Some recent news about SHoP. For a closer look, follow us on Instagram.

AIA NY

SHoP Wins AIA Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor, the Chapter’s highest distinction, is conferred to an architect or architecture firm for a distinguished body of work and high professional standing. Founding Principals Gregg Pasquarelli, FAIA, and Bill Sharples accepted the award on behalf of SHoP. “I think about where we are today in the world,” Sharples said. “If people are going to solve the challenges that we’re facing, whether it’s climate change, geopolitics, construction, housing crisis, it’s the people in this room—the architects, engineers, builders, developers. We are problem solvers.”

Archisearch

Chris Sharples Speaks at ESO 2025

After a brief introduction of SHoP Architects’ history over 30 years of work, Chris Sharples began by highlighting where process needs to go in terms of the practice of architecture. He also emphasized the importance of connecting the academy and the profession as a practice and how that can inspire and lead to innovation in terms of materials and technologies.

State Magazine

Department Celebrates New Embassy Campus in Tegucigalpa

Designed by SHoP Architects, with the support of local firm Jorge Caballero Arquitectos, and constructed by B.L. Harbert International, the new embassy facility reduces risk and cost associated with security and maintenance while enhancing resilience to natural hazards. Art installations that include Honduran and U.S. artists demonstrate a commitment to cross-cultural collaboration.

Untapped New York

Why is the FDR Drive Purple?

In the latest episode of the Untapped New York Podcast, Michelle Young tracks down the answer to her latest burning question about New York City: Why is the FDR Drive Purple? Michelle went to the source and interviewed Gregg Pasquarelli, founding partner at SHoP Architects and Cathy Jones, project director at SHoP, who designed the master plan for the East River Waterfront.

Dezeen

Brooklyn Needed the Brooklyn Tower

A large part of New York City’s image as the self-described greatest city in the world stems from Manhattan’s defining skyline, wondrous even to jaded natives, while Brooklyn labored under a stubborn inferiority complex. From here on, though, the Brooklyn Tower seems to say, ‘it’s all systems go’. We are not Topeka. We’re big, we’re bold, we’re badass, and we’re nobody’s kid brother.

U.S. Department of State

State Department Celebrates New U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa

Designed by SHoP Architects with the support of local firm Jorge Caballero Arquitectos and constructed by B.L. Harbert International, the project created over 1,000 jobs for Hondurans and contributed over $42 million to the local economy. The new embassy demonstrates building performance optimization, as evidenced by the pending US Green Building Council’s certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design due to sustainable strategies including solar panels power generation, the recycling of rainwater for irrigation, and the use of local materials.

New York Magazine

Imagining a City of Wood

For its LaGuardia terminal, SHoP focused on the combination of digital technology and mass customization that allows the finesse of carpentry to be adapted to the vast scale and industrial rhythms of contemporary construction. “We’re bringing Arts and Crafts into the 21st century,” says Christopher Sharples, one of SHoP’s co-founding principals.

Dezeen

Bioplastic Floor Panel Boasts the Strength of Steel

US researchers working with SHoP Architects have created a potential alternative to steel and concrete as a structural floor material: recyclable panels made entirely from bioplastic and wood flour. The prefabricated panel was made using 3D printing by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine.

IIG

Milestone for Volvo’s New Innovation Neighborhood

The new building has been designed by the US firm SHoP Architects, known for their work on projects for Youtube, Uber and Google. It is specifically designed to foster innovation and collaboration. Over 90% of the building is already leased with Volvo Cars among the future tenants. Phase one of Innovation Destination Torslanda began during the first quarter of this year and involves a total transformation of Volvo Cars’ former iconic headquarters, built in the early 80s.

The Architect's Newspaper

Metropolitan Park Transforms Parking Lots into Park Space

On game days, the parking lot where Shea Stadium once stood is a sea of orange and blue. Mets owner Steve Cohen has a vision to turn this asphalt over to green space and into an entertainment district. New renderings from SHoP Architects and Field Operations elaborate on Cohen’s vision to bring 20 acres of park space to the site in Queens.

Fast Company

NYC’s Waterfront is Transforming into Luxury Leisure Space

New York City has been steadily changing its postindustrial waterfront into leisure space with new parks built on the skeletons of old shipping piers and along formerly fenced-off shorelines. While this work has been happening in all five boroughs, the change has been particularly noticeable in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpoint.