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Infrastructure: What's happening now? What's happening next?

2022-08-16T16:00:00-04:00

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With the passing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), expectations about the infrastructure sector in the U.S. have heightened. That legislation will be both a boon to the sector, but it also has the potential to exacerbate the challenges faced by civil contractors, creating the potential for a dramatic change in that industry.

Since 2020, Dodge Data & Analytics has been publishing data from civil contractors and engineers on the health of the infrastructure market and key trends impacting it in The Civil Quarterly.

Join Donna Laquidara-Carr, Ph.D., LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director from Dodge, as she explores what the last two years of publication have revealed about the potential for growth, the challenges faced by contractors, and key trends that will influence this sector in the next few years. Topics to be covered include:

Current business conditions of contractors, including their expectations for ...

Searching for the right architecture academic program? Don't miss upcoming information and open house sessions this November and December

2021-11-11T15:21:00-05:00

It's that time of the year when prospective students hone in on their architecture school picks. Continuing with Archinect's coverage of academic news and features, we've created a list of upcoming undergraduate and graduate open houses and information session dates to help your school search.

Are you a high school student looking to pursue a career in architecture? Are you a recent graduate aiming to pursue a Master's degree? Or do you know someone who wants to explore what an architecture education is? Below is a list of upcoming virtual open houses and information sessions from 14 US-based architecture, landscape architecture, construction, and urban planning programs.

Do you need portfolio tips or looking for ways to freshen up your CV? Don't forget to check out our Archinect Tips section to stay up to date on how you can stay prepared and ready for your application submission or interview.

Temple University (Tyler School of Art and Architecture)
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UCLA Architecture and Urban Design announces 2021 graduate programs virtual open house

2021-10-19T19:10:00-04:00

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Join UCLA Architecture and Urban Design for their Graduate Programs Open House virtually on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. The program includes curriculum overviews and Q sessions. The day will include program and curriculum overviews, Q&A sessions with faculty, student advisors, and current students.

What can you expect from the Graduate Programs Open House?

Program overviews and presentations by key faculty members
Introduction to admissions, funding and scholarships hosted by our student advisors
Portfolio workshop for valuable tips on elevating your application

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design is located at Perloff Hall on UCLA’s Westwood campus. Image courtesy of UCLA Architecture and Urban Design

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Virtual climate pavilion to be launched for COP26 with free public events and exhibition of exemplary projects

2021-10-07T11:24:00-04:00

In advance of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) taking place in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021, the UK Green Building Council has announced 17 sustainable projects to be displayed in an online exhibition. The exhibition, titled Build Better Now, will take place in virtual reality, and will also feature a sustainability-focused 360-degree virtual pavilion designed by Make Architects, forming the exhibition’s centerpiece.

Heart of School, Green School Bali, Bali, Indonesia, by John Hardy, PT Bambu, Heru Wijayanto, Joerg Stamm, Gadjah Mada University

Alongside the exhibition of the 17 exemplar projects, the Build Better Now virtual pavilion will host an events series comprising of tours and talks, keynotes, panel discussions, and other downloadable content aimed at highlighting the impact of the built environment on climate change, and potential mitigations or solutions. The events will be free and open to a global audience, running from October 31st to November 12th, 2021.

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DesignIntelligence Hosts a Global Webinar Where Industry Leaders Discuss Lessons Learned After Times of Crisis

2021-05-17T09:00:00-04:00

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DesignIntelligence interacts with thousands of built environment professionals and academics each month through its publications, events, research, and advisory services. As we stride forward emerging from the global pandemic, we are intent on articulating transformative understanding gleaned from the many months of introspective isolation and wholly new patterns of interaction.

On June 10th, DesignIntelligence will host a Global SuperCast webinar where we will be hearing from leading voices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, European Union, Middle East, and China about the lessons learned from the pandemic and the permanent changes that will be adopted in a post-pandemic world. The line-up of speakers includes:

Simon Allford, RIBA President-Elect
Mohammed Barakat, Managing Director, U.S.-Qatar Business Council
James Calder, Global Director, ERA-co
Areti Markopoulou, Architect/Academic Director at IAAC / StudioP52 Founder...

SCI-Arc's 2021 Undergraduate Thesis Weekend Renews Discourse Through Imagination and Community

2021-04-22T17:20:00-04:00

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In acknowledgment of the extraordinary work done by the 2021 Undergraduate Thesis class during this unprecedented year, SCI-Arc is proud to announce its 2021 UG Thesis Weekend on April 23–24, 2021 as this year’s graduating thesis students, along with Undergraduate Thesis Coordinator Jenny Wu, present and share their accomplishments with the world.

Student work by Jessie Pan, Di Wan + Rongyi Tan, Advisor: Marcelo Spina. Image courtesy of SCI-Arc

“Since our move to remote teaching a year ago,” shares Wu, “our students have used this opportunity to be inventive about how they work on their thesis, by transforming their digital work into compelling narratives and turning their own living spaces into creative laboratories for unconventional model building.”

This April 23–24, SCI-Arc’s fifth-year B.Arch students will present their thesis projects during an immersive, virtual Undergraduate Thesis Weekend, an online public p...

California Polytechnic University, Pomona's Dept of Architecture awards Toyo Ito the 2021 Richard J. Neutra Award for Professional Excellence

2021-04-14T15:52:00-04:00

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The Department of Architecture, California Polytechnic University, Pomona is pleased to award Toyo Ito the 2021 Richard J. Neutra Award for Professional Excellence. The Neutra Award recognizes the contributions that Richard Neutra, an acclaimed modern architect, and former Cal Poly Pomona lecturer, made to the practice of architecture in the areas of research and design. The Neutra Award acknowledges individuals who have dedicated their careers to researching and developing new environments in which to work, live and play.

Mr. Ito (1941-), graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1965 and worked in the office of Kiyonori Kikutake until 1969. In 1971, he founded his own office Urban Robot (URBOT), which was renamed Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects.

Mr. Ito is the recipient of numerous awards for his innovative and forward-looking architecture. He is the recipient of the Golden Lion ...

SCI-Arc Main Event 2021: ‘Acts of Optimism’ Spotlights Creative Luminaries

2021-03-16T15:08:00-04:00

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SCI-Arc is delighted to announce the return of its annual gala, Main Event 2021: Acts of Optimism on May 1, 2021. Inspired by Director and CEO Hernán Diaz Alonso’s affirmation that “architecture is an act of optimism,” Main Event 2021 will present an evening of unique programs with artists and creative innovators across disciplines, centering on the role of optimism in our collective future. The liveliest affair of the academic year, Main Event 2021 will benefit the SCI-Arc Scholarship Endowment, with net proceeds providing support for more students to access the world-renowned school of innovation and architectural thinking.

The vibrant virtual program promises to be an evening that is at once spectacular and inspiring, featuring a stunning lineup of influential guests such as architect and SCI-Arc alumna Barbara Bestor, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor, LAXART executive director Hamza Walker, film di...

The 2021 Exhibit Columbus Design Presentations take center stage in an exciting virtual format

2021-03-01T21:35:00-05:00

The highly anticipated Exhibit Columbus 2021 Design Presentations invite the public to experience a virtual and public exhibition. Curated by Architect Iker Gil and critic Mimi Zeiger the third iteration of Exhibit Columbus expands on a theme fit for the current social climate, New Middles.

Archinect, and our sister site Bustler, are the official media sponsors for Exhibit Columbus' Design Presentations this year. Stay tuned for upcoming coverage of the event and participating designers.

"Over the course of four sessions on March 19 and 26, Exhibit Columbus will host the 2021 Design Presentations" explains the Exhibit Columbus team. "The second public event in the 2020-21 cycle of Exhibit Columbus New Middles: From Main Street to Megalopolis, What is the Future of the Middle City? invites the public to preview design concepts of thirteen site-specific, future-oriented public installations and experience the design process first-hand."

Anne Surak, director of Exhibit Columbus, share...

World Architecture Festival Reveals Full Program for WAFVirtual

2020-11-09T09:00:00-05:00

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We are delighted to reveal the WAFVirtual Program. Keynote speakers will include; Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, Sir David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates, Anuradha Mathur of University of Pennsylvania, Dilip da Cunha of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Ralph Johnson and Jean Mah of Perkins&Will, Ole Scheeren of Büro Ole Scheeren, Vicente Guallart of Guallart Architects and Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang.

Taking place on the 30 November – 4 December 2020, the worldwide architectural community will engage in a week of live content, special prizes, talks, panel discussions and networking opportunities with peers and our WAF partners. Registration is FREE.

A series of talks will discuss pressing international topics including living with pandemics and winning new business in a post-Covid world, as well as looking at the very latest developments in product design, technical innovation, and emerging architects.

There wi...

Charles L. Davis II discusses an "antiracist framework for architectural history"

2020-11-03T18:14:00-05:00

2020 has stirred up architectural discourse as practitioners, academics, and students address racial and social inequality within the industry. With the turbulent Summer months sparking the nation to mobilize and bring social and racial justice to the forefront, academic institutions have used their Fall lecture series as a way to bring these discussions to light within their campus community.

