Archinect - News2024-12-21T22:03:16-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150458272/tales-from-a-toxic-superculture-a-closer-look-at-the-defining-architecture-controversies-of-2024
Tales from a toxic superculture: A closer look at the defining architecture controversies of 2024 Josh Niland2024-12-21T08:00:00-05:00>2024-12-20T20:45:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/95/95400554ca6de27c73b26632deecf41f.gif" border="0" /><p>If there is a lesson to be taken from this year, it is that small evils lead to ever-bigger ones. The wrong behaviors and motivations get rewarded until the process capitalizes into a singular upending spectacle. That reality is just as resurgent in professional spheres and does appear likely to retain its dominance over other civic ones. Unethical practices, the influence (good or bad) of politics and public opinion, removal of history, and a culture of dishonesty coursed, as ever, through the domain of architecture in 2024. Inside its ranks, questions as to why the cycle itself is so prevalent continue to go unsettled.</p>
<p>Here, instead, is an impartial breakdown of the year’s most controversial news headlines in architecture. What can be taken from it is a testimony to the ways moral disintegration is both reflected and can be defeated in our built environment. We’ll start with the biggest stories and slowly narrow into a spotlight on the global salients within more limited constrain...</p>
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2024 showcased the potential of 3D printing in architecture Niall Patrick Walsh2024-12-20T08:00:00-05:00>2024-12-20T13:41:08-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d6/d643847f383f1c800789b726d9a082a1.gif" border="0" /><p>The architecture world witnessed a transformative year in 2024, with <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/475/3d-printing" target="_blank">3D printing</a> continuing to broaden the possibilities of design and construction. From high-profile collaborations between architecture firms and technology companies to groundbreaking projects that span continents—and even reach beyond Earth—this year marked a surge in innovation across construction sites and research labs alike.</p>
<p>This year, Archinect’s editorial included exclusive insights from <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150420098/a-conversation-with-bjarke-ingels-on-ai-3d-printing-and-the-future-of-the-architectural-profession" target="_blank">BIG’s Bjarke Ingels</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150419596/3d-printing-artificial-intelligence-and-space-habitats-a-conversation-with-icon-s-melodie-yashar" target="_blank">ICON’s Melodie Yashar</a>, digging deeper into a collaboration spanning 3D printing materials, hardware, software, and business models. Elsewhere, we saw notable projects such as <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150420263/nidus3d-completes-north-america-s-first-3d-printed-three-story-building" target="_blank">North America’s first 3D-printed three-story home</a> and the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150416828/production-begins-on-the-world-s-tallest-3d-printed-structure" target="_blank">world’s tallest 3D-printed tower in Switzerland</a>, and innovative research led by institutions including MIT, Princeton, ETH Zurich, and IAAC, dwelling on topics as diverse as <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150444949/princeton-researchers-develop-concrete-3d-printing-method-inspired-by-ancient-fish-scales" target="_blank">fish scales</a> to <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150414696/mit-researchers-develop-rapid-3d-printing-process-with-liquid-metal" target="_blank">liquid metal</a>.</p>
<p>To further explore these trends, we have set out the key developments a...</p>