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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Education’s narrowed definition of “professional degree,” a decision that could help determine how much federal loan funding architecture students can access. As Archinect previously reported, architecture was left out of the Department’s new professional degree classification under the Trump administration’s student aid overhaul.

Afterimage is a site-specific public artwork commissioned by Simon for the renovation and expansion of Brea Mall in Southern California. Installed at the main entrance of the new addition, the work draws from the Brea Hills and local flora, translating regional imagery into a layered system of color, depth, and light. Color shifts across the surface as visitors approach the entrance, dissolving from image into atmosphere and back again.

Mayan Theater Upper Level, Denver, Colorado photo by Jsdratm via Wikimedia Commons Other structures he’s romantically judged in a positive light: the Elitch Carousel Dome...The Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen at 2100 Downing St...and the University Building on 16th Street...And to be clear, not every building gets the nod.

The CN Tower is marking its 50th anniversary today, sitting still as one of Toronto’s most recognisable landmarks. To mark the occasion, architecture firm WZMH Architects has released archival material detailing the origins of the scheme and a wider urban redevelopment project it would have sat in, which was never fully realized.

Montréal-based YH2 has completed an award-winning residential scheme overlooking Lake Memphremagog in Québec's Potton region. Titled "Inhabited Topography: A Dialectic of Place," the project has received an Award of Excellence in Architecture from the Ordre des architectes du Québec in its 2026 awards programme.

For more than a century, Shepley Bulfinch has partnered with Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) on its highly constrained campus in Boston’s Longwood Medical District through a variety of projects, including several expansion buildings and several multi-phased renovations. The new Hale Family Clinical Building, the largest campus expansion project in BCH’s history, addresses critical capacity needs and the delivery of high-level tertiary and quaternary care.

Partial restoration and revitalization of a listed 19th-century villa in the center of Munich, Germany. The 400 m² property was transformed into an aesthetic clinic while preserving and restoring its historic architectural fabric. Original crown moldings, hardwood parquet flooring, and bespoke carpentry were carefully refurbished, while contemporary interventions were introduced to accommodate the clinic’s functional requirements.

I N I T I A T I O N In the midst of a growing part of the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India in the heart of Financial District - one finds a place for abode.

Schnabel Family Retreat by Studio AR&D Architects. In this week's edition of our curated career roundups from the Archinect job board, we highlight 14 architecture and design firms in the Los Angeles area seeking Job Captains to join their teams. To explore specific job titles from the architectural profession, consult Archinect's Guide to Job Titles series.

Design Museum, Kensington, London, UK. John Pawson, 2016. Original building: RMJM (Commonwealth Institute), 1962. The Design Museum occupies the former Commonwealth Institute — a Grade II* listed building defined by its hyperbolic paraboloid copper roof. John Pawson's 2016 intervention inserts warm oak galleries into the raw concrete shell, with a new floor plate reading clearly as an addition rather than a replacement. A museum about design must also perform design thinking at every junction.