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Ohio Architecture, USA : Buildings

Key American architectural + property developments. US built environment & real estate designs updates.

post updated November 12, 2025

Ohio Architecture News, chronological:

November 12, 2025
Dayton Convention Center Building
Building Renewal Design: LMN

photo © CKP Studio

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December 11, 2024
Cleveland Museum of Natural History Building
Design: DLR Group

image courtesy of architects practice
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, designed by DLR Group, is the first museum in the United States to earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)v4 Building Design and Construction, New Construction (BD+C NC) Platinum certification.

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November 15, 2023
Clifton Court Hall, University of Cincinnati
Architects: LMN Architects

photo : Tim Griffith
LMN Architects is pleased to celebrate the completion of Clifton Court Hall at the University of Cincinnati. The new interdisciplinary education building brings together six College of Arts and Sciences departments, including faculty workspace, specialized lab spaces, administrative offices, classrooms, and a central social hub to foster a vibrant ecosystem of multimodal learning, research, and community engagement.

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Ohio Building Designs News

Contemporary Ohio Building Designs – recent OH architectural selection from e-architect below:

July 30, 2020
Maltz Performing Arts Center in Cleveland
Architects: MGA Partners

photo : Halkin | Mason Photography
Located in Wade Oval, among Cleveland’s most respected cultural institutions, a nationally registered historic synagogue, the Temple-Tifereth Israel, is repurposed as a new multi-disciplinary performing arts center for Case Western Reserve University.

Mar 10, 2019
Reflects Folly Cleveland Building
Architects: SILO AR+D

photograph : Scott Pease
The winner of an architect-led design build competition for a temporary structure that became a centerpiece of the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s summer show. The brief called for an innovative Treehouse design that reconnected guests of all ages to the outdoors.

Nov 16, 2018
NASA Research Support Building in Cleveland
Architects: TEN Arquitectos

image courtesy of architects
NASA marks its diamond anniversary with a new centerpiece for its Cleveland-based Glenn Research Center.

Sep 21, 2017
Westlake Pool House, West Lake Hills
Design: Murray Legge Architecture

photograph : Whit Preston
The City of West Lake Hills granted a variance to allow the construction of a garden roof and accepted it as permeable cover through a variance process.

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Major Ohio Building

Akron Art Museum, Akron, northeast Ohio
Design: Coop Himmelb(l)au

photo courtesy COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
The Akron Art Museum building is composed of three parts: Crystal; Gallery-Box; Roof Cloud.

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Oct 28, 2013
OSU South Campus Central Chiller Building
Design: Ross Barney Architects

photograph : Brad Feinknopf
For the building tom attain LEED Silver Certified, the sustainable design focused on the project siting, water efficiency and use of sustainable materials rather than the typical emphasis on the energy efficiency of a project’s envelope, lighting, or HVAC system.

Apr 11, 2013 + Oct 16, 2012
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Design: Foreign Office Architects

image : Foreign Office Architects
The four-story building, which anchors the Uptown district, liberates space for a plaza and rises 60 feet from a hexagonal base to a square top, where the primary exhibition space is located. All four floors contain areas for either exhibitions or public programs.

Aug 17 + 14, 2012
OSU East Regional Chilled Water Plant at The Ohio State University, Columbus
Design: Leers Weinzapfel Associates

image from Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Construction begins on the new East Regional Chilled Water Plant at The Ohio State University (OSU), in Columbus. The structure is shortlisted for both a 2012 American Architecture Award (The Chicago Athenaeum) and a 2012 World Architecture Festival Award (Future Projects, Infrastructure).

May 1, 2011
Dublin Grounds of Remembrance
Design: Plant Architect inc.

photo : Stephen Evans

Nov 29, 2010
Roe Green Center at Kent State University
Design: Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture

image © Tom Kessler

Ohio Buildings – Key Projects

We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Ohio Buildings, USA. We aim to include projects that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

We cover completed Ohio buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across the state. The focus is on contemporary buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.

Major Ohio Building Designs, alphabetical:

Akron Art Museum, Akron, northeast Ohio
Dates built: 2004-07
Architects: Coop Himmelb(l)au

photo courtesy COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

Cleveland Museum of Art – Renovation + Extension, Cleveland, northeast Ohio
Design: Rafael Vinoly Architects

image : Brad Feinknopf
Cleveland Museum of Art Ohio

Cleveland State University Student Center, Cleveland
Design: Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects with Braun & Steidl Architects

photo : Brad Feinknopf

Glass Pavilion, Museum of Art, Toledo, northwest Ohio
Date built: 2006
Design: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA

image © 2008 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA