New York’s Fulton Center, a transit and retail hub in lower Manhattan, was conceived by locally based Grimshaw Architects for a better passenger experience. The project included the creation of clear pathways, as well as the renovation and incorporation of the adjacent landmark Corbin Building. Photo by James Ewing

Photographer Chris Forsyth’s Montreal Metro Project series explores a series of mid-1960s Montreal metro stations’ “different architectural styles and influences reflecting their designers and the times in which they were built.”  Photo by Chris Forsyth

Dror Benshetrit’s firm Studio Dror’s entry for the Guggenheim Helsinki design competition began with a minimal rectangular building surrounded by a grid of trees.

Studio Dror’s amphitheater proposal for Seoul Share Square features undulating tiers.

Los Angeles and Washington, DC-based Queue Design Agency created Maketto—a two-story menswear store, Cambodian-Taiwanese restaurant, and café in DC—with steel accents that add a modern, minimalist touch to the interior’s black and white palette. Photo by Rey Lopez

For the new Paris office of marketing and data consultancy firm Ekimetrics, locally based Vincent & Gloria Architectes integrated modern architectural elements within a 19th-century palace that boasts gold-colored moldings and frescoed ceilings. Photo by Arnaud Schelstraete

Paris firm Jakob + MacFarlane collaborated with artist Fabrice Hyber to craft the Euronews headquarters in Lyon, France. The office building makes a bold statement with its vibrant green perforated aluminum façade. Photo by Nicolas Borel

HLW’s New York office created a Greenwich, Connecticut location for private equity firm Atlas Holdings, which features locally inspired meeting rooms with distressed barn wood siding juxtaposed with modern furnishings. Photo by Chris Cooper

A statement by Brooklyn, New York-based landscape architecture firm Nomad Studio, the “Green Air” installation, representing an aerial garden, will transform the exterior courtyard of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) this May through December.

Recalling New York’s High Line park, the Lowline will be a subterranean green space developed by James Ramsey—founder of locally based Raad Studio—and Dan Barasch when it debuts in 2020. The park will be located in the former site of a historic trolley terminal in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

A collaboration between Miami architect Nick Gelpi and Brooklyn-based artist Markus Linnenbrink, the inaugural exhibition at Detroit native Gary Wasserman’s Wasserman Projects art space features a pavilion with vibrantly hued parallel stripes that run across the walls, ceilings, and floors to create a 360-degree sensory experience.

The inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial included commissioning four lakefront kiosks, with one chosen through an international competition and others designed by local architecture programs with veteran architects. Ultramoderne swept the contest with its 56-square-foot shelter dubbed Chicago Horizon, now located near the Shedd Aquarium. Photo by Tom Harris/Copyright Hedrich Blessing

Produced by London collaborative Artichoke, Lumeire is a biannual light festival in the UK that features creative light installations. A highlight of the 2015 event in Durham was Fujiko Nakaya and Simon Corder’s Fogscape #03238, which uses fog as a sculptural medium. Photo by Matthew Andrews