the ed kaplan family institute for innovation and tech entrepreneurship at the illinois institute of technology opens this month, the first new academic building at iit in over forty years.

it’s a fortress, of course it is. the architects made it as nice a fortress as possible, a transparent, democratic, open, not-aggressive and environmentally responsible symbol of their country.

a biennial selection featuring some of the world’s best new—or recently completed—buildings, the riba international list 2018 comprises 62 individual buildings drawn from 29 countries.

the principle is that it remains a museum that belongs to the geography, and culture and identity of the country.

we were never worried. apple michigan avenue delivers a better than anticipated airy, transparent, floating paper-thin carbon-fiber roof architecture & design proclamation.

at its finest – that is what architecture – and lego play – is all about: enabling people to imagine new worlds that are more exciting and expressive than the status quo – and to provide them with the skills to make them reality.

of keen interest, the barack obama presidential library will be the first presidential library to fully digitize obama’s unclassified paper records.

28 may > 27 november 2016 | venice

whatever your opinion, hadid’s signature pieces will keep her ethos and spirit alive.

zaha does make a case.