Large Île Seguin: RCR's art centre opens on Renault's old island
Large Île Seguin, a 5,000 m² art centre by Pritzker laureates RCR Arquitectes, opens on 17 October 2026 on the Seine island that held Renault's first factory.
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Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center: Endeavour bookings open
The Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, ZGF's 200,000 sq ft home for Endeavour in Exposition Park, opens 13 November 2026; free reservations start 19 October.
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Springburn Winter Gardens: Glasgow approves a 'living ruin'
Glasgow has approved a £2m first phase to reopen the Springburn Winter Gardens, a ruined 1900 glasshouse, as a 'living ruin' with no glass after 43 years shut.
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Griffith Park merry-go-round: a $3m-plus restoration begins
The Griffith Park merry-go-round, a 1926 Spillman carousel the city bought for $1m, faces a restoration of two years or more that could top $3m to $4m.
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Twelve Apostles visitor centre: Grimshaw builds in rammed earth
The Twelve Apostles visitor centre by Grimshaw opens on 16 October 2026: a A$126m, 3,300 m² rammed-earth building on Victoria's coast. How it works, and why.
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East County Library: Gresham's mass timber library, reviewed
The East County Library in Gresham, Oregon, is a $163m, 95,000 sq ft mass timber library by Holst Architecture. What its exposed Douglas-fir frame gets right.
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Oxford Street pedestrianisation: East's first designs, 26 October
Oxford Street pedestrianisation starts on 26 October 2026. East's first images show trees in planters and new paving on the 1km stretch around Oxford Circus.
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Burbank airport new terminal opens 13 October after $1.3bn build
The Burbank airport new terminal, an all-electric 355,000 sq ft hall by Corgan, opened to passengers on 13 October 2026, with a first departure at about 7 a.m.
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Cinerama Dome reopening: Sony brings Hollywood's dome back
The Cinerama Dome reopening is set for early 2028: Sony and Alamo Drafthouse are restoring the 1963 concrete dome on Sunset Boulevard and its 86-foot screen.
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Design Museum Gent reopens with a wing built from city waste
Design Museum Gent reopens after a four-year, €20m expansion: Carmody Groarke and ATAMA add a timber wing faced in 82,000 bricks made from Ghent's own waste.
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Bilbao Fine Arts Museum extension by Foster + Partners opens
The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum extension by Foster + Partners and Luis María Uriarte opens: a 55-metre steel gallery lifted over the museum's 1945 and 1970 wings.
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: a case study of MAD's LA museum
A case study of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles: MAD's lifted, panel-clad form, its seismic base, a park built over parking, and what works.
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Malba expansion: Frida Escobedo takes the museum under Plaza Perú
The Malba expansion by Frida Escobedo Studio puts new galleries beneath Plaza Perú, doubling exhibition space in Buenos Aires while the park above stays public.
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National Museum of Ecuador competition: SANAA wins the rerun
The National Museum of Ecuador competition was annulled after a public backlash. In the rerun, SANAA's terracotta Living Strata won by 0.1 point. What happened.
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Stirling Prize 2026 shortlist and winner: Lion Green Road
The Stirling Prize 2026 shortlist and winner: Lion Green Road, Mary Duggan Architects' 157 Coulsdon homes, beat five rivals at Old Billingsgate on 15 October.
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Thompson Center redesign: Google's plan for Helmut Jahn's atrium
Google's Thompson Center redesign cuts open Helmut Jahn's 1985 atrium with a stair down to the CTA. What the new renderings show — and what Chicago gives up.
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