Architecture & Design — Adaptive Reuse, Historic Integration, and Climate-Responsive Design Dominate New Project Releases as Industry Doubles Down on Contextual Architecture

Architecture & Design · 2026-04-29

TODAY'S SIGNAL — This cycle's project releases reveal a clear professional consensus: the most ambitious new work is defined by its relationship to existing context rather than standalone formal ambition. Dattner Architects' St James Terrace in the Bronx demonstrates how affordable housing can be threaded into a landmarked Gothic church campus without erasure—a model increasingly demanded by…