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The undulating, concrete panel–clad transit hub anchors the Saudi Arabian capital’s new automated rail system.

Top 10 Projects of 2024: A verdant main terminal expansion at PDX ushers in a new era of civic-scale mass-timber construction, with sustainable forestry practices top of mind.

Top 10 Projects of 2024: Painstaking material restoration guided the landmark building’s transformation—from a symbol of urban blight to the heart of a forward-looking innovation district.

Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto’s latest learns from biology and Formula One engines.

The 2020 Design Vanguard winner designs a private airport in the city of Zhangjiakou, a growing winter recreation hotspot.

The largest urban regeneration project in Europe, the 1,500-acre site will include a residential neighborhood, coastal resort, and 600-acre park.

After decades of disinvestment, the Biden administration has recently committed nearly $25 billion to the revitalization of intercity rail.

Within AECOM and Luis Vidal + Architects' lipstick-red airport terminal in Boston is a stress-free environment, with ample daylight and finishes rendered primarily in white.

Fragmenting the concrete structure into a pile of cantilevered boxes, the architects textured its surface with evocations of dials, nautical charts, and sedimentary rocks.

On view at Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, the exhibition traces the transit system's history from the hand­dug tunnels of the 1890s to the automated boring machines of the 2020s.