Powerhouse Parramatta Opens and New Open-Source App for Geolocated Reports: Weekly Summary

This week's architecture news highlights the relationship between architecture and existing structures, as well as its communication beyond the building itself. Several articles explored restoration and reuse, from the renovation of a historic university pavilion to the preservation of an artist's exhibition spaces and the incorporation of recovered materials into new constructions. Architecture also continued to function as both a theme and a setting for exhibitions, with announcements of new museums and cultural venues examining their broader social, technological, and ecological contexts. On the radar, three projects to follow: in Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton won the competition to expand the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Defense at the Bendlerblock; in Santa Barbara, SOM and Mithun presented designs for a major student housing complex at UC Santa Barbara; and, addressing a completely different building type, the studio Autonoma de P...