what practice looks like at Elkus Manfredi Architects and what she’s looking for in Best of Practice submissions as juror. ow.ly/4KNh50YvTP8

Ruth Mandl and Bobby Johnston built CO Adaptive around adaptive reuse, salvaged materials, and passive house retrofits. Fifteen years in, they were named an Emerging Voices winner by the Architectural League and are pushing into policy. ow.ly/QHxm50YvyAm

Olmsted and Vaux. Then McKim, Mead & White. Then the WPA. Then Brooklyn's Black queer community. Now a pollinator meadow. The Vale of Cashmere has never belonged to just one story—the $37.5 million question is who gets to write the next one. ow.ly/PBup50YvxNJ

Fallingwater has a new wordmark—adapted from a typeface Edgar Kaufmann jr. customized for his 1986 book on the Frank Lloyd Wright house. LA-based firm Fruition Co. spent a year on the rebrand and arrived at a conclusion: the building is “un-logoable.” ow.ly/9w4S50YvsCY