The Pratt Center for Community Development has appointed Alexa Kasdan as its new executive director, effective September 1, 2023. Kasdan will bring to the role “two decades of experience in participatory research and policy advocacy to the role, along with the ability to leverage strong... View full entry
Stanford University has published new research exploring the use of plastic waste in constructing roads and buildings. The research project, funded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), identified that recycled glass fiber-reinforced polymer composite – a... View full entry
A trio of researchers from the Syracuse University School of Architecture and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) have been awarded a new $100,000 competitive grant for their examination of root causes laden in the built environment that are underpinning the... View full entry
As architecture schools prepare for the Fall term, institutions are searching for faculty and staff to join their teams. For our latest employment roundup, explore featured open positions at seven architecture schools that are currently seeking directors, professors, and other design faculty on... View full entry
MIT researchers have published details of a new open-source forced-air evaporative cooling chamber. Described as being less expensive than refrigerated cold rooms, the chamber is intended to offer accessible cold storage for smallholder farmers, as well as significantly reduce post-harvest... View full entry
Following last week’s look at an opening for a Designer at Boffi, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an opportunity on Archinect Jobs for a Public Interest Design (PID) Fellowship at the University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit Collaborative Design Center. The... View full entry
Former USC School of Architecture Dean (2017–22) Milton S.F. Curry will be joining Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) as its new Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Engagement and Professor of Architecture. Curry's new... View full entry
Niall Patrick Walsh spoke with Neil Leach, author of Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to AI for Architects, as part of the ongoing Archinect In-Depth: Artificial Intelligence series. Therein he provocatively suggests: "I think the model of the self-driving car is... View full entry
Shakespeare, Gordon, Vlado: Architects (SGVA) has completed a series of research laboratories for Columbia University. Initiated in 2018, the project aimed to “modernize and repurpose” Columbia’s existing facilities to accommodate the expanding needs of the university's biological sciences... View full entry
Continuing to not only champion but provide pathways to academic and professional advancement, the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) celebrates another fellowship cohort of young designers. The NOMA Future Faces (NFF), formerly known as the NOMA Foundation Fellowship... View full entry
A team of researchers from The Ohio State University has developed a machine learning technique that converts old urban maps into three-dimensional digital models. According to the team, the models could potentially revolutionize research involving historic neighborhoods and the economic... View full entry
The University of Sydney has named Deborah Ascher Barnstone as its next Head of the School of Architecture, Design, and Planning. Barnstone comes to the position with extensive past teaching experience in Australia, the EU, and the United States, including positions at Washington State University... View full entry
NCARB has released its twelfth annual data report, NCARB by the Numbers, highlighting key trends in architectural education and licensure. The report, derived from NCARB’s database of over 128,000 licensure candidates and architects, shows a 9% rise in the number of architecture license... View full entry
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has designated degrees in landscape architecture as a science, technology, engineering, mathematics (or STEM) discipline upon the advice of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), announced by the organization today (July 12). The designation... View full entry
The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) has announced the recent passing of influential longtime faculty member Robert Mangurian in Los Angeles at the age of 82. Mangurian originally hailed form Baltimore. After moving to the Bay Area to study at the University of... View full entry