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The exterior view of the Guggenheim Museum designed by architect Frank Gehry is located in the city of Bilbao, Spain.Photographer: Joaquin Gomez Sastre/Getty Images

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By Kriston Capps

December 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC

Hello and welcome to Bloomberg’s weekly design digest. I’m Kriston Capps, staff writer and editor for Bloomberg CityLab and your guide to the world of architecture and the people who build things.

This week the Obama Foundation announced that Theaster Gates will design a frieze for the Obama Presidential Center, while President Donald Trump put his name on the side of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Sign up to keep up: Subscribe to get the Design Edition newsletter every Sunday.