{"id":9570,"date":"2026-06-18T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9570"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:10:31","slug":"eight-out-there-buildings-from-across-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/eight-out-there-buildings-from-across-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight “out there” buildings from across America"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Architecture<\/div>\n

From a reused church in Texas to a restaurant in the Wisconsin wilderness, a recent book shows the breadth of architecture happening in small towns and remote locations across the United States<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Out There: New Architecture Across America<\/a> showcases 50 architecture firms working away from the main American metropoles, illustrating the breadth of work happening across the United States.<\/p>\n

Edited by scholars Robert Ivy, Cathleen McGuigan and Peter B MacKeith, it traces the unique, regional methods being deployed by architecture studios in the country they see as rapidly homogenising.<\/p>\n

“Each of the 50 firms chosen for Out There came from the recommendations of distinguished architects, critics and our writing team,” the editors told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“We sought design excellence, within a wide variety of contexts, places and building typologies \u2013 mostly located in the so-called ‘flyover states’ between the two coasts.”<\/p>\n

Rather than producing simple vernacular or traditional forms, the architecture studios in the book focus on innovation and material usage. And the editors believe that a high degree of collaboration also guides the practices featured in the book.<\/p>\n

“Remote locations no longer limit an architect’s ability to meet, collaborate, or share with their peers,” the editors said.<\/p>\n

Read on for eight projects defining US architecture between the coasts.<\/p>\n

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\"St.
Photo courtesy of Office of Jonathan Tate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St Thomas Housing, by the Office of Jonathan Tate, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

“When is a housing complex also a new kind of block?<\/p>\n

“Jonathan Tate combined a cluster of 10 single-story residences and one double unit into a sculptural urban wonder for New Orleans’s Irish Channel neighborhood.”<\/p>\n

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Photo by David Lauer Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Big Cabin\/Little Cabin, by Ren\u00e9e del Gaudio Architecture, Fairplay, Colorado, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Having experienced an epiphany on first seeing the Rockies, Ren\u00e9e del Gaudio determined to intervene with great care into their immensity.”<\/p>\n

“At Big Cabin\/Little Cabin, she has perched a skillfully detailed main residence and an auxiliary sleeping structure up above a rocky outcropping, opening them up to the wildness that first attracted the architect to Colorado from the East Coast.”<\/p>\n

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\"Alone
Photo by Sam Oberter Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alone House, by Bright Common, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A twist on the city’s row houses, the brightly-colored corner house has thick, double-stud exterior walls for energy efficiency and buffering urban sounds, with small street-facing windows.”<\/p>\n

“However, it opens up to light and air in the back.”<\/p>\n

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\"All
Photo by Robert Tsai Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All Saints Church, by Cunningham Architects, Dallas, Texas, 2019<\/b><\/p>\n

“Creative reuse of pre-existing structures holds a key to a more sustainable future.<\/p>\n

“<\/span>Cunningham Architects took the radical step of re-envisioning a derelict 1920s automobile showroom near downtown Dallas into a worship center for an Anglican church, an action that points a new way forward while imbuing a new generation’s consciousness with the textures and memories of the past.”<\/p>\n

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\"Gallery
Photo by John J Macaulay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gallery and Studio, by Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Racine, Wisconsin, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Even at a small scale, good architecture can have a big impact, as these Milwaukee-based architects demonstrated in their design for a crisp new building in a moribund neighborhood of a fading small city.”<\/p>\n

“When the glass-fronted art gallery, showing the work of regional artists, opened on a street corner (with an artist’s studio above), nearby buildings began to be revived and attract new businesses again.”<\/p>\n

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\"Wild
Photo by Corey Gaffer Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wild Rice Retreat, by Salmela Architect, Bayfield, Wisconsin, 2021<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

“What began as a destination restaurant in the wilds of Wisconsin beside Lake Superior has grown.”<\/p>\n

“<\/span>Architect David Salmela drew on his inner Finn \u2013 he is an American of Finnish heritage \u2013 and flung thirty-five cabins including Rice Pods, Nests, Treehouses and communal spaces through the trees out across a new retreat center that nestles and gathers its visitors.”<\/p>\n

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\"The
Photo by Timothy Hurlsey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Springdale Municipal Campus, by Duvall Decker Architects, Springdale, Arkansas, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

“Duvall Decker Architects is this year’s AIA Architecture Firm Award winner.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Springdale Municipal Campus is a model for a contemporary civic center, bringing together police, courts and civic functions into one complex, with a strong exterior presence and light-filled interior public spaces.”<\/p>\n

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Photo by Jasper Lazor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Starlight Park Facilities, by Gray Organschi Architecture, the Bronx, New York, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

“Few public projects are as humble as restrooms.”<\/p>\n

“However in Starlight Park, the architects brought dignity to the design of this park-side amenity, with its distinctive form, skylit spaces, splashes of color and a garden irrigated by rainwater.”<\/p>\n

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