Earlier this October, Harvard GSD invited Charles L. Davis II, assistant professor of architectural history and criticism at the University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. As a designer, architectural historian, and cultural critic, his work focuses on racial identity and race thinking related to architectural history and contemporary culture. In his lecture, "Cannon Fodder: Debating the Racial Politics of Canonicity in Modern Architectural History," Davis presented a series of physical and textual case studies that re-examine architecture's understanding of "western canon to ...

2020 NOMA Conference opens virtually to the largest conference audience yet, gathering socially motivated architects, designers, and allied professionals

2020-10-15T14:51:00-04:00

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In a year challenged with COVID-19, a recession, and social awakening, NOMA experienced record membership, partnership and sponsorship support.

The 48th Annual National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) Conference opened on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, with an online audience of more than 1,500 registrants, making it the largest NOMA conference gathering ever. The virtual conference surpasses the record-breaking attendance of over 1,200 at last year’s NOMA Brooklyn conference. In an unprecedented year due to COVID-19, a resulting recession and social unrest, the conference will bring together architects, designers, academics, urban planners, community developers, artists, and students to champion and discuss how to shift the issues of our current structures to more equitable systems through architecture during the online conference, Oct. 14-17, 2020.

“When faced with the difficult question ...

Get Lectured: University at Buffalo, Fall '20

2020-10-12T18:41:00-04:00

As architecture programs being their fall term, many have decided to take this time to address issues of racial and social injustices happening across the nation and within the profession. Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series features each school's lecture series and their graphic design prowess with eye-catching lecture posters.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has focused their Fall lecture series on addressing how the school can take actionable steps in the right direction in their academic programming and their public events. The school shares, "the 2020-21 Lecture Series at the UB School of Architecture and Planning will focus on racial justice in our disciplines and the broader impacts that the work of architects and urban planners have on historically disenfranchised communities, to generate dialogue and prompt real change."

Wit...

Get Lectured: Thomas Jefferson University, Fall '20

2020-10-06T14:34:00-04:00

As we enter the month of October don't miss upcoming lecture series from architecture programs across the nation. Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series features each school's lecture series and their graphic design prowess with eye-catching lecture posters.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Thomas Jefferson University's College of Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) continues its lecture series and welcomes an amazing line-up of speakers through out the month of November. On October 12th the university will welcome Brian Sims, Principal at Houseal-Levigne as he discusses "Geodesign + Urban Design: Scenario Planning Tools for Smart and Healthy Cities."

Following Sims' lecture the institution will launch its 2020 Smart and Healthy Cities Forum on October 14th and 15th. This two-day virtual event will discuss topics such as housing, policy making, and smart cities. Guest panelists include ...

Join NOMA as they present their 2020 Virtual Conference - Spatial Shifts: Reclaiming our Cities

2020-09-29T15:57:00-04:00

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Together on October 14-18, 2020, we will explore ways in which can break down barriers to creating meaningful projects, share ways to remix the role of the designer, and unpack new approaches to the design processes of our built environment. Each one of us will find our ikusasa, Yoruba for future or progress, to forge our path towards progression.

Now we’re just days away and the agenda has been published at https://conference2020.noma.net/ making today the PERFECT time for you to join the hundreds that have already registered! Early registration ends October 2nd!

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Cities are changing. Populations and economies in Oakland, Dakar, and beyond. Globally, our cities are changing from population to economies near and far. We, as designers, community members, leaders, and environmental stewards, need to be prepared to champion and shift the issues of our current structures to more equitab...

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Presents RUMBLE 2020

2020-06-02T14:20:00-04:00

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*Details of this event have been updated

RUMBLE is UCLA Architecture and Urban Design’s end-of-year exhibition. It is an opportunity to showcase how the architectural and urban ideas that motivate us have matured and developed under the direction of our talented students and the collective stewardship of faculty.

This year, we are excited to engage a truly global group of critics and guests in conversations about the future of the built environment as forecasted by UCLA Architecture and Urban Design.

We invite you to explore our work at aud.ucla.edu/rumble-2020.

Featured Studios:

WORKHOUSE: LATENT FUTURES with Hitoshi Abe
A FOREST IN THE CITY: MASS TIMBER INFILL URBANISM with Neil Denari
LOS ANGELES PORTRAITS with Yara Feghali
ON FORCE AND FORM with Heather Roberge
TERMINAL TERRAIN with Georgina Huljich, Jimenez Lai, Narineh Mirzaeian, and Mohamed Sharif
BEYOND ARCHITECTURE: SECTION AND ELEVA...