A major new stewardship and adaptive-reuse plan for a landmark Art Deco skyscraper, combining façade and crown restoration with building-systems upgrades and a substantial new office amenity program.
Location
Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, United States
Organizations
Tishman Speyer — Leaseholder, investor, and lead developer of the restoration and repositioning plan; The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art — Landowner and ground-lease counterparty; Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) — Lead investor alongside Tishman Speyer
A newly confirmed opening date gives editors a timely milestone for a major downtown Los Angeles cultural project, with an in-the-round concert hall and expanded dance facilities designed to serve both Colburn and the wider performing-arts community.
Location
Colburn School campus expansion, adjacent to the existing campus near Grand Avenue, Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States
Organizations
Colburn School — Client and educational institution; announced the opening date and operates the expansion.; Gehry Partners, LLP — Lead architectural design firm; Frank Gehry is credited as designer.; Nagata Acoustics — Acoustics consultant.; TheatreDNA — Theater consulting.; Sonitus — Audio and video consulting.; OLIN — Landscape design.; Sherwin-Williams — Collaborated with Gehry Partners’ coil-coating division on the custom exterior Pink Kandi finish.
A newly reported Wynwood development combines two residential towers, street-level retail and a pedestrian paseo, with design credits and a stated 2029 completion target; its public-realm approach merits local review.
Location
50 NE 29th St., Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
Rilea Group — Developer; Ciprés — Development partner, as identified in the article; Deforma Studio — Architecture; RADYCA — Interior design; Coastal Construction — Construction team, as identified in the article; Nuveen Green Capital — Construction financing, as identified in the article; ABANCA — Construction financing, as identified in the article; Cervera Real Estate — Retail sales team; The Comras Company — Retail sales team; Propy — Tokenization specialist referenced in the article
A significant Florida preservation project returns a rare Wright-designed campus building to active public and educational use, giving the story immediate regional relevance and a clear adaptive-reuse angle.
Location
Polk Science Building, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida, United States
Organizations
Florida Southern College — Owner, restoration project announcer and public-use operator
This is a significant Florida preservation story: an unusual Frank Lloyd Wright interior returns to public use after more than two decades, combining architectural restoration with new projection and sound technology.
Location
Polk Science Building, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida, United States
Organizations
Florida Southern College — Owner, operator and restoration steward; National Park Service — Save America’s Treasures restoration funding; Florida Division of Historical Resources — Restoration funding; Cosm — Projection system; Bowen Technovation — Sound system
A newly detailed South Florida project from a major international practice, Maison d’Or offers a timely look at how luxury development is reshaping the South Flagler waterfront through deep terraces, tropical landscape and a more pedestrian-oriented ground plane.
Location
South Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
A newly surfaced Miami Beach proposal combines a very small number of large luxury condominiums with workforce rentals to obtain Live Local Act height and density benefits. The project raises immediate architectural and policy questions about affordability, neighborhood scale and the effects of state preemption in Sunset Harbour.
Location
1 Sunset Drive / 1920 Alton Road, Sunset Harbour, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
PMA | AMP is a compact but editorially rich experiment in circular construction, locally sourced timber and public engagement during a major museum expansion process.
Location
Portland Museum of Art campus, Portland Arts District, Portland, Maine, United States
Organizations
Portland Museum of Art — Owner and operator; LEVER Architecture — Architect; Urban Projects Collaborative — Project manager and owner’s representative; Woodhull — Design-build partner; WholeTrees — Timber milling and fabrication
A major South Florida transportation project by a prominent Miami practice, the completed terminal pairs an unusually long, ship-scaled form with vertically separated passenger flows, biometric processing, shore-power infrastructure and a substantial public-art program. Its claimed status as the world's largest cruise terminal and newly published architectural photography make it worthy of timely human review despite its April 2025 opening.
