Architecture

The Helix was designed as a 350-foot double-spiral tower with landscaped walkable paths at Amazon's HQ2. Four years after approval, the site is still empty. Design, engineering and current status.

Discover how San Miguel de Allende’s historic properties are being reimagined for 2026. A guide to adaptive reuse, modern luxury, and property trends for investors.

Explore the evolution of Mexican architecture. A guide for expats and design lovers on identifying styles from Colonial era buildings to contemporary masterpieces.

Herzog & de Meuron's Memphis Art Museum: How Understated Architecture Becomes the Loudest Statement Scheduled to open in December 2026, the new Memphis Art Museum by the Pritzker Prize-winning firm is being described as proof that Herzog & de Meuron can do understated. It is also one of the most considered arguments in contemporary architecture for what a civic institution owes its community. There is a paradox at the center of much contemporary museum architecture: the more spectacular the building, the less it serves the art. The Guggenheim Bilbao announced Frank Gehry's genius to the world and transformed a post-industrial...

The Milan Olympics Village That Will Become Student Housing: SOM's Most Ambitious Adaptive Reuse Project When the 2026 Winter Olympics end in Milan, 1,700 athletes' beds become student housing within months. The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed village in a former rail yard is the most consequential argument yet for designing infrastructure that outlasts the event it was built for. The relationship between major international sporting events and the cities that host them has produced some of architecture's most celebrated failures. The Olympic village built for the Athens 2004 Games became a ghost town within years of the closing ceremony. Montreal's...