Facades+ celebrates the latest developments in building enclosure design and technology
- 2025
- Boston
- Seattle
- Los Angeles
- 2026
- San Francisco
- Atlanta
- Dallas
- New York
- Monterrey, MX
- DC
- Toronto
- Boston
- Chicago
- Denver
- Vancouver
- Los Angeles
- Nashville
- Seattle
Story of the Week
-
SOM alters the Gothenburg skyline with Karlatornet—Scandinavia’s tallest tower and pixelated icon
Shining high above lowrise Gothenburg, Sweden, Karlatornet is now the tallest structure in Scandinavia. Like many solitary towers rising in cities once unconcerned with such heights, the 807-foot luxury highrise stands alone among clouds.
Advertisement
-
OMA’s JOMOO Headquarters flexes white ceramic stripes angled in different directions
In 2004, the Seattle Central Library turned heads with its continuous skin that wrapped programmatic elements into an iconic, irregular whole. Two decades since and halfway around the world, OMA has employed a similar premise for the JOMOO Headquarters tower in Xiamen, a coastal city undergoing high-density urbanization in southeastern China. Yet where the acclaimed library in Seattle is transparent…
-
Facades+ returns to Chicago on September 12
-
Miller Hull clads the main floors of the Consulate General Guadalajara in glass to inspire an inviting visitor experience
-
Facades+ brings dynamic programs to five cities this fall
-
Gensler clads the Iron Workers Local 63 with an undulating curtain wall of tinted glass
-
Revery Architecture alters Vancouver’s skyline with The Butterfly, a residential tower with organic curvature and custom glazing
-
Payette shades the Ragon Institute with tapered aluminum fins that mimic stone
-
Clancy Moore beautifies an Irish wastewater treatment facility with a screen of sea-green louvers
-
West of West drapes Vancouver, Washington’s Terminal One in folded metal panels that catch light and shadow
-
KPF’s T. Rowe Price Headquarters embraces Baltimore’s industrial vernacular with double-height windows and dark gray aluminum mullions
-
Facades+ will be in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 22