Location
MSC Miami Cruise Terminal, Terminal AA/AAA, eastern PortMiami on Dodge Island, Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
Arquitectonica — Architecture, interiors and landscape design; MSC Cruises — Terminal developer, operator, client and principal cruise-line user; Fincantieri Infrastructure — Construction and infrastructure delivery; PortMiami — Port authority, site and public development partner; Miami-Dade County — Public owner and terminal-development partner; Explora Journeys — Cruise brand served by the terminal; Leonardo — Automated baggage-handling and sorting system; RINA — Technical, environmental and economic due diligence during design and construction; Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places — Commissioning and administration of the terminal's public-art program; Danielle Roney — Commissioned public artist; creator of MARIS, the terminal's generative media-facade installation; Juana Valdés — Commissioned public artist; creator of the terrazzo work As Above, So Below: Wayfinding and Wondering; Tamara Kostianovsky — Commissioned public artist; creator of The Conference of the Birds; Mark Fleuridor — Commissioned public artist; creator of the Clear Skies works; Lauren Shapiro — Commissioned public artist; creator of the ceramic installation Collected Forms; Hugh Hayden — Commissioned public artist; creator of the wall-based installation Melting Pot; Robin Hill — Architectural photographer for the selected Dezeen feature
The update materially advances one of the country’s most closely watched adaptive-reuse and preservation projects. New renderings show how Google and A+I intend to transform Helmut Jahn’s 17-story atrium while adding public retail, gathering space and a major Sanford Biggers sculpture.
Location
James R. Thompson Center, Randolph and Clark Streets, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Organizations
Google — Owner, client and future principal occupant; Architecture Plus Information — Atrium design concept; After School Matters — Youth public-art partner; A Better Chicago — Community and education partner
The first interior renderings clarify how one of the United States’ largest active stadium projects intends to reinterpret RFK Stadium’s atmosphere through acoustics, sightlines and a unified bowl.
Location
Former RFK Stadium campus, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Organizations
Washington Commanders — Client and stadium operator; HKS — Lead stadium architect and designer
A newly reached South Florida construction milestone with a conspicuous architecture-and-interiors concept tied to Wynwood’s music, fashion and photography culture.
Location
94 NE 29th Street, Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
Ciprés — Developer; Rilea Group — Developer; Deforma Studio — Architecture; RADYCA — Interior design; Beauchamp Construction — General contractor; Cervera Real Estate — Sales and marketing
A newly published New York coastal residence with a clear editorial hook: BAAO uses nested domestic forms, offset gabled massing and strategic cuts to introduce daylight within the constrained fabric of Breezy Point’s beachfront cooperative. Its combination of formal experimentation and dense coastal context merits timely human review.
Location
Breezy Point, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
A newly topped-out, $1 billion mixed-use development is a significant South Florida construction milestone. The five-tower plan will add nearly 1,300 rental residences and a sizable pedestrian-oriented retail component to Davie’s emerging RISE district.
Location
4820 Park Way, Davie, Florida, United States
Organizations
El-Ad National Properties — Developer; Cooper Carry — Architecture; Promethean Builders LLC — General contractor; CID Design Group — Interior design; ARX Creative — Rendering and visual-media credit
A compact Los Angeles infill project tests an unusual vertical ADU model: two independently accessible homes occupy perpendicular vaulted volumes while retaining the option to function as one dwelling. Its combination of density, household flexibility, prefabrication and expressive metal construction warrants editorial review.
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Organizations
Qastic — Architecture and construction/design-build. Mahdi A Bakhshian is credited as principal in charge; the design team includes Milad Hasanabadi, Hooman Faali, Elahe Andami, Farzad Farahani, Taraneh Iranpour, Sedigheh Jafarinik and Arshin Akrami.; NAST Enterprises Corp. — Structural engineering, with Hooman Nastarin credited by Qastic.; PE Engineering — MEP engineering, credited by Dezeen; the exact legal entity and official website could not be independently identified.; Mohamad Momen Abadi — Finishing consultant credited by Dezeen; also included in Dezeen’s collective project-photography credit.; Sayeh Moomsaz — Finishing consultant credited by Dezeen; also included in Dezeen’s collective project-photography credit.; Sara Mazrae — Visualization, credited by Qastic and Dezeen.; Romina Nikfarjam — Visualization, credited by Qastic and Dezeen.; Luis Ramirez & Family — Client, identified by Qastic.
The first architectural look at the future shared home of the 76ers, Flyers and Philadelphia’s WNBA expansion team advances one of the largest current American sports projects and gives editors an opportunity to examine its civic, urban and venue-design ambitions.
