The conversion of a massive 19th-century storage complex into the unified home of MIT’s architecture, planning and design programs is a major institutional adaptive-reuse story. It pairs high-profile architecture with preservation, all-electric heat-pump infrastructure, material-health targets and a significant reorganization of design education at MIT.
Location
Metropolitan Storage Warehouse, Building W41, 134 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Organizations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Owner and institution; Diller Scofidio + Renfro — Lead designer; Leers Weinzapfel Associates — Architect; Shawmut Design and Construction — Construction manager
The fresh appointment gives a major North Texas arena and mixed-use district a confirmed design lead just as Plano advances a public vote on venue-related taxes. The transit, financing, suburban-development, and hockey-specific design questions merit an early interview.
Location
The Shops at Willow Bend, Plano, Texas, United States
Organizations
Dallas Stars — Team, prospective arena tenant, and project partner; HNTB — Lead design firm; City of Plano — Public-sector project and prospective arena-ownership partner; Centennial — District development partner; Levin Holdings — District development partner; Cawley Partners — District development partner
A major intervention in a 1916 neo-Gothic campus landmark, backed by a $50 million gift. The commission creates a useful editorial case study in balancing infrastructure upgrades, accessibility, expanded student life and potentially new architectural elements with historic preservation.
Location
Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Organizations
University of Chicago — Client and building owner; Steven Holl Architects — Lead architect; JLK Architects — Historic preservation architect; Workshop Architects — Student-life programming and operations planning
The 160-home project is OMA’s first completed 100-percent affordable housing development in the United States and combines permanent affordability, supportive populations, mixed uses and substantial communal outdoor space at a prominent edge of Golden Gate Park.
Location
730 Stanyan Street, Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California
Organizations
OMA — Design architect, led by partner Jason Long; Y.A. Studio — Local architect and design collaborator; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation — Co-developer; Chinatown Community Development Center — Co-developer
The newly started project turns Miami's hurricane, shading and cooling requirements into a distinctive façade system, making it a strong local case study in climate-responsive commercial architecture rather than another generic office development.
Location
95 NE 40th Street, Miami Design District, Miami, Florida
Organizations
Snøhetta — Lead design architect, landscape architect and interior architect; Raycliff Capital — Client and developer; Miami Design District Associates — Client and development partner; CUBE 3 — Architect of record; Savino Miller — Landscape architect of record; McNamara Salvia — Structural engineer; MGE — MEPFP engineer; FRONT — Façade consultant; Langan — Civil engineer
The recently opened Argentine museum unites six monumental Lola Mora sculptures in a purpose-designed home and represents César Pelli's final building. Its net-zero strategy, local materials, wind tower, bridge, and Yungas forest setting justify a substantial architecture feature.
Location
Víctor Hugo 51, Alto La Viña, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
Organizations
Gobierno de la Provincia de Jujuy — Client and public project owner; Pelli Clarke & Partners — Design architect; Arturo Beccar Varela y Asociados — Architect of record; Balmori Associates — Landscape design; Cappiello + Partners — Lighting design; Alberto H. Fainstein — Structural engineering; EGF – Estudio Grinberg — Mechanical engineering
The recently opened center is a major Argentine cultural project and one of César Pelli’s final works. It brings six monumental sculptures by Lola Mora into a purpose-built, climate-conscious setting while using local stone, timber and metalwork to connect a globally prominent architect with Jujuy’s landscape and production economy.
Location
Víctor Hugo 51, Alto La Viña, San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina
Organizations
Government of Jujuy — Client, funder and operator; Pelli Clarke & Partners — Architect; project initiated under César Pelli; Samsung Argentina — Technology collaborator for building and visitor systems
The completed stadium is one of the largest current US sports projects and offers a technically relevant cold-climate design story, including a steep seating bowl, partial canopy, wind mitigation, and extensive snow-management systems.
Location
Orchard Park, Erie County, New York, United States
Organizations
Buffalo Bills — Owner and operator; Populous — Architect; New York State — Public funding and development partner; Erie County — Public funding and development partner
