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The Bliss House, an oceanfront home completed in 1979 and designed by late modernist architect Norman Jaffe in Southampton, New York, has been demolished. Today the Bliss House is a pile of rubble. Hamptons 20 Century Modern, a local preservation nonprofit founded by interior designer Tim Godbold, said on social media another house will likely be built in its place.

Serving over 83 municipalities, including the city of Pittsburgh, ALCOSAN East Headworks plays a primary role in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. By delivering 250 million gallons per day to the county, ALCOSAN fuels its communities with treated water for its everyday usage. As the population continues to grow, the demand for treated water grows with it. To meet future demand and improve system resiliency, ALCOSAN committed to a significant expansion of its operations.

It’s summer, so that means it is time for our annual reader survey. The architects, landscape architects, urban planners, engineers, and other design professionals that regularly turn to The Architect’s Newspaper, know AN is much more than just a quick read.

The Palm Springs Art Museum revisits Californian midcentury architectural icons with the exhibition Lake Verea: DarkRooms and Other Games. Mexico City–based duo Lake Verea, artists Francisca Rivero-Lake and Carla Verea, captures the experimental portraits of midcentury architecture through a narrative of queer intimacy and light.

When the David Rubenstein Treehouse designed by Studio Gang opened in October, it brought an airy research facility for students and faculty to enjoy in Allston, Massachusetts, denoting Harvard University’s first mass timber building. This June a new complex, One Milestone, by Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, and Arrowstreet finished near the Rubenstein Treehouse.

In New York, the World Cup frenzy meets its design-forward match. Crosby Studios, the design practice by Harry Nuriev, explores soccer’s (or, for some, football’s) cultural impact in a new exhibition. Home of Football: Home & Away was created in collaboration with Home of Football and curatorial collective Air Afrique. Located at High Line 9 and open through July 19, the show blends archival paraphernalia with the studio’s signature immersive and metallic world.

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) issued a new list of ten historic sites in the U.S. that are at risk and in urgent need of preservation. The release coincides with America’s semiquincentennial, and all of the pomp and circumstance that’s entailed.

As the United States prepares to mark its 250th anniversary, the Community Design Collaborative is quietly celebrating a milestone of its own: 35 years of service to Philadelphia. Standing at the intersection of these two anniversaries prompts a reflection that goes far deeper than nostalgia. Pro bono design has pumped millions into Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. Now, it’s fighting its toughest opponent yet: digital isolation.

On Thursday, July 23, the Facades+ conference series returns to Boston. The program is co-chaired by Bruner / Cott Architects and features comprehensive case studies on recent, notable local projects and a roundtable discussion with sustainability leaders on the current viability of bio-based materials. The symposium will take place at the Westin Copley Place alongside the Methods + Materials gallery, which will feature 39 exhibiting building product companies.

To celebrate the United States’s 250th anniversary, our semiquincentennial, President Trump is hosting the Great American State Fair on the National Mall. From State Pavilions and a giant Ferris wheel, to a cow named Melania, the spectacle arrives amid a deeply divided national political landscape and in a capital that the President has quite literally taken a wrecking ball to.