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Archinect Celebrates 20 Must-Watch Emerging U.S.-Based Architecture Practices

2023-07-04T08:00:00-04:00

In celebration of July 4th, Archinect recognizes the work of U.S.-based architecture firms by bringing attention to a selection of emerging studios establishing themselves as changemakers and design leaders within the industry.

From coast to coast, we've explored several architecture practices that are making their mark in their respective cities. For this special feature, what better way to highlight the growing talent of U.S.-based practitioners than by celebrating their progress and expertise?

An Architectural Education Renaissance, Action, Well-Being, Radical Racial Equity, Kindness, Resilience, Xenobots... The Community Shares Their Predictions for 2022

2022-01-03T09:00:00-05:00

After reflecting on this past year's news and events in Archinect's 2021 Year in Review, we move our focus onto what we can expect in the coming year.

As we approach 2022, and Archinect's 25th anniversary, we've reached out to our community of contributors, previously interviewed individuals, firms leaders, designers, and academics to share their thoughts and predictions for the coming year.

Archinect's Biographical Reading List

2019-09-12T07:00:00-04:00

While the work of an architect often stands in for the life of the architect itself, there is much to be learned about the lived experience of history's most notable designers.

And while monographs that tally up and showcase the work of individual designers and firms are a dime a dozen, biographies and autobiographies, though much more rare among designers, offer a deeper and more nuanced look into the lives and minds of some of the most well-known design personalities.

As the school year gets underway, and students and professors alike embark on an era of new beginnings, it can be useful—and perhaps inspirational—to investigate how other architects and designers have lived their lives. Below, Archinect has gathered a dozen interesting and notable biographies and autobiographies that highlight the lives of designers with the hope that you will find something in their lives that speaks to yours.

#ArchinectMeets @shesthearchitect

2019-01-11T13:40:00-05:00

#ArchinectMeets is a series of interviews with members of the architecture community that use Instagram as a creative medium. With the series, we ask some of Instagram’s architectural photographers, producers and curators about their relationship to the social media platform and how it has affected their practice.

Social media has undeniably affected the way we perceive, interpret and share opinions about architecture today. While we use our own account, @Archinect, as a site for image curation and news content, we wanted to ask fellow Instagram users how they navigated the platform.

We spoke to Sophie Chanson, the curator of @shesthearchitect. Put simply, the Instagram page celebrates the works and lives of women architects with exemplary photographs of their finest work. After realizing how difficult it was to name female architects off the top of her head, Chanson began to check the margins of architecture history to pull out rarely-seen treasures.

Iconic Buildings: I work at the Barbican Centre

2017-02-15T01:30:00-05:00

For our new series 'Iconic Buildings' we speak to people who live or work in buildings of architectural significance. Is their exposure to an architectural wonder on a daily basis a source of inspiration or simply part of the backdrop?

This time we talk to Lotte Johnson, Assistant Curator at the Barbican Centre.