Location
Former Spectrum site, South Philadelphia Sports Complex, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Organizations
Populous — Lead architecture and venue design; Moody Nolan — Collaborating architect; Philadelphia 76ers — Future arena tenant and project stakeholder; Philadelphia Flyers — Future arena tenant and project stakeholder
The Tampa campus project is a major Florida urban-development milestone combining student housing, research, hospitality, dining and public activity within a 30-acre public-private district next to USF’s new stadium.
Location
North of Fletcher Avenue and east of North 46th Street, University of South Florida Tampa campus, Tampa, Florida, United States
Organizations
University of South Florida — University and project partner; ACE Fletcher, LLC — Public-private development entity; Capstone Development Partners — Development partner; Aureate Development — Development partner; Ellison Development — Development partner and master-plan participant
The newly released design is a major U.S. sports and civic-development story: a privately financed arena serving three professional teams, conceived as a contemporary successor to Philadelphia's Spectrum and targeted for 2030.
Location
Historic Spectrum site, South Philadelphia Sports Complex, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Organizations
Philadelphia 76ers — Team and project partner; Philadelphia Flyers — Team and project partner; Comcast Spectacor — Project partner and Flyers owner; Populous — Design architect; Moody Nolan — Design architect
The 300,000-square-foot opening is a meaningful U.S. laboratory-design story, combining high-performance research space with computational facilities, classrooms and a reworked campus landscape supporting more than 700 employees.
Location
E. 100th Street and Cedar Avenue, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Organizations
Cleveland Clinic Buildings + Design — Client design team; HOK — Architect; Vanderweil Engineers — Engineering collaborator; Gilbane Building Company — Construction manager; State of Ohio — Public funding partner through the Cleveland Innovation District; JobsOhio — Cleveland Innovation District partner
The project treats stadium access as a substantial urban-infrastructure and public-space problem, combining pedestrian circulation, transport integration, climate protection and event programming.
Location
Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Organizations
Las Vegas Raiders — Project sponsor and operator; Grimshaw — Lead architecture firm; Las Vegas Stadium Authority — Public funding authority; The Boring Company — Potential future tunnel-transit connection
The approval is a concrete South Florida example of state housing legislation overriding conventional zoning expectations while introducing workforce housing into Miami Beach’s North Beach district.
Location
7410 Collins Avenue, North Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Organizations
BH Collins LLC — Applicant and owner of record; Urban Robot Associates — Architect; Opal Realty NY — Development partner reported by project coverage; The Scharf Group — Development partner reported by project coverage
This Miami River project is an immediately relevant local test of public-space design for sea-level rise, high tides and stormwater. The city intends the WEDG-verified scheme to establish a template for future municipal waterfront projects.
Location
José Martí Park, 362 SW 4th Street, Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
City of Miami Office of Capital Improvements — Project delivery and public client; City of Miami Department of Parks and Recreation — Park stakeholder; Miami Forever Bond — Project funding; Florida Inland Navigation District — Grant funding; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — Grant funding; Waterfront Alliance — WEDG verification organization
This is a newly material design milestone for a major Florida cultural project. The revised scheme defines the museum's scale and façade before regulatory review and a planned 2027 groundbreaking.
Location
Downtown Jacksonville Northbank, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Organizations
Museum of Science & History — Client and museum operator; SmithGroup — Architecture, engineering and lead design
A 150,000-square-foot headquarters commitment gives Related’s speculative Midtown tower a major anchor and materially advances one of the Plaza District’s few ground-up office developments. The story offers a useful test of demand for premium post-pandemic workplaces.
Location
625 Madison Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Organizations
Related Companies — Developer; Foster + Partners — Architect; Gensler — Architect; General Atlantic — Anchor tenant
A major South Florida design reveal and MVRDV’s first project with Ecuadorian developer Uribe Schwarzkopf in Miami. Its mid-market residential mix, public plaza, creative live-work units and unusually porous massing merit immediate local review beyond conventional luxury-development coverage.
Location
NW 5th Avenue and NW 32nd Street, Wynwood Norte, Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
MVRDV — Design architect; Uribe Schwarzkopf — Developer, client and interior architect; KKAD (Kobi Karp) — Co-architect and architect of record; Kimley-Horn — Landscape architect; JALRW — MEP engineer; Rosita Hurtado — Property owner and future commercial tenant
